#he cannot be killed in a way that matters
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"You and I... We are meant to be together." okay everyone pack it up. go home. it doesn't get worse than this. I fear all other ancient x beast is #cancelled forever because how the utter fuck do you compete with that. My god. Dark Cacao would die on the spot, his old fucking heart would give out processing a sentence that romantic. Golden Cheese would choke and die from the physical manifestation of her own pride and ego before she could ever utter a sentence that open and honest. Hollyberry is choosing to laugh it all off and pray she can drink away and not think about it. White Lily would fall into another witch pot of bubbling goo before confronting said feelings. Only Pure Motherfucking Vanilla is that clincally batshit and unburdened to spout his feelings 1000% unfiltered to a guy who just killed his friends and got his rocks off psychologically torturing him.
Mystic Flour being utterly repulsed by such naĂŻve, meaningless sentimentality, still clinging to the remains of the apathy she so cherishes and champions even as it slips through her fingers like flour through a sieve; hating herself to her very core because somewhere within it, she KNOWS her heart beats and aches for that ridiculous man, but she would end her own suffering before she allowed the truth to poke its head out from the shadows of her subconscious for even a single second
Burning Spice knowing how he feels for Golden Cheese, reveling in it, LIVING for the way his heart thunders in his chest and his breath hitches at the mere thought of his little bird. Never being afraid to tell her so, to pour out the contents of his dark heart without any filter (and Witches know he needs one at times...), either through his mouth or through the blade of his axe. But... still knowing that it isn't quite enough. Not for her. Because there's still something missing from his confessions. That soft, sugary sweetness that took away enough of the edge to his overwhelming spice that even he himself noticed it. That raw honesty - a different kind than he's used to, not quite what he employs. The kind that well and truly leaves him vulnerable and open to judgment; things he hates himself for fearing, even if it's only in relation to her and no one else. The kind he simply cannot have, that he cannot carry out. He tells Golden Cheese how he feels for her the way he WANTS to, not the way he NEEDS to. For that, he must change. And damn it, he can't handle any more change. It'll kill him, and he doesn't want to die anymore. Not while she's there to make his life fun again
Eternal Sugar sighing, rolling her eyes before letting them flutter shut again, because she knows this song and dance. She once helped countless others perform it; such was her lot as Happiness. And she chooses to ignore it, tuck herself back into bed and retreat into the world of dreams once more. Letting laziness govern her actions, like always. Running away from everything again - including her feelings for Hollyberry, and the fears and doubts that shroud them. Choosing to do nothing with the fact that Hollyberry is a runner and a quitter just like her, instead of taking initiative with her life and emotions for the first time in ages and telling Hollyberry point-blank that they could run away from the world together if she truly wanted
Silent Salt secretly lamenting his condition more than ever before, for now more than ever can he truly say that it is a hindrance, a curse, a stain on the tapestry of his life. Because no matter how well he's trained himself to express his thoughts and feelings through his actions, he knows that there are times where words really DO speak louder - and he can't speak them at all. He can never look White Lily in the eye and open his mouth and allow his praise and adoration to leap freely from his tongue. She will never feel the warmth of his tone as his words embraced her. She will never shiver and swoon at the joy and passion that dripped from every single letter - and there would've been many, there would've been more than could ever have been recorded, for he would've sung his feelings from every rooftop on earth until his lungs gave out. But he can't. He never will. Does he try to pretend it's better this way? Does he try and fail to cope with his lovesickness like his comrades do with theirs? Or does he accept the bitter reality for what it is, no ifs, ands, or buts, only hiding the gloom and doom he knows is written all over his face behind his helm just so he doesn't have to see it for himself?
And, above all of these things, bundling up the other 4 Beasts' feelings and tucking them away... Above all else, they are angry. They are angry at Shadow Milk. Because he achieved what none of them could. He got everything he wanted. His Ancient admitted his love for him, with all of the raw sincerity one could possibly afford another. The other Beasts would do ANYTHING to hear their Ancients speak to them in such a way. To acknowledge and embrace their connection, to confess to loving and longing for them; for their countenance, for their voice, for their touch, for their very souls. Shadow Milk got to reunite with his other half - who chose him willingly, wholeheartedly.
And Shadow Milk chose to throw it all away in the end. Let it all go to waste.
If any of them ever see him again, they're going to let him know EXACTLY how they feel about it all. Maybe it can count as practice towards crafting a proper heartfelt confession.
