#murder son gotta murder

[sunnyings]

gotta love it when your first father-son activity with your dad is pretending to be a british butler to infiltrate your dad’s ex-bff’s house (who’s a raging misogynist and terrible person btw but he didn’t know it when they became friends)

second one is blowing up an abandoned bar

[kindred-spirit-93]

THIS IS EPIC: different beast

live reaction of me watching yet another epic animatic out of order (like the heathen i am) and holy fucking shit.

like i knew from god games that ody kills the sirens but not like this. respec +10

siren design? amazing. ody embracing the monster? phenomenal. the murderyness? hands down best part of the whole song omfg

the shift from we are the man made monsters to he is the man made monster is unreal. so good

sharp and pointy teef >:D

sirens sounding like actual sirens is so funny to me lol

ody looking down at siren while the noose is around her neck as he drags her onboard was WILD and im *so* here for it

the frickin glint in his eyes when he says 'snatched'. w o o f

the callback to suffering was chefs kiss, mwah

guys. guys you can see the exact second the siren regrets her life choices. when he squishes her face (lol) and her eyebrows do the thing. guys

the juxtaposition of the sirens being circled by the crew is brilliant, as well as how the roles seem to reverse in that the men look like shadowy monsters while the sirens look like helpless humans

"spare us" hoooooooooooooo boi

unrelated but ody's unhinged smirk and quick shift to cold and uncaring is the best thing in the whole thing

CUTTING OF THEIR TAILS AND LEAVING THEM TO DROWN OH MY FUCKING GOD ODY U MADMAN ILY BUT WTF

brutal. insane. cruel. you go king. go see ur wife.

fr tho my jaw reached the floor faster than astyanax did. unreal

"let them drown" *muffled screeching*

the screams. the tears. the hand holding at the end. oof

im so normal about this :)

bonus in case u arent crying already.

[une-sanz-pluis]

Contrary to popular assumption, Pope Boniface IX did not retrospectively render the Beauforts legitimate in the eyes of the Church when their adulterous parents eventually married. His apostolic letter explicitly states that he declares legitimate any offspring ‘received and to be received from this marriage’ [of Gaunt and their mother]: prolem ex hujusmodi matrimonio susceptam et suscipiendam (my emphasis). The Beauforts were born before their parents’ marriage.

I saw ANNETTE CARSON's article??? Their history is different from what I know. If Beaufort had not been legalized, why would Henry IV have deprived them of their inheritance rights? Why was Suffolk imprisoned during the reign of Henry VI on charges of wanting to inherit the throne?? I know this lady's paper is not very reliable, can you explain it?

I'm assuming you're talking about Annette Carson's self-published essay "The Beaufort Legitimation", which I couldn't do more than skim read as I could actively feel my braincells die as I started reading it. I'm never read Annette Carson's work before, mainly because her reputation as a crank has always preceded her (my lack of interest in Richard III also helps). This... does not convince me her reputation is unearned.

So: if a historian with a dubious reputation suddenly declares they have proof of something that upends a centuries-old accepted fact, they need some really good evidence. Carson does not have really good evidence. She has nothing new. Her "proof" is the assertion that the translators of the Calendar of Papal Letters have translated the letter legitating the Beauforts wrong and she (who, as far as I can make out, is not a trained historian), has translated it right.

I can't read Latin so I can't comment on her translation work and honestly, I think her argument is so specious that I don't think it's worth bothering my friend who does. I will note that both Carson and the Richard III Society insist she is the only one to have translated Mancini's De Occupatione Regni Anglie (again, self-published by her) properly so it seems like a trend.

I also wonder why, if the evidence is as clear-cut as Carson says it is, why no one has ever questioned it before this. The Beaufort's legitimation has been the subject of some pretty intense scrutiny, both because of what it meant for the Tudor claim to the throne and because of it's connection to the love story of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. The explanation cannot be "Tudor propaganda" or "historians are too dumb to recognise the truth" or "historians are actively covering it up" because those are deeply unserious explanations.

It also just does not make sense. Why was there the "mantle ceremony" performed in parliament when the Beauforts were legitimated if they weren't actually legitimated? Why does Froissart state the legitimation of the Beaufort children was a motivation for Gaunt's marriage to Katherine? Why did no one make plain that the Beauforts held no rights to the throne at an opportune moment? As you point out, the marriage of Suffolk's son to Margaret Beaufort raised fears he was trying to effectively claim the throne for himself. Why did no one point out that the Beauforts had no claim then? How do we explain why Henry Tudor was seen as a potential threat by the Yorkists? Why did Richard III make no use of this to nip support for Henry Tudor in the bud?

