#leaving behind

[cptsd-kitsune]

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

While the Inspector and Scoundrel sort out their differences,

the Duke stumbles upon a footman, who decides to take his face and clothing, leaving the original Duke a pile of mush.

[slithymomerath]

“I thought you loved me!”

Bang. She crumples, bullet hole in her forehead. They keep coming.

“Does our bond mean nothing? Don’t you owe it to me?” she pleads. Bang. Through the heart this time.

“Throwing promises aside like trash!” she screeches. Bang.

“A coward is what you are! Afraid to stand up for me!” Bang.

This one doesn’t throw herself at me, she just stands there, weeping. “…I thought you cared. At least a little. No one else ever has. You can’t even give me that?” Bang.

She smiles cruelly. “You’re going to be one of us someday, you know. Discarded without a second thought. Your feelings disregarded, your passions dismissed.”

“Good,” I say. Bang.

I start to walk away, but another one grabs me by the shoulder. They never can leave me in peace, can they. “Why are you doing this?” she sobs.

“Nothing personal.”

“What do you mean, nothing personal?! Is there anything more personal than this?”

I take a look at her. She’s maybe sixteen or seventeen, brown hair to her shoulders, shaking with rage. Probably from some time I was mad at my high school friends or my mom. “You’re too old to understand.” Bang. It’s surprising that she’s still around. Must’ve been a memorable argument.

I survey the bodies strewn around me while I reload my gun. I can’t afford to rest. I’m on the trail of a person a hundred times as deadly as any of them. Like as not, I’ll die in the effort, but I know it’ll be worth it. It’s always worth it.

I feel a tap on my shoulder. A boy stands behind me. His teeth are gritted, and his body is rigid with pain. “Fucking do it.”

I will fire this bullet with resignation. I wish I could have given him a hug, a drink, a shoulder to cry on. He is very young. Young enough to understand why.

Bang.

He was brave, to ask for death like that. I tuck the compliment deep inside my pocket, so that after I die, my successor can carry it with them. A talisman.

The hot desert sun beats down as I continue my quest. It’s distracting, infuriating. Sand gets into my shoes.

Finally, night falls. I’m just about to curl up between some sand dunes when the viper strikes. It was silent as it slipped from its hole. It’s far too small to eat me; no, this was purely out of spite. I curse at it viciously. When it retreats into its hole, I scream louder, driven mad by the thought that it could be insulated from hearing.

I am alerted to his presence by the crunching of footsteps in the sand. I turn, almost sheepish. Hindsight is 20/20; of course it is my time.

He’s beautiful. His face is shining. His charisma takes my breath away. I would believe he could do no wrong, if I didn’t know any better.

My ankle is already starting to go numb from the snakebite. He levels his gun at me. I don’t bother reaching for mine. I don’t think it exists anymore. I don’t even want to fight back. All I want is a hug, a simple blessing, the faintest of praise, to send me on my way. Couldn’t he give me that?

I clear my parched throat. “Don’t I at least deserve—“ Bang.

[resizura]

see heres the thing i dont even fw wesker like that but even i have to agree that re4r did him dirty. if not dirty then definitely just didnt think about much other than putting him in the game for fanservice.

for one, it is established all throughout the game that wesker and ada do not trust each other and both will gain something from this alliance. so why does wesker just Tell ada he’s gonna kill billions of people right off the bat? weskers a very subtle guy and doesnt seem like the type to do the ‘reveal my entire plan’ thing most villains do. hate to give him credit but if that was the case he wouldnt have lasted as long as he did.

secondly, i struggle to see why capcom did this in the first place? its like this: ada needs an arc moment to show to people shes not a bad person, so wesker dumps his plan of mass genocide or whatever to her, then she says that she will not give the plaga sample to him and the helicopter changes course. well, in re4r, wesker is ALREADY THERE in spain, and gets the plaga from krauser ANYWAY. to me it looks like he KNEW ada wasnt going to give him the virus so he had a backup plan, sure. but then why tell her in the first place? like thats just stupid and smth wesker wouldnt do.

i dont understand this as an arc moment for ada, too. just have her do it of her own accord. she doesnt need to hear wesker saying he’s gonna be responsible for billions of deaths to rethink giving this plaga to him.

