#love can't stand alone

[gordopickett]

Love Can't Stand Alone - Gordo & Ed Friendship Ups & Downs - For All Mankind

The 4th fanvid I’ve made for For All Mankind. This is another about Gordo & Ed’s friendship, this time about their ups & downs, their good times & arguments, but how they are always there for each other in the end & when it counts. ♥

[nenehyuuchiha]

Tim Drake is DC Taylor Swift

[vee-is-a-clown]

Happy birthday, Keith!

[wildsaltair]

I've never wanted to follow orders so bad in my life

[sulky-cabbage]

You know what's sad? Sukuna probably knows about Satoru's situationship with suguru, he was with kenjaku the whole time since gojo got unsealed, he must have asked Kenjaku how the fuck did he manage to seal Gojo.

Poor guy, he was dead for a thousand years and just got reincarnated a couple months ago, met his soulmate (gojo), promised to kill him (for love), found out gojo is in love with someone else and got sealed because of this love, had to fucking wait for him to get unsealed so he can kill him, and then had to wait again because gojo wanted it to happen on the same day he killed geto, like😭😭 and now Sukuna is probably gonna die and go back to hell...

What a sad life man...

He already had a terrible first life that turned him into a curse.

Like seriously, When Sukuna dies who is going to welcome him in the afterlife? Gojo is already with geto & the others.

Is Sukuna even going to the same place?

Is he going to die alone??? Is he gonna just.. rot in hell?? he really has nobody that's so sad

Stsg is tragic but Sukugo is even more so.

They're on complete opposite sides, They don't even get to meet in the afterlife!! they're literally star-crossed lovers.

Satoru what are you doing you're letting nostalgia blind you, WAKE UP your real soulmate is Sukuna.

you wanted someone to understand you for so long, now you're just gonna give up on him??? leave him all alone for eternity???

What happened to not wanting anyone to feel alone???

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

I know this may sound crazy but remember how in No Way Out, Sonic told Nine that he still considered him to be a friend while getting down on one knee and Nine calmed down? Later in Nine’s Lives, Nine says “Typical” when seeing Sonic run to the others and accused Sonic of betraying him when Sonic called the others his friends.

Nine was sort of acting like Sonic proposed to him and then cheated on him by being friends with the others.

Okay so first of all, I don't think you're crazy. During S3 there's actually plenty of evidence that Nine is jealous, both of the Tails variants and Sonic considering everyone else his friends.

One example that presents his specific kind of jealousy is during Episode 2 of Season 3, when Nine first appears to Sonic in New Yoke.

"Everything is collapsing... This is terrible!"

"Is it? That seems odd coming from you. As far as I can tell you only care about your own home."

Essentially what I'm getting at is this. I do believe that pre betrayal, Nine admittedly considered Sonic to be the most important person to him, and thought Sonic may have felt the same way. And the "betrayal" at the end of S2 hurt Nine very deeply. He had this image of Sonic in his head that was shattered by the finale, so he sort of instinctively switches to thinking the worst about Sonic because he can't trust that anything he thought before wasn't a lie. This is one of the reasons that he can't fathom Sonic caring about shatterspaces other than his own home.

But it's not just that he can't fathom it, it's that due to this deep hurt, Nine cannot allow himself to believe it.

Because if Sonic genuinely cares about the shatterverse as a whole, if he genuinely cares about saving all of these people, then to Nine, what made him the exception?

Sure, we the audience can see Sonic’s journey in Prime. We can see that by the end of S2, Sonic wanted to keep the shatterverse safe just as much as he wanted to bring back Green Hill. He wanted everyone to be alive and happy. But from Nine's pov here, he's just learned that Sonic lied to him, spoke honeyed words and manipulated him just to get to the prism. None of that is true, but he doesn't feel like Sonic actually cares for him or wants him. So at this point, for Sonic to put saving all of these people over saving his own home or genuinely worrying about their home makes Nine feel like the exception or that his feelings about Sonic must be wrong. Either one of those ideas he'd understandably like to avoid (because one means that Sonic is genuine with everyone except for him, and the other would mean to him that his feeling of betrayal and hurt feelings post S2 finale are misplaced and not allowed to be had, though he feels justified feeling hurt)

And that scene in S3 E3 No Escape is actually another big exemplifier of Nine's brand of jealousy and just how hurt he is.

