#it compels me

[georgiacooked]

The fact that we had Sacha Dhawan in an adaptation of Dracula, and he was NOT playing Dr Jack Seward, is knowledge that will haunt me until my dying day.

He would also make a fantastic Van Helsing, good grief.

[opbackgrounds]

Was Garp about to come at Luffy with a haki-infused fist?

[secret-whump-basement]

Non-human whumper showing off their human whumpee like some rare pet and treating them as such

VERSUS

Human whumper showing off their non-human whumpee like some rare pet and treating them as such

FIGHT!!! (they are actually kissing)

[zhoudadudugongjin]

you can pry my headcanon that yujin goes crazy for older women and has a somewhat masochistic crush on xia dong from my cold dead hands

[bestworstcase]

So was just having a conversation elsewhere and it's outright funny how much people will default to "Grimm Are Mindless Creatures that are an excuse plot for monster battles" and "Also Cinder's Grimm arm is bad/parallel to the Shock Collar (Never mind how things deconstruct if you actually think through the implications of Cinder removing her arm) Best part was going "What about the Glass Grimm Statues"... In the Cinder(elle) Origin Story.

taps the “there’s no such thing as pure evil! [runs outside to stare miserably at a grimm statue while revealing her cat ears for the first time]” sign. brgdhk i’m sure THAT’S nothing to worry about…

i do get why people take it as a given that grimm arm bad, because: hitherto unexplained growth and torture scene and hound. at this juncture i think “that arm is overtaking her” is probably what the audience is generally supposed to be thinking—esp because it’s presently unclear whether or not cinder actually chose this vs it being something she was forced or coerced into accepting. (<- as always, if she didn’t want it it has to go and i think the solution here is that she has to burn it off, because there is no way anyone else dismembering her again will go well.) but then… yeah like

the thematic narrative wrt cinder and grimm is telling a very different story than the surface appears to be. and there’s that “you turned yourself into a monster [grimm]”/“look who’s talking [murderer]” beat that encapsulates the whole thing in a nutshell and it is so so interesting to me that cinder is on the right side of that exchange. maiden of choice and all

i want so badly to see her try to flip that pain-causing channel around. if only to find out what would happen

[y-rhywbeth2]

The most important thing I've learnt recently is that I'm now pretty sure that Bane canonically thinks pissing Bhaal off is funny, is 100% willing to seduce his own followers (I mean, he does canonically have at least one child with one), as well as use flirting (with a side of threats and bribery) to sway people to convert to his faith.

Which means that I believe he would be willing to seduce (or at least flirt with) the Dark Urge, Kelemvor style, purely because it would piss Bhaal off and also piss Myrkul off because he's the one who has to mediate whenever Bane starts pulling this shit.

I only wonder whether he would do it via dream, manifest an avatar (which considering Bane's favouring of demonic looking avatars when he's not possessing people, kinda counts as monsterfucking?) or if he uses Gortash as an avatar to do it (or possess one of his other Banites as a "fuck you" to Gortash if his Chosen has displeased him recently, maybe? Watch your god make out with your not-partner Enver: that's what you get for developing "feelings". Or maybe he'd be into that idk)

If it works, on any level, then Durge is probably going to be incapacitated by religious guilt for the remainder of forever.

[goomo]

saw II

alexandre cabanel’s fallen angel

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

Joan of Arc isekai AU where after the real saintess was martyred, her twin appears and pretends she is her sister who was resurrected by the lord in order to get revenge on those who betrayed her

[fipindustries]

type of character i gravitate a lot towards:

Ambiguously brown gremlin woman with tired eyes who has strange/creppy powers

[midnightwind]

gods, do I try to dig up any info on the city of Salle in Antiva or do I just make up a bunch of shit and hope no one else tries to fact check me

[johndoe-lesbo]

This is how I view Joe & Rhys’ relationship dynamic

[liminaldaydreams]

*makes out w the shadow man*

Me: what are we

Him: *eldritch horror noises*

Me: that's so hot

[td-rarepairs]

Courtzzy is sooooo good. Type A who needs so badly to let loose X literal fudgitive who's just a little silly (and they're both angry >:] )

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[jacqcrisis]

Can I talk about Gale in my bg3 playthrough? I'm gunna talk about Gale in my playthrough.

My read on Gale during his time following Ronan around is that he's pining to all hell. Mega pining. Pining so hard it SUCKS.

At the start, its all fun and trying not to die with the cleric who is quiet and stoic and gruff. They gather their little band of merry men and women, and its clear there's a more calculating, pragmatic side to Ronan in the way he talks his way out of issues. There's a softer side to him as well in how he is generally willing to help those in need and in how he acts when the day is done, his care, eagerness to listen, curiosity, and healing touch hard to miss even under the usual cold and arrogant air he has about him.