And why doesn't Carson discuss these things? Probably because it would undermine her argument and because she has no explanation for it beyond asserting that the Lancastrians and Tudors covered it up, though there was little reason to.

Her other "proof" is a highly speculative argument about Richard II and John of Gaunt's motives and relationships. It is... not good. Her bias against Gaunt is also very clear, especially since she characterises him primarily as a covetous villain. There's a lot of things here that people who specialise in Richard II's reign would take issue with. It's a very simple narrative that demonises Lancaster and sets the stage for the Glorious Yorks Correcting A Terrible Wrong. In other words, it's the prequel to the Ricardian view of the Wars of the Roses.

We don't know what Richard II really intended when he legitimated the Beauforts. Likely, it was a reward for Gaunt's assistance in the Revenge Parliament. We do not know that Richard was always planning to banish and disinherit Henry (which I believe Carson gets from Ian Mortimer - if Mortimer told me the sky was blue, I'd need a peer-review before I believed him) and that he would have never, ever have allowed the Beauforts to be in the line of the succession because he hated Gaunt that badly.

Here's some things we do know. The story Richard banished Henry for life is only, iirc, found in one account with a clear Lancastrian bias so it was probably not true. We know that he did not attaint Henry or his line - I believe there is some evidence that Richard left the possibility that Henry and his heirs could claim the inheritance open. IMHO, it seems likely that what Richard was doing was using Henry's absence as an excuse to take the duchy lands into his own hands and grant them out as he pleased in a similar way that a king could hold lands while the heir was a minor. We also know Richard had a positive relationship with Henry of Monmouth, the future Henry V, and it is entirely possible that Richard was doing this with the intention of having a Duke of Lancaster that was loyal to him. In short, the picture is a lot more complicated than Annette Carson allows.

The theory, although novel, fits in a certain pattern. Ricardians have been salivating over the thought that Henry VII had no real right to the throne for a very long time now. They've promulgated theories that Catherine of Valois's Tudor children are secret Beaufort bastards based on such poor evidence like "they had a border around their arms!" and "Edmund Tudor has the same name as Edmund Beaufort?!" They've theorised that John Beaufort was actually Hugh Swynford's son and not John of Gaunt's and thus the Tudors had no right to the throne because they had no royal blood. They've declared the Beauforts to be Not Lancastrian because they weren't descended from Blanche of Lancaster and then brought up the story about Edmund Crouchback being the elder son of Henry III as proof that the Beauforts had no right to the throne at all. They happily point to the story that John of Gaunt was a changeling because it means neither Lancaster nor Tudor had a claim to the throne... a

There is not a shred of real, definitive evidence for any of this. All of it is just a Ricardian fever dream of speculation upon speculation that basically comes back to the same old thing: proving that Henry VII had no right to the throne, none at all, and Richard III was wronged!

Deeply unserious history.

[prompt-master]

Ah yes the classic father-son bonding activity of going to a murder scene

[xxjustavexx]

The PBS-Friendly version of a death threat

[syncopatedid]

Link Click S2 E11

My favourite thing about episode 11 is that I can finally tick off like ONE item on my speculation bingo card about episode 9 (yay), but quite honestly the breadcrumb trails remain so haphazardly scattered and hard to come by in this series I'll take whatever! Also another big favourite, can I just say how much I ADORE this kaomoji-like art style in particular? They're too cute HELP and please make them into a gazillion merch so I can have them in some physical form, thanks! (. _ .) (°▽°) Trailer #12 thoughts, why does it feel like they're really planning to cliffhanger us in the final episode with Xiaoshi getting shot, the same way they left us hanging with Lu Guang getting stabbed in S1? The déjà vu is palpable. Which... I guess, there's coming full circle and all that storytelling formula, but surely they need to give us more crumbs in exchange! But that said, if CXS really dies for real, someone for sure is gonna go back and retcon this entire event. Trust that even if present-day CXS dies we will still see him around within the first 10 minutes of the new season (past version or otherwise), because they sure as sure won't leave him out of the picture (pun intended) too long when we're all already doomed to prepare for another long wait.

[idlenight]

i already feel so fucking bad but!!! we're doing it!!! 😭😭

[smilesrobotlover]

Do y’all think about how Four’s dad in the manga thought his son was dead and do you think about how Four thought he killed his father when they had to fight do you think about that or are you emotionally stable

[gayemoji]

for how bad killing eve got the books are infinitely worse.

[dyrewrites]

I spent all day writing, and got to hear an adorable sound out of my husband when I offered to go get us food.

"But it's your birthday, I should go"

"Yes but you came home from work and then lifted weights like a crazy person so go sit down"

I also had cake and then took a nap with the kitties.