"Don't worry. Beneath the surface, my new friends are far simpler than the flawed creatures you knew and loved. And all the more loyal for it."

Starting out strong, Nine takes a not so subtle shot at Sonic's friends while taking subtler shot at Sonic's loyalty, since Sonic had been his first and only friend.

"Ever wonder where we'd be if things had gone differently between us?"

"...Not anymore."

"I do. All the time."

"Not anymore." Implying that post the S2 finale he really had dwelled (at least for a time) on thoughts of how things could have been different. How he wished things could have gone differently.

And Nine gets visibly angry/frustrated when Sonic confesses he's always thinking about how things could have been different. Perhaps because it feels like a slap to the face, or feels hard to believe.

"Tch. You had your chance."

"...Right back at ya, bud."

And then, despite his anger, despite how he's been trying to get Sonic all along so he can drain his energy and save his home, Nine ignores Sonic's "should we get this over with". He puts on another one of those faces, similar to earlier when Sonic arrived and Nine talked about his "new friends". Perhaps to cover up exactly the way he's feeling in this moment with a veneer of superiority (he always did something similar when talking up Sonic to the Chaos Council).

"You know...after all this time...I think I finally understand you, Sonic."

...

"You wanna save everyone. Friends. Foes. Total strangers! You say it's because you're a hero and that's what heroes do, but deep down... After what you did—destroying your own home—it's the only way you can ever live with yourself. Even if that means you won't live at all."

And while I think Nine isn't incorrect—that there is a part of Prime!Sonic who's been acting out of selfishness, caring more about feeling like a good person than actually being one—these are still words from someone who feels betrayed by Sonic. I think there's a level to which Nine is seeing a part of Sonic no one else did, and also to a level which Nine is trying to recontextualize Sonic's more heroic/selfless seeming actions so he can reconcile them with how he feels about Sonic and sees him at this moment. In other words, while he's seeing a facet of Sonic he didn't see before, this is not all encompassing of who Prime Sonic is. It's just that perhaps by believing that Sonic's every seemingly selfless action is disingenuine, that all those nice words and intent to save people is just so Sonic can feel good rather that actually caring about anyone, then Nine doesn’t have to feel like the exception. Then he can see Sonic as someone who is pretending to care about all of this, and Sonic's other friends as fools who don't see what he (Nine) has seen.

But as I said, it's more complicated than that. Perhaps Nine is seeing a facet of Sonic that other people don't see or don't want to see, but Prime!Sonic is multifaceted. Perhaps he does want to hurry up and sacrifice himself in this scene because then he can finally feel like he's atoned for what he's done and he's absolved of/paid for his crimes, but that also doesn't mean he doesn't genuinely care about the lives of people in the shatterverse.

"If I don't make it, and you do, how do I know you'll keep your promise."

"Don't worry. Your 'friends' are safe. Once I have your energy, I can restore everything. They can have their silly lives in their silly spaces, as long as they leave me alone."

"Fair enough."

...

"And for what it's worth...I wouldda done the same for you."

"Don't lie to me..."

"I'm not–"

"DON'T!"

"Think whatever you want, but it's true. Even after everything you've done, everything we've been through. Together. Against each other. You're still my friend, Nine."

I really couldn't express more just how hurt Nine feels. That he doesn't believe Sonic would give anything up for him, even if he were to accept that Sonic would do that for everyone else. When he tells Sonic not to lie to him, frustrated, angry, voice wavering, I think it's because he can't take this again. If Sonic is lying just to manipulate him, if this isn't genuine, if he's just using him again, he can't take it again.

This is an incredibly intimate scene. With Sonic, standing face to face to Nine, inside Nine's safe space, his home that no one else has been into, behind the physical representation of the walls surrounding Nine's heart post betrayal, this is his first time all season really being allowed to speak to Nine directly. Here there's no one to perform to aside from each other.

But you can see that despite everything, Sonic still reaches Nine in this scene. It's not easy, but he reaches Nine's heart, leading Nine to start to believe in him again.

