#never let that man get into power

[c1trvswurld]

idk how to describe it but hanzo would be such a nihilist while genji would be such an existentialist?

like hanzo would be a hardcore nihilist in the way where created meanings and labels mean absolutely nothing to him and have no value (esp when he left the family clan to sort of hardcore reject their values) whatsoever while genji believes the meaning in our lives is the utmost important thing, if not why were humans created.

Genji draws a line because he deems it foolish to simply say nothing matters and to never create your own meaning from it while hanzo wouldn't even bother drawing a line because even if he did it would be fake and serve no value to him?

while they both do agree at some level with their philosophies there are some fundamentals that they are very differing about

[blujayonthewing]

fucking stupid how much damage has been done by 'but why don't you ever do [thing] for ME 🥺' + 'this art you did is so good that you SHOULD be doing something More and Better and actually it's super disappointing that you're not' like I'm a grown ass adult woman now when will I stop being haunted by the fucking spectre of the guilt of things I Should Also Be Doing

[chronurgy]

When Gortash first starting moving up in the world the patriars must have treated him like absolute garbage. They must have despised this up jumped new money lower city rat. I'm sure they snubbed him publically and flaunted their better breeding.

And you just know that Gortash got so much sick, sadistic pleasure at watching those same people who used to snub him bow and scrape before him and be forced to call him archduke because that motherfucker never forgets a slight

[bonefall]

So, your Clear Sky post is absolutely horrifying, but it was very needed, so thank you. What are your general thoughts on tackling his abuse for the AU? Like you've said, pretending he's a good guy is not the way to go, but are you planning on toning down *some* of the situations, just to give some of the cats a break? Clear Sky is a very realistic depiction of abusers, but that seems to come across even without victim number 25, yknow? I'm very curious about how you'd like to go about this.

My most recent big change was bringing Slash back into the fold, because I realized that it was actually a disservice to not address where DOTC's themes dip into Colonialism. It's a hard topic, and I'm still trying to work out the details, but I realized it was important.

With how BB!DOTC is such a MASSIVE overhaul, to properly address abuse and the ways it impacts you, ableism and its violence, and xenophobia broadly, a huge reworking of Slash belonged here too. He's one of the greatest examples of how badly WC demonizes non-Clanborn cats. I shouldn't dance around it.

That's what I need to do with Skystar.

MANY of his victims have happier endings than canon, though. Bumble is one of the most famous, bumped up into a major character and directly responsible for the formation of ThunderClan. Bright Storm is taking most of Gray Wing's roles. Birch and Alder are getting examined, with either a father who wants his kids back or Milkweed as the mate of Misty.

A lot of people will die because of him, even more will be hurt, but I see BB!DOTC as a story about victims and survivors.

Others might grab POVs here and there, but as a response to canon which I feel is Clear Sky's story told in many parts, I center this rewrite around Thunder Storm. The path of kindness he marches down, with love and with anger, and the people he helps.

So BB!Star Flower...

Previously I was playing her as ENTIRELY just manipulating Clear Sky. She was loyal to One Eye and trying to get at Skystar to bleed him dry for 8 lives to sacrifice; but connected to Thunderstar over recognizing him as a victim who deserves her idea of justice. So, she offers Thunderstar the final kill, so her father will be grateful to him and he'll get power AND the death of his abuser.

(When Thunderstar looks upon Skystar, pathetic and neutralized down to one life, he thinks about the collateral damage that will descend upon the forest if he accepts the deal. He decides that he has found the line between Justice and Justification. Of course he wants the power to make his enemies cower, protect his people, and eliminate Clear Sky so he never threatens them again; that's not the problem.

He can still do these things. He wouldn't NEED the power of a war god to do so.

But if One Eye returns, he will be endlessly hungry, ruthlessly dedicated to revenge, and set out to devour the whole forest. Everything would get worse, and even more people he loves would die. It's where his desire to destroy a monster would lead to him BECOMING one.)

Even on its face, it was previously missing an element. There's a step between "Starf decides to bring One Eye back" and "Starf offers Thunderstar the final kill" that was bare. This is the piece that was missing-- That she, herself, is trying to reach out to the only person who's ever really understood her.

But more importantly... I do feel this topic belongs here, in BB!DOTC. Abuse is a MAJOR theme. SKYSTAR is a monster already. He's harmed two wives in BB (Bright Storm and Falling Cry) and played toxic games with all three kits (Thunder Storm, Pale Sky, Tiger Sky).

And I'd avoid Star Flower being abused... why? Because it's uncomfortable to confront the pattern that Clear Sky displays? That in-canon, he tries to cut all his victims into the same ideal shape, from Storm to Thunder to Star Flower? ...it should be uncomfortable. Everything that I described in Clear Sky Is A Monster is rooted in the same desire for control, power, and punishment most abusive people share, he just happens to be a severe example.

Yes. That includes how he treats his child and romantic partners. The parallels that are drawn between Starf and Thunder are there because he wants power in the form of obedience. Starf replaces the son as a narrative award for his "growth" of not killing random people anymore for a while.

A cookie cutter is an effective tool because IT ONLY MAKES ONE SHAPE.