#did i understand the assignment đđ#also fuck you! you will NEVER cancel BurningCheese! over my dead body! BurningCheese 5ever!!!#cookie run kingdom#burningcheese#goldenspice#pureshadow#shadowvanilla#mysticcacao#hollysugar#silentlily#mute silent salt striking again lol#merchant asks
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I wonder how the Primes feel about the fact that Megatron was the one who avenged them and Optimus was the one sacrificed his life to protect the guy who betrayed and murdered them.
uh. that is certainly a way to interpret what happened! incheresting.
from a personal perspective i guess i could see some of them getting a grim satisfaction from the fact sentinel died at the hands of one of the many people he hurt right after all his crimes were broadcasted for everyone to see. i don't think any of them would hold any love for him after he murdered them plus fifty cycles of betraying the world they died trying to protect and i do believe more than one grew bitter enough to enjoy the fact the bastard died like the coward he was.
on the other hand i also think they'd be mature and wise enough to understand their personal satisfaction cannot come before the good of cybertron. revenge, theirs or anyone else's, was not more important than the bigger picture, which in this case was the fact that cybertronian society was already about to go through an incredibly tumultuous time with lots of changes and like it or not, publicly executing someone without any sort of trial or accountability is Not A Good Idea when you're trying to begin a reform for an entire society.
i cannot stress this enough, as good as it may sound, murdering someone because you think they deserve it is not a good way to start a new government. i know it sucks, i know it's frustrating, i know we all cheer when a politician/ceo/guy-who-sucks gets murked, but it's still not a good basis for a society to (re)start with!
and from yet another more personal perspective, megatron's revenge, in their behalf or otherwise, was already tainted for them the moment it happened by orion's death. the fact an innocent, who only wanted to do the right thing (naively or self-righteously as it may look to some), died in the process automatically made it not worth it in their eyes.
they dearly wish orion hadn't died. much less for someone like sentinel. but they understand perfectly why he protested against megatron killing him like that. and him risking his life for what he thought was right for cybertron, even though it meant keeping the person who'd oppressed him his entire life alive, only makes him more worthy of the matrix and the responsibilities it carries as far as they're concerned.
they're... content knowing that the well-being of their people is in the hands of someone who can, has and will put the greater good above his own feelings of anger or desire of revenge.
tldr: megatron's revenge had too high a price to pay for it to be worth it in their eyes, no matter what personal satisfaction they could've gotten from it. and they understand that orion wasn't trying to protect sentinel because he cared for him, but because he was seeing the bigger picture and trying to do what was right for everyone and not just himself and d-16.
haunted au
#hey i got an ask#rumble1319#transformers one#tfone#haunted au#optimus prime#megatron#tf primes#i liked this ask. it made me think.#i am very team!Optimus in case it wasn't obvious enough#i think he was doing the right thing not letting dee kill sentinel#did he choose the worst words possible. maybe. did he make a mistake exiling megatron with the high guard afterwards. definitely.#but he still didn't deserve to get his chest blown off for that and he'd literally just died and came back to life. he gets a freebie.#also he's my little guy and can do wrong in my eyes <33333
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fic_promptly - theme: sharing is caring
sniperspy - rated G - prompt: share your knowledge
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âTen?â Sniper exclaims, surprising Spy into jolting from his papers. âAs in, ten percent?â
Sniper holds up a paystub, pointing to a column of Spyâs bonus wages.Â
Spy pauses. He snatches the slip from Sniperâs hand, annoyed that heâs somehow managed to steal it off his desk. Salaries arenât exactly kept a secret, but like many a privatized business, RED doesnât seem to promote the idea of having the other mercenaries share the details of their pay. Currently, Spy has no reason to pry, being quite satisfied with his own paychecks, and he already knows the BLU spy makes an identical amount, down to the decimal.Â
For a brief moment, Spy struggles with his own need to be private and the temptation to spit in the face of any big corporation. In the end, the humble pro-union French spirit in him wins out.
âYes. I receive a ten percent bonus off my base pay each time I successfully retrieve Intelligence,â he explains, watching as Sniperâs expression darkens. He sighs. âOh, come now. Itâs not that much more than what you maââÂ
âOnly?â Sniper interrupts.
A lengthy silence fills the room.
Spy feels himself go very calm. âWhat do you mean âonlyâ?âÂ
âMate, they give me a twenty-five percent bump if I ever manage to grab that briefcase.â Sniper blinks, slow, digesting this new information along with Spy.
Spy assumes theyâre both heading to the same conclusion. The cold and calculated part of him acknowledges that Sniper has less of a chance of successfully retrieving the briefcase, making it unlikely that he receives the bonus amount on a regular basis. You wouldn't pay a long range specialist the same rate as someone in espionage or scouting, after all. In fact, Spy only recalls Sniper having twice done itâboth under highly unusual circumstances and a string of fuck ups on both the RED and BLU teams. Sniper had been rightfully gleeful, but Spy suddenly remembers the amount of expensive upgrades, fixes, and new knickknacks to Sniperâs camper and weaponry the following week. Not to mention the few fancy dinners heâs treated Spy to, but Spy had only amounted the splurge of funds to the price of courting someone as classy and refined as himself.
Spy stands up, nearly knocking over his chair, and starts rummaging through his files for the RED company handbook.
âLet me see your fucking contract,â he snarls at Sniper, tucking the book and several of his old paystubs under his arm.
Sniper is already headed out the door to his camper with Spy at his heels.
âRight. Okay. So I have an idea,â Sniper mentions, and Spy matches his steps so that he can listen.
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After one week, the two of them get called into Miss Paulingâs office.
âSo, uh, yeah. I canât let you two do this anymore,â she begins, leafing through the datasheets of their kill counts, assists, and briefcase acquisitions.
