#i just cant give these kids a break

[dukeofthomas]

I will forever maintain that Jason would've been fine and Not a vigilante without Bruce making him Robin

[phoenix--flying]

for those of you who are new to my blog or have never seen me before percaethabaster is percy, alabaster, annabeth and ethan 💀

[trans-estinien]

i love being autistic cause sometimes i get a glimpse into how regular people perceive things and its like. what the fuck. what the fuck is that? you live like this? and its normal?? i think YOURE the weird one actually. im fine. thanks though.

[orcelito]

Ok. Real question. How many people Actually have believed in Santa? Bc I never did, mostly bc my dad never bothered with the entire pretense, so the whole concept is just. Really fucking strange to me

Putting an actual poll bc I feel like I'm losing my mind a bit thinking about how apparently widespread it is. Like. It's just so... weird? Why is this the thing people have popularized? It makes no sense.

[anxiously-sidequesting]

To me personally malistaire is the funniest and most pathetic villain wizard101 has ever had AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY!!! Between doomed children who have been manipulated, groomed, and isolated into becoming products of their environments, someone scorned who has been punished unfairly by having your biological heart torn out your chest and turning your children and all of reality against you to satiate their own ego, a nonhuman entity so powerful and so clueless they unintentionally threaten the lives of everyone around them, Malistaire FELL DOWN BRO. Like yeah you're bitchless now. You and me both. Get in line. Everyone in this room is bitchless. We are ALL living that ✨💅🏾💃🕺 Single Life™. You are a middle-aged man. Cope

[cheemken]

Oh that mental image of him breaking down and his Dragonite gently holding him until he's ready to hug back--crying in the club fr I wanna write this scene so much

Another personal hc that I have is definitely one that has a lot of self-projecting onto it. Mostly from the throw away line of 'my knees are creaking' and how the other E4s run to the end of the arena while he takes his sweet time. Couple that with lines on how he fell asleep and is always just resting at the club, a part of me likes to think that he's got some health issues. Maybe joint pain or something that causes chronic exhaustion.

Drayton isn't all too bad with his classes schoolwork wise but he fails primarily on his lack of attendance. Maybe it's partially from days where getting out of bed is hard, or when he can't pretend that everything's all fine and dandy. Sitting down often because standing or walking too long causes his knees to act up. Napping when he can cause he's just low-key tired all the time.

Perhaps he wouldn't have gotten the reputation of being lazy and a slacker if he just spoke up about it but no. He gives me the vibes of someone who dislikes pity, having a level of pride where he prefers to handle stuff on his own. He's got a system with his Pokemon where they help him on bad days. Shame that's how people saw him but it's not like he's making an effort to dispel it anyway. He'd hate it if those displeased looks turned to pity instead

But I'm also a sucker for days where he just can't summon up the energy to pretend around people, and while most just chalk it up to him being lazy again, maybe his friends can tell and help make things a little easier.

(Again, that's just my personal hc with a healthy dose of self projection. I just love putting him through situations haha)

Omf cndmcndm yeah yeah I get that I understand that that hit me right at home lmfaooo

No but, imagine if the reason behind that too is bc how grueling the training of Drayden was. Cause I also have this small hc that Iris really tried to keep up w Drayden's 10k push ups, sit ups, and squats during their training too (so she's a bit built thanks to that lmfao), but Drayton couldn't keep up w that, he tries but he couldn't, his body wasn't frail to say the least, but he wasn't built like Drayden or Iris, his body was a bit weaker compared to theirs, so when he tries, even when he did warm ups beforehand, it'd still leave his body quite sore

That plus the lil hc I have that he always waits for Iris to come back home most nights, so he stays up late most of the time too, making him tired the next day

But yeah, with his pride, he always refuse to get help, to the point he conditioned himself that there really is nothing wrong w him, but there is y'know, and sometimes he can't handle it anymore. There was once his body just needed rest that he didn't go to school at all, it resulted in his fam telling him if he's that lazy then he should just stop going to school and just help around the house, after all, he isn't trusted enough for the gym, wasn't motivated enough to do any kind of work, not even w school, so what's he gonna do

Anyways yeah, this I canon in my heart anon, just let the boy sleep in he deserves it

[guinevereslancelot]

goodbye gift from one of my fave parents today 🥺❤️

[clockworkrobotic]

