#maybe a little delusional

[tame-a-messenger]

My thoughts,

I feel like the biggest disconnect with all the discourse going around is that, (mainly twitter) users automatically assume that combining two peoples names is 'shipping' when that's really not why.

!EXPLANATION!

If you were looking for content surrounding 2 certain people but only tagged their names separately you would be getting EVERY single post. Posts that could have other people in it, and not be the two you were looking for (if I were to look for posts about Ian and Anthony, I would trust the Ianthony tag more than just looking through their regular tags, because people tag them in a lot of other Smosh related content)(same thing for Damien and Shayne, if I was looking for them as a duo I would look through the Shaymien tag)(it simply sorts posts better)

They don't seem to grasp the fact that tagging 'Damangela' is because that's how the tagging culture works over here, and not because we're 'shipping' them.

I thought it was common practice, everyone understands in the fandom world that when you combine people's names it's at it's CORE, a 'Duo Name' before ANYTHING ELSE.

I'm just going to automatically assume that most people getting their feathers all ruffled, just haven't been in fandoms spaces as much, AND THAT'S OKAY!!!

But please, if you take anything away from this, most people doing a lot of shipping is young people, so keep that in mind.

[vaguely-concerned]

'my cousin is all stomach and no heart' is such a funny thing for illario to tell rook if he maybe is picking up on a little bit of a Vibe going on there. the 'LMAO. well good luck with that friend. better hotties than you have tried and failed and dashed themselves against the legendarily unamorous cliffs of my cousin's complete obliviousness and lack of interest to no avail. (optional 'may I suggest a more hah-hem *undoes another few buttons on his shirt that thing is open almost to his navel now it's borderline obscene* available dellamorte for your consideration. I mean if you're like in the market for one anyway' devious undertone as you see fit)' energy is off the charts.

(illario is above all a funny petty bitch and that's why I love him so indescribably. no no lucanis is right we need him around to drop shade like this he is in fact also an essential crow. we all contribute in our own ways)

[jeonsupershy]

alexa play so this is love by day6 (even of day) 💞

[yandere-daydreams]

arlecchino x reader x furina dynamic except the reader is head over heels in love with a furina who is too busy girlfailing to notice. arlecchino tries to woo you with elaborate gifts and five star dinners and long-winded speeches about how she would fight armies and gods to feel your hand in hers, and you leave half-way through to help furina bc she wore those fucking stilettoes (that she knows she can't walk in) to the opera house again and is currently crying on the floor after falling down the approximate fuckton of stairs leading up to her private balcony. arlecchino has other reasons to hate furina but honestly it would not be a lie to say this was near the top of her list.

[fancygremlin]

Arthur and John each have a moment in the narrative where one perform a "leap of faith" and the other saves them. Both moments are quite interesting and serve to help the characters realise thay are no longer alone and that they can truly rely on one another (full analysis here, if you're interested).

However, I think there is a third "leap of faith" that occurs way later on... however this time the focus is neither John or Arthur, instead the character being saved is Noel.

Just like Arthur and John, the detective was forced to learn to be independent and self-reliant to ensure his own survival. He was separated very abruptly, and subsequently lost his only friend before being stuck in the Dreamlands. He was completely on his own against the King in Yellow, who tortured him relentlessly and cruelly for months. Noel was then carelessly spit back out in Arkham, traumatised and alone, and had to rebuild his life back up without being able to rely on anyone else.

How could he ever hope to explain all the horrors he was subjected to when no one could ever even begin to understand half of what he had to endure?

But then, years later he meets John and Arthur, and it seems that they can and do understand him. Noel allows Arthur to share his experiences in the Dreamlands... and the detective allows himself to finally recount his story too.

Then, in Part 40, Noel infiltrated a cultist base with John and Arthur and everything goes sideways. His trust in the characters is momentarily broken when John's real identity is revealed to him. Noel is then weakened by reliving his experience in the Dreamlands and nearly loses himself as the King in Yellow once again controls his mind and nearly kills him...

Noel takes a leap:

Noel was the first character that not only knew about Arthur and John's sharing a body situation, but also the first that wholly accepted them and tried to understand them better. It's only right that both Arthur and John reached out to help him and save him when he nearly lost himself.

As a side note, I think it’s really interesting how Arthur kept calling him out using his real name (Charlie), while John tried to reach him using his chosen name (Noel) during this scene. It's such an excellent, little detail which I really enjoyed.

I like to think that the use of both names is because just as Charlie/ Noel accepted both John and Arthur both as a unit and as separate people, the two characters are doing the same by accepting and recognising both the detective’s (past and present) identities as well. They decide to accept and save any and all versions of Charlie/ Noel.

