#i love bittersweet endings
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can't stop thinking about an alternate, narnia-style ending to homestuck where they can stay on earth c for as long as they want, but they always have the option to go home
sure, living on a planet you made and ruling as immortal gods forever sounds cool at first, but eventually it's going to get... stagnant, yk? what is there for you to do now? you won. your character arc is over. this is your happily ever after, in a world that reveres you as gods even though you're nothing more than a bunch of traumatised teenagers.
what if you could go back? go back to the day you were meant to play, go back to being 13 and powerless and a kid again, but with all the knowledge that you gained over the years - eventually, it'll fade, but you'll always have that experience. you'll always feel like somehow, somewhere, you were a hero once. John learning to appreciate his dad and his friends and his 'boring' life, and having a chance to reflect on himself. Rose realising that her Mom *does* care about her, just as much as Roxy does - just as much as Rose cares about both of them, enough to try and bridge that gap. Dave knowing that his Bro *isn't* some untouchable, flawless hero, knowing that Dave can stand on his own two feet and take care of himself and his friends even if he doesn't do it how his Bro would. Jade reunited with her best friend, armed with the knowledge that she *will* get out of here, that she *will* see the world and see her friends and loved ones and *live*. Everywhere they look, they see faint memories of people they think they once knew and loved and forgot - in the faces of family, old photos and preserved corpses, terrible movies and buckets and playing cards and the stars in the sky.
maybe they don't go at first. maybe eternity seems easy to them, an entire life left unlived laying in front of them, but once they've done all they can, lived as much as eternity will allow and more, once the only thing left to do is go back - I think they all would. maybe not all at the same time, but I think eventually, all four of them would choose to go home
because they're. yk. they're h. the. they're h. ho. they're homes-
#this is so stupid#also very beta-kid centric but thats mostly bc it has to be yk#the trolls and the alphas. dont really have anything going for them#i mean i like to think in this universe if the alphas went back theyd be sent back to be with their guardians (who wouldnt die from sburb#shenanigans - hell the batterwitch wouldnt be a thing so theyd be fine) but thats not really as thematic yk#and that still leaves the trolls. rip bozos#idk theyre all mortal except vriska anyway theyd eventually die off and i think shed be happy to stay on earth c as a god#or sjed pull some bullsjit#send her back to alternia shed probably be better than most of tje trolls tbh#still not great. bc. yk#alternia#although if condy is dead that has some interesting implications for alternian society#hmm#anyway#idk this is fun to think about yk#i love bittersweet endings#it ends as it began - four kids alone in their rooms#homestuck#me.txt
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AU where Ghost!Charles was murdered but he doesn't know by whom and one day Writer!Erik goes to live in that house and Charles begins to appear to him in dreams to get help to find out who actually killed him. (+ Erik uses his and Charles' story as a way to escape his writer's block) ((++ Charles will eventually leave after his killer is found but will continue to appear in Erik's dreams.))
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in spite of everything, I had fun <3
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk fanart#jjk spoilers#jjk manga spoilers#jjk leaks#yuji itadori#fushiguro megumi#nobara kugisaki#itafushikugi#jjk 271#well we made it :'>#im kind of ignoring a lot of the tag rn ghsdff ik people are upset#if u follow me u know th full extent of my thoughts on the wrapping up of the series but tl;dr the caption says it all#this series meant a lot to me and im working on a bigger tribute to fully express that love and gratitude#but take a redraw 2 tide u over for now#im just so happy. its bittersweet but those r my kids n theyre tgt and theyre okay#i think the return to normalcy is good fr them. i say let them rest n b together n process everything in time#/i'm/ satisfied with what i got out of jjk as a whole and that's all that matters to me#however ik that not everyone shares tht sentiment n thats valid!#regardless of how u feel abt the finale i hope that u at least take time to remember things abt the series that brought u joy#thats all i can say#oh yeah anyway i lightened up megumi's expression his face is so funny in that panel i can't believe he really said -_- until the very end#still tho i think megu deserves a content lil smile
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worth mentioning now i didnt mind the direction the F&C ending went it was bittersweet which was perfect and tragic . but also there’s an almost fix-it au comic series published where simon just kisses golbetty in a gay lil ponytail and everything’s normal
edit: not whatsoever saying this was better than fionna and cake not by a landslide it was a little flimsy. but it was FUNNY ab it
#i love the bittersweet end love the doomed yuri but i also like the fact there are two (2) post-canon adaptations#it’s so silly#the comics like mostly comedic relief tho#adventure time#golbetty#fionna and cake#betty grof#simon petrikov#petrigrof
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beyond journey's end
#sousou no frieren#frieren: beyond journey's end#draws#NEW PRINT FOR MOMOCON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#visit my table plz i am nervous and afraid LOL#anyway i loved this anime so much and am all caught up with the manga too#i am weak for poignant and bittersweet themes
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battle of camlann but merlin wasn’t ancient as shit. he blasts the warriors around arthur away and arthur turns to see a glowering, golden-eyed merlin. he tightens his grip on his sword but isn’t able to raise it. the inconceivable notion that merlin has betrayed him runs through his mind but he cant quite grasp it. his father is screaming in his head to kill the wretched sorcerer but all arthur can see is his friend wearing a face that looks too much like morgana’s. merlin glances up at arthur and the expression of rage fizzles into one tinged with fear and concern - all too confusing for him to unpack in the midst of battle. merlin is slow to approach his side and even then he keeps his distance. before either of them can say anything, mordred appears, sword in hand, glaring at arthur.
