#man of sunshine

[happyk44]

[ID: Digital illustration. That one "dog owners vs cat owners" meme, but it's DC characters:

Lois, Clark and Jon smile happily. Clark, dressed as Superman, holding Jon to his chest in both hands, while Lois holds onto his arm. "This is our sweet baby angel, Jonathan Samuel Kent," Clark says. "He's half Kryptonian, half human - we waited nine precious months for him, and he is the light of our lives.

Bruce, as Batman, holds Jason in the air by the hood of his red hoodie. Jason dangles like a kitten being held by their parent, eyes wide, eyebrows narrowed. Bruce looks tired. "This is Jason, I found him in a dumpster, he hates my guts and I would literally die for him."

/end ID]

I made a thing….

[taintedmind6669]

[boringsideeffect]

one of the things i love about Neil Josten as a character is that not once did i have to go “god i wish the protagonist told the villain to go to hell. i wish the protagonist fucking killed the abuser and didn’t go Oh im gonna be the bigger person.” no. Neil went and did all those things i’m so proud.

[shimmeringdungeon]

Chilchuck and his Union agitating for Better Wages is an Integral part of Laios Vision I knew he was a Real One

[skullism]

so uh. has anyone done this yet

[joejhang]

andrew is so real for thinking neil is a hallucination cos now that we have outsider pov on him it's actually insane that he's a real person. like this is neil josten: he's the prettiest boy you've ever met. he's the runaway son of a serial killer. he has a million dollars but is afraid of spending money. he folds his clothes a specific way so he can tell when someone's gone through his stuff. he keeps a stalker's journal on the two greatest exy players of all time. he wears coloured contacts and they're brown. he paid a busboy $100 to knock him out cold. he insulted a celebrity athlete on live tv after trying to keep a low profile. he says he's trying to stay alive while running towards death like it's a race. he mouths off to the mafia. he respects your boundaries and is the first person ever to take you at face value and not consider you an out of control psychopath. he orders hits on your abusers. he has the most electric blue eyes you've ever seen. he looks great in clubbing clothes but dresses like he's homeless. he insults someone for their "intricate and endless daddy issues" while his father is a convicted mobster and serial killer. he didn't give a fuck when his teammate was killed. everyone seems to like him even though it's clear he's hiding a million secrets. he doesn't catch on to the many many hints you're giving him. he calls you out not for being a danger to others but for being a danger to yourself. he thinks you should be protected as well as trusting you to protect him (and you think, how can someone be a victim and a protector?). he doesn't give a flying fuck what literally anyone thinks about him. he comes back from being waterboarded and tortured and abused for weeks (to protect you) and is still as feisty and bitchy as before. except now he's a redhead and has many more scars. he is possibly the first person to ever make the active decision to protect you. he's willing to put himself in harm's way again and again and again so he won't lose you. he always has a cigarette but he never smokes. he says "you're not actually a sociopath are you?" and "the next time someone calls you soulless i might have to fight them". even though he's messy and a little oblivious he's sees you. he might be the only person to ever want you off your drugs. he wants to see you lose control, is aware that you're not out of control, you're actually so controlled and restrained all of the time and he wants to see you feel something, he wants you to be angry, be angry at him. he riles you up on purpose to see you show emotion, feel something. he's a runner and yet he's still possibly the bravest person you've ever met. he gets kidnapped and comes back even more bruised and battered than before and he's still a mouthy little shit who bitches at the press and cuts deals with the yakuza. he's most of the reason why the worst team in the nation ends up winning championships. he shoves a guy clean off his feet because they body checked you. he punched celebrity athlete riko moriyama in public, for you. he threatens him, for you. he's almost killed on live tv. he mouths off to the fbi. he watches the (second) best exy player in the world get shot. he also watches his father, notorious serial killer and gangster, get shot in front of him. and he laughs. he smiles. he kisses you and is never gonna run again and he's free and he wants to be with you, he wants you.

[saintmichale]

Love that after all the Ravens being institutionalized and dying Jeremy checks in on Kevin with very valid concern and Kevin’s like,,, I’m playing Exy five hours a night, we have three out of the five perfect court here, and Neil and Andrew finally fucking nasty and leaving me alone, things are great 👍

[lesbianballofgender]

Happy 55th birthday to our feral, light and fluffy, serious actor and truly just the nicest person: Michael Sheen!!

[ionlydrinkhotwater]

I still think about the fact that according to Nora, the man Neil and Kevin watched the Butcher murder in the East tower when they were kids was an assassin who came to murder Riko. And Riko MADE Kevin and Neil watch to send them a message. Especially Neil (you're dad works for ME and I can make him kill you too).

Then at the end of TKM Neil watches with satisfaction as Riko is murdered by his own brother who Neil manipulated into killing him. In the same east tower.

Also Tetsuji who tried to force Neil to bow was forced to bow his own head while his protégé was killed beside him and his exy career and legacy forever diminished.

Neil didn't just beat these guys at Exy is what I'm saying. Then he goes back to his team with a big grin on his face

When Jean thinks this about Neil RIGHT before the game where this all goes down:

"The smile that curved Nathaniel’s mouth was slow and hungry and hateful. It twitched a bit as Nathaniel tried to force it away, but he finally had to use the side of his hand to smooth it off his face. The look he turned on Jean was almost serene, but Jean still saw the madness in his eyes.”

I mean the layers to this are so good, I'm obsessed with the Neil/Nathaniel dynamic that goes on inside Neil

[jean-valjean-moreaus]

Tetsuji beating his own players with their exy racquets is so fucked by itself but when you consider that he is the one who literally designed and created those racquets 30 years ago, it feels chilling. To invent an entire sport and then have the ability to twist and distort it into something sinister while hiding behind being the best and brightest? I wonder if Tetsuji ever felt passion and excitement for exy. I wonder what changed.

[itty-bitty-sunshine]

Based on my last post

Yearning blast. hit post

[statistics-yuh]

Honestly, if I had been told I would be getting the best backliner in the league on my team, only for Fear personified to show up, I would be having some words with Kevin and Wymack.

[ordophilosophicus]

[jeremysknoxes]

poor wymack is traumatized by neil's terrible clothing

[joejhang]

I LOVE JEAN "get my wife's pretty name out of your mouth" MOREAU

[jeanmoreaux]

casually ordering a hit on one of jean’s abusers and being willing to pay any price for it and then simply going about his day, all with jean sitting right there, is probably just about the sexiest thing neil josten has ever done