Of course this is not the only interpretation. For example, the use of one name or the other might reflect how John and Arthur are recognising core parts of themselves within Noel/ Charlie instead.

John is calling the detective by his chosen name because he is honouring Noel's choice to start anew. Noel had been hurt in every possible way and reduced to nothing after his experience in the Dreamlands. The detective found that the only way to move forwards was by leaving all the (too far) damaged parts of himself behind and try to create a new self. A clean slate and new name for a new beginning to start a better life somewhere new. He needed to leave his past behind and forget the parts of himself he didn't want anymore. That was what John did too when he dissociated from the King in Yellow and began forming his own identity.

On the other hand, Arthur is calling the detective by his real name because he is honouring the person Charlie was in the past. Charlie was the part of himself that he left behind because he deemed too damaged and too ugly to salvage. Arthur drags behind his past mistakes like deadweight, he carries all the guilt and sorrow with him wherever he goes. He wants to believe that all the hurt, all the damage and all the scars he deems as the ugliest parts of himself don't make him an utterly repulsive and unlovable monster. I think he is trying to demonstrate that Charlie is just as worthy of being saved as Noel is, weaknesses and broken parts included.

Hm, and I seem to have gone off a giant tangent here... I shall stop blabbering now before I completely lose track of what this analysis was supposed to be about.

[incorrectfatui]

I noticed it kind of sucks when you only like about 11 of the over a hundred characters in a game

[hozaloza]

The more I think about it, the more impossible it seems to be that Thomas just never existed.

You're telling me Maverick took this disguise, came to the school, had Jasmine force these kids into hell, and then proceed to THINK this??? I understand that the writing before wasn't fleshed out, but c'mon, how can you explain this away 😭🙏 Personally, only explanation to this is that either

A) Maverick offed the original Thomas and took his place

or

B) Maverick had been in disguise the whole time

or

C) He kidnapped the original Thomas and took his place after the incident happened.

I can buy this flowing more easily into the Maverick is Thomas confirmation since Maverick would obviously be confuzzled by this new piece of evidence. And yet it can also be seen as a "Oh shit the teacher noticed!!" That's a good flow of continuity that I appreciate.

Again, I understand that the beginning wasn't as fleshed out....but editing it to fit would be too much work...so it's probably easier to find a way to make it fit

Personally, option A and C are the better routes to fix this plot hole

"Why not B?" Cause that causes more plot holes 😭 like why was bro there in the first place? Idk if Red had planned to fix that plot hole already, so I'm excited to see what more lore we'll learn about Maverick, and why he was the kids' teacher for months.

(If it changes the story...that's fair to leave the plot hole...but it'd be kind of a bummer for details like that to just be left out just because it doesn't fit the story anymore..).

[idontmindifuforgetme]

reminding myself on this busy morning that i also have dreams of taking piano lessons & singing lessons & also honing my writing skills & absorbing as many books as i used to when i was a kid & at the very least taking up cute tennis dates & dabbling into art & just becoming an artistic generalist. also reminding myself that there are pre-meds out there who managed to pursue something they’re passionate in (some are even professional athletes) & still excelled in medicine & if they can do it so can I

[wiremotherofficial]

i often feel bad for like running away across the country and estranging myself from my family on purpose, but then i make the mistake of trying to be open about literally anything and am instantly reminded that i objectively cannot survive in that environment

[skitskatdacat63]

Fernando instinctively trying to protect his boyfriend Seb from the champagne spray

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[janewindsorcollage]

Crimson and Clover

10x14

Hand-cut, mixed media collage

2024

[damthosefandoms]

it’s a “dally winston is bisexual actually” kinda night

[idle-compy]

a bun. a bun solves all long hair issues

[padchai]

wdym rio was not in the episode AT ALL me and the girlies (marvel) are FIGHTINGGG

[girlbloggercrowley]

i am a believer in the s3 1941 kiss

[rottenpumpkin13]

LOVELESS “G” EDITION SPOTTED IN REBIRTH TRAILER

YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!

YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

(Bear with me I have a fever lmao)

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE I REALIZED SOMETHING.

KUNSEL MENTIONED IN REMAKE.

CISSNEI AND ZACK ARE IN REBIRTH.

ANGEAL('S SPIRIT, AT LEAST) WILL HAVE SOME ROLE TO PLAY BECAUSE OF HIS FEATHER HOVERING OVER ZACK IN THAT FIRST TRAILER.

THAT ONLY LEAVES THIS MF

WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO THE BLACK FEATHER THEORY.