Sniper remains silent, a tactic that Spy can appreciate but not follow through himself.Â
âWhatever do you mean?â he asks, very politely.Â
Pauling heaves a sigh, setting the stack of papers down. She pushes her glasses up in a motion that matches the way she rolls her eyes hard.
âOh, so youâre making me say it? Fine,â she says, unruffled. âSpy, you cannot steal BLUâs Intelligence and hand it over to Sniper at the last second so that Sniper can make the objective. And Sniper, you cannot split your bonus wages with Spy. Or anyone else for that matter. Did the two of you think no one would notice?â
Spy takes a brief drag from his cigarette. He genuinely dislikes making Miss Paulingâs job any more stressful but truth be told, sheâs upper management, and therefore not really anyone to show mercy to.
âWhatâs stopping me from saying I dropped the briefcase on accident, and Sniper only did his due diligence and picked it up himself?â
âWell, for one, your smug expression-â
Spy fixes his face to look more demure and polite.
â-and two, REDâs not going to let you game the system. You get that, right? Consider this your first offense and verbal warning. After that, itâs a write up. Then disciplinary action, which would be up to the Administrator.âÂ
Sniper clicks his tongue.Â
âSo youâre sayinâ weâve got one more go at this?â he asks, not even breaking into a victory grin.
Never once has Sniper sounded more attractive. If Spy could start furiously making out with him right then and there, he would. Unfortunately, he has to settle with looking neutral, keeping his eyes on Miss Pauling.Â
At his questioning look, Pauling shuts her own eyes. She rubs her forehead.Â
âI guess,â she replies, tired.
âFantastic,â Spy says, his expression back to being smug. He reaches for the desk, stubbing out his cigarette in the ashtray, and canât help but take a sneaking glance at one of the datasheets for the total number of briefcases heâs managed to hand over to Sniper. Sniperâs upcoming paycheck seems to be in marvelous shape. He peers up at Pauling with the smallest of apologetic smirks. âYou look like you want to dismiss us.â
âYeah,â Pauling says, waving a hand as if to shoo them both away. âIâll just get started on your write-ups. You know the amount of paperwork I already have to do for you guys? Endless.â
Sniper obediently stands from his chair and clears his throat. âWell, how about we nab a briefcase under your name and youâll get a little gift of appreciation? Will that smooth things over?â
The scratching of Paulingâs pen doesnât even hesitate.
âDo not make me open an attempt-at-bribery case with HR, Sniper,â she says, now thoroughly engrossed with paperwork. She doesnât bother looking up to see Sniper wince. âYou are one of the few mercenaries here with a clean record.â
âWeâve an HR department?â Spy asks, surprised, though he briefly throws Sniper a doubtful look as well.Â
âYeah, and thatâs me,â Pauling says, meaningfully.
Itâs a good enough cue as any to leave. Both Spy and Sniper exit as casually as they can, waiting until they are down three hallways to shake handsâthough Spy does fall prey to his French pro-union spirit, and pulls Sniper in for a quick peck on the cheek.Â
âBuy you dinner?â Sniper asks, who should, on top of throwing piss at people, absolutely have a long list of HR violations against him, inappropriate fraternizing included.Â
âBuy me dinner,â Spy agrees.Â
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Victim Becker is like The character ever because. as a Person he absolutely deserved better, he deserves a second chance to be happy again with Mitsi and Agent and his three new friends. he does not need an atonement arc, he does not need to apologize for anything, the world should be apologizing to him. but as a Character i would fucking hate it if victim redeemed himself.
like no. there is no world where i can see any scenario where victim gives alan and/or chosen a second chance and i'll be happy with it. it's not like chosen, who owed all his strength to alan and ultimately knew they have to team up against a stronger evil. it's not like purple, where his issue was a shitty father that he needs to forget and move on from, not hunt for approval or revenge or anything else. it's not like king, whose "villain" was a nonsentient game he was projecting his rage and inability to protect gold onto. victim has an objective, real antagonist to his story, and that antagonist is Alan Becker and his (in victim's mind) sidekick The Chosen One. There is no misunderstanding like King, there's no greater evil or vic owing them something like Chosen. Alan is responsible for every bad thing in vic's life, knowingly or not, that's an objective fact. Victim was traumatized for years because of Alan, Victim lost the love of his life because of Alan and Chosen (even if Dark is the one who killed Mitsi, Chosen assisted and Dark's dead so there's no one else Vic can hunt for)
I just. cannot see Victim ever redeeming himself. Him ever giving Alan and Chosen a second chance. Him going "I won't actively hunt you if you fuck off and never show up again" would be the best outcome, and that'd still feel wrong cause it's been over a decade, would Victim really back off after all of that?
What could make Victim back off? That's the biggest issue here. Why would Victim ever turn good after a life like his. He's spent 12 years plotting revenge. He lost the most important person in his life. He's so stuck up his own ass he views all his former employees as traitors and cowards. He's never shown himself to be grateful towards Agent despite all the shit that he did for him. He's convinced the rules are "I'm good and anyone against me is evil and probably with Alan ngl". His innocence is gone, Mitsi is gone, Agent is on his side and if he'll turn against Vic he would be written off as another "coward" and "fool", and the mercs are random hired guns that he does not give two fucks about.
