#it's a little sped up

[orchideous-nox]

"I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more" - R.A.B.

[puppyeared]

me when the laikas comet. is this anything

@laikascomet

[sysig]

Ah, childhood memories (Patreon)

[lesbiangiratina]

The shamblerrrrrrr

[sherlock-is-ace]

I will never get over how playful Holmes is in The Naval Treaty.

The whole putting the papers under the cloche at breakfast and involving Mrs Hudson in the prank is always an adorable moment. But also there's a shot of him covered in hay while he was hiding in the stables, and like, there's no real reason he needed to do that. He was quite far from the house and Harrison was not ever going to get close.

Holmes was alone and bored and covered himself in hay and I think that's awesome!

[yonglixx]

yap session with jilix (also the way they can’t sit any closer 🥹)

[ninzied]

forever and

a firstprince new year ficlet. ~1k.

Alex loses him again, ten minutes till midnight.

The party has been, as Pez put it, positively smashing—hard to top last year’s but I had the utmost faith in dear Alex, well done.

Alex hasn’t been paying attention, because outside of the circle formed by Henry’s arms on his shoulders and Alex’s hands on the dip of his waist, he hasn’t really needed to know.

Now, he takes it all in, the dancing snapshots of bodies beneath the strobe lights, the bass thumping so thickly he can feel it in his sternum, and he registers none of it because none of it matters when he doesn’t know where the hell Henry’s gone.

“Have you seen my boyfriend?” he demands of no fewer than five people—Nora, Pez and June count as one—but nobody knows, or nobody knows what he’s even asking because most of them just grin and bob their heads even more energetically than before.

He hasn’t texted. He’s not in the bathroom, and he’s not at the bar—Alex has checked both places twice. He’s starting to feel panicked in a way that he hasn’t in a long time, worried that he’s done something wrong, that he’s hurt Henry in some way again without knowing.

The not knowing is the worst part. Not that he’d ever hurt Henry on purpose, but that he could still do it now and not even realize is so unbearable he might just throw up.

The thing is that Henry had looked happy. And Alex had teased him mercilessly for it (“It doesn’t feel like His Royal Highness hates New Year’s,” murmured into Henry’s ear as Alex pressed their lower bodies together), which Henry had flushed over while also setting his jaw and pulling Alex firmly in for a kiss, probably at least in part to shut him up already.

Alex thinks back to just moments ago, before he’d somehow lost track of Henry. There’d been champagne, which they’d forgotten somewhere in favor of dancing with Bea, a conversation with some TV actor Alex only vaguely recognized and couldn’t find a polite way to get rid of, and then…then what? He’d turned around and Henry had vanished.

He doesn’t fully mean to, but he ends up retracing his steps all the way back to this time last year.

The snow is not as densely packed underfoot as he shivers his way into the garden. A year ago now, he’d followed the same path to Henry, gazed at him beneath the linden tree, and felt so many things he didn’t know how to name or make sense of until Henry kissed him and made the world go blessedly still.

If Henry is there, he decides now, determination doubling his pace, he’s going to grab his beautiful face with both hands and kiss him like 1. there’s no tomorrow, and also like 2. there’s only tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, ahead.

Henry isn’t there.

Alex’s footprints are the only trail left in the snow, glistening in technicolor as the fireworks start up overhead, and fuck, fuck, he’s missed the whole countdown.

He’s missed it with Henry. Kissing him at midnight like they were meant to this year, without the uncertainty and miserable months of radio silence that followed. This was supposed to be a new beginning for them; he had plans, okay, and it’s—well, it’s kind of their anniversary in a way, and now he won’t remember it the way that he wanted to, he—

“Alex!”

He turns, and the man that Alex can only think about in terms of forever now is jogging toward him, all flushed from the cold but smiling.

“There you are,” says Henry, a little short of breath as he comes to a stop and reaches for Alex���s hand. His touch sends a shock of warmth through what feels like Alex’s whole being. Suddenly, Alex can breathe again. “You’re freezing, love. Come here.”

Alex opens his mouth to protest, because as relieved as he is that Henry is here and acting as though all is well, he’s also kind of mad about it.

But yeah, he’s pretty cold too, so he steps willingly into Henry’s arms, and—well, there’s no other place he’d rather be mad about not being ten minutes sooner.

And then Henry leans in, and kisses him so sweetly that Alex is really not mad at all anymore.

“Next year,” says Henry, a little entreatingly, “maybe consider not inviting Hunter if you can help it? He just trapped me at coat check for what felt like ages. I barely made it out with my life.”

Alex never lets a good opportunity to pick on Hunter go to waste, but he decides to let this one slide. “Why were you at coat check?” he wants to know.

“I needed to get something,” says Henry, like it’s obvious.

“But—you don’t have your coat,” says Alex, like it’s not obvious at all.

“You don’t miss a thing,” Henry murmurs, all warmth and affection as he pulls Alex close. Something round and hard presses against Alex’s thigh, and oh. He would know that shape anywhere, because it matches the box inside his own jacket. “Guess again.”

