#literal backstabbing

[jpriest85-blog]

Some more @gonzague-if art of the inevitable betrayal and death of Philippe de Nevers by my Prince Gonzague featuring a quote from the tragedy that is titled after Médée's name sake.

"Tell me, how does it feel with my teeth in your heart?" - Euripidies, Medea

Along with some flower symbolism, fitting considering I used the betrayal scene from Revolutionary Girl Utena as a pose reference.

Yellow carnations for rejection and disappointment. Daffodils can symbolize rebirth, chivalry, and unrequited love. Purple hyacinths for sorrow. Dark crimson roses for grief and mourning.

[taitavva]

a lover’s embrace

[ariofthesea]

I love (and by love I mean absolutely hate) how in some spaces, diaspora Jews expressing their extreme disappointment with the left’s piss-poor handling of antisemitism has resulted in right wingers swooping in like they’re Palpatine and saying: “Yes, now you see the truth, so join our side.” How about you go fuck yourselves instead?

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

WHAT IN THE MAG160 WAS THAT

[knight-of-skyloft]

"Navani is a traitor for working with the enemy" this "Raboniel used her" that THAT'S NOT THE POINT THAT WAS NEVER THE POINT!!! It's the realization that they can accomplish more together than apart! They never could have made the Rhythm of War alone. They had to be in tandem, not fighting or trying to come out on top. That's what they taught each other! Raboniel was like "oh I'm totally not playing you, we can accomplish more together, wink wink" and the whole time she was playing herself, because she slowly came to realize that they could accomplish more together, that they were equals, that they could coexist, that the war can end.

[designernishiki]

it’s kinda funny to me how that dumb scene in kiwami 1 of majima getting shot and left for dead in the harbor was basically just added as a half-assed way to explain majima not being around for a bit of the plot, but they accidentally(?) just made it seem like start of a chain reaction where majima ended up feeling slighted and heartbroken after being abandoned like that and then lashed out about it via smashing a big truck into the building kiryu was in. and yeah that isn’t inherently a romantic thing as-is but then they go and add the part where majima grabs a hostess and performatively hits on her as in-kiryu’s-face as possible, she says she’s already in love with someone, and majima lets her go immediately, no questions asked, making a big fucking point of it just to say see THAT kiryu? I appreciate when people are HONEST about their FEELINGS. people who won’t just BACKSTAB someone who CARES about them to save themselves. is that so crazy kiryu?? huh??? anyway make it up to me get down here and fight me right fucking now

[eskildit]

okay so silas knew that gideon was a fake cavalier from day one. he knew ortus had died and that gideon was a serf of the ninth sent in his stead. but silas chooses to hold on to that information until act four! meanwhile he openly calls palamedes an unfinished inbred and camilla a mad dog with an illegitimate claim to the title of cavalier primary. silas says nothing about gideon until hes speaking to her in private. interesting!

[they-hermes]

heres a real controversial tf opinion: i think earthspark and idw/taao making starscream and megatrons relationship into a abuser and his victim is stupid and completely ignores starscreams entire character and his actual relationship to megatron

also starscream does not "deserve" a redemption arc in any future transformers media. on a meta level, there is no obligation for starscream to become a better person because he is infact, not a good person, and megatron having two (2) redemption arcs in 2 series doesn't make starscream deserving of one either

[svampira]

normalest friend group

[strawberrymilk-sunshine]

What if in a very rare moment Jade actually kills his little sibling 🤔 heheheheheheh angst

Here's the context/part 1 to this for people who haven't read it

Please enjoy~!

Warning(s): angst, platonic yandere, strangulation, death

So, a few months ago, you found out that when you were a child, your older brother wanted you dead.

And today, he said something to you.

He told you something that chilled you to your core.

"(Y/N), I've decided I will be killing you tomorrow. Thought I'd just let you know so you can prepare yourself emotionally."

How are you supposed to react in this situation?

Your older brother just told you he's going to kill you. Not that he just wants to kill you, no, he's actually going to do it.

You tried telling the few friends you'd made at NRC. You tried pleading with them to let you hide in their dorm to hopefully not die at the hands of your brother, but... none of them believed you. They all insisted Jade was way too protective of you, and there's just no way he would ever do that to you.

...honestly, you don't blame them for thinking you're lying to them. Jade has always tried to come off as the protective older brother, that lie even worked on you for most if your life, you know, until Floyd told you the truth and then Jade admitted to having homicidal thoughts about you...