Now my son is washing dishes so I don't have to do them tomorrow, and then he's going to make himself dinner.

This makes it sound like an act of kindness, but I told him the dishes are his today (as I warned him they would be when the plumber was done fixing the sink).

And he groaned for a few long seconds before settling on, "yeah, ok."

"That was too easy..."

"It's not like I can say no! It's your birthday."

What a lovely birthday it's been too.

[comradecowplant]

Love how the new PLL writers were like okay FINE fans were right to point out that A was never really a slasher villain and continuing to use that moniker for these new villains is a slap in the face to the original evil girlbosses-- Mona, Cece, and Ello Spensah-- who worked 👏 hard 👏 scheming and stooging (sometimes YEARS of preparation!) in order to torture the original liars...... so for these new girls we will call the villains B instead :)

[anothermonikan]

Guys not to be judgemental but like. does Saw get good again. genuinely.

[kittenpinkamations]

Sometimes I (re)join the singaporean subreddits because I wanna feel more in tune with my culture, then I see a post & read the comments & then I remember why I left them in the first place. Then I keep forgetting & it’s a vicious cycle

[honoviadakai]

Badly summarizing Hazbin Hotel songs: season 1

Happy Day In Hell:

Local nepo baby is very optimistic for someone who was born and raised in hell but damn it if you don’t find it a little endearing.

Hell Is Forever:

Your gut feeling about the pastor’s son was correct and he is indeed an annoying prick who likes to act God’s always got his back.

Stayed Gone:

Demon Jeff Bezos finds out his Ex is in town, isn’t happy about it and tries to slander the man only for his ex to immediately clap back and serve everyone some piping hot tea.

It Starts With Sorry:

Some of ya’ll are way too forgiving and it really shows…you’re lucky you dorks are adorable.

Respectless:

A 4’11 Millennial bitch serves absolute ✨CUNT✨ at a meeting she didn’t want to attend, local MILF is not amused.

Whatever It Takes:

A MILF and a lesbian sing about how they’d willingly die for the ones they love. It’s sweet but deeply concerning.

Poison:

Local twink took “conceal, don’t feel” way too seriously and now you’ll never be ok again. Have fun in therapy.

Loser Baby:

A DILF and a twink sing about how they’re the biggest losers in hell and it’s the sweetest fucking thing you’ll ever see in your god damn life.

Hell’s Greatest Dad:

2 grown ass men fight for custody over a grown ass woman.

More Than Anything:

The literal king of hell loves his child more than your father will ever love you and you just gotta live with that.

Welcome To Heaven:

The polite Christians are trying to convert you, but they’re really good at show tunes so I ain’t even mad.

You Didn’t Know:

Vindication for everyone who’s the black sheep of their family and now have religious trauma.

Out For Love:

Local MILF hypes up her newly adopted lesbian daughter by telling her love is the ultimate murder weapon.

Ready For This:

Local nepo baby discovers that the fastest way to get cannibals to fight for you is through show tunes and the promise of flesh.

More Than Anything (Reprise):

No, the two leading females are not “just really close friends.” You were told well before this moment.

Finale:

While the main cast is having a Bob the builder moment, 3 local bastards are promising to fuck shit up next season and the person you least expected is having a mental breakdown in the break room.

[morganbritton132]

Thank you for feeding us with the Steve Has Older Siblings AU. God tier level of characterization I gotta say.

How do the older siblings handle the “Eddie Munson Problem”? I would imagine they actually do try to get rid of him at first given Eddie’s reputation but then realize he treats Steve better than any of them ever have.

Well, there is cash incentive.

Richard Harrington still has aspirations of going into local politics one days and he is not going let Al Munson’s son kill that dream. Or kill their son. Richard waves a dismissive hand in his wife’s direction because, “Of course. Of course. Or that.”

Whoever makes that boy disappear gets five thousand dollars.

(1.)

Claire takes a direct approach. She corners Steve and tells him that Eddie is a drug dealer and a drug user. She tells him about all the scary things that showed up on his toxicology report in the hospital and Steve replied flatly with, “Wow. Crazy. I had no idea.”

“I’m serious,” She says. “You could get hurt with someone like that. Do you know how that would make us feel if something happened to you?

“I fractured my ankle at a track meet once and Dad made me walk to the car afterwards,” Steve replies. “I think you guys will be fine.”

“I’m serious.”

“You know, Claire,” Steve nods to himself because, yeah. Sure. Let’s do it. “How have you felt the last three years? Or, I don’t know. The last two concussions? You have no idea what I’ve been dealing with for years now and – and you’ve never cared so why now? What’s Dad giving you to ruin my life because-“

He shakes his head, “This is not worth it. Like how picking up the phone when the mall caught on fire with me inside it wasn’t worth the effort. Tell Dad you tried really hard, but no. I’m not going to get rid of one of the few people in my life that actually like me.”