“Baby,” says Alex, and if his voice cracks a little because he’s smiling so hard, well, what about it? “Is that a rock in your pocket, or do you really, really not hate New Year’s?”

“I just really, really love you,” counters Henry. “Happy anniversary, darling,” and he kisses Alex, just a few perfect minutes past midnight, under the linden tree, under the stars, both of them thinking of only forever.

[ghost-bxrd]

That idea about Dick and NW vs Jason and RH fight?

Imagine Jason challenges Tim to a trial by combat. Before he has seen Red Robin.

Jason...might have overestimated the size of a two year old dragon.

Maybe Red Robin belongs to a breed of dragon that takes longer than usual to mature, or Jason plain didn't know how dragon maturity works since dragons are rarely shown in public when they are small and vulnerable.

Since everyone knows Red Robin Vs Red Hood will be less 'Trial by Combat' and more 'Breakfast for Red Hood', Dick and Nightwing volunteers as Tim's champions.

Still a mismatch, given the size, but at least there's a fighting chance, given how fast and agile Nightwing is.

Let's say Bruce can't take part, maybe some rule about the king not being directly part of trial by combat (I love the angst where Bruce has to watch helplessly...)

Jason, arriving for the combat, is caught between 'WTF, that's Red Robin and replacement!? I challenged a toddler on a gecko?!" and "Dick is fighting ME for HIM?"

Jason might have considered backing off at this point, but Red is all fired up for the fight, and the betrayal issue is smarting hard for Jason (though logically he knows Dick couldn't have let that baby dragon fight...) so the feedback loop makes him too messed up to yield.

And Dick can't yield, because if he does that will mean death for Tim...

First of all, the gecko part absolutely sent me 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

But hooo boy that would be a messed up situation, but also a less bloody option than immediate all out war. Two dragons fighting each other is still better than two dragons burning the opposing army and killing thousands in the process.

But in a one on one battle… I fear Nightwing wouldn’t have a chance of coming out on top. His feathers can’t burn, but they provide frightfully little protection against physical attacks like claws or teeth. The only real option Dick has would be to try and go straight for Red’s rider…

[mishy-mashy]

Probably not gonna match with when this comes out translated, but still—just a few things I liked about BNHA 423

WE GOT TO SEE THE VESTIGES AGAAAAINNNNN!!! HI BRUCE!

I think Bruce gets a lot of bad angles. This is an example (but it's okay honey, you're still hot stuff)

Unfortunately, I have a favorite. It's Bruce. The most Normal Guy™ in the vestige line up. And the special-est sopping wet cat for Kudo ever (Yoichi is a dry cat because at least Kudo remembered to take Yoichi inside).

The vestiges were all gearing for a punch, but Tomura/Tenko is reaching out.

The rest of the users usually use OFA to punch, is the general idea we see. But Tomura/Tenko's Quirk isn't that.

Tomura/Tenko reaching his hand out to grab, and the vestiges readying a punch—it's their ways of putting the hurt on.

And Tomura/Tenko knows what happens if he puts his fingers on someone. He was aiming for AFO's head too. Guy was pissed.

I like that the vestiges look like they're crawling out of hell (or the depths) here. Technically for OFA itself, which they embody, being in AFO's realm was hell. It meant they failed their collective goals to win against AFO, and keep OFA [Yoichi] out of his possession

Also, they're all embers of who they once were. If Factors embodied their personalities, these embers are the leftovers of that embodiment. Their eyes are blank.

And even when they're only shattered fragments of themselves, they came for AFO to take him down.

They really embodied that purpose. Even as husks of themselves, or sad leftovers that scattered from their destroyed Factors, they still reached forward to clock AFO one last time.

They were that determined, and that determination was all that was left of them.

Meanwhile, with Yoichi, his itty bitty remains continued trying to talk sense into his brother till the end.

Yoichi has such a bleeding heart. But he also loved his brother.

AFO is standing in the dark. But in that dark, there's a light. It's Yoichi, as if he were the light at the end of the tunnel.

AFO chased OFA for decades, and ruined a lot of lives, just to have Yoichi by his side again.

Joining hands with Garaki; killing Banjo, En, Nana; forcing the creation and upbringing of Tenko; the whole Shimura incident; everything he did to UA and the Aoyamas to get close to the wielder of OFA [Yoichi]. He did all that, and more.

He just wanted the chance to have Yoichi with him again. That was his purpose in obtaining OFA this whole time.

Yoichi was AFO's light at the end of the tunnel.

Too bad for AFO, the light at the end of the tunnel was an oncoming train.

Yoichi is telling AFO what happened, but I love that in front of Yoichi, AFO became himself. I mean, not a mass of scar tissue, but who he originally looked like

Idk, there's just something symbolic about it?

Midoriya calls AFO a lonely man. And Yoichi comes to him, and AFO says he wants Yoichi by his side. He wouldn't be lonely if that were the case. Yoichi could make him not lonely anymore.

