#i think i got lost at the end there

[trekkele]

see but the thing about leslie's obstinate disregard for vigilantism and relentless criticism of bruce/batman is that !!!! she continues to miss the point somehow !!!!!! or more like, she doesn't realize (or perhaps doesn't care? no maybe i'll give her the benefit of the doubt, for once) how cruel she's being, by doing that, by insisting and insisting that there is no worth, no value, no benefit to bruce + co being vigilantes, only harm, an excuse to act out (violently), something like a tantrum, and/or an idiot's substitute for "proper" therapy. and it's like. tim puts it pretty well i think, why none of them are ever gonna side with leslie or do what she wants them to do, what she thinks is right.

bc, you cannot demand a fish to climb a tree or a bird to breathe underwater without also demanding that they sacrifice something essential to life, to survival, even. now, humans are infinitely more complex than fishes or birds. but the sentiment stands, how you cannot demand that someone give up something or take on something that goes against their fundamental nature without also demanding that they carve away something vital to the life they would choose to live for themselves. and leslie doesn't get that. she doesn't care. she thinks her way is the only way. she has allowed her thoughts to calcify. her beliefs and her ideologies hold no space for nuance, only black and only white. no such thing as gray or pink or purple or any of the colors of a traffic light. she has allowed herself—and her stances on life and what a "proper" life looks like—to become unwilling and incapable of changing, like a piece of petrified driftwood, like something that doesn't bend, only breaks.

how odd it is of leslie, to demand a textbook's idea of sanity from people who live in an insane world. from people who choose everyday to rise and meet that insane world as it is, because that world is where they fit and is what they are suited for, being who and how they are.

Assuming this is a reaction to a fic and not just generally about Leslie (for those just tuning in) i think theres a fascinating read in Leslie as a militant pacifist - to quote my mom, someone who thinks you should die for her beliefs. Ive said it somewhere on here before too.

Theres also my idea of Leslie and RH Jason as equal and opposite reactions to the world they live in - to quote myself this time, Leslie would rather be the victim of violence then its perpetrator, while Jason would rather enact violence then be its (possible) victim

And its fun because it places Bruce directly between the two of them - using both violence and ‘peaceful’ solutions that Leslie always wants him too. He just doesnt think it can be one or the other.

To actually answer your question though, Leslie has to be right, at least in her own mind, because to admit shes wrong means to admit that at some point she failed the task assigned to her and she would rather tilt her world view so that Bruce is insane and acting wrong instead of admit that.

[suntails]

love will truly live

[yourimaginaryfriiendd]

dp x dc prompt or smth

Danny was lost. Yes, lost.

“Hey, can you point me in the direction of the bathroom?” He asked a random dude.

“HOW DID YOU GET IN THE BATCAVE?!”

“Jeez no need to yell, I just want to find the bathroom man.”

—

Danny was lost again, damn he has bad luck.

“Hey man, do you know how to get to Crime Alley (or really any other street)?”

“HOW DID YOU GET HERE?! WE’RE 3,000 METERS UNDER THE OCEAN?!”

“My phone won’t work :(“ He says as he looks at his phone, which was not working.

[joltrify]

8th year of Heatblast!!!!!!!! //

This year's came out alright! I hope to push the perspective and posing for next year :]

These are starting to get a little long to compile in one post, so you can check out last year's rendition here, lol.

some pre-redraw pyronite scribbles (eyestrain warning for the last one):

[fantasykiri5]

Day 9 of Hermit-A-Day May: Outfit Swap!!!

I’ll have you know I spun a picker wheel to get this combo and I firmly believe it was the funniest possible outcome. Plus I will jump at any opportunity to draw Pearl’s chunky solar punk boots I love them so much

[atalana]

so the good place is widely lauded on this site for its takes on morality and capitalism, which i totally agree with

but i think it should get more recognition for the line "all humans are aware of death. so we're all a little bit sad all the time. that's just the deal. we don't get offered any better ones. and if you try and ignore your sadness, it just ends up leaking out of you anyway. i've been there, and everybody's been there. so don't fight it. in the words of a very wise bed bath and beyond employee i once knew - go ahead and cry all you want. but you're gonna have to pay for that toilet plunger."

[hedwig221b]

thinking about Derek Hale

[mechncheese]

Would you guys be super duper disappointed with me if I left Science AU Jetfire's relationship status at the end of the story ambiguous/up for interpretation ? I just remembered something really important in my heart while answering an ask </3

[gomzdrawfr]

content warning: angst, major character death (MCD), blood(in grey)

say my name

[starkid-smosh]

Idk man something's in the air recently.. Damien has always looked adoringly at her but it's even MORE so now. And Angela is looking so much fonder at him too. "Aww Damien's laugh is still kinda the same" *she says in the softest fondest voice while being the living embodiment of the 🥺🥰 emojis* lives RENT FREE in my head. I love seeing how much closer they keep getting. Idk what changed but I'm loving it

[tagarilaghost]

I SWEAR CELEBI'S THINGY IS COMING SOON BUT I REALLY WANTED TO POST THIS ALRIGHT

yeaah... future trio got me too...

and Darkrai is there too, because of course he is.

hey look i drew a cute Drifloon :D

...ignore the rest

whatever started at Darkrai doodles ended in brainrot of future trio + darkrai and I'm blaming @scribz-ag24 for this

[mythalism]

having thoughts about the veil and people's bad faith interpretations about the desire to see it brought down as some sort of misled leftist bloodthirst for violent revolution instead of fulfillment of the fundamental role of trickster gods in mythology and storytelling and how there seems to be, in both fans and the developers, a misunderstanding or perhaps just a disagreement of how solas was supposed to function within the narrative as a force of nature vs. as a person. my adderall just kicked in

[kithj]

some stories are written precisely to elicit strong emotions from the reader INCLUDING negative ones. some stories and characters are meant to be upsetting, they are meant to challenge you and make you uncomfortable!! when a story makes you feel Big Feelings sometimes you are meant to sit in those feelings and ask yourself why! fiction is a great space to explore these emotions in a safe environment. you, as the reader, are meant to think critically about the art you are enjoying and that includes asking yourself questions like why has the author presented their art in this way and what are they trying to tell me. and then you get to have fun picking it apart and figuring it out and deciding what, exactly, the art means to you.

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

Imogen Cardulo in the ending of Onyx Storm is giving “She had the envelope, where you think she got it from?” vibes… and I may just have enough faith in the character arc to get behind this

[inky-duchess]

Heim

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"This city," the venom drips from his every syllable. "is rotten to the core. It gets into the lungs like consumption, it infects the blood like a fever. It sticks on the tongue. It clings soul, like the muck of its shit ridden streets. It devours, it consumes and there is no escape."

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[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Y'all, I'm back. And after ten hours without power, and most of those without water and any means of communication, I have a very important thing to say. An old radio powered by batteries is my new best friend. If you don't have one at home, you should get one. Right now.