And that's why it's a pity the other variants show up when they do, using Sonic to breach Nine's walls. With the way Nine reacts after this happens, Sonic may as well have made Nine believe in that image of him again. Sonic may as well have made Nine believe that Sonic does care about him, that he'd do anything for him (or, at least, would give his life for him like he would for the others if it meant they could live), only to be the trojan horse that allowed the enemy™ to breach his safe space. The pretty lie.

At the beginning of S3 E4 Nine's Lives, Nine says "Predictable" when Sonic runs over to his friends. And, as anon mentioned, Nine says that Sonic has betrayed him for the last time, calling the deal off.

I wouldn't necessarily say here that Nine feels as if Sonic had cheated on him so to speak, but I would say that even if Nine doesn't see Sonic as a willing "trojan horse" here, Nine still feels like a fool for "falling for it again", for believing in Sonic. I think it's enough betrayal to Nine that Sonic would convince him that he cares about him and wants him to have a future too, only to then side with a bunch of people who want to beat Nine down and who would not let Nine be happy if Nine surrendered to them (from Nine's pov at least).

So in short, anon, I think you are seeing Nine's jealousy here. Even if he also has to believe Sonic is secretly fooling the others, to him this is a scene where Sonic is not only choosing them over him, but another example of Sonic (from Nine's pov) proving that he's a liar who doesn't care for Nine or his future/safety at all.

[aelswiths]

Aelswith & Alfred (destroying me 😭) in 3x03

*sobbing* I love them so much *sobbing*

[million-golden-drachmas]

𝖯𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗅 𝖡𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟦 by @percy-and-rachel-events (late entry)🔸 "She looked like a million golden drachmas"

Remember when Percy surprisingly memorized Rachel’s phone number? Let's just say that he was also surprised when he caught himself replaying the view when Rachel looked like a million golden drachmas in his head. 

We arranged a meeting in Times Square. We found Rachel Elizabeth Dare in front of the Marriott Marquis, and she was completely painted gold. I mean, her face, her hair, her clothes—everything. She looked like she’d been touched by King Midas.

- Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Battle of the Labyrinth

Percy sometimes came to the front of Marriot Marquis to see Rachel, painted gold, standing still like a statue as a form of art, and collecting donations at the same time. He remembered the first time he saw her in such a state, he thought it was weird to see her in gold, she looked like a statue of a famous person or an actress. 

Then in the next summer, Rachel and Percy drove around the stretch of beach on the South Shore. On a such hot August day, Rachel wore a white blouse over her swimsuit and pulled her hair up in a ponytail. Percy had never seen her like that and he just spontaneously thought that she looked like a million golden drachmas…

Maybe he told himself it was weird to see Rachel in gold for the first time, but perhaps unconsciously he was impressed. It must’ve been so remarkable that he instantly thought of her looking like a million golden drachmas when he saw her being pretty.

[science-lings]

AU where Phoenix is just slightly more spiritually sensitive so instead of just being able to hear Mia's ghost, he gets to hang out with his great great (x?) grandfather Ryuunosuke who imprinted on him the moment he decided to become a defense attorney for gay reasons.

Also if anyone could magically be there for Pheonix while Edgeworth is fake-dead it would be Ryuunosuke.

I'm also a staunch believer in both Phoenix and Ryuu having rough/distant relationships with their family so it's funny to think that the only biological family member you can stand is the one that haunts you and looks exactly like you if you time traveled and cut your hair unevenly with safety scissors.

[nulfaga]

whatever i'm too classy to hate-rb anything but that post about "i like teambuilding activities at work, why are you all such sourpusses, join the scavenger hunt". Personally: take your bullshit teambuilding budget and put it straight into my paycheck. Yup right in there thanks that'll do. And I will go over the spreadsheets again.

[metanarrates]

honestly arguing over art interpretation is the domain of fans and/or haters LMAO. its important work and i do not want to catch a WHIFF of the author interfering. get out of my head

[gordopickett]

My For All Mankind fanvids on Ao3

[tenwhiteandalusians]

and then no one said anything about the fact that if i watched ONE MORE episode tenax pulls a "i'm not angry i'm just disappointed i'm hurt" about scorpus signing with the white faction.

[wordsmithwhumpsandfluff]

Hey / asking this of a few writers. If you have time and are interested, would you talk about what makes your OCs afraid? And what makes them cry (happy or sad tears or both). Thank you!

Lis

Hi, Lis! Thanks for this question.

