#i'm a sucker for parallels

[riricitaa]

I love when he

[reonnex]

I don't remember if we ever learned about Pekka Rollins's wife, but I have an idea that makes him and Kaz more similar then before...

What if his wife died of firepox, just like Jordie did as well?

Now. I am re-watching shadow and bone and just got to season 2, but the idea had come across my mind. I couldn't find anything about Pekkas wife online so this idea formed.

For the books, it's been about eight years since then, but in the shows, it seems a little bit longer. (Or they just aged kid Kaz up a bit)

I don't know how old the actor who played Alby in the show was when filming, but he does appear to be pretty young, around seven/eight. (You see where I'm going with this?)

In episode 4 of season 2, during the showdown, Pekka begs Kaz and tells him "He's all I got." We know this as a nanny is taking care of Alby, and the mom doesn't seem to be in the picture.

In all the flashbacks Kaz has, we never see her as well. She doesn't appear to be in any of the cons, and neither does Alby who would of had to been just born at the VERY oldest of them taking place. Why hire a child actor when a baby or pregnant wife could make you seem more "human" and trusting? I may be overanalyzing this, but that's what we do here:

Every frame is filmed for a reason. They intentionally kept in Pekka looking over to Kaz, and then looks down and away. Why? I doubt it was guilt. He knew full well what he was doing, and how he was swindling them out of their money. Of course he didn't know about the plague, but we have to assume he knew they would probably die from the environment, hunger, etc. But what if Kaz reminded him of his son who was about to be/just born? This scam he was running did seem to stop soon after, and while it could been part of the plague, wouldn't after be the best time for it? People have lost homes, loved ones, everything. They were despite to get back on their feet. Pekka could have easily swooped in and stolen any leftover money they had.

So why did he stop?

My theory is that he only stopped because his wife had just died of this plauge after recently giving birth, leaving him and his son. So of course he had to stop this large scam to take care of him. Maybe he stepped away for a few years before coming back to the Barrel to continue on as leader (or to become leader) for the Dime Lions.

Both Pekka and Kaz lost someone to this plague, and they both followed in the same direction. The only difference is Kaz followed purely out of revenge.

[italoniponic]

other dorm cards kinda have this same vibe (of being set in a continuous or background important for both dorm and og movie) but this duo is one of my top favorites! I mean, c'mon! They're both charging into battle, 100% in sync

Pretty sure someone might've done this already but I find it neat that you can combine Silver's and Sebek's dorm card vignette art:

[drulalovescas]

the parallels between the way their relationship started and ended might actually be the most beautiful in the history of tv

STARTED AND ENDED ON THE DEVIL'S TRAP

STARTED AND ENDED WITH A HANDPRINT

STARTED AND ENDED WITH CAS SAVING DEAN WINCHESTER

[topbanana-art]

A heart's a heavy burden

[chibijinebra]

You Will Be Ok // I Will Be Okay

[littlethunderstormm]

the parallels 😭 1-A where pro heroes used to be 😭 the little kid in deku's place 😭 deku being for that kid what all might was for him 😭 they are so dear to me

[tragicotps]

Lyra vs. Asriel + interacting with their significant others

[thehozziest]

My love to the people who don't like the Astyanax lives au but I do find it kinda silly that they use Greek tragedies to prove it's a bad au. Surprise surprise I like tragedy in my greek myths ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

But in all seriousness I think thematically having the thing that Odysseus has spent so long fighting for as what ultimately kills him is so fascinating. Yes, we all know Odysseus is a smart man but we also know he falls victim to his pride. (This next part is epic specific) If he thought for a second that maybe he could avoid the will of the gods then maybe for that second he becomes willing to try.

And to those saying that a baby going through the Odyssey would never survive let's not forget Zeus himself said nothing can change the inevitable. Astyanax fate was tied to Odysseus the second he thought he could change the gods' will.

I truly fell in love with this au because of a post talking about its tragedy. How telemachus must've suffered to see the boy his father was able to raise. How it took so much time for them to all get used to each other and still not get it fully right.

But what hurts so much more is that Telemachus was able to see him as a brother. Anytime Astyanax had a secret his brother was the first person he told. And I personally lean towards the idea that Odysseus was always honest about Astyanax origins. Maybe at first he didn't care but with time his curiosity got the best of him. Like them all saying goodbye to him knowing deep down that would be the last time they see their son/brother??

So he sails off to find what was left of his city. Maybe he eventually finds his mother. And fueled by her rage he kills Neo. Maybe that inherited rage fuels him to kill the rest of the Achaean kings. And maybe he saved Odysseus for last.

He and Penelope have already grown old and Left Telemachus to the throne. They've long made the choice to stay instead of trying to hide. I can't decide if he kills them (yes them, he knows too much to separate them again) mercifully or if he tries to kill them like the rest of Greeks to ignore the memories.

Maybe Odysseus smiles with his arms around Penelope. Maybe he remembers holding him in his arms that night. And maybe he doesn't regret it.

In the end when Telemachus finds him standing over their his parents, do you think he looked his brother enemy in the eyes and realized that if his father killed either of them when he had the chance none of this would've happened?

[crimeronan]

wagh,,,, hunter calling amity by her first name for once because he's so fucking angry on her behalf,,,, yes it's a funny moment but they're best fwends,,, i care them

YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON (THAT I KNOW OF) TO NOTICE THIS AND I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT.....

yesss. unless my memory fails me, i Think that's the first time he's called her amity in any of the fics. i did it on purpose >:3

hunter being like "blight. blight. hey blight" and then being like no yeah i actually can't hold you at emotional arm's length via your surname when we're talking about how much your family sucks. hey amity. should i go wipe every other blight off the face of the planet or what.

[reikurusu]

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Thinking about how Flavio is a survivalist while Fafnir is...Fafnir

They're both attackers but one is support + evasion based while the other is going all out in like a nuke

And how Flavio's angsting about being in Fafnir's shadow and his jealousness towards Fafnir's strengh + decisiveness in leu of his lies to avoid confrontation

But that the one single thing Fafnir, the absolute force boost powerhouse, who can slash and bash and buff and debuff both physical and all elemental, can't do

Are ranged stab attacks, evasion, and bind/ailments

Aka all the things that Flavio does

[sircolinmorgan]

Endeavour: 5.01 | 5.06.

I should have given him more time. I could've been kinder.

[queseraphita]

Lies of P could exist in Yoko Taro's Drakenier universe, and no one would even notice it being anywhere out of place

*smacks my string conspiracy board*

WHITE CHOLORNATION SYNDROME

[i3utterflyeffect]

in the middle of the day i will stop and think. wow, alan becker really chose to make victim fucked up like that. damn.

FOR REAL. HONESTLY IT'S SO GREAT. impeccable choice honestly. could not have chosen better myself tbh

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

something abt the way arthur and john both saw themselves in and projected on the s3/4 villains to an unhealthy degree but john's method of dealing with this was to extend arguably too much grace to yellow bc of his circumstances whereas arthur was like "you don't understand i NEED that guy deader than anyone has ever been dead before. it is absolutely crucial above all else that we destroy him. don't ask why."