#it was deserved tbf

[pain-is-too-tired]

Chat after watching Dan get executed live on stream

[whipbogard]

Whippy, Stop Drawing Harvey Lounging Like He's Waiting For a Lapdance: A Challenge

(Impossible)

[blu3berrydraws]

--- Napping with the firelord can be something so personal

[midnightkolrath]

One thing I like about DMC is the parallels they sneak in where at first you may not think it is...but the more you think about it...

Like the scene in 3 with Arkham is essentially Vergil's first big footsteps into hunting for his father's power years later after the tragedy he endured. He's looking for a way to grab that power, and here comes Arkham to begin to properly set him on the path that builds up the domino effect that THEN sets up the rest of the suffering he has to endure. From his clash with his twin, to his defeat, then his attempted clash with Mundus that leads into his enslavement and weakening that sets the stage for DMC5 with the birth of V and Urizen.

Then, in Visions of V, the climax has it where V embraces Urizen and encounters essentially the form of his fears and weakness as his younger self. Of course, V is met with immediate act of aggression through instinct of self defense by his younger manifestation but he still is prompted to not show his special book to return to him, but also remind him that 'Power alone is not enough'.

That line alone has me thinking like....wow. A complete opposite to the context of the moment with Arkham, where there's the talk about power and the desire for it. The fact that its basically himself on the other side of his own sword in VoV telling him that is, to me, such an interesting display of character growth. I don't know if that moment in VoV was meant to reference the Arkham convo in 3, but I like to believe it was. Its so alike, that it'd be weird if it wasn't to me.

Here's another cheeky one I like too, by the way.

The very night that Vergil reclaims Yamato and heads home to split himself into V and Urizen has a full moon. JUST like the very night when Vergil first defeated Dante that would eventually lead into the escalation of 3's plot and even having an ironic callback in 5 that would lead into Dante unlocking his Sin Devil Trigger.

One's a moment of victory over his twin brother, asserting his power. The other? A moment of reflection of losses that haunt him to this day, reminding him of the weakness he's desperately trying to chase away. The said desperation that peaks his desire for power and pushes him to believe abandoning his humanity is a benefit.

Of course, these thoughts still haunts him even as V (and especially Urizen, but I've mentioned that before) to the point where he reflects over it a few times. I often talk about these moment in VoV, but its just...man. One of the best things we got for DMC. A good addition for Vergil's character and essentially the icing ontop of the cake for 5 alongside the Before the Nightmare novel. There's several things it calls back to for Vergil's journey subtle or not. I hope we get more content like it in the future (maybe even have VoV localized officially), alongside games of course.

[pooks]

i just had a very hilarious idea

at the end of the WCI arc, when the Retrieval Squad are safe and heading towards Wano, Nami laments that she had somewhat hoped to get the chance to steal some money from Big Mom

and then Ichiji, the madlad, just untucks his shirt and lifts it up. what happens? sacks with Berry and jewelry falls down on the lawn deck

Ichiji casually reveals that that he, just hours before the Whole Cake Wedding Assasination, decided to sneak and raid so much treasure from his and Sanji's sire.

"child support." he simply says. "with interest, of course."

Nami, of course, get Berry sign in her eyes and just says "Ichiji...you know that you're my best friend, right?" and Ichiji just smiles, a real genuine smile for the first time since Dressrosa, and says "of course, Nami dearest. would you have the honor to keep these safely?"

but it's on one condition; Ichiji wants to keep a specific jewelry box that belonged to his and Sanji's mother Sora.

while Nami is busy counting the money, Sanji and Ichiji sits together and looks in their mother's jewelry box, remembering and admiring the beautiful necklaces, rings, earrings and bracelets she used to own. there is also old photographs, hand-written notes and small bottles with perfume from the North Blue.

Sanji wanted Nami to have some, but she declined and said she didn't need it. Nami understood perfectly well that it was Ichiji and Sanji's late mother's things

none of them are sure what to do with the jewelry box and its' contents, but Ichiji simply stole it back because he didn't had the heart to leave it behind

also later

Sanji: *cooking lunch* WAIT you stole all that from the treasury and then fought with sacks of gold and jewels in your clothes?! Ichiji: what, like it's hard? *sips wine like an absolute icon*

also bonus

post-Wano, Zoro absolutely threw himself in the ocean for a swim when he saw Sanji wearing his mother's sapphire and gold earrings. the marimo claimed the weather was hot when they were actually closer to a spring island.

Nami called bullshit on that lol

[aurorangen]

I need to tell them. Those were the words occupying Robbie's mind throughout the afternoon with his parents. But why ruin a good day? Any parent would react badly hearing the news of their son quitting his career at a highly respected company. Robbie knew Leilani would react less severely, given her positive outlook on all situations, so when Bryce went to buy some food, he took the opportunity.

