#let her be horrific

[moltensmusings]

You know, while Salem has had really strong villain moments, she really does continue the rwby issue of villains not feeling as they honestly should. And the issue as always has to do with her inner circle. They tell us Salem has been around since back when magic properly existed in remnant. That she's become horrific and immortal and experiments with humans and Grimm, but truthfully the hound being a more recent abomination just makes it feel like her timeline is much shorter than it should've been.

She should have an inner circle full of people like Cinder and the hound, sure we can still have those that are fully mortal and were offered something they so desperately wanted that they joined her, but she should've had loyalists who were corrupted by Grimm experimentation and made into beasts.

Tyrion 1000% should've been one of these with how much of a fanatic he is towards her, even going so far as to consider the action a "blessing". It could add more tension between him and Cinder when she gets her arm because despite her failure he sees her as being rewarded when obliteration or torment would've been his choice for her failing Salem.

You could start introducing monsters from myths and fairy tales who had been created by Salem. Vampires, demons, sirens, harpies. Various other creatures who wouldn't appear at the start but become far more common as salem's power grows and the group gets closer to her. Creatures that are more cunning than regular Grimm but still inhuman enough to give us horrific visuals and fit in with the Grimm they originated from.

Her threat is world wide, her subordinates should be numerous. Her experimentation should've started centuries ago making it so that now her creations are far more advanced, enough so that they can come to view her as a God in her own right. It could even be that tyrion is a descendant of one of these experiments leading to a stronger reasoning for his unhinged fanaticism and desperation for her to approve of him.

As for the humans/faunus of her circle, that would be a much more recent addition. It could be that for a long time she didn't believe men could be trusted without a little bit of intervention, but her studying of them and their habits let her to believe there was a chance that with the right strings she could predict them far better.

[spitedemon]

i really don’t think it’s “typical dragon age fandom nonsense” for people to be genuinely upset about the world state choices. combat, level design, art direction, gameplay gimmicks, those have all varied across each dragon age game. the one thing that’s remained constant are nods to our previous choices.

i wasn’t expecting my HoF to come riding in on a griffon, but i can’t find a monument dedicated to warden tabris somewhere around the anderfels? lucanis couldn’t have some lines about the time that one arainai boy was stirring up trouble in antiva city? you’re gonna tell me that making a mage the new divine wouldn’t have some impact on nevarra and antiva? on the anderfels, the supposed most devout militant andrastian nation in thedas? you’re saying nobody in the north is paying attention to who rules orlais or ferelden? come on.

[cosmosnout]

They had to nuke Sasha bc she would have solved everything in like a week. Fly high queen

[daisy-mooon]

"I want Annabeth to be blonde :(" then pick up a PJO book and read it you dumb fuck

[harboretum]

Common mistake! She wants your bones

[poisonousquinzel]

thinking about just how likely it is that Batman was the only person Harley told about having suicidal thoughts whilst in Arkham in Detective Comics #831

"I was seriously considering hanging sheets from the light in my cell and doing the maximum checkout when I heard this voice..."

Detective Comics #831

and how he knew when she strapped that bomb to herself in Batman (2016) #100 that he had to go after her because she was going let herself die in an attempt to end Joker's rampage for good but that she refused to physically do it because he didn't want to her Kill him and he told her that so she's found a middle ground

"We don't need to end it this way. He needs to be locked back up."

that she'd rather die than keep living with his presence in the world haunting her, haunting Them.

That if he did choose Joker, she wasn't going to disarm the bomb herself.

"Honey. You're talking to the wrong girl if you think he's not dangerous locked up in Arkham. It's like I said. That's not good enough for me. Not anymore."

the way he yells for her as she leaves.

"You're only going to get to one of us in time, Bats. Who's it going to be?"

"Harley!"

the way the two men stare at each other in the way they have so many times before, in those moments when Joker stayed or prioritized their fight over her. the way he knew Joker loved the thrill of it all and thought it was funny, thought there was No way Batman would leave him and that this game had to end as according to the rules. And that Batman would do so, he would follow the rules and save him. The way he immediately assumed Batman would choose him, choose his life and choose to stay and disarm the bomb.

And how Batman didn't do that. How Batman walked away from him, leaving him to die or escape or whatever, because He was choosing Harley and her safety and prioritizing her life over him.

The way he stared him in the eyes before choosing the woman Joker had always left to die over him. The way that it was always Him, it was never a question if he would choose Batman over her, but when faced with that type of scenario, Joker is the one that gets left behind to die.