If I was writing Season 3, I would not give Victim a redemption for the sake of a "happy ending" (he's similar enough to King anyway). For me, Victim is a character defined by tragedy; he's been wronged, nothing ever goes his way, he is the Victim of this universe. For me, Victim's story will end with failure, with a death that he won't return from, after he's lost everyone in a single-minded obssession with getting revenge. The same way the Chosen One became a hero, the Dark Lord died a monster in a failed attempt for world domination and the Second Coming succeeded where his predecessor couldn't, the Victim cannot escape the fate that's been forced onto him since his author wrote his story. Since fate cursed him. Since Alan gave him that damn name.
Would it be cruel and tragic for Victim to never get a happy ending after a life of suffering? Yes. But it would give AVA a more mature story than another "happily ever after". But it would teach Alan and Chosen that no matter how hard they regret and atone, some of their victims will never let them go. But it would teach the Stick Gang that even if they want to, there are some people you can't group-hug it out with.
Funnily enough, I only have that feeling with Victim. I'm very open for an Agent redemption, but that's for another day.
#alan becker#animator vs animation#ava victim#ava the chosen one#ava the dark lord#ava agent#analysis#character analysis#i'm afraid of ava season 3 and how itll end#i genuinely think it would be good for victim to die but i can smell the redemption coming from a mile away#and i'm scared cause i don't think alan will execute it well. chosen and purple were his only good redemptions#EVER#every other one sucked#and i don't want ava's best story arc yet to end on an awful note that will leave me disappointed and angry#there's no good reason to explain victim redeeming#i'm especially afraid that fucking Dark will return steal Vic's spotlight as the big bad and will cause Rocketcorp and Stickgang to team up#That would be so fucking awful I would actually lose faith in Alan actually being a good writer#dark should stay dead. mitsi should stay dead. victim should join them.#that's my hot take
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I think it's really fascinating that either way you activate his romance scene, Fenris doesn't come to Hawke that night until after he explains about the Fog Warriors (you can kill Hadriana and still not activate his romance scene if you have not had this conversation). There are are a few romance options in that conversation that might explain this ("few pleasures greater than speaking with a beautiful woman," the two lines about whether you're attracted to each other), but I think that divulging how he escaped is the actual keystone there.
Fenris talks about how the Fog Warriors are "free with their affections" and (though you can also take this as an implication that he was romantically/sexually involved with some of them) I feel this could be intended as a kind of implicit warning: "These people sheltered me, they gave me space to recover, they offered me affection and freedom, and look what I did to them. Do you see what I am capable of?"
You cannot skip this conversation and continue his romance. Idk if it's the process of telling Hawke that matters (he himself says he's never told anyone), that explaining it aloud is what makes him realizes how much he trusts Hawke, or if Hawke knowing acts as a sort of prerequisite for further intimacy, but....augh. I have played that conversation through a dozen times and I am still thinking about it.
#idk i just. am thinking about him today#and writing the act 2 scenes. like. because of who they are they couldn't do anything else!!!#but also it hurts!!#fenris#da2#dixeram#i ripped out their hearts he says and then he rips out hawke's#intentional to unintentional literal to figurative#crunch crunch crunch#i am scrunching him up and throwing him in the dryer#tbc you can skip the gift conversations and still romance him. like you can be with fenris and not know he can't read for example#i know the hadriana quest is not skippable for romance progression#but neither is this#fenhawke
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I donât understand how people can look at a man stuck between a rock and a hard place, who had an immortal witch hellbent on ending the world barreling towards him where no matter what he did people would die and say he wanted to throw all the lives of Mantle away.
If they stayed and fought the exhausted army who had been fighting all night would likely have many casualties, and thatâs pretending no civilians got killed in the process. If he left with all of the civilians from Mantle who got evacuated and everyone on Atlas plus the military the maiden and relic all get taken to safety and the people who couldnât get evacuated would die. Either way no matter what he did People. Will. Die.
Salem wants people dead and is immortal and has control of a seemingly endless army. Pretending people wonât die is laughable and even RWBYs so called âperfectâ plan got people killed.
Being in control of an army in a world with soulless man eating monsters hellbent on ending the world isnât magical proof heâs evil. Remnant is not America. Taking American standards and life realities as proof of a cartoon characters morals and life is laughable. Not having an army is far more dangerous and immoral in Remnant where villages are destroyed because they cannot afford to hire huntsman to protect them. You know where we donât see signs of villages destroyed because they donât have protection? The same kingdom that has an army you for some reason thinks is evil despite the only evidence being they donât charge for services unlike huntsman and they go to other kingdoms to help.
Being a leader doesnât make him a tool of the state or whatever heâs doing his job and trying to help people.
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Anon you and I have different definitions of a field day lolz.
Okay joking aside I am, flabbergasted by this persons comment here. How has this man aLwAyS been a dictator? Heâs not even a dictator in volume 8 of wherein he makes some very very bad choices.
