#none of this is coincidence

[oracleofdiscord]

Journey To The West (Part VI) features a distinction between "normal fire," "heavenly fire," and the true fire of samadhi - the last of which is specifically noted to be so strong that it can't be put out by the rainstorm that monkey and the dragons summon.

Aurora's storm arc features a distinction between normal/elemental fire, starfire, and soulfire - with it being specifically noted that

in conclusion

[piepiepiemag]

trying desperately to convince everyone around me that i am, in fact, not in love with montague fortnite (no one is buying it)

[murdockhawkeye]

this is *maybe* a bit of a stretch but i still find interesting to think about? don't know if i have everything right

but

i feel like with the elemental opposite duos - emma & rikki, cleo & bella - you could reasonably say their arcs'd mirror each other in a way

like

emma and rikki have issues with responsibility/expectations but on opposite ends of the spectrum

emma was a gifted child, everyone had high expectations for her and she tried to meet those expectations the best she could. she��s responsible emma, who makes sure everyone is looked after, and everyone “knew” was going to become a top athlete, because look at all those trophies on her shelf

and then rikki on the other hand, was alone for “her own good.” she admitted to elliot that no one really liked her growing up, so when somebody did, it made her feel weird and she pushed them away. she stayed away from other people, made sure they never had any expectations of her

they both avoided disappointing others, by going to opposite extreme lengths

and then they overcame these issues, with emma facing a sudden change in her life (becoming a mermaid) that meant she had to give up her swimming dreams and disappoint the people in her life (that had to suck for her, honestly.) she had to come to terms with that - but then, she also found a whole new world that she’d never have been a part of, if things had gone the way she planned

and as for rikki - her biggest change wasn't the tail, but becoming friends with emma and cleo. had she'd her way and zane’d never gotten cleo stuck on that boat, she’d never become friends with them. rikki had to learn the hurdles of friendship and of keeping them, like when she mistook the different kinds of fish, when cleo and emma didn't support her relationship with zane, etc. they had their issues - but in the end, they were there for rikki, and rikki was there for them back. she'd have never gotten that kind of solidarity, had things gone the way she thought it would

and then there’s cleo and bella

bella - unfortunately, didn’t have much in terms of development, since the writers prioritized will’s relationship with her over expanding her character background+ for some reason ??

so i'm just mostly going to talk about cleo here first - but i'll get to bella in a second

cleo by s3 is a very confident and self-assured person; but she didn't start out that way. she was insecure, somewhat naive. she grew up overshadowed by her two best friends, the both of them being gifted in their own rights - emma, the young up and rising athlete, and lewis the science genius, they were sure to go places. cleo, on the other hand, was overlooked. she didn't have much going for her - except for adequate grades and a love of the marine life that was hindered by her fear of water

and then cleo became a *literal* mermaid. either she was going to avoid it or overcome it. in the end, she didn't just overcome her fear of water, but she also took a risk by taking that job at the marine park, where she'd be working right by the marine animals. she let her fear control her before, and she wasn't going to let it stop her from wanting to pursue things anymore

(funny, she started out with a fear of water, then became a mermaid. she struggled with her grades, then became a science genius)

bella, much like cleo - had her own issues when it came to the kind of attention she got, but the other way around. her first appearance, she was being catcalled. same ep, nate is drooling over her. they've made her beauty a point throughout s3. even cleo and rikki's brought it up. it. could not have been easy for her to deal with that, especially with her secret in mind

seeing that, even with the different issues when it came to attention, i think they'd still have had the same feelings about it. a younger bella, probably would've been similarly insecure/anxious as cleo had been - until she learned to be more sure about herself and grew into the bella we know and love today

(we should've gotten way more lore and background about bella, agh)

tldr; emma and rikki have same feelings but opposite reactions (people pleasing and people avoiding.) cleo and bella opposite situations but same feelings (overshadowed and center of attention)

yk, rikki was right in a way i think about the "universal law," but like, more about keeping in balance and not about trios. emma and rikki balance each other out, cleo and bella were *meant* to balance each other out. but in s2, bella wasn't there - charlotte was

do i blame the antagonizing of charlotte and cleo's out of characterness on the writers, or do i blame it on some magical semi-canon mermaid universal law about balance

blaming it on a mermaid universal law sounds more fun, and could have interesting implications. (though the writing grates me, still)