Having finally discussed the matter, Robbie felt an immediate sense of relief. "Oh come here, darling, you did the right thing quitting." It pained Leilani to hear her son struggling and concealing this information from her, "You must always prioritise yourself and that job wasn't doing you any good...I just want you to be happy and healthy Robbie." When Bryce returned, Robbie took a deep breath and said, "Dad, there's something you should know."

Bryce pressured Robbie to be successful without fully realising it. These were things such as comparing him to Renee, always asking about work research and setting high expectations given their shared love for biology and science. When Renee and Robbie secured good jobs, he boasted about them to friends and family, which undoubtedly unnerved Robbie anytime reality didn't meet expectations. Now that he quit his job, it was that fear of disappointment.

Faced with his dad, Robbie felt like he impulsively threw away his ambition, when he could've resolved the issues by dismissing them until things went away. Anger welled up in Bryce's eyes after the conversation and Robbie braced himself for the sighs and disapproval.

"Who are those co-workers Robbie??? I'm gonna teach those jerks a lesson cos no one messes with my son!" Bryce responded with an assertiveness in his voice, hinting he'd do anything to defend his family. As much as Robbie would've liked to see that, it wasn't the most sensible action. "T-Thanks Dad, but I've moved on from those events," Robbie admitted, still taken aback by his reaction. "I'm sorry I couldn't give you a better upbringing, I-I never meant to put that much pressure," Bryce explained after calming down, "I just want the best for you."

"Look, I'm proud of you. You don't have to reach the top of your career or earn the big wages-…hell you don't even have to prove anything to show me that. I'm already so proud of you every minute and every day, because you are my son."

[ariariari-freehounreal]

First I cried for him, and then I cried for me. Haunted by the ghost of the girl I used to be.

[ameamedraws]

(From that one discord screenshot)

Atem: hm. I see. That d&d campaign revealed more things about you than I thought.

[draco-glacialis]

Agatha: Wait- Your arresting me because I'm a homo?!

Rio: ...Homicide. You killed your whole family.

[etherealess]

all recent interviews for S7 point to lucy chen getting paid dust and remaining as the punching bag for a second season in a row (fourth season if we’re being real) and i don’t know if i have it in me to watch her go through it again.

no promotion, but she’ll temporarily train a rookie who will most likely put her in situations that may get her in trouble (clown incident anyone?) which will again deter her road to promotion.

melissa says in a recent interview that the stakes for lucy take a bit of a backseat this season, which to me sounds like she’s getting pushed to the sidelines AGAIN. it is most likely she’ll still be there to support everyone else though AND she’ll probably be helping tim a lot despite him being the one who did the hurting and does not deserve any sort of gestures from her. we won’t be seeing her navigate the aftermath of everything she went through last season ON SCREEN because alexi wants to give that precious screen-time to other characters.

alexi wanted to go into S7 with positivity, because you can’t really focus on timmy b’s beautiful mental health storyline if lucy is still rightfully upset about timmy dumping her for absolutely no reason, right?

we’ll spend S7 watching the man who broke her heart go through therapy, have some character development and possibly be happy as a result, but her? we might not even get to see any of her sl play out, we’ll probably only get a scene of her doing that cute exasperated thing she does, if we’re lucky.

so much for giving her back her agency and not making her a doormat to everyone on this show, right alexi?

[saynatav]

@lotftober2024 Day 5: Mulberry

"He says he saw the beastie, the snake-thing, and will it come back tonight" okay so I did the fire as the snake thing, just bcs :b

A WHOLE DAY LATE SORRY

[fuckedupheadtotail]

[prophet-rebellion]

Don't do it. Don't start. I always say you can only have one expensive hobby at a time and thank GOD mine is comics, bc if I bought the cards I want I'd be so much worse off.

sjdhjd yesterday two of my best friends taught me to play magic & built me a deck, and when i told my dad he had wisdom to impart

[youling-the-ghost]

Luke, the bar is in hell with with the Devil and his half-demon daughter.

[leonardalphachurch]

the only reason that wash was able to make up for what he’d done is because he got lucky to live long enough that a bunch of people with little to no moral code didn’t care that he’d done bad things and adopted him anyway. he didn’t do anything to ~earn~ his redemption. he didn’t work hard to get the chance to become a better person. he was given it. holding south to the standard of wash wrt redemption is so dishonest because not only was she never given the chance to be redeemed, he is literally the reason she never got that chance! he cut her down in the middle of her arc! caboose looked at wash at his most vulnerable and least redeemable moment and decided to show him compassion and love. wash looked at south at her most vulnerable and least redeemable moment and killed her.

[stedesparasol]

me giving stede a big dick in every fic i write