His back was against the wall, the immortal witch hellbent on ending the world rolled up with an army so large the people monitoring it thought it was a glitch. No I donât like a lot of what he does in volume 8, but his actions regarding dealing with Salem and her army? The thing people point to, to call him a dictator? Not the actions of a dictator, but someone fighting an immortal witch hellbent on ending the world. Martial law aka state of emergency? If a massive Grimm army isnât a state of emergency I donât know what is. Moving civilians underground where no Grimm managed to get? Trying to evacuate as many people as possible with an exhausted army?
Not being a dictator. And people insisting he was a dictator the âentireâ time is even more ridiculous. That statement means the main characters, the so called heroes were happy working with a dictator, and only had an issue with a dictator when he stopped doing what they wanted. That is not the serve the fndm thinks it is.
Also? Atlas isnât the only kingdom to have had Faunus slaves. But atlas doesnât currently have slaves that are legally being held as slaves. We can argue about what Blake meant about questionable labor practices exactly but we can guess but given her word choice itâs not proven the SDC is using said slave labor and without proof a non dictator government canât do anything about it until they have proof. But all of Remnant at one point had Faunus slaves but no one is arguing Ozpin or Theodore are slave holders. Atlas doesnât allow slaves, nothing in the text implies Atlas does, and insisting that it does to try and prove a ridiculous âhe was a dictator alwaysâ claim is absolutely ludicrous.
No one can even point to any actions pre volume 8 that even remotely are that of a dictator, tired people after a long day of work? Been there done that thatâs not a dictator thing thatâs just having a job, showing off a robotic army to civilians? Sanctioned by the government and said army is being made the fight the endless hoard of soulless man eating monsters to try and keep people off of the battle field as much as possible. Bring an army to a worldwide event? One the Olympics has massive security so this is not a red flag, and two, in a world with said soulless man eating monsters attracted to negative emotions not having an army is the dumbest thing someone could do. And again, the local government asked him to bring his army.
James Ironwood is not a dictator and I really do not understand how so many people insist he is.
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Do you think when he dies, his eyes hit pause?
#honkai star rail#reca#mr reca#hsr#they'd probably actually hit stop but reca is a force of nature i've decided#he cannot be killed in a way that matters#i would like to try though#world's most killable-looking guy#truly everything i wanted and more#my art
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#dbtag#silly hours#god#I feel like that's a really clear and consistent thing throughout the entirety of the manga but OTL leave it to Toei!!!!#lays on the floor I wish people were less afraid of letting âgood guysâ be flawed and selfish and reckless without having to like.#idk vilify them?#like Goku does and always has had a ton of negative qualities about him but what keeps him a protag and what keeps those negatives charming#is that 1) he never promises to be anything Else. If you're upset by his behavior that's a you problem Goku's just doing Goku#He's only upset when Other People get hurt because 2) almost none of those negative qualities contain any malice whatsoever#even as a kid when he was 'i killed that guy' it was like 'i solved a problem why are you mad (gen)' not 'good fucking riddance lol'#and he kept that as an adult too even when he learned more about compassion he's still 'well if you're not gonna stop i have to kill you'#it's never 'fuck off and die' it's always 'listen buddy either you knock it off or i knock you out there is no option c '#and god i love that Goku. I spent so long thinking I hated Goku growing up but I only hated Toei's Goku. Toriyama's Goku is GREAT.#like look if an antagonist is just a hero with the wrong perspective a hero is just a villain with the right one#and the fact that Goku has all of the qualities of a villain with none of the malice or intention makes him SO POWERFUL as a character#Goku doesn't like bystanders getting hurt. That doesn't make him less chaotic and self-centered and simplistic in his worldview.#A hero sacrifices his loved ones to save the world -- a villain sacrifices the world to save his loved ones --#Goku sacrifices himself because you cannot kill him in any way that matters#idskahds anyway here's another essay in the tags for your wednesday evening scroll#the justification the interviewer gave was that the anime was for kids but my beef with that is that Hero Tropes strip chaotic characters#of their emotions. Goku's conflicts are emotional. Goku's power is emotional. Goku's childlikeness keep him authentically emotional.#MORE kids -- ESPECIALLY little boys -- deserve a male protagonist who leans into his emotions to persevere and win.#Super deciding his âangelic stateâ would kill him makes me want to tear my hair out lmao Goku's EMOTIONS are too strong to hold it.#you could've just asked toriyama about it why'd you decide on the most basic high-stakes shorthand possible OTL#aNYWAY#media analysis#in the tags at least lol
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realizing my recent jason posts makes it sound like i hate his character when that could not be farther from the truth. i love my unhinged toxic self sabotaging king. he has so many problems and over half of them are directly his doing. watching people grind down his sharp edges until he's a misunderstood softboy is what gets me up in arms like leave him alone he's doing absolutely horrible things to himself and everyone around him and you're going 2 accept that buddy!!
