#her grieve for her son

[foxgloveinspace]

I finally watched dune part 2.

I have some oddly mixed feelings about but I think I liked it???

(I put all my thoughts in the tags for some reason and I’m not rewriting them)

[onionninjasstuff]

something something future leo dies early and mikey takes on the role of cj's main mentor. something something mikey-centric movie. idk what his arc would be abt BUT I HAVE AN ITCH THAT NEEDS TO BE SCRATCHED

[cable-salamdr]

Does it ever kill you that it wasn’t even Arin who ended up solving the whole mystery. Like that was the whole reason he even agreed to go to the tournament— he would be able to do something and something useful for once, but in the end that task was taken up by someone else again.

[vintagegoddess12]

Do you think Evanora had to wait until Agatha’s 18 before she can get tried at the stake?

Do you think she had a countdown for when she’s planning to put her own daughter down?

Do you think she framed Agatha to stole knowledge above her station so she can have a reason to burn her?

Do you think she set her up then the way she set her up now with her new coven?

[kraviolis]

no, camila found her daughter a long time ago.

(and so what if she was different after being found? really, mrs. noceda, you shouldn't expect her to be the same girl she was before. what five year old wouldn't be changed from such a traumatic experience?)

[AU MASTERPOST]

[skania]

I need to know your thoughts on the leaks about Kana slapping his corpse in front of his mother plz?

Ever since TB, Kana's character has been acting like a clown and this chapter is no exception. A clown through and through 🤡

[mosscaps]

let's all think about roman literally on his knees at gerri’s feet, begging to be saved. but you can’t be saved from Logan, that’s the whole point, he is a planet of a person he’s a black hole he is every decision already made. gerri tries to get him to see this — there’s no way out, no move they could possibly make against him, because Logan. always. wins. maybe if roman could give her one reason to fight for him, but there aren’t any. it’s pointless. it has nothing to do with roman, really, and everything to do with the harsh reality that Logan is the center of their universe. but all that nuance is completely lost on roman, because in that room he is seven years old again and always. and when she asks how it serves her interests, what she is saying is show me a way out, but what he hears is that she doesn't care about him. and maybe she never did.

[salparadiselost]

Follow up question - if the mer-baby died in the pouch, would the dad eat it to reabsorb the nutrients or just like... let it drift away in the current.

I think in almost all cases it would be taken out of the body because the males have a strong instinct to keep their pouches clean. Pouches are porous to some extent, the environment within them are modified by the male’s body and they can modify the males body too. Males control the internal temperature, chemical make up and hormone levels of the bath, but certain reactions between that bath and the egg change the males. For example, I think that there’s probably a chemical reaction between the bath and the surface of an egg that triggers prolactin in the male. The prolactin starts breast development and lactation so that dad is ready to feed once the egg hatches.

All this is to say that the pouch is a delicate enclosed ecosystem that directly affects a male’s wellbeing. Bacteria in the pouch goes directly to the parent and could make them really sick if it festered. It’s a necessity for males to keep it clean and clear of debris because it so directly influences their health.

So I think of a pup or egg died in the pouch, there would be an instinct to immediately get it out before it started to rot. There’s an emotional component too, but strictly biologically a male is incentivised to get rid of it as soon as possible. The reabsorption would probably be happening more on a chemical level or with the milk if any had been produced yet.

That being said, not all male Mers follow that instinct and there is an emotional/cultural component to it. I believe I’ve said before, but there is a well-documented phenomenon of males pouching their dead pups as part of grieving or as a form of suicide in the wake of their child’s death. Usually this happens with older pups, but males will try to carry the bodies of their dead pups even as they rot and decompose. Usually this happens with a violent or sudden death (such as if the pup is killed by a female while trying to mate the father or if the pup is attacked by an ocean predator such as an orca or a shark) and it’s generally connected to the dad’s shock. Some of these fathers will carry the decomposing bodies until the rot poisons their own blood and makes them fatally ill. Their grief kills them and it’s hard to tell whether they are intentionally trying to die with their child or if it’s an accident.

[crows-of-buckets]

I cannot get the idea of a da2 au where Malcolm is the surviving parent instead of Leandra. Would both of the twins have made it out? I think they would. Because like. Malcolm, unlike Leandra, can actually fight. I don't think either of the twins would have felt the need to protect him. Would the deep roads expedition even have to happen? I assume they would probably be worse off in this au since I don't think Gamlen would lend his aid. Obviously ignoring the very valid reasons why Malcolm would NEVER take his children to Kirkwall, or anywhere near it, how different would it be? Idk why it's plaguing my head rn but LORD

[a-timely-problem]

wanna know what I really enjoy about Agatha Harkness? That she's an evil witch. Like, she kills people without remorse, she's sarcastic and spiteful and arrogant and all of that. And you should hate her for all of that but she's also a bitch with a backstory. You hate/love her for the things she does and you can't justify that, which I think is so rare in villains now BC so many of them have a cause where you're like: "...you know, maybe that ain't a bad idea." But that's not the case with her. The reason you still love her, is that she's just evil for the sake of it but she's also a character with layers. She may be evil but she's also a mother. She may be covenless but she feel in love with Death herself. There's so much to this character that fun and evil and sad and deeply profound. At least that's why I really enjoy her character.

[galadriel-blue]

There better be a scene in TROP sometime in the future where Galadriel dances and Theo gets to see it. She told him that story and he took it with disbelief, but I want him to see that even the most cold, heartbroken people were once full of joy, and if Galadriel can feel happiness in something so simple after so many years, maybe he can experience that joy again too

[vegaseatsass]

(SMYM spoilers)

RIP Director Somsak, your first love begged Doctor Kan to kill him and you spent the next decade grieving and grudgy, your last love killed you. for Doctor Kan.

[rosanna-writer]

WIP Wednesday

I'm not 100% sure where this is going to fit into we said hello and your eyes look like coming home, but Feyre's going to find out where all her dresses are coming from at some point

"You didn't think you'd ever see anyone wearing these, did you?" I breathed. "No. No, I didn't." Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes, and I was very, very careful not to let my sleeve touch my face as I brushed them away. Now that I knew where the gown had come from, I wasn't sure I even dared to move for fear of staining or tearing it. "I'm honored. Truly." "She would have loved you," Rhys said, lifting a hand. My tears vanished with a flicker of night-kissed magic. "Though not right away, in all honesty. She made sure the dresses accommodated wings because she never gave up hope I'd settle down with an Illyrian. But if defeating the Middengard Wyrm didn't win her over, shooting that warrior out of the sky would have." "Your mother wanted you to end up with a killer?" He laughed. "She was very Illyrian. If she were still here, she would've been crowing for weeks about what an excellent shot you were to hit a male with such a small wingspan."

[astaticworld]

actually can't get the scene of jace hugging rhaenyra out of my head

[hiveswap]

Greg universe was right though

[witchkillr]

i am retracting my divergence re: agatha's death. if you've been following along, this should be of little surprise to you, as shocked as i personally am LMFAO.