And the lonely man, a bundle of scar tissue from his warpath to see Yoichi again, reverts to a time he had no injuries or scars. He looks like the period of time where he and Yoichi lived in the same era.

In front of Yoichi, he's just.. himself, I guess is how to put it. Not a mass of scar tissue, or the evil villain everyone feared: he's literally just Yoichi's "Nii-san".

It's like, the scar tissue shed itself to reveal AFO's true face.

He wants to see Yoichi's face, and ended up showing his own without even meaning or thinking to.

He's finally looking straight at Yoichi, trying to see his face. It's not like when Yoichi was alive, when AFO always looked down on him, and just waited for him to bend to his will.

Now, AFO has little time left with Yoichi, and he's lost his composure for it, wanting to see Yoichi as more than an ember. But maybe he got to the point he only ever saw Yoichi for his Factor, rather than the Factor for Yoichi: how often has he said he was chasing One For All, instead of his younger brother?

AFO wanted to see Yoichi's face, but when he saw Yoichi next to Kudo... yeah, he lost his mind a bit there. Probably (Definitely?) because he saw Kudo's Ability, and Kudo with Yoichi. And Kudo is "to blame for everything".

Maybe he lost it seeing Kudo and Yoichi together, because it was a repeat of the past, I suppose?

(Technically, he did see Yoichi's face one last time already. Just that he also saw the bastard Kudo's face again too. And AFO did not like that.)

[howlhawk]

i heard it was bisexual awareness day yesterday. well he's bisexual and now you're aware of him

[sidetongue]

look at hims dancy legs

[blood-starved-beast]

Alongside my replays of the games I've been slowly making my way through the Ocarina of Time Manga, and I can't help but notice how despite the immense trauma of learning that 1) his big plan with the Princess failed spectacularly and 2) his body has gone through immense physiological and psychological changes that he never expected to happen - the Hero of Time takes his situation in stride. He accepts he's the hero pretty quickly.

By contrast, the Hero Twilight vehemently rejects the calling, denying it to the spirits' faces.

His feelings are complex to say the least. He feels inadequate over being the hero cause he's got his issues back when he pulled the sword and lost his entire hometown. And his feelings about swordplay tie directly into that. He feels he cannot match up.

At the same time though, this Link is interesting in that he craves violence. He enjoys swordplay, even when it's caught up in all those bad memories. When he gets the Master Sword the inner part of him that loves fighting is thrilled. Cause while yes he's got his inferiority complex tied with his trauma, he also knows he's good. I mean, he is good at fighting. He's the Hero. This whole thing interplays and culminates in Link manifesting his dark inner side - which ends with him knocking himself out in the end cause that inner dark side is him. His ego gets too big.

But alas, the inferiority complex strikes again when Fi rejects him so throws himself onto the floor crying about it cause it confirms in his mind all his fears he has about not being enough. He thought, for a moment that he was enough (too much). I really love this version of Link.

Anyways I bring up the Hero of Time's manga cause his response to TP Link's whole deal in volume 7 is contextualized so well when you realize how quickly he accepts his new role. He tells TP Link to get over himself cause

it is his destiny. He can't avoid it. And knowing that OoT Link accepted that. Accepted his fate so soon, and that the consequences of one's actions can cost so high, it makes sense no?

[mutalune]

my clone culture headcanon is that they have almost no traditional mandalorian ties, they picked up almost nothing culturally/linguistically from the mandalorian trainers, but the one thing they DID get were endearments/affectionate and-or comforting words/etc.

b/c 1) that was the only way the trainers could somewhat express affection for their favorites without getting dinged for being too attached to them since no one there actually spoke mando’a 2) kaminoans would be Unhappy if the clones expressed affection openly so secret language words were the only way to safely verbalize caring and loving, so they picked up on those few kind words VERY quickly

(The way I see it working is that the trainers had favorites, would occasionally say something like “chin up, hang in there, good job kiddo,” and said favorites picked up those terms without actually ever getting Direct Translations of what they mean. So they get the words and some context but have to jumble it together themselves and pronunciation and meaning change the further away it spreads from the original favorites - because all of this is spread in private, quietly, until it grows its own legs in different iterations with different battalions imho

like they know adding -‘ika to a name is affectionate and feels like a diminutive but they don’t know what it means exactly and sometimes plug it into names in grammatically odd ways, so instead of “Trap’ika” you get “Trapper’ika” which sounds more like “Trapperka” when you’re talking fast.)

(i’m just a fan of gentle soft pet names and showing affection quietly and how love finds a way and how the clones can take what little scraps they were given and make it their own)

[lggy]

whys nobody talk about this sceneeeeeeee derek's genuine devastation at how much zack changed over the years...really well written dialogue.... zack and derek are seriously underrated characters i think theres a mountain of lore to dig into

[mrraggedymvn]

may be the dumbest thing jve wver made. THE MUNKY SLOMO JUMP THOUGHHH

[maraschinotopped]

i drew this a few days ago but hell might as well post it since i like how it turned out. anyways. k.initopet <- said from someone who very obviously has a lot more to say on the subject but is holding it back