(2.)

Jason takes a different – dumber – approach. He goes in with no plan and no intentions, just took the opportunity when he saw Eddie’s van pulled off on the side of a backroad. He bangs his fist against the side and is delighted that he caught Eddie and Steve.

He threatens to beat Eddie up which is bold to say to an accused murderer in the woods, but okay.

Then he turns around and threatens Steve that he’s going to tell their dad that he was getting high in the woods if he doesn’t keep away from trailer trash, but Jason is fucking idiot because they were decidedly not getting high in the woods. He leaves with an eighth of marijuana and  no closer to five thousand dollars because Steve had just shrugged like, “Okay? Go ahead. Tell him.”

(3.)

Richie does not participate in this because he actually wants to improve his relationship with his little brother and he was the first person Steve went to after they got Eddie, barely breathing, to the hospital. He saw how shaken up he was and he also saw the bruising around Steve’s neck.

He knows what the bruising looks like. He knows how people gets bruises like that. And he knows that he’s a coward because he could not bring himself to ask a question he did not want the answer to. And he knows Eddie Munson.

Eddie is harmless.

All you have to do is have one conversation with the kid and you’ll see that he couldn't hurt a fly. Richie, however, had many conversations with him when Harrington & Associates took his case on pro bono so he knows just how harmless Eddie is.

He also knows that Eddie spends a lot of time trying to make Steve laugh. Richie has spent enough time in his life making his brother miserable. He's not doing anymore.

[faeriekit]

I feel like you’ll appreciate this flavor of feral brain rot as a true delicacy.

Ghostly Courting 101

1.) When you have someone you like, you politely sneak into their haunt and leave a gift that hints at your identity. If they’re interested, they’ll start hunting for you. If not, it’ll be removed without the other party feeling any societal pressure.

2.) For ghosts who died a violent or wrongful death, one of the most meaningful things you can do is avenge them. Attack their murderer, haunt their negligent doctor, etc. It’s not guaranteed to win their affection, but it’s a hell of a display.

Now, per the laws of unintended consequences, Danny finds Red Hood rearranging his freezer.

It’s 3:00 AM. He just wanted some water. Why is Gotham’s favorite son trying to leave him a fuck off huge casserole?

“Are you trying to propose or something?” Danny asks the liminal.

“Maybe???”

“Ghost weird or fruitloop weird?” Danny snatches his boo-berry ice cream and starts digging for a spoon.

Red Hood takes off his helmet to make sure Danny can see the Eyebrow of Judgment.

“Fruitloop then,” he says between bites. “We haven’t even sparred, and I sure as shit didn’t avenge you or anything.”

Oh. Oh no.

“Hood, why are you blushing?”

He couldn’t make out much from the outraged sputtering, but Danny nearly shat his fucking core out when it clicked.

“Is this about Joker???”

Danny was gonna take the stuttering as a yes.

Cool, cool, cool. He was calm. He was so fucking normal, it was fine, it was fine, it was—

Ancients take him, Danny beat the shit out of this guy’s murderer or something. He basically did a fucking flash mob proposal!

“Why the fuck am I even here?!” Red Hood screamed.

And the other guy’s fucking clueless!

I see, I see.

1: Which casserole. This is important. What casserole could the hindbrain of Jason Peter Todd's ghost instincts think is marriage material?? Is this like a comfort food can-of-cream-of-mushroom based casserole dish or like one of those newfangled sushi bake type things?? What did Jason whip out to prove he's marriage material??

2: What does JASON think is going on?? Did he hunt Danny down?? Did he just wake up in a stranger's apartment with a casserole in his hand?? Did he go to the grocery store with a list in mind or did he get home and realize he (for some reason) had every ingredient to make tuna casserole??

3: Wait. So does this mean that Jason thinks that casseroles are a good enough hint at his identity??? Does some part of Jason think that his most essential and core part of his identity is his tendency towards caretaking?? YO—

4: It's in a vintage pyrex. Look me in the eyes. This is not just Pyrex it's gotta be the old style pyrex that doesn't shatter in the oven without a pan underneath it. I am a connoisseur of white people culture and this is deeply important to me. It could even be one of the patterned ones. This is part of the gesture.

5: Danny is emotionally moved and it sucks considering that this was a complete accident

6: Jason is emotionally moved and has no idea what the fuck is going on. He wakes up at his safehouse one morning with bridal magazines in his hands which he apparently bought himself?? He's going insane. Is he cursed?? Did that twink who kicked the Joker's ass curse him??????? Curse him into...matrimony???????????????????