#just goofing and gaffing

[saurix5]

1.07 Arthur's Red Eyes Symbolism

Good morning, class. I am here to talk about the glowing red eye effect from the episode The Gates of Avalon. Low-budget effects or hidden symbolism?

Magic in the show is associated with the color gold. Whenever someone casts magic, their eyes glow gold. Yet here, it's red. You could say that it's because Sophia is a Sidhe, so things are different in Avalon. However, she and her father got cast out of Avalon and put into mortal bodies, so they have to play by our rules.

Why show Arthur's eyes turn red when she casts her enchantment? Of course, it's to show him being under her spell. But they could have just shown her eyes change colors and have Arthur's demeanor change before following Sophia out. Clearly, it's to symbolize something.

What does red usually get associated with? Evil. What does it also get associated with in the show? Camelot. More specifically, the Pendragons. But we're supposed to root for Camelot. Arthur isn't evil. To us. To magical people, probably so. After all, he raided two Druid camps (we know the context, but the victims don't, or don't care). He also likely helped capture some sorcerers, which led to innocent and guilty dying alike.

Maybe some don't see Arthur bad as an individual. But he is a Pendragon, and the Pendragons are enemies to the Old Religion. Uther started it, and Arthur continued the persecution (less uptight about it, but ppl still had to hide their magic). Sure, Arthur seemed opened to changing his views multiple times. But he kept reverted back to Uther's views after a tragic event or because Merlin said magic has no place in Camelot.

Therefore, Arthur's eyes turn red because in the eyes of the Old Religion, he is evil. This may be considered foreshadowing how the ban on magic will remain for the rest of the show. Anyways. This has been my Ted Talk. Thank you for coming.

[the-sunshine-dims]

I wouldn't say I'd trust him to do it per-se but I think it'd be so funny to get top surgery from Ulysses, like he's gone to fish college for it, he's the most qualified, however also he did in fact start playing God and went on his mad scientist arc so it's like,,, Russian medical malpractice roulette, and itd be so funny, you wake up and there's a 5-10% chance you have more boob then before, where'd it come from? Shrug, kelp by-product

[gordonsicedcoffee]

wait.........let him cook 👀💯🔥

[velvetcake96]

Following me on Bluesky will mean you get things like this:

[phoenixkaptain]

An oft underutilized aspect of Bruce Wayne as a character is how much he enjoys making trouble on purpose.

Like, he doesn’t have to disappear or appear like a spectre in front of his friends. He doesn’t have to take the “Bat��� in Batman so far. He doesn’t have to pretend to be stupid in front of people. He does all of these things, I can only assume, because he enjoys it.

Of course in earlier comics this is true, but you can see it in later ones as well. Bruce likes to banter with people. Bruce enjoys putting on an act. Bruce sent multiple people a box with a bat in it; you cannot convince me he did not do so with a smirk.

I know people paint Batman as the Serious Hero who is Dark and Brooding and Hates Laughter. But that just isn’t the case. He is serious, he is dark and brooding, but he fucking loves laughter - he is constantly laughing at people. He’s having a ball! Some crimes are serious and not fun for him, but otherwise? He is treating the criminal underground of Gotham as his playground and having an absolutely delightful time doing so.

[maxdurden]

he was so real for this

[muirneach]

honestly where would carlos be without randomly dropping the third set just to feel something

[conbuzzled]

thinking I should make a kh-centric sideblog so I can have an unlimited supply of joy on demand

[olm-the-cavewizard]

Tobi is just a goofy little guy, a goofy goober, a scrungly skrimblo, a deebo dowebo do, just a silly little dude

[cosmic-seer]

You're more iconic than Drayton just syk B)

Awwh thank you thank you. I try. It is a treat to take the piss out of him tho.

[dollopheadedmerlin]

Ayo?

People leave hate comments on Ao3 now??

[rainknow]

txt is the funniest kpop group ...