[sonknuxadow]

god tails' squeaky baby voice in sonic heroes is so cute and funny its like they went Fucckkkk we don't have anybody to voice tails can somebody go outside and pull some random kid off the street to record some lines

[k2ulhu]

hulu was doing live coverage of the election until 2:00am, at which point my power randomly went out and when I reopened the hulu app on my tv the election coverage was replaced with

[burntlikethesun]

I've seen so many different interpretations of 73 Yards and all of them are better than any hard, concrete answer or technical explanation that rightly were not provided. It's a ghost story.

[crustyfloor]

It looks like Ivan is standing with his back to the gate initially, but there aren't any trees in front of the gate so he must've been standing to the side. Only when Till passed him does it seem like he was actually in front of the gate so I wonder when Till approached him did Ivan turn to face him because he thought Till was coming to talk to him? lol

[phddyke]

Wait I just realized something Hazbin-related.

Did everyone get this before me??

Alastor said he’d been gone for 7 years

And that’s also how long Lilith has been gone!!

Right? Charlie said in episode one her Mom hasn’t gotten back to her in 7 years.

That can’t be a coincidence—especially since Alastor looked a little shifty when Zestial asked where he was.

And!! I saw someone point out that Lilith sang songs to help with her creations, right? Like, to inspire demons? That’s kinda similar to what Alastor does!

Okay, two theories:

One, Alastor and Lilith are related somehow.

(So by default, Alastor and Charlie are also related.)

Two:

Alastor did actually die 7 years ago and Lilith has been masquerading as him ever since.

He didn’t come to the hotel in order to be “entertained.” He did it to check on his daughter.

OH

AND

IN THE PILOT HE SHOWS UP THE SECOND CHARLIE HANGS UP WITH HER MOM!!

[laurenttheninth]

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[frobby]

BLUE EXORCIST FANS

im here to show you:

baby yukio and shiemi

[boothillwifey]

i think its very interesting how grian STILL hasn’t been the boogey even after all this time. he was never boogey in last life, was never in limited life, and he was one of only THREE that didn’t get the boogey man disease thing.

[skeletonlover69]

to answer why do i have the hots for skeletons:

idk man it just happened

[melikes-reads]

Moritz Brenner has a type

Discuss.

[neilphen]

happy pride month ringo starr i hope u learned how to sit correctly

[vampkomori]

wondering if childe being designed with red hair was researched and has a deeper meaning bc theres a bunch of stuff that makes a weird amount of sense. for him to have red hair specifically.

red hair is basically a mutation (mc1r gene) and it affects a bunch of different stuff, not just hair color, but also vitamin production and pain receptors

redheads in particular produce their own vitamin D so historically people with that hair color moved more towards colder climates bc they could retain heat better and thus could withstand the cold more. bc of their vitamin D production they also had stronger bones than people who didnt have red hair so its theorized that in colder climates redheads were having more children than non-redheads bc the latter just had brittler bones and had a rough time in the cold (the video i watched abt it also made a joke abt how redheads would thrive "underground" more than in the sun and well. funny that). also apparently some redheads need 20% more anesthesia than non-redheads bc they can have a higher pain tolerance

so its interesting that childe, known redhead, lives in a cold climate (snezhnaya) has a lot of siblings, and survived the abyss (makes his own vitamin D, has Stronger Bones, possibly high pain tolerance) its kind of hilarious? are u telling me him having red hair is deep. i love that

[dragonsdendoodles]

@rowenas-my-fave-child

So uh

The short answer is

In my life I have accurately predicted the circumstances of four separate deaths in my family

The second no one can do anything about it anymore

I’m kinda a “the fire is too big to save the house” alarm