#i am aware its not that deep

[florida3exclamationpoints]

This person is blocked now bc i don't actually want to get into internet fights and I'm covering their url bc I'm not actually trying to come after them BUT I was in a petty mood. And they put "reasons why Steve would never go back in time to Peggy" in the steggy tag. So I made a petty comment.

You are so welcome to respond to my pettiness with your own pettiness but "stop taking it too seriously" my guy this is common fandom etiquette. Spread your own kindness and positivity in the fandom by following fandom etiquette. 🫶🥲 stfu

[ender1821]

im a child of divorce

[starry-bi-sky]

I'm so annoyed. @kingcrow01 tumblr ate your ask about Danny's opinion on the League. tumblr i pressed 'save draft' why didn't you sAVE DRAFT.

ANyways I'm making a post instead. For everyone else, the ask was in summary:

What was Danny's opinion on the League now that he's left it? If he missed the familiarity of it, if he recognized the cult-like behavior inside it, and if he now detested his grandfather.

And to answer (again, grrr): It's complicated! We love complicated <3. Yeah, Danny does miss the familiarity of the League, it was still his home for the first ten years of his life and he has a lot of memories there. Plenty of good along with the bad, and while he's less homesick than he was when he was 10, it still hits him like a truck at random intervals.

Sam, Tucker, and Jazz are great, and he likes the Drs. Fentons enough that he's contemplated murdering Vlad for his meddling, but if he wants to eat the same food his mother used to make him and Damian, he has to do it himself and he can't get the taste right. No one knows arabic so he speaks it to himself because he doesn't want to forget his mother tongue, and he has a few books too. Frankly? He genuinely misses training.

Getting to use Sam's gym helps with his restlessness, same with training with Maddie, but he has no one on or above his level to go against other than his mother. And he only sees her twice a year at most. He knows that he's getting stagnant and he fucking despises it like a bad itch he can't scratch.

He feels conflicted about missing the League, however, since by now he recognizes the flaws and what was wrong with it, and he recognizes that it was cult-like. But even that is kinda, hrm, complicated? If this was a fic I would be able to go better into depth about what he has and hasn't unlearned because cult deprogramming is hard and Danny's doing most of this on his own.

Sam, Tucker, and Jazz have helped with the more obvious stuff: like the ecofascism, the disregard for human life, his emotional constipation; the more obvious stuff that shows in his behavior and personality. But none of them are professionals nor do they actually know the full extent of what Danny's life in the League was like. They only have snapshots since Danyal is very tight lipped about it. So they can only help with what they see themselves through Danny's behavior or word of mouth.

But in summary: He sees, for the most part, what's wrong with the League and disagrees with some of the stuff they do now. But he's very conflicted, and trying to dissect his feelings on the League confuses him. His protests about it whenever Sam and Tucker joke about it have at this point become mostly empty (altho it still causes him some discomfort), and its an inside joke between them three.

As for Ra's? Despises him. If only because Ra's wanted him to kill his little brother -- thinking about his motives with the League confuses Danny, cognitive dissonance and stuff, -- a lot of his hatred stems from "He wanted me to fight my baby brother to the death. I destroyed my relationship with Damian because of him, I had to fake my death and leave my home, and I will never meet my father or see my brother again because of him. Fuck that guy."

[pseudophan]

i feel like this goes without saying but just for the record my annual eurovision posting is obviously not happening tomorrow. i was originally going to pirate it and just not post about it at all, but after all the bullshit svt and the ebu have been pulling i don't even want to watch it illegally. fuck all of that bullshit. i will be following the news cause i am very curious to see what's gonna happen, especially because i think israel is very likely to win, which makes sense since unfortunately you can't vote against anyone and MOST anti-israel people are boycotting and so it stands to reason that all the pro-israel assholes will vote as much as they can to make a point about how pro genocide they are.

if you are watching still (illegally i hope! don't give them streams! and don't vote!) you can still send me asks about it but i probably won't post them unless it's specifically anti israel/pro palestine

i delusionally do hope one day we'll be able to watch eurovision again, but as long as israel (and a couple of other countries if we're being real) are in it it's not fucking worth it. and even if they do ban israel, if they don't replace the entire board currently at the ebu, or at least whoever is pushing this bullshit if somehow it's not all of them, i'm out lol. and that sucks so fucking bad because eurovision has been one of my main sources of joy since i was like six years old. but it's not fucking worth it.

