#he's regretting his decisions

[onnahu]

Batkids in Metropolis

For context: they have sunglasses on, bc it's Metropolis, and they're fucking Gothamites AND bats so...

Cass: It's so...

Cass: It's so bright here.

Duke: Right? How can anyone live here?

Steph *putting on second pair of sunglasses*: Oh man, it gives me flashbacks.

Tim: Wtf, Steph. Flashbacks to what?

Jason: To death. Duh.

*Steph and Jason high-five*

Dick *just wanted a break from Bruce's bullshit*: Sometimes I hate you so much. Why do everything have to be a death joke to you?

Steph: I don't know what you're talking about...

Steph: I'm dead sirious.

Duke: 1/5, unoriginal.

Steph: Hey!

Damian's home bc he's grounded. He skipped school again. Jason and Tim paughed at him and he's now plotting revenge.

[o3o-lapd-o3o]

spoilers for the vengeance saga!!!!

what i love about the poseidon and odysseus dynamic is that throughout the sagas they both used each others words/threats back against them/each other.

like in remember them in the cyclops saga you have odysseus shouting to polyphemus

"I AM YOUR DARKEST MOMENT"

which in ruthlessness in the ocean saga, poseidon doesn't shout it but does coldly repeat the words back to odysseus after murdering 500+ of his men.

and of course you had poseidon also saying (before the murder of 500+ men)

"so close your heart, the world is dark and ruthlessness is mercy-"

and now in six hundred strike in the vengeance saga, the tables have turned and poseidon is at odysseus's mercy (and very clear lack of) that while STABBING HIM WITH HIS OWN TRIDENT REPEATEDLY, odysseus throws poseidon's words back at him (while being all stabby stab stab)

"told me to close my heart"

"you said the world was dark"

"didn't you say that ruthlessness is mercy upon our-"

like damn odysseus, impaling a god repeatedly with his own weapon ain't enough huh?

[doctorsiren]

give this angle another tri

[fridgrave2-0]

hehe ghost-turbo haunting felix au

turbo is connected to the last piece of his code in the whole arcade - a trophy he gifted to felix in mid 80s as a symbol of him genuinely caring about their relationships on par with being the best racer. felix also gave him one of his medals and both kept their gifts next to other rewards, but when roadblasters and turbotime were unplugged, the medal was gone with everything else

now, after burning in cola-lava turbo is basically dead, but scraps of his code still were intertwined with the trophy (after all, it was his first winner's cup, but felix never knew about it), giving turbo an opportunity to exist as a shadow incapable of interacting with anything and anyone besides felix, who kept the trophy even after the roadblasters incident

also I went crazy in tags, feel free to check them out

[dearestgentlereaders]

colin bridgerton being one minor inconvenience away from throwing himself in front of a carriage during the span of penelope’s courtship with debling will never fail to make me laugh.

[tessasilverswan]

thinking about how andrew minyard sees relationships as transactions. he can't fathom anyone wanting him to stick around so he buys the right to stay by offering something valuable in exchange – protection.

thinking about how he rushes to make deals with those he wants to keep close. thinking about how even the people that do genuinely appreciate him (betsy, renee, wymack) are tied by a deal. and he can't truly know if they would still be at his side without it.

[fatedroses]

And some days, I just wish you wouldn't look at me at all.

[kikker-oma]

[poolparty13]

When Connor is out of the lineup and now everyone is asking you what the plan is….

[bread-wizards]

I'm just saying, Orym knows something about being stuck on the death of your first love. Of being constantly reminded of them and their death, seeing signs of them every day, making it that much harder to get over them.

But now he has found a new love, and despite the seeing Will several times, being reminded of him every time he looks at the moons or swings his sword, he is ready to move forward. "It's pretty great, living a lifetime." He wants to try again.

If anyone would have some wise words for Keyleth to help her get through this, it would be him.

[ilovereadingandstuff]

I FUCKING LOVE that Blackwhip is literally Izuku's heart. Like...these black strings are almost the only thing we get to know about Izuku's emotions and feelings... because he doesn't voice them out...

And about this last point...I feel like the 'lost of Izuku's pov' arc hasn't come to an actual end to be honest...but that we're getting closer...way more closer than before...i feel it.

[writesology]

they're just acting guys it's fine

[cosmicpoutine]

the more i read about tim drake the more i wish he would've minded his fucking business

[panchulien]

A slightly tipsy Nikolai pouring his heart out to an equally tipsy Laswell who is starting to regret taking up Niks offer for a drink, because Nikolai hasn't shut up about Price ever since they started downing shot glasses. The man is damn near about to sob, with how emotional he's gotten over Price, reminiscing about their shared past, crying about how much he loves him but it's probably not even reciprocated, that John would never look at him that way, and further sobbing into his glass.