#personal#granted that goes for most people in the batclan. but especially jason#if u do not want to engage with him beyond the fact that his death was a tragedy then power to u#but im more interested in the immediate aftermath + continued clash of morals wrt. killing/murder and how it reflects#jason's unwillingness to accept bruce's hardline stance on no killing and how it has no bearing on how important jason is/was to bruce#âwhy didn't you kill him for taking me away from youâ the real crux of the matter isn't that the joker is alive. but that jason is still#grieving himself and the life that was stolen from him. he's just lashing out in the one way he knows will grab bruce's instant attention.#âbut bruce should've just killed the jokerâ no he shouldn't have because that goes against everything the batman stands for#âthe joker should be an exceptionâ misses the point. there can't be exceptions to the rule. if there are exceptions#then the rule stops being a rule and more of a judgement call#and that's an extremely tenuous line to walk in a family of people who work in and are surrounded by constant violence#they CANNOT be judge and jury because that leads to becoming executioners#which is a slippery slope into becoming the monster they fight to keep off the streets but WORSE!!!!!#because the people trust the sign of the bat! there's a fucking LIGHT BEAMING IT INTO THE GOTHAM SKYLINE. A SHINING BEACON OF PROMISE...#i digress.#anyways. jason my beloved. my little bastard. i love you ugly ass helmet and all
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' You told her she could do anything, and, for you, all she wanted to do⌠was be kind. '
Enver & Dirge
#|| ' we are needed at the helm ! ' || { baldurs gate iii }#enver gortash#|| ' he is my heart ; i did not have one before him ' || { dirge & enver }#lord enver gortash#dirge the dark urge#dirge the durge#durge#the dark urge#dark urge#// Lots of feelings#// I blame my friend who writes Enver for this đ#// A collection of my art for them.#// I feel like you can definitely see the progression#// with drawing Gortash đ#// Just two jagged and wretched people#// who could have [ and in some ways did ] make each other worse#// but also? made each other better?#// Learned love together even if it was different and flawed#// It always would have led to her death#// because no matter what she said#// she never would have killed him#// I am just#// đđđ#// At least she can save him in roleplay đĽđđĽ#// Where she is a (trying to reform) murder cat.#// And she is absolutely cat like. I cannot stress that enough. đ A menace.
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hi I love your tags so so much! they were so sweet and so interesting and creative and the whole Aphrodite type of beauty thing sounds really interesting do you have any articles and recommendations to read further into it??
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Hello my fine feathered (I am assuming possession of feathers if you are, indeed, capable of flight) @hogoflight! I'm always always happy to hear that people appreciate my frenzied rambling in the tags :D! I have a lot of articles and recommendations :D!! Ancient Greek notions of beauty and representations of it in their art and sculptures is a pretty well studied topic! There isn't any way for us now to know definitively what the beauty standard was (it varied widely from region to region and culture to culture after all) but here are a couple of my favourite reads about Aphrodite and what her representations tell us about idealised beauty!
Probably the most empirically extensive one I can list is KrĂśnstrĂśm's thesis which compares statues of Aphrodite and literary text referring to both the goddess and mortal women to determine physical ideals for women in five specific eras of Grecian antiquity. Including measurements of the statues there are many descriptions of Aphrodite as 'curvy' with a 'voluptuous figure' and with 'ample buttocks and bosom'.
"When the beauty traits are described in the texts, they are never extreme or anything that could not be found in normal people just that they are more beautiful in every aspect. Furthermore, the sculpturesâ physical forms look healthy, they are tall and have distinct curves. Great examples of this are the Knida sculpture and de Milo (the Melian) sculpture."
Of course, these images are still idealised, and there was still a concept such as 'too fat' or 'too skinny' found in written records (and this thesis even includes analysis of pornographic writings and descriptions of the fashion and stylings of pubic hair of women from different regions!!) but from an interpretational standpoint? There is absolutely no reason why these can't refer to a fuller figure. Height was also a very important factor after all and over the course of many eras, it seems like being well proportioned in addition to the length and appearance of one's hair were the most important factors (and, like Apollo, greater beauty was given to those with curlier hair)
Mireille M. Lee's 'Other Ways of Seeing' essay which talks about the forgotten female viewers of Knidian Aphrodite which is also extremely illuminating on how Aphroditic sexuality and sensuality was perceived totally differently from the well documented male voyeuristic gaze (which was overly preoccupied with the statue's nakedness and therefore over-sensationalised the statue's physical appearance) vs women's perspective on the statue which is more centered on the beauty of simplicity in Aphrodite's garment and decoration and in her power and ability to captivate both in her finery and without it. I think it's especially useful in exploring the importance of finery, jewellry and adornment in representations of Aphroditic beauty.
"Some of the small-scale copies are heavily jeweled, especially those from the eastern Mediterranean, for example the Hellenistic gilded terracotta statuette in the Ăanakkale Museum (Fig. 5) in which the goddess wears, in addition to the armband on her (right) arm, the following: a necklace with multiple pendants; cross-bands extending over both shoulders and hips, with a cascading pendant in the center; a coiled snake armband on the left arm and another snake on her left thigh, and a twisted anklet on her right leg. (The left leg has been restored, and might also have featured an anklet.)"
"Jewelry is especially associated with Aphrodite in Greek literature. As seen above, in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the goddess adorns herself with gold jewelry, dress-pins, and earrings in the shape of flowers (162â3)..."
