Honestly i think something missed in a lot of fan content that portrays belos and his abuse is his whole "Grandfatherly" vibe he presents and gives to the people and hunter.
Like yes, being cruel and mean ARE part of it, and he certainly tries less to come off that way the longer the show goes, but some of the biggest reasons hunter and the isles were not supposed to really identify how bad he really was had a lot to do with his ability to come off well meaning and sympathetic to those around him.
With hunter, it wasn't just constant shaming and physical abuse, he would smile and intrigue hunter with stories about the human realm, tell hunter he couldn't go on missions to keep him "safe", be incredibly playful about hunter watching him.
It's why hunter was more terrified to upset him, because belos was capable of coming off kind and sweet in his eyes, and that aspect made hunter want to make him happy just as much as want to prove himself. Not just out of fear, but because he had seen belos as a genuine loving uncle who actually did seem to care and needed his help.
Obviously even in these moments belos would still say stuff as bad as implying hunter was replaceable, but how it's being presented is not the same as just being outwardly and openly cruel.
Whether you think it was all lies and manipulation or there were moments were belos was genuine about how he felt (Or maybe an combo of both were his genuineness is used for manipulation), i think people get so wrapped up in his outward cruelness we've forgotten his ability to come off like a sweet and sympathetic father figure that got him here in the first place.
let the man SMILE.
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hi there dan and phil tumblr
i'm iovecanglan on dnptwt, but that community has fostered a terribly toxic environment so i wanted to try my hand at tumblr for a bit :)
my name is jay and i'm a 23-year-old lesbian from texas :3 i will be at tit austin as well as london (friday + saturday) !! i have been watching dnp since 2013 and i am the #1 enjoyer of the dan and phil's traumatic golf incident video :P
even though dnp are my biggest interest atm i am also technically a multifandom account on every platform, so i will post about other things i enjoy too (like chappell roan, atla, studio ghibli, cdramas, books, etc.)
i also write!! i'm ivylakes on ao3 and i have an ongoing one-shot series where i write about canon events that have happened post-hiatus (such as what i believe dan's immediate reaction was to phil dyeing his hair blonde) <3 i have something really special in the works rn so stay tuned!
i don't want to make this too long lol so i think that covers everything for now... it's nice to meet you all and i'm super excited to be here ♥
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🦂 NEW PRINTS 🦂
New Trevor design and two Postal designs! 210x210mm for P2 and Trev, and A4 for P1. Printed on 400gsm Silk Card.
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Okay so, I have a shit ton of ideas with the 141
and one of them is them playing Just Dance.
Gaz? Gaz takes it seriously and is hitting every move like he trained for it. He loves to dance, he loves the music, and he'll be good God DAMNED if Soap's beating him.
Because Soap is just shaking the remote. Like that's all he's doing. He's jamming to the music, and he's doing some of the moves (like don't get me wrong, he's dancing, but he's just having fun with it) but mainly he's just out to beat Gaz because it'll piss him off.
It takes an act of GOD to get Ghost to play. He doesn't mind watching, and it takes a lot of the other guys fucking with him, but once he starts playing? He's hitting perfects without breaking a sweat.
Meanwhile Price won't play unless he's playing with Laswell, her wife, and Nik. His guys are doing too much.
Bonus (Non 141) Just Dance thoughts:
Farah is kick ass at Just Dance, but doesn't actually enjoy playing as much as the guys do. She can and will kick Alex's ass at it though.
Alex is shit at Just Dance, and will blame it on him missing a leg. He won't admit he was ass at it before too.
Hadir plays the same way Soap does, but if Farah is playing, he kicks his ass into gear and actually dances.
König takes Just Dance stupidly seriously, but is always just a little too soon or too late with the moves. He'll also only play when he's drinking
Alejandro and Rodolfo will play to decompress. No talking, just dancing. They'll keep playing until both of them feel like they have their heads on straight.
Valeria fucking LOVES Just Dance. She doesn't give a damn about actually getting points, she's just vibing. She'll only play alone though.
Makarov doesn't play Just Dance.
Graves? Graves loves Just Dance and is stupidly good at it. A video of him playing went viral one time, and fucking Shepherd made him take it down.
Laswell and her wife like to get drunk and play for shits and giggles. They're having so much fun and I want to join them.
Nik sucks at Just Dance, but he loves to play. He doesn't give a shit about getting perfects, he's literally just there for a good time.
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For me a core feature of Galex's relationship is that Alex wants to be seen as strong and unflappable and respected and always in control, right. And Gene wants to be seen as a kind of unquestioned alpha male in charge who never shows any weakness and who deserves the blind respect and obedience of the rest of the team even when he yells at them and verbally abuses them. And they do see each other that way, to some extent. But they also both know that to some extent all of that is bullshit, because they've willingly allowed each other to look deeper.
Because, see, to me another key fact about them is that Alex actually really likes being looked after, and Gene actually really likes having someone to look after, and this is each of their deepest and most personal vulnerabilities that they only really show to each other.
And then almost never directly and outwardly acknowledge, because that would mean acknowledging their own secret hidden layers.
They're perfect for each other. But they're horrid for each other because they're both equally shit at communicating or admitting weakness.
This is a long rambling post I just have a lot of thoughts. I just love them.
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