What Laswell is forgetting is that, she actually called John to join too, and he's actually standing right beside the door, completely shocked after the things he's heard. He's torn between wanting to leave and pretend he heard none of it, and joining them for a drink while also pretending he just didn't hear his best friend confess how much he wants him. He's fucking screaming on the inside. His heart is trying to claw out of his chest. Its going to be a long night.

The sheer look of horror Laswell has on her face when they lock eyes as John enters through the door is priceless, though, he'll give her that.

(Nikolai bursting into tears when he sees John, throwing himself at him and squeezing him in a hug while he babbles about what a good man John is while barely containing his excitement. He isn't even aware how much he's confessed so far. Price is about to pass out on the spot. This can't be happening. The man he's spent his years yearning over is now confessing that he wants him. Price wants to die.)

[ineffectualbookseller]

there is something to be said for how much the Metatrons' offer of restoring Crowley to an angel changed things for Aziraphale, even beyond the face value of the offer

Azirphale eventually (and reluctantly) accepts the promotion under the presumption that he will be able to change heaven - "if I'm in charge, I can make a difference."

and obviously, Muriel and Jim/Gabriel are two key narrative players to show us why Aziraphale would think heaven can still be reformed - Muriel who was unbelievably lonely in heaven and, despite all their ineptitude, is so excited to experience earth for the first time (the fondness in Aziraphale's face during their scene together in the bookshop is so touching) - and Jim/Gabriel who Aziraphle once knew to be cold, unsympathetic, and remorseless but after having the memories and influences of heaven stripped away turns out to be helpful, curious, and self-sacrificing (we see Aziraphale come to terms with this change over the season, telling Jim in e2 that he's really not sure if he's still terrible but when Crowley is questioning Jim in e5, Aziraphale's sure he's just being silly)

but even after witnessing this, Azirphale isn't jumping at the offer to run heaven. He says so point blank, "I don't want to go back to heaven," but everything changes when he gets the offer to restore Crowley as an angel

and clearly, Aziraphale is so excited by the face-value offer, he and Crowley would be safe and they'd be together, and Crowley would never be punished for doing good again. Just look at his happy little hands when he's asking Crowley to pause his confession so he can share his own great news. He's beyond thrilled to be able to offer this to Crowley, to live this life with Crowley (before he realizes it's not a life that Crowley wants - those happy hands are devastating in hindsight)

so if bringing Crowley to heaven with him was the selling point, why is he still going after Crowley says no? Because in Aziraphale's eyes, the power to restore Crowley is the power to correct heaven's mistakes. So heaven can make mistakes - Aziraphale thinks the Metatron just admitted that heaven is fallible

that is HUGE

(this is also not what the Metatron was saying - but in this context what Metatron said doesn't matter, only what Aziraphale heard)

and this isn't just coming from some angel - the Metatron is the voice of God. The closest thing to speaking to God we have witnessed since 2500 BCE in the Job minisode (the most recent evidence of God speaking directly to a character). Regardless of where God actually is during this story, Azirphale would be taking the Metatron's word as the word of God

Aziraphale has been acting against what heaven says God wants since the beginning: giving away his sword in Eden to protect Adam and Eve from their punishment (which he then lies to God about but is still allowed to stay on Earth), lying to save Job's children and openly question God's role in the plan ("I… I don’t think… that is what God wants"), and of course stopping Armageddon with his Great Plan vs Ineffible Plan pedantry (and before this, his plan for most of s1 is to get in contact with someone higher than Gabriel because of course, God wouldn't actually want this) - and when he is finally found out, Gabriel and Michael cut his ties with heaven

but now might-as-well-be-God is walking into his bookshop and scolding the middle managers and saying they've been fucking up. And he tells Aziraphale that they were wrong about him and they were wrong about Crowley and Aziraphale's the one that's been in the right

(keep in mind that Aziraphale does not know that the Metatron has been on the same subcommittees as the archangels - after Michael and Uriel don't recognize him, he's probably assuming they have very little contact)

if Corwley falling was a mistake maybe everything else Aziraphale has been internally questioning is too. If heaven can make mistakes than something has been going wrong in heaven - a fault in operations not in design - there must something to fix

Aziraphale is a being of faith and he carries such guilt for questioning that faith. The idea that the Metraton is acknowledging a mistake must be such a balm to him

It's really no wonder he thinks he can change heaven after that offer

[theheirofthesharingan]

Regret… When it comes to you, I have oceans of it. ~ Khaled Hosseini