[trekkele]

something something something the Waynes refusing to allow the Kanes to give Martha a jewish burial because it would “look bad” if she wasnt buried in the Wayne Crypt or whatever.

Something something something about Thomas and Martha Wayne being the only ones buried on the manor grounds after Bruce returns from his world tour.

[w1f1n1ghtm4r3]

elem but my own spin on her. makes her a little more creature

[oklotea]

Sooooo I haven't moved on from the trolls world tour bounty hunters.

The reggaeton trolls and their really cool designs and music....

Hickory and Dickory's entire thing with playing the long haul in trying to get close to poppy to steal her string.......

THE KPOP TROLLS AND THEIR MISSED POTENTIAL AND AND THEIR DESIGNS AND THEY'RE REALLY CUTE AND LOVELY

And CHAZ THE FUCKING SMOOTH JAZZ TROLL!??!??!??!?! need I say more. I mean just look at him.

I am going to start. A fandom. Surrounding these guys. Just watch me.

They are so silly and I love them

[mr-snailman]

how did it end up like this?

—the killers, mr. brightside

go ahead, cause i ain’t mad at cha

— tupac shakur, i ain’t mad at cha

[aidenwaites]

I've been reading a Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and I Get It I'm sorry I ever doubted you miss collins

[famewolf]

a shot of whiskey at night has been doing wonders for my nerves. not to sound like I got my prescription from a cowboy-doctor or something, but it's near instant relief

[watery-melon-baller]

whenever im writing anything i always struggle with like. making sure im not holding the audiences hand and explaining every single little detail to them, and actually trust them to Understand what im saying. but I know that I do this because I am a dumdum who misses details and often needs shit explained to me, and also worries about not being clear enough, but like,,,,, most people are Better at that then I am and I need to trust them,,,

[something2believe]

so cruel how you only get to experience life and the world through the one body you're given, no matter what happens to it, no matter how much you want it

[mister-eames]

DUUUUDE! I am in love with your last ask/answer about Arthur but I am the greediest of all gremlins and now NEED your Eames version of this answer. What's Eames' reasons behind why it takes so long for him & Arthur to get together? Does he have his own version of he doesn't think he has a chance? Or whereas Arthur knew he had feelings for Eames & decided to lock them up in a box and hide them away, is Eames not aware of his true feelings for ages? Idk! I love this! No pressure of course!

Thank you for the question! Eamesie, my dearest darlingest Eames. I love him so much.

I don't know how well I'm going to articulate this (spoiler, not great), but here goes!

I suppose, at the forefront, is that my interpretation of Eames is him being incredibly vulnerable and guarded. Sensitive. He's a cancerian, I will die on this hill. There's a pervasive sadness to his character. It's in his body language, the way he speaks, the way he interacts with the other characters, how he is all ready to retreat at the first sign of warfare in the dream.

On this, and coming back to the concept of them being two sides of the same coin: where Arthur uses his persona like a weapon to ward people away from his heart, Eames has a thousand shields around his.

Eames is the overly cautious one. Arthur is the hothead with one hundred contingency plans and a smart mouth, but Eames is the one hiding under layers and masks and personas and misdirections and flowery words and tricks. Eames is not afraid of loving someone, as such, but he's profoundly aware of how deep his well runs when it comes to the depth of his feelings---and he knows without a doubt, were he to surrender to it, he would never be able to climb out of that well again.

If it doesn't work out he thinks there would be a part of him left with Arthur always, even if Arthur didn't know it - even if Arthur didn't want it.

If it doesn't work out, Eames believes 'well Arthur would just pick himself up and move on like nothing even happened' (not true, but he doesn't know that) meanwhile Eames would be riddled with craters in his very being. It's doomed to hurt, he thinks. That's a terrible bet to take.

Besides, what he has now with Arthur is fine. He's never had so much fun pulling pigtails before. Why rock the boat?

Does Eames think he is worthy of Arthur? Yes. Eames knows he would give anyone he loved his all - and it's just that - that's the scary part for him. Giving it his all. Losing himself when he has the option of being self assured. Sure, Eames has insecurities too, perhaps about his body, about being 'too much' for someone else, but at the apex? He has something inside him that would rupture easily, irreparably, and he's built a fortress within a fortress within a fortress to protect it.

In short, Arthur = love is a whole ass feeling, but not worth risking the pain/rejection/facing my own insecurities. Eames = love is a whole ass feeling, I will presumably decimate myself by giving in, therefore I should not. It's not that Eames is more in love with Arthur than he is Eames, but Eames' line of thinking very much leans towards catastrophising.