They become fast friends, Ronan defers to him the most when coming up with a plan or when needing a different point of view, and Gale enjoys the whole of him. There's a lot of him to enjoy. Aesthetically. He's rather fetching for a dragonborn in his face and his form and the rumble of a voice cannot be understated.

But Gale wouldn't. No, he's still got Mystra to win back. He's not looking for anything else with a goddess' favor is on the line. He's not ready to give that up-

And then the magic lessons happen. And he's flattered, really, truly, that Ronan would conjure up such...creative images of them together. And then show them to Gale. How very bold of him.

As flattered as he is and how those fantasies stick with him, Gale still wouldn't. He can appreciate from a distance. Enjoy his new friendship but he wouldn't...

Would he? Ronan's so... nice under the impatient, grumpy facade and he's saved Gale from some rather sticky situations, held his hand as he healed grievous wounds, hugged him in their victories. He's a dedicated ally and friend and one could imagine it would not change as a lover. Maybe when Gale is ready, maybe if he can't get Mystra back, maybe he could, perhaps-

Oh. Astarion got there first. It's a crushing blow to his confidence, further compounded when at the party, Ronan's spending it with the vampire as well. Not like it could've happened between them anyways, that Ronan would have wanted anything between them considering the orb and...everything.

He has to make peace with that. Accept that. It's fine, of course. Better a friend had than nothing at all and what a friend he's found in Ronan with is easy affection and his enthusiastic praise and his trust and his loyalty and how when Gale learns of Mystra's plan to have him sacrifice himself, Ronan is immediately and unwaveringly stubbornly certain there's another way, has to be another way, 'I'll not see you go this way'-

And he still thinks about the magic lessons. And enjoys the way Ronan listens to him. Laughs with him. Embraces him. Holds him, lingers around him at times. And the way he still looks at him at others.

Gale also sees how he looks at Astarion. How they keep getting closer, and closer until finally something changes and they're truly together. And he's touching Astarion more and their spending nights sleeping together and Ronan is so open with his adoration and Gale

He could've had that. Should have had all of that. Why didn't he take it when he could've, when he still had a chance? Why did he blow it off, wait too long only for it to pass him by?

For what? To win back favor with a goddess that wants him dead? Why was he chasing dreams of so much more than him when something real that was right there? When he could have had the adoration and the loyalty and the passion and the love of someone right in front of him?

It haunts him. Gale's happy for his friends and dedicated to their cause, but by the gods, does he regret. Up until the final fight and the celebration after and the parting of ways and even six months later when he sees Ronan again and hugs him like he might die if he doesn't.

Ronan holds him, squeezes him tight, unfathomably warm and strong around him as he whispers in Gale's ear that he missed him. And every dulled ache, every ember burning low flares back up as they part and Ronan gives him that soft, glowing smile and maybe he has ulterior motives when he invites his old friend back to his tower for a night of dinner and talking.

[circle-around-again]

"As they exited Trezza's office, Sidious moved his walking stick back and forth, tapping at the floor in front of him." (Windham, 75).

It interests me that Sidious chose the disguise of a blind man.

He presents himself as physically weak, but with the caveat of mysterious financial power and the requirement of a prepubescent boy for a bodyguard. He plays here at being disabled.

This disability theme happens again in Revenge of The Sith (ROTS). It is tied to being elderly. After his fight with Mace Windu, Sidious ages dramatically and is permanently "scarred and deformed" (ROTS). By the Original Trilogy, he is shambling and hunched.

I propose that he is donning the literary figure of the crone: a gendered, often supernatural evil role categorised by both extreme power and vulnerability.

He has vague witch-like magics with The Force and his curse-like orchestration of the Jedi's collapse. He cackles, and often holds the physical presence of these figures.

He takes the role of a Disney-esque "evil queen," black cloak and all. In a role reversal, he corrupts Snow White with the temptation of his princess, and turns him into the Hunter.

He also holds the trust and power of the patriarch in society, as well as the othered and feared matriarch outside of it. He is the Emperor, and before that, a politician, businessman and multi-billionaire.

[lokigodofaces]

Just thought of a cute Christmas thing for Loki.

What if he's the one to put the presents under the tree on Christmas Eve?

He can make illusions, so he can maintain the magic of Christmas for any children sneaking out at night. Either he could make himself look like Santa or just make it look like nothing changed other than their very tired parents telling them to go to sleep (which is an illusion so that the parents can sleep). He could probably make it look very aesthetically pleasing with gift arrangement and lights and all.

I just think it'd be really cute for Loki to help out the Avengers and/or S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that have kids. It's something simple enough to do, genuinely enjoyable, and he gets free cookies out of it.

So, yeah, you can expect what one shot I'll be writing for next Christmas. Either for Clint's kids or FitzSimmon's. Or both. Both is good.