...Jade was always very good at lying.

You pounded on the door in front of you.

"Huh? Oooooooohhh, heya (Y/N)~! Howzit going?"

"J-Jade told me he's going to kill me tomorrow...!" You said, with teary eyes.

"Damn, that sucks. Good luck though."

"W-WHAT?! NO! FLOYD, PLEASE!" You desperately yelled. You've never once hugged Floyd, Jade always told you his twin could get 'dangerous' with his hugs... but today, in your desperation, you wrapped your arms around your brother. "I-I'm scared... please don't let him hurt me..."

Floyd sighed, and pushed you off of him.

"What's in it for me?" Before you could even get a single word out, he spoke again. "That's right, nothing. Sorry (Y/N), I'm not helping."

"B... b-but..."

"Even if there was something in it for me, what do you expect me to do?" He asked. "It's not like I can stop him or anything. If he wants to kill you, he's going to kill you. Sorry." He shrugged his shoulders. "But hey, you had a good run. I'm actually surprised it took him this long to do this, I honestly thought he was gonna do this years ago, haha. Say though, (Y/N), could ya say hi to the rest of our siblings for me? Thanks! And, uh, sorry to hear you're dying tomorrow. Rest in peace in advance."

And then he closed his door.

Your friends won't help you.

Your own brother won't even help you.

You eventually resorted to going to the school store and asking if you could buy a weapon, but you were told that you couldn't.

This situation feels so... hopeless.

You're going to die tomorrow, and there's nothing you can do about it.

You felt... nothing, when going to sleep that night.

It's honestly kind of hard to believe that tomorrow is going to be your last day alive...

As you drifted off to sleep, all your worries and fears disappeared...

You slipped into a wonderful dream, one that resembled your childhood. You and your older brothers were playing together as you always would... all three of you having fun together, exploring sunken ships, looking for treasure... it felt like your mind was revisiting your fondest memories, before the inevitable happened tomorrow. "(Y/N), (Y/N)! Look at this cool seashell I found! I grabbed one for you, too!" "(Y/N), look at this thing, I'm not sure what it is... it's some kind of human thing..." "Maybe it's for brushing your hair?" You remember how Jade took that silly advice you gave him, and twirled his long strip of hair with what you now know is a fork. That part of his hair was curly for a few days before it straightened itself out. You three were so innocent back then. Or at least, you thought so... You remembered all the times Jade had either directly or indirectly hurt you. How he would get that look on his face when you were scared and clinging onto him for comfort... he always looked like he was about to laugh at you, but he was always able to keep it together so he can play the role of 'supportive, protective older brother'. He would often bite you if you told your parents something he didn't want them to know. ... Jade was never a good older brother. You realize that now. He was always horribly controlling, and kept you quiet whenever you tried crying to your parents that he'd hurt you. Just how much of his behavior have you rationalized? How much have you forced yourself to forget...?

You woke up, crying.

Today's your final day, and only now are you realizing how horribly Jade treated you.

When classes ended for the day, you locked yourself in your dorm room.

You dialed your parents phone number, cowering in the corner of your room. They didn't pick up. Yeah, that makes sense, they... they are busy people... but you would've liked to actually talk to them one final time. You left them a voicemail, letting them know what Jade was going to do to you, that you love them... and you were honestly scared to hang up because you know that, the moment you do, your life will be over. You wanted to keep this going forever...

But then you heard him pounding on your door.

"...I'll say hi to everyone else for you." You said, before hanging up.

"(Y/N), please open the door." You heard Jade demand from outside your room.

The pounding got louder.

And then, your door was broken open.

"Have you prepared yourself, (Y/N)?" Jade was holding a long rope. "I've decided I will be strangling you to death with this rope and making it look like you've hanged yourself, is that ok with you?"

You couldn't speak.

"Good, glad to know you're ok with it." He smiled.

Jade walked over to you, and began wrapping the rope around your neck.

"Is something wrong, (Y/N)?" Jade asked you. "Everything will be ok..."

Just hearing that sentence made you start crying. It reminded you of when you were a child, when you were hurt and crying, Jade would tell you "Everything's going to be ok, (Y/N)."

Hearing him whisper to you "Everything will be ok..." brought you back to your childhood, what you thought were better times.

"You were always such a crybaby..." He contently said, pulling tighter on the ends of the rope. "Whenever you were even slightly hurt you would burst into tears. It was always so... hilarious."

It was starting to hurt.

After a few minutes of slowly choking you, Jade let go of both ends of the rope.

