#it wasn’t intentional

[shutupineedtothink]

More Moiraine & Lan (and the Bond) thoughts, because I really just can’t help myself.

Just thinking about how we know every Aes Sedai and Warder share the Bond, but we don’t see any other AS/Warder teams using it as a form of communication NEARLY as much as Moiraine and Lan do.

Like these mofos are having full conversations with head tilts and tiny eyebrow raises and 3 seconds of eye contact from the jump. Sometimes not even looking at each other. And it’s extra great if you’re a show only like me because you only realize it when you go back later after all the stuff with the Bond is explained in 1x04/1x05. Like I remember thinking when I was first watching the pilot ‘wow, these two are really in sync, clearly they’ve known each other a long time,’ but it’s so much more than that obviously.

Now, one easy explanation for this is that we’re just seeing them the most, they’re main characters, and s1 especially does a lot of work hyping up the Bond and how important it is so that we get the full impact of them being cut off later. Makes sense.

But… idk like even Alanna and Ihvon and Maksim, who are actually in a romantic relationship, don’t seem to prefer the Bond as a way to communicate. We even see them have their little diplomatic discussion before Ihvon goes to follow Tomas. It’s an actual conversation. Maksim even prefers the Bond masked, so I guess in that way they kind of have to talk to each other.

Verin and Tomas are pretty quiet in general, but still it’s not emphasized that they use the Bond to communicate that much. Perhaps this is also highlighted by Tomas’s advice to Lan that the Bond isn’t the only common language they share with their Aes Sedai.

Except for Moiraine and Lan, it’s like AT LEAST 80%. It’s the primary way they communicate. Because 1. they’re both so naturally reserved on the outside (but feel very deeply on the inside), and 2. I imagine it comes in handy to be extra good at it when you’re on the road searching for the Dragon Reborn and you don’t want everyone around you to know what you’re about.

Then there’s Stepin’s comment from s1 to Kerene, “Can you imagine their dinners?” Which is funny but also very telling. To all the other Aes Sedai and Warders, Moiraine and Lan seem pretty cold and distant, to everyone else and each other. But again, that’s by design to protect their mission. They’re just having conversations no one else can see, even other Bonded pairs. It’s like most AS and their Warders use the Bond as insurance, a fail safe even, to understand and communicate with each other, with normal human communication (i.e. TALKING) as the primary method. But for Moiraine and Lan it’s the other way around.

My POINT BEING, that this adds weight to their storyline in S2. Like they are REALLY struggling because on top of everything else, this fundamental piece of their relationship and communication is just gone. And it opens a door for Moiraine to push Lan away, when she NEVER would have been able to before, practically or emotionally. And he reels from her attacks because he’s just not as good at understanding her without the Bond, when he would have seen right through that shit before, just from feeling alone. So Tomas can say to him, you need to really listen, but 20 years of shared emotional mind reading is not that easy to bypass. You don’t learn normal person communication skills overnight. Certainly not when there’s this gaping hole in your head/heart where another person you probably knew better than yourself should be but isn’t.

Anyway, I think it just adds even more credence to why they’re both so lost throughout most of S2, especially Lan. And what makes them so badass with the Bond but so absolutely uncoordinated without it. And why every other Aes Sedai/Warder thinks they’re fuckin weird. And why we love them, because who doesn’t want to be so fundamentally understood like that? Who doesn’t want their own secret language with someone that no one else really gets, but that person gets you on a level so real it can’t be replaced? That’s what we’re all reaching for, and that’s what they have with each other. For better or worse.

[jubshead]

My profile looks Halloween themed

[bubblybloob]

Bloob is pronounced like boob but with and l in it.

[eldrith]

dunno if it’s intentional but you and dippy have matching pfps and it’s really cute

love is a celestial harmony

[bloomxsky]

Here is the redesign for Harmonix for the rest of winx. Also I’m opting to get rid of the wings. Their in water, they don’t need wings.

⬆️ This is Stella

⬆️ This is Flora

⬆️ This is Aisha

⬆️ This is Musa

⬆️ This is Tecna

[pinkelotjeart]

Trick or treat!!! I am clearly a Real Human Man! Not at all 3 Bearded Dragons in a trench coat! Please give me All Your Crickets please.

There’s probably some crickets in the back garden

[ponds-of-ink]

So, Glitchtrap assumes two things when meeting MXES--like what you mentioned on the post for the animatic--but how would he figure out the truth about those things? Because for a while after MXES leaves, I'm assuming that he's still just kind of like:

"Ah, yeah, just like the programmer/Vanessa"

"Wow, turning human for love"

<Incorrect-FNaF-Quotes

Well, I wouldn’t be surprised if MXES’ voice(banks) gave him more access to MX’s code. Not only would it help him figure out how to track MX using the mall’s outdoor cameras, but it’d also give him a bit of leftover “DNA”.

So, when he does find out, it’s almost a double whammy.

I can picture him scanning through the data on Night 2, trying to find a way to get info beyond the voicebanks, and then noticing some background commands like:

“IGNORE CORRECTION PROTOCOL. REASON: SUSPICION OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE MIMIC”

“IGNORE ‘IMPULSE’ TO RESPOND WITH ‘I am what humans call a boy, sir’”

And so on.

Needless to say, Glitch-trap’s first reaction is “OH”.

[lyda3]

i miss ross lynch

[milf0bsessi0n]

my easter egg has a smiley face and a heart 🥺

[aquatic-bees]

Opened up my drawing app because I realized I haven’t drawn anything in ages and ended up with a design for a dress. It’s not anything spectacular but I think it looks nice enough to share.

[baristabomb]

...weird amount of dunmeshi fans have been saying being a caretaker in a relationship is the worst thing ever..marcille must want to killl everyone soo bad because doing things for people suuuucks sooo muchh

it's an act of love, not just a job i promise. we all want someone who's willing to take care of us in some way, just like how senshi shows care for others by cooking for them :'|

[falklore]

Good morning, I just realised that today I am dressed as Elena Gilbert 😔

[aliteralchicken]

throwback to the time I accidentally reinvented death in the family

‘this is a set do not separate’ well im actually prying them apart with a crowbar sorry

[renthedevil]

your honour,, i lo ve thrm

[shepscapades]

[dbhc flavored] Hermit a Day May: Day 14 — Doc!

Featuring both a current-day s10 doc and a verrry early s8 post-deviant doc! :]

[thereweredragonshere]

Been wanting to do more practice on anatomy stylisation/different structures to basic shapes. So have my headcanons on the riders arms and legs👍