and also, having wesker be IN SPAIN in the remake just never made sense to me. like just get the plaga yourself? you’re more than capable AND you’re literally IN THE PLACE where they keep it when he was somewhere else in the original game.

i also have smth about krauser and wesker but idk if i wanna go into that because i honestly still dont understand it

[eruhamster]

not to be annoying but i do think a lot of people mischaracterize falin. shes got the most drastic canon v fanon thing going on. which i guess makes sense bc 1. we dont see much of her and 2. lot of the fan stuff are anime-onlies that have seen even less

but i think like a good 90% of the time i see falin-centric art or posts im like hrm hrm hrm thats all wrong no nope no-siree

she's just a cool chick that takes life as it comes, doesn't hold grudges even against a mother that apparently was trying to beat the magic outta her, finds her older brother the coolest person in the world, and has autism about observing life (and death, she loves the ghosts she has a connection to) and nature and taking care of things (including taking care of her brother, which is why she's even in the dungeons; she saw her scrawny mess of a brother and decided she had to fix that).

and i think my favorite part that people don't talk about is... she would have done the same for marcille or laios if it were one of them that was eaten. you could see it in her eyes:

it's what shuro misunderstands about her. it's easy to see her feminine, cute, good girl pieces and forget the rest of her. but she loves things to an ends-of-the-earth extent; the kind of caring that makes you a little insane. and that's how I think she and laios end up on the same page with their weirdness. they have different interests, but they are the same level of committed to those interests.

it's easy to love her, because she probably loves you just as much, if not more.

EDIT: for the love of god stop reblogging this only to add some comment or tag or reply saying 'op you forgot [BLATANTLY FANON INTERPRETATION]'. falin as we know her is not a pushover/people pleaser/infantilized, see this version of my post. also stuff like 'female shuro was in love with laios in the genderbent comic' and 'falin was going to marry shuro because she felt bad' are just things you made up in your head

[joonifae]

The dazzling days of youth we took for granted.

We can see ourselves becoming into memories - We ARE these memories. As of this moment, we remember each other as we remember a distant world disappearing into blueness - more blue than it used to be. We'll part in the pitch of longing.

Days end, seasons change, snow from our hearts melts off taking the bitterness of seasonal depression away with it. Another era of our lives come to an end - The era of freedom, I call it.

A chance to make mistakes, to fall in love, to explore. As we are moving forward in life-with a goal of settling down, we get burdened with endless responsibilities, all eyes fixated, carefully noting down each of our mistakes with no mercy in sight. And all remains is a bottomless regret of not doing things right. The guilt of not doing as our heart desired, the grief of parted relations and leaving those who taught us a life lesson. As we look back at the journey - A hope lingers, that we can cherish these memories and embrace our past with a warm hug. As the memory fades away - All remains is a wish that the glimmer of our eyes doesn't.

[canisalbus]

✦ Come hell or high water ✦

[cr1ms0n---f0x]

I call you my friend, I thought I could trust you

You lied.

Cheated.

Betrayed.

I feel like my heart has shattered into a million pieces

Why? You ask

Because of you

I thought you loved me

Yet you talked bad about me

And I meant nothing to you

So now you are no longer in my life, as it should have been from the start of this "friendship"

What are friends?

Are they supposed to lie to you?

Cheat you?

Betray you?

Or are they supposed to love you and care for you?

I don't know anymore

[poligraf]

« States of Mind III : Those Who Stay » by Umberto Boccioni

in this series : · « States of Mind I : The Farewell » · « States of Mind II : Those Who Go »

[menelaiad]

the infamous 'last sighting of a barbary lion in the wild' photo taken by marcelin flandrin (1925) haunts me to my core. there's something so achingly poetic about it.

[freshmoviequotes]

Leave the World Behind (2023)

[yourangle-yuordevil]

what if we flirted at the gentlemen club 😳 (and we were both flirting) 😞❤️😞Discreet Gentlemen's Club

[marlowe-art]

we can fish if we want to....

[kaysdenofchaos]

Quick drawing as I procrastinate on my paper due in 4 hours

Donnie eventually joins the self-sacrifice gang but fn he’s in the judging and second-hand traumatized department

[lotus-pear]

mourning black and the death of ideals