merlin tries to draw the former knights attention away from arthur, tries to goad him into fighting merlin instead, but mordred is deadset on fighting arthur. he calls morgana over instead and says emrys’s fight is with her while his is with arthur. with the extra seconds of back and forth, arthur isn’t as shocked when he raises his sword against mordred’s. morgana and merlin blast each other great distances until they’re far away from modred vs arthur and land on the front line between the two armies. both armies back off and watch the light show as morgana and emrys battle until morgana’s army uses the distraction to close in on camelot’s army.
three battles occurring at once until morgana gets a lucky hit in and merlin goes flying. he lands next to a gwaine who is currently bleeding out. he smiles when he sees who’s next to him “merlin!” which sounds so much like his greeting every time they ran into each other before gwaine became a knight. he reaches out and heals gwaine’s wound and leon just looks up at him for a moment before going “you’re always full of surprises, aren’t you merlin?” merlin grins and goes “i got one more” he stands up on surprisingly steady legs and calls on kilgharrah. in for a penny, out for a pound. arthur is already fuming at him, might as well rip the bandaid off right?
kilgharrah attacks morgana’s army while merlin orders aithusa to stand down. camelot’s army is able to march through the charred army and bring down those who remain, mordred is loosing but persevering through rage and spite alone, morgana is screaming (like she always is nowadays). merlin and morgana battle once more until mordred and morgana’s armies have fallen. merlin makes a tactical retreat to arthur who is still staring at him wearily (and definitely irate). he requests permission to kill morgana which is baffling but she is his sister and he’s always cared for her even after her betrayal so he supposes it makes sense. once he gives it, their fight doesn’t last longer than a minute. emrys was always stronger than her, he was just buying time.
camelot emerges victorious though they don’t seem all that excited about it. the other warriors cheer and clap each other on the back, but arthur is just watching merlin. the knights watch them uneasily. merlin returns arthur’s gaze. “is that the fucking dragon i killed?” merlin looks up at kilgharrah who is needlessly burning the remains of morgana’s army. merlin turns back to him “yes.”
#lancelot elyan and gwaine live#bc theyre my babies and i love them#gwencelot and merthur ftw#bittersweet ending#i love morgana and dont want her dead#but it is what it is#arthur is fuming#merlin is fine with that bc at least he’s not dead#lancelot and gwaine are happy for merlin for finally being himself#leon and elyan and percival are just kinda like#‘yeah alright he was always a little weird i guess this makes sense’#when gwen finds out what happened she’s in the same boat as lancelot and gwaine#but mainly she’s just happy theyre all alive#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#morgana pendragon#mordred#lancelot#gwaine#leon#percival#elyan#guinevere#kilgharrah#battle of camlann#fic idea#fanfic#fanfiction
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How about that finale huh? 😭💚
#loki#loki spoilers#loki season 2#loki s2#loki fanart#loki laufeyson#poster art#poster mockup#hoping to return to this at some point and polish it up#but just needed to get SOMETHING out there after watching it and in between work#I personally loved the bittersweet and tragic elements of that ending#made me so emotional after all these years to watch that moment
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so i finished my first playthrough of seekL and got the seekLove ending
person a (edited as odxny): "i was gonna say i'm from dc i got pajamas on at 2am-"
person b (edited as thrim): "i'm gonna be honest, i'm ONLY looking at your titties right now"
#seekl#seekl vn#seekl meme#odxny#seekl odxny#seekl thrim#i loved this game so much i vow to never get seekLoss i would very much not survive#that ending scene was so bittersweet but i loved od's development sm and the fact they still reached out to thrim AURGH writing team cooked#and as you can tell art team also cooked because i was literally losing my shit#and vo is just so good i loved him as xyx and i love him as odxny now too#one of my fav visual novels i played icl like the coding aspect was so fun
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ay mariposas, no se aguanten más ♡
[ID: a digital painting of Zatz and Maya from Maya and the Three. They are both drawn with wings, Maya a set of golden eagle wings, and Zatz a set of purple bat wings. They fly and press their foreheads together in joy. Zatz is drawn with pointed ears and tusk-like teeth. The background is made up of colorful lines and golden butterflies fly around them. The second image is the same but with a blank green background, and the third image is a close up. /End ID]
#listened to dos oruguitas way too many times while drawing this#as well as i love you too (ezra bell) very good song#how is it that despite the show ending so sadly (bittersweet i suppose) all of my art for them is the most happy joyful thing possible#my art#maya and the three#maya x zatz#maya y los tres#zatz#maya and the three zatz#maya and the three maya#mat3#zatzaya#zatz the prince of bats#maya princess of teca
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— you would end your pain?