It's fucking laundry day and I'm moving house next week so I have like three loads to do and the got damn POWER WENT OUT which has NEVER happened to me my entire adult life so I got set back an hour AND I couldn't pack anything bc it was too dark and now it's 1:30am I'm lying on my unmade bed dreading having to go downstairs to put my third load in and I have to get up for a drs appointment in the morning

[muirneach]

well i think we really really really needed to take like a collective two or three week vacation to recover from the nonstop onslaught that was rg-wimbledon-olympics before even thinking about coming to north america but obviously the organizers have zero sense

[fosermi]

Teehee <3

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Guifil couldn't stop shaking. He had hurt Silver. His cousin. He had hurt all of his family. And worse, while he hadn't meant to hurt them, he couldn't say it was an accident either.

Even though Shadow wasn't his father, Shadow had practically raised him alongside Silver. They all lived together on Angel Island, he and Silver were as close as brothers. They played together, trained together, watched each other's backs.

Except Guifil had hurt him.

It was all because of that mysterious person, he had promised both of them special powers, saying he could make Guifil a hero. He and Silver had been both excited by the idea, they wanted to be like Shadow and Eclipse.

Or like Sonic, the legendary hero of old.

That stranger had secretly trained them and given him powers, speed that could almost rival Sonic. It had been incredible! But it came at a terrible cost: Silver. That creature had taken his powers and possessed him.

And Guifil hadn't learned that until it was too late. He had gotten everything he wanted, powers, a chance to see his hero. But at the terrible cost of his own family.

The only thing he could say was Silver was still alive.

Shadow used to be his uncle (technically great-uncle, but no one said that) Eclipse his grandfather, Silver his cousin. Unit Nine his mentor. All of them, part of a close tight knit family that loved each other. But Guifil had betrayed them, had almost hurt his friend. He didn't deserve to call any of them by those names again. They probably felt the same way.

Right now, he was hiding, off in the forest of Angel Island. He couldn't bare to look at any of them, see the rage or worse, disappointment in their eyes. What if they were so angry, they wanted him to leave, forever?

He couldn't handle that.

Maybe he should leave before he was kicked out... Get a head start.... He wouldn't be welcomed back in Eclipse's village, but maybe he should find another pocket of survivors. Ones that didn't know how much of a terrible person he was. It was the only thing he could do. He was just a kid and this world was a dangerous one.

He would need others to help care for him.

Tears danced on his muzzle as he stood up. Guifil looked back toward his home, he didn't want to leave, he didn't want to venture out into this dangerous world. This was his entire world.

But what other choice did he have?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AMES YOU DIDNT

AMES,,,

AMES WHEN I GET YOU AMES,,,,

IT DIDNT HAVE TO GO THIS HARD MAN AGUIDFSHJCDSSJKCSUH *incoherent sobbing*

[im2tired4usernames]

My parents should be fuckin ashamed

[teeto-peteto]

In a magical perfect setting where we can perhaps stop thinking for a straight second that Abigail is going to die eventually on the timeline actually imagining Sarah/Illaoi/Pyke friendship trio being just kids/teenagers saying a bunch of cusswords, teasing each other and getting into silly mess around the town is funny.

In some way imagine both Illaoi and Pyke being able to enjoy time outside the buhru with Sarah getting onto messes they must not be but still, Illaoi has her fun and her time to shine like a teenager/kid pretty on the sunlight and Pyke gets some of actual personality out. Illaoi and Sarah having that untold fling between them and staring at each other in silence and smiling for no reason while Pyke rolls his eyes because 'they both are dumbasses', him talking about it with Illaoi like 'Well, if you guys end up together then im either out of the group or im the thirdwheel and i dont know wich one is the worst option' to wich Illaoi just laughs and pats his back a little too rough and tells him its not a big deal and that he'll be alright.

Be damned if he perhaps has a little crush on someone cause if Sarah notices/is told about it she will tease the shit out of him. They're both constantly at each others throats. The times Illaoi had to get between them to separate them because things were getting a litte out of hand, but still they're good friends. I hope.