[amphibifish]

whenever i think of hell goofs and gafs nicky and rod it's very funny because nicky is literally still just some guy except he's in hell and part bird now and then rod has been put through the horrors and is destined to experience the horrors for all of eternity

[spookieypookie]

[the-dumpster-fire-of-life]

Hiii, loved to see that you a writing for arcane again. Tbh I just loved Isha and Jinx, so could could you make headcanons for how Jinx, Vi and Cait would be like taking care of or rising a kid with a girlfriend or s/o?

Sure I can! I don’t want he post to be huge though so I’ll break it up into three separate ones! Enjoy!

Family Bound

Raising or looking after a kid was not easy by any means, but taking care of one with Jinx was even harder

Jinx does not know how to be a paternal figure, or an older sibling kind of figure

She has really bad experiences with the only ones she’s ever known, so how was she supposed to fix that with some kid she’s not even related to?

But, for your sake, I feel like jinx loves you enough to try

If the kid was your sibling, I feel like she would be more reserved and distant from the child

In some way you and your little sibling remind her of herself and Vi when they were young and it’s not a good thing

She’s only able to take care of the kid once she separated those two things and finally able to bond with the kid

It takes a lot of time and patience from you for Jinx to be able to bond with the kid

If y’all found the kiddo, I feel like it would be easier for her to take care of it more than it being your sibling

When she does come around, Jinx can be very protective of the kid

She’s more the parent that doesn’t discipline and lets the kid get away with stuff, which causes some behavioral issues and arguments between you two cause that’s not really a good thing

So she has to learn from you how to take care of the child

She teaches the kid lots of things like how to invent gadgets, to make sure they work, how to protect yourself, and lots of other things like that

On more positive notes:

You’re the main bridge between the two so when they’re left alone together, they have no clue what to do or how to bond

But you do find little bits and pieces of a genuine bond forming between the two

You see the little smile Jinx wears when she finds genuine joy in taking care of them

She wonders how anyone could abandon their child or harm them when the one she takes care of with you is so beautifully innocent and childlike

In a way the kid heals the inner child and the Powder still inside of Jinx

She takes care of them in the way she wished Silco or Vi was

And she understands them in a way not even you can, especially if they show signs that Powder and Jinx did when she was young

She likes goofing off with the kid, and she likes playing around with them

You’ve found them roughhousing and giggling more times than you could count

and you’ve found them testing out bombs, which only happens when it’s in a safe place and a safe distance away

Jinx would never intentionally harm your guys’ child

She loves them so much that sometimes it’s scary to see how attached she has become

She doesn’t know what she would do if anything happened to you or the kid

She doesn’t ever wanna scare them, which has only happpened once

Jinx was having a freak out after everything has happened, probably after Vi was found to be an enforcer or after their fight

She was going through it, yelling, breaking things and crying and screaming

She didn’t notice how scared your guys’ child was until they started crying

Jinx felt her heart break, and even if she was ashamed of doing it, she ran out

She didn’t know how to handle the gaf she scare them so much

She was gone for a while and when she came back she was visibly distant

It took a lot of patience and reassurance for her to come back around the kid without being hesitant about every move

But the kid loved her, and when she saw your child was more sad about the fact she was gone, it broke her heart and almost healed it at the same time

She doesn’t know what she would do if they feared her badly

She loves coloring with the little girl or boy, and she likes helping them figure out outfits

She likes running around the lanes with them, or going to the old hideout

The two also love messing with Sevika as the woman has now joined your little mini family

Jinx and the kid often pass out together, both on the ground or wherever and limbs tangled and snoring with drool on the corners of their lips

Which means you have to carry both to bed a lot of the time

Jinx loves. Showing he kid to invent, and how to fight and everything

She loves seeing the sparkle in the kids eye when she shows them fireworks and anything Jinx

She and the kid have a bond you don’t know how to describe

She also doesn’t try to keep the fact of who she is and the things she’s done a secret from the child

Sometimes she can be harsh, but it’s from a space of love even if the kid gets hurt feelings

She always makes up for it though