#it's extremely bittersweet that juan was the only one in the family who felt cesare's constant pain#it's why he was glad to found something to relate to with his brother and even smiling with relief#the idea that juan finding solace in the fact that he could empathize with cesare as he endured pain all the time as well hits so hard#but of course for different reasons but if only juan knew that cesare lusted over being a soldier badly that he'd even kill for it#david: “juan’s attempt at relieving pain is through closeness and hugging and love...#...while cesare’s attempt to relieve his pain is through murder and fratricide...#...when he forgives cesare at the end saying how they’re brothers and wants to be together. i think that’s genuine.”#juan borgia#cesare borgia#the borgias#theborgiasedit#david oakes#juan and cesare#perioddramaedit#dailyworldcinema#userperioddrama#tvarchive#cinemapix#filmgifs#by jen
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from @/elfbotanist on twitter who is posting from trick's bluesky; they elaborated a bit on exactly what the intention of the solavellan ending is
#honestly#this is a lot more sad than i originally interpreted it#i was like oh they can leave if he confronts his regrets like rook did#but it doesnt seem like that is the case?#maybe it is a possibility but he has to stay there to study the blight that is also trapped there?#honestly i love this ending the more i sit with it#but the more i sit with it also the more it hurts#i was expecting him to die and i was really prepared for that#but this is tragic in a way i wasnt expecting and its got me so fucked up#its beautifully poetic#the trickster god who freed slaves and trapped tyrants allowing himself to be trapped#to make up for everything he has done#for him to return to the fade after being forced into the physical world#for him to follow mythal into the physical only for his mortal lover to follow him back into the fade so he wouldn't have to be alone#lavellan giving up her life for this makes me sob#i love her i love this its so fucking bittersweet i could die#and with what tay said about a dalish keeper's role being to guard everyone from the dreadwolf#thats exactly what shes doing but because she loves him she is helping hold him accountable#i genuinely cannot stop sobbing this is so insane#i cant believe they managed to absolutely bamboozle me like this because i did not expect something so tragic#well played trick weekes.....#solavellan#solas#veilguard spoilers#dragon age the veilguard spoilers#da:v spoilers#dav spoilers
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If anyone ever says to me Legend of Korra is bad ever again, I will throw hands and fight them. S3 was a masterpiece.
#Literally crying#THE ENDING#THE GODDAMNED BITTERSWEET ENDING#AIRNATION IS ALIVE A NEW MASTER HAS BEEN GRANTED HER TATTOOS#BUT THE COST??#THE COST OF IT ALL???#Korra I love you so much#Korra oh my sweetheart I will fight anyone who tries to mess with her#She is the greatest you guys can go taste dirt she is AMAZING#Avatar korra#Korra#Legend of Korra#the legend of korra#Atla#Avatar the last airbender
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Maybe the poison drips through
Succession 4x10 “With Open Eyes”
#succession#kendall roy#roman roy#siobhan roy#shiv roy#logan roy#tHE ENDING??? THE FINALE?? YALL....#it was perfect but also sad but bittersweet but also poignant im#MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL#i honestly love how open ended it was#also i love drawing people upside down so#obligatory upsidedown post haha#they really said lets give the roy kids one happy moment and then fuck them over huh#erio art#erio stuff#i am in the camp of kendall gets therapy (actual useful therapy)#roman gets to live his life w/out burden#pls i feel so bad for shiv it feels like she took one for the team#all her brothers were free of their shackles#but ironically shiv who started as an outsider became trapped instead..#THIS FINALE WAS JUST SO GOOD UGH
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SEASON2 LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
#fionna and cake#fionna campbell#fionna the human#cake the cat#adventure time#as much as I love Simon and betty please don’t touch more upon em#bittersweet ending but uhuuuuuhhs it’s fine.#love to see more of fionnas world or at least more multiverses#my art
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i am so glad i started this blog <3
#this feels weird to say it because technically i am not doing anything special but i love each one of you sm i love this fandom & everything#it has brought to me the good and the bad both. it's just bittersweet knowing this might drastically change or even end in 21 days#but that's okay
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honestly i think it would be a better ending if it was slowly foreshadowed and prepared for over the course of the last season instead of tacked on at the end bc it feels so jarring after the last ep of s5. its like "alison you shouldn't go and here's why" and then the next episode its "no actually you should go"
#bbc ghosts#i like that ending IN THEORY#i love a bittersweet ending and its clearly not goodbye forever#but i feel like i just watched julian give a tearful speech about how having alison around changed their lives and now this?#it could work but rn it doesnt. for me#ghosts spoilers#edit: i dont know if i would be entirely happy with the hotel even if the build up was there but then again. thats a big what if
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