The way she literally woke up in the hospital instead of them having a scene just outside after he removed it. because she didn't intend to live in one of the two options. the way the bomb probably did go off to some capacity because you don't just end up in the hospital knocked out for a week.

Him saying that he's glad she's okay, after everything they've been through, this war and Everything else. and the way he didn't brush off her concern

"I'm glad you're okay."

"Are you?"

"I had to bury my father again today. I did it with my family."

i just, i can't,,,,, i cant

[junebugtwin]

everybody go look at @lakesbian 's post that inspired me to make this, because it is both funny, a little sad, and objectively Correct.

(ALSO should copy this and paste it onto ms paint or something to read it properly)

[dolores-slay]

Ngl I'm finding it so difficult to keep liking or trying to understand solas knowing what he did to the titans and dwarves and how they don't even factor into his veil plans. Him and mythal just dgaf!

[embroideredequations]

"Hey, there's something I need to tell you."

Marya Week Day 4: Confession

[trekkele]

something something something the Waynes refusing to allow the Kanes to give Martha a jewish burial because it would “look bad” if she wasnt buried in the Wayne Crypt or whatever.

Something something something about Thomas and Martha Wayne being the only ones buried on the manor grounds after Bruce returns from his world tour.

[deepfriedtrout]

Sometimes u and ur estranged sibling spend time in the same space for the first time in years in the back of the Foundation headquarters to indulge in ur respective vices without judgement because there’s literally a time apocalypse happening like who gives af

[sasha-whos-askin-racket]

Listen I love Claudia Donovan as much as the next person but they had the potential to make her so much more fucked up - and they were cowards for not doing it.

On one hand, I do think its funny that like, Artie *immediately* domesticated her (like fr, she went from kidnapping him with electrified handcuffs to wearing a blanket cape and playing chess in like....a week?), but also my god she should have been so much more fucked up.

Like we do get fair examples of her trauma responses (running away to fucking Switzerland when she thinks her safety is threatened, etc) but also I'm just. I dunno. I need more fucked up traumatised Claudia Donovan.

[sharper-than-a-serpents-tooth]

Felix is a nice person but not a good person because he keeps enabling Claude's flaws

[italktogodbut]

[gaymakima]

How good is STRQ when it comes to cooking?

woe. strq headcanons be upon thee.

Summer: We already know Summer at least was good at baking, arguably even great since that was one of her primary characteristics for years (and still kinda is 😭). Her desserts are legendary, to the point that they became something of a legend back in their Beacon days. This woman made baking into an art. Literally. She would bake some elaborate over-the-top cake as a hobby if given the tools and time.

But when it comes to anything other than baking? Uh. Well. She can make it look nice, at least, but the taste will either be the blandest thing you have ever tasted or a blend of flavours that REALLY don't mix well together because she decided to 'experiment'. She's not bad. It's edible. Sometimes even great! But her strength lies with desserts.

Taiyang: There has never been a more Grill Dad on Remnant. You put this man in front of a grill, give him some sausages and a pair of tongs and he will deliver the perfectly grilled barbeque you need. If Summer's expertise is dessert, his is dinner. And lunch, and breakfast, and—

Point is, Taiyang puts a lot of care into what he cooks and everyone's dietary needs. He's the one writing a meal plan every week and making sure his team has a balanced diet that compliments their lifestyle. He's shit at desserts but hey, he's packing their lunches for them, he can't be good at everything.

Raven: Surprisingly, pretty... decent? Because of his semblance, Qrow was often left out of hunting, foraging or even cooking in the camp—which was sort of bad seeing as the tribe's 'everybody out for themselves' mentality meant that they were likely hoping he'd just starve. This left Raven as the one who had to cook for the both of them, using what limited materials they had. She learnt all she could about poisonous plants and fungi, what she could find around her that was edible, how to make sure neither of them starved. If Taiyang is the health nut, Raven is the safety nut.

I think her (and Qrow too) would also hate wasting food, given how close they've come to dying of starvation many times before.

Qrow: Has a fear of cooking due to his semblance and many, many incidents in the past. Would much rather stick with 2 minute noodles instead thanks. Though, once someone drags his ass to the kitchen and starts teaching him how to cook, I think he'd be really into it. He'd push himself to learn until his cooking was on par with Taiyang's. The problem is for him to overcome that barrier and also make something that isn't a depression meal.

Just do NOT expect him to wash the dishes. This man will eat soup out of a shoe if he has to.

[mappingthesky]

nymphia & pj via instagram - we moved on from this a lil too fast <3