You know what's more uncomfortable? Reading canon!DOTC and seeing someone who hurt you reflected almost perfectly in the character the writers think did nothing wrong. Because of "good intentions" that were not there.

I will say though, just to be clear; I don't see a purpose in being more than PG-13 about serious topics for this project. I promise none of my intentions have changed. Nothing will be more graphic or gorey than canon WC-- just more intentional.

I'm keeping the sacrifice because it's dope. No one is taking this from me. Girl Moment: Killed her awful husband 8 times to count as 8 sacrifices and offered the last life to her buddy as a show of good will. How else do you make friends outside of high school

But I know now that Star Flower NEEDS to keep the canon fact she has very little agency, UNTIL that moment she snaps.

She's sacrificing one abuser to try and bring back a bigger, badder one, because in spite of everything, her father One Eye always made her feel safe. Even though he promised her off to Skystar, and expected her to be willing to die for him. She's followed every command, every order, past the death of his mortal vessel.

The first, and only, selfish choice she's ever made was in reaching out to Thunderstar to offer him the power of her father.

Thunderstar's Justice is a story about a Thunder Storm at the pinnacle of his arc, how the survivors of his Clan are settling into the new normal after the carnage of The First Battle, how Skystar's arrogance brings a violent god to the Forest... and the connection Thunderstar makes with the daughter of a monster.

[triglycercule]

dust and horror angel and demon themes,,,, they could totally parallel each other...... :3

dust=angel of death described in the delta rune prophecy (self declared) (i DEFINITELY elaborated on this one waayyyy before but anyways dust with a fucked up savior complex SAVE ME SAVE ME.... death is a blessing ass guy. life is torment and he will be the one to liberate monsters from their bodies and with the strength they provide to him be able to take down evil evil creation of pure misery that is the human ✨✨✨ dont worry his evil cackles are to HIDE HIS PAIN of saving everyone....... trust)

horror=demon that dragged everyone in horrortale into hell (as perceived by everyone else) (i think it would be a cool hc if everyone outside of snowdin viewed horror as literally a demon. maybe undyne preaches that. anyone outside of snowdin might be WAYYY worse because they starve for longer and literally take part in cannibalism so they might not have the same sort of mild sanity that snowdin residents do,,,, besides he DID kinda bring them all eternal suffering. kinda. nobody but undyne knows what happened at the core so she could totally just paint the story to blame horror fully)

ANYWAYS i like the possible dynamics this could have :333

dust to horror (please let me kill you PLEASE let me kill you i can end it all so peacefully wouldn't it be nice??? i promise ill make it quick just for you),,, horror to dust (i want you to live and suffer with what youve done i want you to watch all of your choices hit you one day and i'll be there and laugh at you. i'll keep you alive just to keep you suffering ok?)

OR dust to horror (you dont deserve to die you dont deserve to even be hurt by me. not because youre the exception but youre the Exception i absolutely loathe you so youll never get the sweet release of death :3) and horror to dust (just let me die already i dont wanna be here. youre supposed to be a savior right??? an angel?? then why don't you save me already when i need it more than anyone else)

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Merovar elbowed Link. “So… you guys have been dating for like a year. What’s the deal?”

Link looked at him uncertainly. “The… deal, Your Highness?”

The prince rolled his eyes. “Okay, first of all, calling me Your Highness was fine when we didn’t know each other as well, but that’s not the case anymore. You can call me Merovar now, you know. Secondly, you know what I’m talking about – you don’t just date people for no reason. You gonna make the next move or just figure out that you two want to be friends?”

“We are friends,” Link argued, growing flustered, cheeks staining red.

Merovar hummed, stopping his walk to give the warrior his full attention. “So are you going to commit or just play with my sister’s emotions?”

Link’s face shifted, embarrassment hardening, surprise and indignation mixing at the accusation. He swallowed, pushing down the emotions and trying to stay calm. “I… am not sure such a commitment would be approved.”

“But you want to,” Merovar pushed, raising an eyebrow.

Link’s blush returned and he nodded, wanting to look anywhere but in the prince’s intense gaze, but knowing to hold the eye contact.

Merovar watched him a moment longer before laughing. “Well, Mother loves you, so that makes it simple. If you’re worried about our father, don’t be. He’s got a tough exterior, but I can tell when he does or doesn’t like someone. And he likes you.”

Link… wasn’t sure why that statement made him suddenly shaky, but it did. It was hard enough to believe that the Gerudo queen approved of him, as they hadn’t interacted all that much, but she seemed like a warm, if intense, woman. It shouldn’t be surprising that she could be agreeable to… but such a commitment… and… but what about the Lord of the Gerudo? He wasn’t scared of Ganondorf, so what was going on with him? Was it… maybe it was relief? His chest warmed, like a hearty stew spreading all the way to his fingers and toes, but he still felt a little weak at the knees.

He… likes me?

He’d never… he’d never gotten a man’s approval before. Not one that he…

Get a hold of yourself, he chided himself. You’ve never had father figures that care about you.