Lil warning, some of these may be a bit more angsty than others.

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Oliver: Blood and anything horror-related terrifies him. He will full on SOB if he goes to a haunted house and gets scared. And as for something else that makes him cry, being publicly humiliated or insulted (especially with anything homophobic) will deeply hurt him since he always tries to be kind to everyone he meets and can't get why his sexuality makes him hated.

Jordan: Do NOT put this girl near bugs. Ladybugs and butterflies are acceptable, but any other creepy-crawly is a big no. But aside from that, Jordan isn't much of a crier unless she watches a sad movie like "A Dog's Purpose" or something.

Keiko: Truthfully, this poor man has a heart attack every time his sister breathes (because he has no doubt that she'd swallow a bug like she has on three occasions in her lifetime). Jordan is clumsy, and has always gotten herself hurt in one way or another, so Keiko grew up taking care of her. That is why he is honestly such a mother-hen to all his friends. But like his sister, he's not much of a sad crier, but he is a happy crier and will tear up if someone does something sweet for him.

Eliana: If someone yells at her, she will cry. If someone insults her because of her sexuality, she will tear up. She's honestly scared of her parents and sisters and her hometown since it was a very religious area where everyone insulted and harassed her for being lesbian. She still visits them and is cordial, but she keeps her distance for a reason.

Isaac: Isaac is afraid of losing his family. His brother, sister, and grandma are everything to him. After his parents disappeared, he was scared of the same thing happening to his family (or friends), and even though he knows it's unlikely, he still tears up whenever the thought just pops into his head.

Spirit: Water. Call it whatever you want, Aquaphobia or Thalassophobia or Bathophobia or whatever. Any body of water deeper than 3 feet is a major no for her. This girl will have a full-blown panic attack if she's submerged in water. She doesn't come off as the kind of person to have a fear like this, and her friends are the only people aware of this fear. I won't explain where this fear came from tho since I will explain it in some upcoming and future fics.

Amberlynn: She is afraid of her birthmother. The woman is basically psychotic, and tried to literally kill Amberlynn as a baby, and once again when Amberlynn was a teen. Safe to say, if she ever ran into this woman again, she'd panic.

Birdie: She is mostly afraid of failing. She's the kind of person who hyperfixates on doing anything she can right, whether that's puzzles or schoolwork. Messing up or doing something incorrectly, or having something go very wrong will make her spiral and basically meltdown and cry a lot. Other things can make her anxious a lot, and that's why she has bad skin-picking habits.

Aiden: Honestly, what scares this boi more than anything is the thought of people dying. He was depressed when his dad got shot and nearly died. The thought of people he cares about suddenly dying will make him cry.

Felix: He does not deal with spiders. If he sees a daddy long legs, he's standing on a table and screaming to Atticus to get it out of the house. If he sees literally any other kind of spider, he's flying back to London (not really, but he'd say that😅).

Atticus: Gore just doesn't sit right with him at all, and his fear of gore contributes to his fear of thinking he's not good enough to be a surgeon. He wants to be successful in a field he's passionate and knows a ton about, but he feels like his fear of gore will make him fail. He's cried about this to Felix and his parents on more than one occasion.

[willowser]

okay but 🥺 the look on love island!bakugou's face when you walk back in single from casa amor 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[ramenwithbroccoli]

Mój przyjaciel. Co oznacza 17? Prześladują mnie twoje przypadkowe bazgroły. Czy ktoś... był z nią "romantyczny"?

answering this in english since it touches on the Janka lore 💥💥💥

although the comic idea was there more for the laughs, there's a significant difference between Giewont and Janka when it comes to relationships with people. The first one used to be a hard worker but got betrayed by humanity. They're wandering around, with no place on this earth, scared of what being around people will do to her. Forming meaningful connection is hard and they're not even sure if they really want to do that.

on the other hand we have Janka, designed to look nice, to be amiable. she's always there to listen. she knows your favourite songs and brightens your day. she can't leave you unless you get rid of her yourself!

i think it's an idea that would need some more exploration. people who are lost or lonely or angry or searching for whatever feeling they need in their life try to find a thing to bestow those feelings upon. and sometimes it ended up being Janka. whether or not the feeling was reciprocated or not, or if they've seen her as an object or as a person - that's a question for another time