Finally, and to me, the most important one in the argument for an interpretation of Hyacinthus as fat, beautiful and fundamentally Aphroditic comes from Brilmayer's brilliant brilliant thesis done on Aphrodite's work and influence in Archaic Greek Poetry which does away with all of that masculine preoccupation with physical proportion, measurement and bodily ideals for a focus on a Sapphic Aphroditic ideal centered in clothing, ornamentation and, most importantly cunning as symbols of Aphrodite and ultimately a feminine idealised form of beauty. This paper also discusses Pandora and Helen in these terms and it is just kind of a wonderful read tbh.
"Combining Homeric and Hesiodic elements with her own ideas, she [Sappho] alters the way female beauty is viewed. For example, the Homeric war chariot â a symbol of male, military prowess - comes to symbolise the totality of Aphroditeâs power uniting in itself male and female qualities. Having addressed the concept of beauty directly, Sappho then concludes that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. With the help of Helen of Troy and her beloved Anaktoria, Sappho sets out to reinvent the concept of female beauty as a godlike, subjective quality that may be expressed in many ways, yet remains inspired by Aphrodite."
The conclusion to all of this of course is that Aphroditic ideal beauty is much more fluid compared to its stricter Apolline masculine standard. The nuances and understandings of both are of course, constantly being studied, analysed and scrutinised but really, if Dionysus who was both bearded and clean shorn, effeminate, birthed and rebirthed (and twice gestated!) and strongly associated with vegetation can be popularly portrayed as fat and handsome, why can't Hyacinthus?!
#ginger rambles#ginger answers asks#Once again I do not care how it happens or who I have to pay#I don't even care how much research I have to do#All I care about is more unique portrayals of Hyacinthus#Literally that's it#I will go through every academic hoop to make that possible if that's what peeps need TRUST#No because there's a genuine conversation to be had about a Hyacinthus who is split between masculine and feminine qualities#Likewise there's a wonderful conversation to be had wrt Apollo's fluidity in terms of presentation and how it does not reflect on his gende#the way Dionysus' fluidity reflects on his#Apollo is ALWAYS masculine no matter his ornaments garments makeup or action#It doesn't matter that he has the prettiest curls or wears elaborate dresses for his kitharody and dances#or values the deep dyes of the lapis - Apollo is ALWAYS male and that cannot be concealed by any finery or garment#Aphrodite however is an ally in this measure because through her beauty bridges the gap between the mortal and the divine#And we see this constantly in the way mortal beauties are able to attract the eye of many gods and how glory and ultimately immortality#are gained from these things#After all even after their deaths or betrayals or tragedies#We still tell their stories and remember their names#And what is Apollo if not the one who recites all of these beautiful memories - what is Clio if not the one who records these histories#ANYWAY PLEASE DRAW FAT HYACINTHUS#PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE#I AM ON MY KNEES I AM BEGGING (no pressure seriously I'm being very lighthearted) BUT ALSO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEE#TOGETHER WE CAN KILL THE PATROCLES/HYAPOLLO VISUAL PARALLELS WE CAN DO IT I KNOW WE CAN#ANYTHING SO THAT XANTHIAN DEVIL ARISTOS ACHAION DOESN'T GET ANY MORE PARALLELS WITH APOLLO P L E A S E#This is of course entirely because of my own biases and such there's nothing objectively wrong with comparing and paralleling#Hyapollo and Patrocles - however and I cannot stress this enough#P l e a s e#Thank you for the ask <33 Always a pleasure to provide more relatively obscure references mmhm#Hope this helps!#oh almost forgot
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#you cannot advertise to me in a way that matters but okay sure i'll like your instagram post#(HE LOOKS SO GOOD RHHHAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!!! IM GONNA KILL MYSELF)#jenson button#video#cant even have a 2am mental breakdown in peace with this man jesus fucking christ#jensonposting
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how do i turn qantoineâs spontaneous marriage proposal to qetoiles into evidence of his early-days fear of qfrench drifing away and keeping secrets from one another
#the conversation takes place in antoineâs vod: LâANNIVERSAIRE DE TALLULAH at 41 mins ish#like . okay . its such a fucking crazy moment to me that still lives in my head bc itâs a a joke . but itâs also not#he asks etoiles directly after spiderbit wedding . âdonât you want to get married?â#after it gets mentioned*#etoiles turns him down bc he âdoesnât have time to fuck [he] needs to kill everyoneâ#and antoine says âwell butâ just a marriageâ like itâs the act itself that is the most important to him not anything that could come with it#the confirmation of partnership . of having someone to rely on . something that feels to him maybe more certain and solid than the#friendships antoine had at that point . like if he felt things were slipping and he was being left behind he wanted the certainty of#something like a marriage that is traditionally considered More important and certain .#and i think the end of their conversation is notable in how antoine brings up the notion of betrayal â he getting betrayed by others and how#heâs fed up with it . after etoiles says no to the marriage (though specifying that heâs gonna think about it) antoine brings the whole#betrayal thing up after a pause . he doesnât necessarily consider etoiles as having betrayed him but itâs that lack of certainty#certainty that etoiles has refused to give him that makes him start to open up about how heâs tired of people promising him things (or#seeming to promise him things) only to leave him out and in the dark . and thereâs an insecurity there that really shines if you take this#moment into consideration with the Larger Shifting his character is going through .