But Merovar was implying it. They’d all be his family if he… if he married…

Golden Three, thinking about marrying Hemisi made Link want to burst with emotions. He loved her. He loved her. But what would such a life look like? Hemisi was a princess. Link was just a Sheikah guard. And how would that affect his duties to the royal family?

Well, Ganondorf and Nabooru were trying to establish relations with the kingdom. Maybe it wouldn’t be a problem at all.

Link wondered what his people would think of such a union. He swallowed back fear and bitterness, tried to ignore the whispers he’d heard as a child. Not all of his people had disapproved of his existence, after all.

But there had been enough who’d said it. Who’d thought Link was his father’s biggest mistake. He’d tried his entire life to prove them wrong, to fulfill his duties as a Sheikah.

Link felt sick all of a sudden, leaning against a nearby wall. Merovar stepped closer to him. “You okay?”

“Yeah,” he choked out. “I’ll be fine.”

He would be. He always was. He made sure of it. He would find a way to make this work. He just wasn’t sure he was ready to say it out loud yet. He wanted… he didn’t want to stop being with Hemisi. And maybe… maybe the Gerudo would…

Link squeezed his eyes closed, ignoring the coming headache. He wouldn’t abandon his people just because of the promise of love and comfort. That was childish. He… he wasn’t sure what he would do.

But goddess, he wanted to be part of their family. Goddess, he wanted to be with Hemisi forever.

Maybe someday he’d find a way to make it work.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

winston my quant of billions

[rawliverandgoronspice]

Impa needs a raise, episode 235729

[kacievvbbbb]

Truly from the depths of my struggling heart. Viva La Vida by Coldplay belongs to one Toshinori Yagi aka the one and only All Might.

Coldplay should just sign over the rights of the song at this point promptly too.

[benkaben]

I seriously can't stop thinking about it.

[wildsaltair]

he's so hot he's affecting local weather patterns. meteorologists are baffled

[the-acid-pear]

Y'know this little throwaway gag is so bizarre to me and I know this game is a bit very different to 2 and 3 but look at Matt's reaction when Jack raids the place in 3:

You'd argue he's simply stopping Jack bc he hates this guy and he also hates this job which Could Be True but i highly doubt bc overall despite his virginity and overall cursed vibe, Matt seems to be a good employee, by all means (I mean, Peter literally gave him a vacation instead of firing him in 2, so that says a lot).

Plus, Dave hates this guy as much as he hates him! He literally always calls him creepy and, AND!

This is the only footage you get of the prize corner in 2. Which is also the first game to show Matt and Dave's disdain for one another, Dave being likely more scared of Matt than Matt will ever be of him.

Which is all very curious. 2 does set a drastic change for Matt too with him going from being just strange to outright creepy, so was the old pizza place closing something that actually affected him or was he consistently that creepy all along? And if the later, did he just start hating Dave after that or did they always have beef and they simply had some sort of arrangement (or even higher word from Steven who tended to let Dave do whatever he wanted in general) that let him do so?

[vaguely-concerned]

just going about my day idly contemplating how some of the ways hawke can interact with a romanced anders are not at all unlike how they interact with leandra (and a bit of carver too, especially with a purple hawke), and then thought about my hawke in the timeline where he romances anders and was hit straight in the face with 'was he ever actually in love, or was he just desperately trying to renegotiate with his mother's ghost in any way he could' and now i need to lie down. this is the power of dragon age 2

[xxplastic-cubexx]

just got word wolverine's hp is gonna be beefed up to 350 i just fucking threw up

[itsalwaysforyou]

jay not asking coach about letting lonnie onto the team bc he doesn’t want to do anything coach might disagree with…….

[tanjir0se]

You could convince me to watch the *checks notes* loser rangers anime? 👀

SKCNCJSKSK!!!!!!

Were you a Power Rangers kid??? Are you over-saturated and bored by modern superhero media?? Do you long for a fresh take on the “dark side” of Sunday Morning cartoons that ISN’T grimdark and irony poisoned and lame?? Do you like absolutely incompetent cringefail losers and their hot murder girlfriends???!!? Then come on down to…

✨GO! GO! LOSER RANGER!✨

We’ve got it all! :

Protagonist that just fucking sucks at everything

Like. Really REALLY fucking sucks. At everything. Cant even figure out how to eat food. Hates everyone and has no friends. He’s just like me fr.

He’s like if Sasuke was the worst ninja ever like couldn’t even throw a kunai but still thought he was better than everyone else and kept the exact same pretentious attitude. I’m obsessed with him.

A fun, unique twist on the Power Rangers-esque Sunday Morning cartoons of our childhood that pokes fun at the 90s era camp of that genre of media while still feeling genuinely heartfelt and respectful to the spirit of the source material it’s satirizing

If villain bad, why sexy?

Hot Murder Lady

Genuinely just like a fun silly plot that isn’t too serious (yet) and can be enjoyed casually (or not casually if you’re a freak like I am) and really hits different if you were a power rangers kid like I was

Cool animation with a unique style that feels like a lot of love went into it

Did I mention if villain bad, why sexy??

HIBIKI SAKURAMA💅🏻💕💖💖🌸🌸

OOOHHHH YOU WANNA WATCH GO! GO! LOSER RANGER SOOOOO BAD