[autisticlee]

random thought. I always thought it's weird that family lines are based on the men, like the kids only get the men's last names. the wives have to take the man's last name. families get so upset that the family line/name dies when there's only daughters. that's so weird to me. I know why it's a thing. because ~men own and run everything~ historically. I remember my grandpa being upset that out family name/line ends with my generation because his sons all had only daughters.

but why didn't they just stop doing that if they want their names and lines to continue so bad. (rhetorical question. I know men hate women to put it simply. but realistically, why not overocme your misogyny you weird ass peasants. anyway.) women pass on genetics too. they technically pass on the family line. and it's 2023, with people still in that mindset. women 99.9% of the time take the man's name as well as the kids. you can legally let your daughter pass on the family name to her kids if you want some family name honor thing, idk. use your brains, break out if misogynistic traditions, and do what you want. (not that I completely understand the big deal about passing on family names or whatever either but you know 🤷)

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

hiiii really enjoyed your chenglingposting i was thinking about how sometimes the kids in adult stories function as a sort of barometer for optimism about the future in their views and options in life... obviously the alliance wants to continue the cycle of antagonizing and vengeance and conflict with the veneer of "honor" but. zcl gets to choose not to. its been a while since I either read or watched, do you know if zcl was ever onboard with actually wanting vengeance or if that was just being pushed on him? Obv its not super in line w his personality but grief could be a factor. i just thought it'd make a lot of sense if he changed his mind on that due to the influence of wenzhou and how they prioritize enjoying life w your people and following your own path over expectations. priest really took one more chance to emphasize breaking cycles/"if it sucks hit the bricks"

hi!! omg!!! thank you and im glad you enjoyed it! honestly this is a question i have been thinking about since at least two rereads ago. the show and the novel are handling this issue of zcl picking up his legacy / giving in to external expectations / finding out what he really wants in life a little differently, i think, as befitting of what they both focus on. ive said in my chenglingpost that the show is about legacy and inheritance in my eyes, while the novel is about martial arts and freedom of choice. obvs freedom of choice is a high priority in word of honor as well, but word of honor seems to have an overarching look, kind of focusing on the big picture and what a generation / a community needs rather than a few individuals, while the novel focuses exclusively on wenzhou and their little group and seems to handle the rest of the themes in priest's usual style. the show is about something "grand", the novel is about the mundane, almost boring human experience. martial arts play a bigger role in the latter too because they are a stand-in for many things that are hard to grasp, like autonomy. in chengling's context, martial arts are irrevocably linked with seeking revenge. i think that is specifically in the novel the case, not so much in the show. in the show seeking revenge is pushed onto him by others as well as inheriting his sect's legacy and becoming worthy of being his father's son. in the novel, the idea of seeking revenge is first presented to him by gu xiang, and it is actually this huge contrast to how others treat him because others "generously" offer to take revenge for him, while gu xiang tells him he can do that himself. we see with wen kexing that getting revenge does not make u happy. it gives u closure but it does not make u happy. i think that is something chengling learns during the novel. he gets closure in the end but it does not look the way he had imagined it would. i think he imagined himself to get super strong and then single-handedly slay his foes. yknow, as u often see in wuxia and as wen kexing literally does. then he starts learning martial arts and realizes getting super strong is actually not that easy, and this chasm between what he expects of himself and what he is able to achieve gets wider and wider and he falls into depression spirals, because to chengling, seeking revenge was taking ownership of his life and his trauma, and what use does he have when he cant even do that? that is the path wen kexing walks and it hollowed him out and it would have him kill himself if he hadnt met zhou zishu; wen kexing viewed himself as an instrument for a very long time rather than as someone deserving of having his own life. so obvs, that path is rubbish by itself (wkx gets his revenge and his closure and his life, good for him!) and its far too much for a kid. and i think, that is what chengling learns here: he only needs to do as much as he can, only bite off what he can chew, and the rest should not be his concern. and there really turns out to be a way to get everything he needs without walking the same path as wen kexing, as the novel proves, because wen kexing had nobody when he was in the same situation while trying to survive the valley, while chengling has wenzhou who guide him and shield him and love him. (crying myself into a huddle over wen kexing and chengling and them being foils of each other.) so in that sense youre already putting it into words. chengling seems to have changed his mind over the course of the novel, he doesnt have that same outlook on vengeance as he as in the start. i think thats different for the show. in the show, there is this weighing of the concept of revenge against the concept of getting justice, and what both these things do and require of a person and what they can offer u as an individual, but also u as a collective, in the long run. they are seen as two different things and are explored and qestioned individually. i think that can be seen in the conflict with chengling and all these expectations everyone has of him and how he handles that.

[todayisafridaynight]

and if i think of jo being really good at extremely niche things for masato's sake who's going to stop me