#it's been an honor soldiers

[zu-is-here]

[8/7] his day ♡

The capricious pharaoh drives away his servants, while a delinquent soldier, who's never served in the palace, is sent to him to the mercy. The mistake with a hand fan could really cost Cross his life, but Shattered finds it so amusing that he spares him :'D

Shattered Dream from shattereddreamsau by galacii-gallery / galacii || Dream by jokublog

Cross from xtaleunderverse by jakei95

[the-force-awakens]

Still not used to this life or death situation stuff. That's good, 'cause I'm not either. You never get used to it.

[lefthandarm-man]

Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanoff Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

[bucky-obsessed]

Which Bucky am I talking to?

[antrunner]

⭐️DC BABYGIRL COMPETITION⭐️

[jesse-pinko]

Honestly there are so many ppl I know irl that I will never be able to look at the same again… If you can hear “11,500 children killed” “crushed and buried patients alive with bulldozers” if you can look at videos of children with their limbs amputated screaming and crying because there is no anesthesia and your response is still “free the hostages!” or “but Hamas!” or “Israel has the right to exist” then you simply do not see Arabs as people, you cannot look at brown children and be reminded of your own kids because you see them as Other, and whether subconsciously or not your perception of the Middle East is of an innately war-torn, inherently violent place, and you have conveniently and utterly failed to comprehend how much of that is due to Western savagery and puppeteering. Why do you think it’s in any way acceptable for the US to regularly bomb other countries, but it was considered a war crime to the utmost degree when they physically retaliated against us? Why do you think Hamas holding hostages is the height of brutality when Israel is publicly expressing glee over killing thousands upon thousands of Palestinian children? If you think any of these things, you do not think of Arabs as people, you think of them as Other, unworthy of the protections and freedoms you take for granted.

[writer-room]

Love that Dragons Rising wasted no time and already gave Zane an identity crisis in the first season. Good job writers, you already understand him perfectly! That boy has never felt confident in his identity from day one and it ain't about to change now

[featherlumina]

What do you get when you have access to terrifying voice cloning AI software and every single voice line from Crisis Core? Silly shenanigans from me, apparently! (I’ve always wanted to hear new voice lines from the classic Crisis Core cast... this is as close as I’m gonna get!) Anyway, figured it would be cool to actually hear the conversation talked about in the Keepers of Honour mails...

Today's update features a conversation between Angeal and Genesis.

G: You'd better do something about those plants in your room.

A: Those plants represent nature. Some of us converse with nature to hone our spirit and honor.

G: And some of us are getting bugs in our rooms because of those blasted things.

A: Come on. Don't you remember? We used to have bugs in our rooms all the time when we were kids.

G: That's why I hate them. And the past? It can stay there. We're in Midgar. We're not supposed to have nature here.

City-born Genesis, and nature-lover Angeal: so completely different, yet friends all the same.

[toytanks]

just thinking about how 3 of tdkr's four major antagonists are people who swore to change their ways and show the public a new face before reverting to old habits

[skeletons-in-ur-closet]

this isnt the account for this i KNOW but jjk just ended and it was the worst thing ive ever read oh my daysssss

[kattythingz]

Rose wasn't.. those soldiers didn't... how.. the baby??? Where did her baby come from??? I refuse to believe that they did that to her there's just no way???

And Martel... holy FUCK when you said it was dark you meant dark.

I can't stand Ed and Al being separated but it really showcases Al as a character. AND LUST!? OH MY GOSH IM LOVING HER STORYLINE, the flashbacks and then her face, its so satisfying seeing the character thats usually unbothered be shocked like that. 03 has great art too, I can always see the emotion in the character's eyes.

Im on episode 42 now, im in the last stretch, then I'll start CoS, I've heard great things about that movie too

You cannot imagine my sheer, evil glee at reading this ask LMAO. Yeah, dark is no exaggeration. And, yeah, that did happen to Rose. 03 made her such a prominent character and I love her for that, but at what cost? Poor Rose ;;

On Ed and Al, I absolutely agree with you. One thing I always felt brotherhood was missing was the brothers truly standing out in their time apart. 03 nailed that point excellently home, and you get such a clear idea of what sort of people they are at their cores and how far they're really willing to go for each other.

AND YESSSSS LUST!! LUST! DUDE WHY DO YOU THINK I MADE HER A FOCUS IN MY LMK AU? I adore her and Ed's tentative little bond so so so much.

Have a blast with the rest my guy. CoS is wonderful. Ik some people are hit or miss with it but I personally adore it. Not solely because Ed is criminally prettier than usual in it (a feat, ik), contrary to what my friends might say about me <<

[kirnet]

Topped laezel 🫡

[kantraels]

Would Zed be interested in hanging out with other teenagers on the Morningstar, or are they just so in deep with the Krieger mindset of born to kill and die that they don’t care?

So the whole arc it’s going through is that it doesn’t consider itself a teenager (and it doesn’t really consider itself a person, either, in the strictest sense of person.) What it does see itself as is a guardsman; as a Krieger; as a reject (which over time transforms from a stinging mark of shame to a genuine badge of honor as it survives, thrives, and makes a name for itself on the Mourningstar.)

So… as a roundabout answer… probably not, unless those teenagers are also housed in the veteran’s barracks. It’s a bitter anomaly and nobody expected it to last as long as it has. For age, for mental state upon delivery to the Inquisition (bad), for mission types of choice, for… well, you know, an abundance of factors. And then by the time it’s opened up enough to start making friends it’s fully a part of the vet frat.

[shywhumpauthor]

What is your favourite Whump trope? And! Follow up, what is your favourite Whump scene to write??

Hmmmm

It changes by the day haha

I’m really into scars right now, especially visible ones. Like facial, neck, hands, etc. Constant reminders of the trauma and torture the Whumpee had to face, not just to themself but to everyone else. Especially if this Whumpee is in some leadership position, like in a team situation, and everyone else is just constantly wary around them. The Whumpee has learned to avoid long conversations or any non essential contact, isolating and only making the dynamics worse.

That or a Whumpee who is in some sort of situation with a caretaker that’s unable to really help them, particularly if they’re from the other side. Like a Hero Whumpee in a villain’s lair, and a henchman wants to help but they can’t actually do much of anything.

Also I love your typical power imbalance tropes, a Whumpee who used to be powerful/influential reduced to nothing (particularly with royalty dynamics paired with public humiliation), your good old fashioned whipping and torture, branding, there’s so many lmao

To write? Now that’s harder. While I love all of these tropes, some of them are just difficult for me to write in terms of complex dynamics or just plot. If I were to start one with say, the royal/powerful Whumpee, I would need to go so much deeper than just “they used to be royal”, and I’d get caught up on that for so long I wouldn’t end up writing it. So I guess I’ll just say power imbalances in any context really, because that’s always so much fun to exploit (as you can see with Noah and Declan, Kaden and Mathias, etc lmao)

[mothervvoid]

need to make a druid whose ult is quite literally just SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE

[lindensea]

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