Neither Arthur or Eames are wrong in the way they think, but nor are they right. They place the riskiest bet with each other - their own soft sides and vulnerabilities. They admit to themselves, this person, this thing means something. But admitting that to each other would be passing a point of no return.

I also think thats what makes the pairing so compelling to me - whether the events of the film are pre-relationship, established or exes-trying again, its so clear to me how inextricably intertwined these two are. In the way way they seem to have a piece of each other without explanation - the way they tease each other, their banter, how they talk shit about each other to others, their little tête-à-tête - 'be back before the kick', 'merry chase', their nicknames? hello?? who else talks like that in the movie??

They have evidently carved a part out of each other without realising it. You might as well dive in, boys.

[disco-troy]

Titans Knight Terrors 1

The first issue of Night Terrors doesn't really give us a lot to sink our teeth into, but it has some interesting comparisons that could be more interesting in future issues down the line.

Though this plotline is wrapped up fairly quickly, thoughout the story we see the titans go through a form of loss of identity and transformation into monsters based on this loss. This is interesting because these titans have all had struggles with identity that vary and they've never been able to be foils to each other. This allows us to contrast the way titans struggle with their sense of identity.

Vic loses his humanity - becomes a shell of himself. He loses his bodily autonomy and his sense of self that he's afraid of losing. While I will say I find this theme for Vic overused in general, it is true that it is a central theme of his character (and especially on the bodily autonomy side something which he deserves to have affirmed for himself)

Donna fractures into her many selves and identities. She's had to live with her story literally changing around her, being erased and reinvented such that it becomes impossible to know where lies the truth.

Kory.... (i am reaching for this one I am aware). the things in pods are could be other tamarans. its about Kory reflecting on her sister and the role shes had in tamarans downfall. by existing shes stopping kom from having the childhoos she should have had, by not being a proper "princess" shes abandoning her people, and even tho she did everything her parents wanted even being a slave it wasn't enough Tamaran was still destroyed.

This can tie into identity issues - Kory's fear of not being nor Tamaranian nor human enough - shes too much of a monster to be human, and too much of an outsider to be Tamaranian. She's holding them back.

"all that she is" is a monster for humans standing in the way of a better Tamaran

And finally Gar, with his "I've watched too many episodes of TMNT" look, takes his shapeshifting to the extreme. With a power that allows changes to appearances Gar has struggled with some of his more powerful and frightening versions. He's changed physical appearance a lot

I will say kinda disappointed in the look. Personally really prefer the throw up monster ntt look, would have served the horror aspect way better.

At the end of the day, a mysterious lady with a mirror is able to send each titan back to their regular outward appearance.

They are able to reflect (pun intended) on what it was like losing their identities, losing themselves in a monster.

Now, the mirror though an interesting metaphor - allowing the titans to perceive themselves from the outside instead of the idenity being lost as it was profoundly internalized. However it still lacks narrative depth as it takes just a glance into the mirror for the titans to solve their problems (its a 2 issue arc I guess they didn't have much time)

And there are still interesting ways to tie back in and explore the struggles each titan has with their identity in the future issues, such as having the mirror only be a temporary solution, and the titans needing to themselves through the other titans eyes.

Something that is also I hope the mysterious woman is revealed to be another form of Donna to tie back into the idea of ego death and the need for Donna to reconcile who she is, or maybe raven so we can get a black haired raven again (please dc). I think most likely she would be the spirit of the actual tower since that's been teased a bit.

Overall I wish these ideas had actually been explored more, as the mirror, though interesting for symbolism provided no more insight into each titans mental state. Not having Raven and/or Joey in this issue is also a major oversight because those two have so much capacity to be foils to each other and to the themes presented. Who thinks themselves more of a monster than raven?

It could have been nice to explore each of the themes in one of the three issues. I would have done a Donna-Joey parallel (too many fighting forms of identity) a Gar-Vic parallel (powers losing identity) and finally a Kory-Raven parallel (self loathing and isolation due to being the only one of a kind).

That being said I hope the next few issues of titans are able to dig more into what has been set up in this issue!

[trossibop]

hello so daily complaint about the religious sisters owning the student residence who are condescending and mean for no reason at all which makes the whole place unbearable to live in

[milomilesmib]

Wild how you used to be able to break the internet by asking "what colour is this dress" instead of "would you rather be faced with the risk of being mauled and killed or the risk of being sexually assaulted, murdered, and defiled in your death, if not worse"