#instant damage

[noctude]

i love it when people have a secret joke that’s just ready to go. unlockable through specific dialogue tree choices

yesterday someone in choir had a stuffed cow with a little heart locket on it. when i said it was cute & i liked the bling she handed it to me and said “why don’t you open . the locket :-)” and after struggling for like a minute trying to pry it apart, inside was just the smallest most compressed image of the ao3 logo i have ever seen

[flythesail]

Made the mistake of opening the comments on a star wars instagram post

[bbbbbbbbatman]

Bruce and Clark start dating and Clark finds himself spending more time around the batkids and whenever he's losing an argument he just says "yeah? well I fucked your dad."

It's very effective.

[casscainmainly]

Batgirl (2000) #62 // #58 // #28 // #20 // #28 // #62 // #62 + Batgirls (2022) #14

[theonewhowails]

Golden Fleece

[boyguk]

joon and his little one 🐨🐰

[maegalkarven]

And yes, Durge is so narratively appealing to me because all what's going on on a Big Scale is literally Your Personal Fault.

The consequences of your own actions. The evil undead general? You WORKED with him.

The lunatic murderer? She is an annoying little sister who stabbed you.

The tyrant closing black fist over the Baldur's Gate? Your Buddy. You were his FAVORITE.

It's not just some random "evil force takes the wheel and you need to save the world."

I mean, it is, but YOU are the part of this evil force. Everything bad happening around can be easily traced back to you and your evil plan. It's YOUR evil plan (and Gortash's, but you were A TEAM of evildoers, equally into it).

You were SO GODAWFUL the tyrant choking Baldurs Gate sees you and lights up like a candle.

Of course it's narratively pleasing, the entire Dark Urge playthrough is just "and if these are not consequences of my own actions" and it's AMAZING.

[bigkickguy]

Olivia is my favorite so far!!

[nubelo]

dilf Sasuke definitely thinks about some of the stuff he said to Naruto when he was younger and cringes

[haunted-xander]

BBS is a tragedy in many ways, but one of the things that gets me is that the catalyst, the one big thing that caused this mess to begin with, is so avoidable.

Like, the story starts primarily because Terra starts to fear himself (because of the darkness he has unwittingly 'used') and this causes a spiral of doubt and obsession. A spiral which he could've escaped from or maybe not even started if he just 1) had been taught the balance between light and dark properly (that darkness is more than just unquestionable evil, that light is more than unquestionable good, that they can and should co-exist in balance), and 2) had consistent socialization from more than the same 3 people.

Like. BBS is a cautionary tale about what happens when people aren't exposed to a wide enough variety of people and, therefore, end up naive and overly trusting because they never learned that people have ulterior motives. Terra is consistently manipulated and used by people literally everywhere he goes, because he can't see that they might not have the best intentions! He can't see the red flags because he doesn't know there are red flags to look for!

Xehanort knows this. It's why he targeted Terra to begin with: because he would be susceptable to his words. The main reason he couldn't use Aqua is because she was too confident in her own values, she didn't have the seed of doubt that Terra had. It's the only thing that prevents her from being used the same way he is, even though she is just as naive and trusting as he is.

Ven probably has it the worst socialization wise. Unlike Terra and Aqua who, presumably, has/had a family and life outside of the Land of Departure prior to beginning training there, Ven doesn't remember anything before then (not that he had much he'd be happy to remember anyway). And since he's the youngest and most 'fragile' one (due to being in recovery for most of his time here), he gets somewhat coddled and shielded by everyone else. Not to mention the way Eraqus completely forbid him from leaving and never intented for him to ever see worlds outside the Land of Departure. Sure, Terra and Aqua aren't typically supposed to leave either, but at least they'd be allowed in certain situations. Ven wouldn't.

Ven isn't allowed to interact with anyone outside of home. He's not allowed anything that involves the outer worlds. (He and Naminé are a bit alike in that sense. Though at least the people he's stuck with are nice to Ven and do genuinely care for him, unlike Naminé...)

BBS happens largely because Eraqus failed as both a teacher and a parental figure to all of them, but Terra most of all.

[samanthamulder]

I feel like I’ve lost sight of myself, Mulder. It’s hard to see, let alone find in the darkness of covert locations. I mean, I wish I could say that we were going in circles, but we’re not. We’re going in an endless line -- two steps forward and three steps back. While my own life is...standing still.

THE X-FILES GIF MEME — [1/20] EPISODES layout adapted from: x + x

[willosword]

AUUUUUGH NO. JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHIN

[vulpinesaint]

by the way geralt of rivia is actually kind and softhearted under everything that he’s built up and cares very deeply for people in ways that he’s not equipped to express because he’s only ever been taught violence. if you even care.

[dannybobany]

Marzenie Fun facts time!

So Marze has Moth wings, this is not new information but for reference here’s the image anyway

The fun fact is actually that Marze’s wings are completely useless, they don’t work

This is for two reasons- reason one is that they’re a little too small, insect wings have a lot more size leeway then feathered wings too but even still the ones I gave Marze are several sizes too small to carry him

reason two is the cold, as discussed Marzenie is incredibly cold and that doesn’t pair well with fragile insect wings so prone to cracking- he has to keep them under a cape at all times just to make sure he doesn’t loose them entirely, even if they don’t do anything for him

He’s still adverse to the idea of loosing part of himself

Anyway! By all other merits Marze is a deer-saytr (traditionally a goat I believe but in most cases it’s still used with other hoofed animals) this isn’t super significant to his symbolism I mean, the deer part is but me referring to him as a saytr isn’t- it was just the most convenient way to make him part deer (I was NOT about to learn honest to god deer anatomy for him to a deer-tar)

[lordgolden]

[solaradastra]