#like tldr ; qantoine has begun to realise that his friends are starting to form deeper bonds with other people and thus keep secrets with#them which to him means leaving him behind . taking notice of this he brings this up to his friends in . not exactly direct ways . he#talks about how he doesnât like secret keeping but doesnât seem to push much further and he also tries to remedy the issue#of feeling left behind by doing shit as discussed above ^ however on account of the InHuman iâm not sure he understands what heâs doing very#well . and as we know antoine doesnât make much progress and ends up retreating into himself and beginning to keep his own secrets . to do#his own shady shit . to work in the shadows and not be honest with any of his friends either . to hold them at armâs length despite how much#he still cares . the only person he puts his full trust into anymore is pomme . not ayp who he deems too underhanded . not bagz who he sees#as having started the whole âsecret keepingâ stuff in the first place . and not etoiles whoâs actively going down a path with the codes and#resistance that he cannot follow#that was NOT a short tldr . why the fuck am i writing dissertation length tags about MINECRAFT BLOCKS#god whatever who cares i get joy out of this thats what matters#anw if you read this far holy shit ur insane . thank you#i am going to bed now godbless !#jay rambles#qfrench.posting
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(chuckles) Im so good at reading comprehension and my meat is huge
#porter's lines in the preview..... I am prepared to be correct. and so so smug#cannot believe they touched upon clone politics as well. just. absolutely insane ep#fhjy spoilers#actually Im returning here to bask in what might be with the preview. this place sucks why do you save it?#that question is always so Integral to my writing brain its like being struck with lightning seeing that worded#why do you hold onto the coherence that you do? at what point do you abandon your morals?#why do you save the world? why do you do it again and again?#but very specifically with the bad kids I think itd both hit hard for them to hear it said out loud#that like. yeah! actually none of it ever has to be this way does it. all of it is started by someone and maintained by someone#you can shift the world. this fucking weirdo we're fighting is doing it right now! the door exists!#but also like 5 out of 6 of them would immediately be like fuck OFF my PARENTS LIVE HERE#and also specifically fig and gorgug would kill porter no matter what he says bc they just hate him#and it owns. this bitch should learn the consequences of working with teenagers#also I think shooting those cannons is like the closest riz has ever gotten to a moment of mindfulness#kid was doing self searching n introspection on top of those guns. eugenia got there at the breakthrough#I believe in you baby boy. rob a bank get that tuition the world is your oyster
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Bloodborne's cut dialogue altered my brain chemistry
#.txt#Bloodborne#highlights include:#sort of non-hostile micolash#the blood minister being aware of the timeloop and growing increasingly tired of telling you about your contract-#-and also basically saying ''you cannot kill me in a way that matters'' when killed#gilbert starting to cry when you give him a cure AND THEN-#- the sound of him sleeping well when you return and he calls the Hunter ''my dear'' HELLO!?!#Iosefka saying that she looks forward to seeing you in person and getting to see what you look like#honorable mention goes to the afflicated beggar's unused pain sounds
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there's just something about the love between a woman whose impending death is inevitable and a man who's an immortal undead...
#bg3 spoilers#thoughts about media#starlach is so beautiful but so fucking tragic#apparently you cannot save karlach as astarion unless you've ascended#you cannot join her in avernus as a spawn :(#bro and it kills me karlach has been unwillingly celibate for 10 years#but that doesn't matter. she loves astarion SO MUCH she just wants to be with him. however she can.#AND THE FUCKING KISSES????? dude she is SOOO gentle with him!!!!!!!!#makes me think of this one short french film. which is obv a bit different from karlach and astarion's romance.#but it's still about valuing the love you have while it's there. because it can be lost so so easily.#basically a husband is cheating on his wife but then his wife falls terminally ill. and so he takes care of her.#and while taking care of her he realises just how much he loves her. he stops seeing the other woman. and stays with his wife to the end.#just the devotion he shows her in her remaining time alive and then the final shot where he's alone and just. dumbstruck with grief....#I saw this film years ago and it still sits with me. it was so beautiful and tragic. very french! lmao.#just makes me think of starlach in a way though. like the beauty of that limited time karlach and astarion would have together.#and the fucking tragedy that would be karlach dying and astarion...immortal astarion.... being alone again.#ugh MAAAN!!!! starlach and wyllstarion and wyllach are all SUCH good pairs#they offer a veritable buffet of the most wonderful. tender. and tragic romance tropes T____T#I have to give credit where credit is due. thank you larian for two VERY fucking good m/f pairings.#so easy for writers to come up with piss poor m/f romances that have no chemistry but karlach works SOO well with either astarion or wyll.#i wish the fandom wasn't. well as fandoms normally are. you know. đ#literally any of these three pairs SHOULD be the most popular imo.#if you disagree- that's your own opinion. I am not here to fight with people.#also one last thing? the youtube poster's icon fucking KILLED me. please look at it.
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