"Ah, that was relaxing." He said to himself. "I apologize for scaring you, (Y/N). I just thought it'd be fun to see your reaction to me saying I was going to kill you! Wasn't this fun, (Y/N)?"

...

He got no response.

"(Y/N)?" He asked, feeling slightly nervous. Again, no response. "(Y/N), is this some kind of joke?! I understand what I did was cruel but pretending to be dead is not ok!"

He pulled the rope from the neck, and saw that he definitely pulled tighter than he thought... you had marks on your neck from the rope. And... your skin felt cold. That would be normal if you were in your mer form, but... no, you were human right now, your body should be warm...

Something's wrong.

"(Y/N)! WAKE UP!" Jade yelled, before he saw your face.

You had a face he'd seen many times before. The face of someone who has just died.

He had just meant to play a cruel joke on you.

He didn't actually want you to die, but...

What's done is done.

[sugarcarnation]

bsd characters trying to use chuuya for their own gain thinking he’s an easy target because he’s easily manipulated and only has strength at his disposal vs the fandom’s insistence that he’s simply the brawn and not intelligent enough to fool people like dazai or fyodor. fight

[yappacadaver]

I wish we had a betrayerrrrr

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

I hope Tf:one pulls a spiderverse 2, loud silly and goofy and then?

The horrors

But also if the steve bucemi starscream thing is real im gonna scream CUZ STEVE BLUM IS RIGHT THERE!!!

Oh God I hope so. Need me some good cosmic horror. I mean we have the quintessons and the last time we saw those in cyberverse shit got REAL

Also I don't know if Steve buscemi is gonna be starscream, but I know he's in it if IMDb is to be believed. I would've killed for a Steve Blum starscream on the big screen just because of how hard he goes in the slut department and seeing that in a proper movie would eviscerate me, but tbh? I'm just glad he's back in Earthspark. Is what he deserves.

All that said, aside from the legacy VAs, you know who I REALLY want to see play starscream? Martin Short. This is my only justification:

If you know you know

[seyaryminamoto]

Fic-to-Art #27: Azula, Mai and Ty Lee's friendship

This month's prompt was friendship, and while the contest was fierce, ultimately the oldest of Gladiator's friendships won out. Therefore, I drew these small pieces to show the progression of the bond between these three within the story :D

The first two scenes aren't 1:1 with anything shown in the story, they're more along the lines of things I never got to write but always imagined likely between them. I'll always believe Ty Lee was the instigator of this friendship, and I can't imagine anything more suitable for her than to pick out the two girls she found interesting in school and deciding they would all be friends, while the two girls in question remained entirely confused about the whole thing.

Fast forward a few years later, and as a lot of the baggage and chaos from canon never happened, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee get to stay friends as they grow older, bonding over things that weren't depicted here (such as their experience in Ember Island, sans Zuko, where they got to understand each other better, Ty Lee's fall from grace, Mai's choice regarding who to marry...), mainly because I really didn't have the time to expand on everything. So, as tough as things could get, these three stuck it out together and no matter if Azula is too busy to hang out with them sometimes, theirs is the kind of friendship that all of them can always return to, with full awareness and trust that they'll always have each other's backs.

The last scene is my favorite scene between them altogether, and it's their conversation right before Ty Lee's wedding. It's a really heartfelt moment where Ty Lee is unusually vulnerable and very honest about what these two mean to her, and this time both Azula and Mai drop all pretenses and are completely honest about how much they care about her too. It's pretty much the crystallization of that friendship in one of my favorite chapters to write, ever!

So... there we go! Hope you guys like it! If you want to be part of the creative process behind these pieces, a $1 pledge is enough to make you eligible for suggesting and voting for prompts, as well as reading Gladiator snippets 6 days before the new chapter is released!

[mistresscitrusslice]

If your boyfriend wouldn’t depose the head of state for you he shouldn’t be your boyfriend

[aylinaliens]

@userdramas event 04: love & @lgbtqcreators event 09: love and/or dynamics 

Lan Zhan's love for Wei Ying (feat. Rinezha quotes from The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang)

He loves him. Of this he is certain. He loves his laugh; that sharp, sudden sound; the cynical laugh that always comes out too quick, like it’s ripped out of him. He loves his quick, confident grin. He loves his resilience, his bravery, even his impulsiveness. He’s everything he’s not: unbound, reckless, free. He’s never known anyone like him. He terrifies him, and he loves him so much it hurts.