#not happening but being pondered

[stardustedwanderer]

I don't recommend trying burning;it's a bit like drowning in the end. The heat scalds your airways and the interior of your lungs, causing them to swell and bleed. Those are what usually kill you before anything else. It's just probably more painful in getting there than whatever body of water you ended up in.

Not much risk of that, anon. The only fire around here is inside the house, and it's most likely frozen in time like everything else in there by now.

[You know it is. You've checked.]

[....Curiosity isn't the right reaction, is it? This wonder, at feelings you've yet to encounter - a burning throat, smoke filling you with warmth even as it drags you back to the edges of the cold beyond - The furthest you ever seem to get.

You've choked on your own blood before, of course, but the idea of it boiling, bubbling as it spills from your own mouth is... Unmistakably appealing.

You've drowned before. But it was so cold... And dark... Bright and burning sounds very different indeed to you.

......

There's something deeply, deeply wrong with you. Isn't there?

Perhaps there always was.

Disgusting.....]

[inpursuitofnunchi]

the subtitler understood the assignment

[inawickedlittletown]

Sooo I started to read other articles. I didn't after reading the ones that came out right after the episode that justifiably got everyone upset.

This one from tv insider had Tim saying this:

Moving on to Buck and Tommy’s breakup, talk about your approach to it. Why was Tommy sure that Buck would break his heart?

Tommy’s older and Buck is very new to this, and whether Tommy was correct or not, I think what he felt like was exactly what he said: I’m not your last, I’m your first, which is a special thing to be, but as Tommy says, it doesn’t usually end up being the same thing. And I think based on what we know of Buck, he’s maybe not wrong. Buck’s a little impulsive when he’s feeling a certain kind of way. He’s like, move on in, bring your couch. So I just think because Tommy’s a little older and wiser or maybe at some level he feels like he doesn’t deserve Buck, I don’t know. But I think he accurately diagnosed Buck. Buck’s still figuring himself out, and boy, that would be quite risky to move in with that guy as much as you would love to.

That does seem to be Buck’s go-to, which isn’t the best.

Exactly.

Are we going to see Buck single for a significant period of time now? Is he trying to figure out what he wants really out of a relationship?

Yeah, I think that’s right. As Tommy said, you’re still figuring yourself out, and his options have increased by 50 percent of the population. So knowing Buck, that’s going to be choice overload. He’s got to navigate that with a little self-awareness.

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So they definitely planned for this. That's what this reads like...they wanted to break them up so that they could send Buck through a period of exploration. Tim says everything Oliver said here in much nicer terms. His view of Buck is so...Idk, it's like he sees Buck as a kid that still doesn't know what he wants. And he decided to put that view right into Tommy's head too. It's a little jarring I guess but this show...has it ever been consistent?

What sucks is that 8x05 was written like they were doing so well. And then right off the back with 8x06 we have warning signs in the date scene with the girl that approaches Buck and how Tommy sort of shrugs off Buck checking her out. I really do wonder where hot waiter fit into this and I'm so glad we didn't see Tommy like checking hot waiter out or something. But I guess that scene was there to sow the seeds. We have Buck spiraling because of the Abby thing and we have Tommy maybe not realizing but reinforcing for himself that he's a stepping stone for Buck and being okay with it in the status quo.

The way that Tim speaks about Buck asking Tommy to move in, he makes it seem like Buck is just barreling in without thought...like if they went through with it Tommy might be proven right. But then what is the point of the scene with Josh where Buck is right on the cusp of an "I love you" just to then be like no actually Tommy knows how this ends and he can read Buck and knows they're not forever. But Tommy is not a mind reader.

Where there is hope is in that Tim doesn't outwardly say anything about Tommy being gone for good. As someone else pointed out the Lou interviews were done by buddie journalists with a bias so there is a question to how much that colored what we got and why they were so determined to close the door fully. Also...why did we get exit interviews in the first place for a character that only had three episodes...it's so odd.

The writers made a point of leaving this open. Do I think we'll get Tommy back any time soon. No. But after the doom and gloom and the time to mourn this a bit I want to be positive and there is really no knowing. Tim says he thinks Buck will be single for a while...okay fine...picture that being the rest of this season.

Buck won't just jump into another relationship...and Oliver gets his Buck slut era 2.0...what if S9 brings back Tommy? What if this is the long game...or at least the thing they can have in their back pocket if Lou is available later on to come back. But that's not something they can promise or that they can commit to and Lou isn't on contract clearly and Oliver wouldn't know if that's the plan...hell even Tim probably doesn't know if they'll do that. Or I'm giving him too much credit because as we've seen this season storylines have been rushed to close up at breakneck speeds so it would be an anomaly for him to prolong something like this.

All this to say, showing the network and Tim that bucktommy matters to a lot of people and that Tommy matters...it may just make a difference.

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

i can't tell if i'm just not paying attention or if mouthwashing just doesn't make any sense

[lilacerull0]

lila and nino are sooo triggering to me because they made me classify my nino sarratore as nino sarratore and that made me realize he is the origin of most of my problems when it comes to romance

[squoobest]

stupid thought but sometimes i wonder if big run also can double as a reunion/visiting trip for some salmonids. or buddies of salmonids. oh... the sky's red? ominous rumbling in your neighborhood and in the sewers? wonderful my dear brother second born of shiojake, the undying champion of bonerattle is coming to visit

[puppetmaster13u]

Meat Marionette #11?

Thinkin about the rogues in this Au, and like, the difference between their relationship with the bats vs this Au. 

 For example, Selina. I’ll admit I take a bit of inspiration from the 2022 movie and mix it with comic depictions along with the different cartoons, which honestly isn’t too different from each other by too much. Now, I don’t think that Catwoman would flirt with this version of Batman, what with his body being a meat puppet that is visibly not human and off putting. There’s also the fact that she would have been an early-ish rogue of his, at least in order of encounters. Which means that she probably encounters the Bat for the first time while Bruce was still getting used to said gifted body, which in turn was probably terrifying. So there’s still a cat and mouse game happening, but it’s more akin to Selina doing her darn best to avoid the Bat no matter what, because to her it isn’t above trying to kill. It’s like seeing a lion where you figure you’re safe at this distance, until it starts moving and you realize that you are definitely not far enough away. 

 Another rogue that I am thinking of is Harvey and Two-Face (Which DC, give Two-Face a proper name :/ he’s his own dude even if they share a body). Harvey was best friends with Bruce, hell they were practically high-school sweethearts in some cases! And Bruce still visits him in Arkham, canonically still talks and interacts with both his friend and TF. Now if anyone is going to notice the changes to Bruce, it’s going to be Harvey. He’s going to be the first to notice how Bruce’s movements are now dangerous and downright predatory, with too much grace even for a dancer or martial artist. There’s something familiar about that movement, and Harvey isn’t an idiot, TF isn’t one either. They know there’s something wrong with Bruce even if he insists he’s fine. In canon Harvey straight up broke down and cried when he found out Bruce was Batman, so I’m wondering what their reaction to this version of the bat would be…

 There’s also rogues like the Riddler and the Joker who are downright obsessed with Batman, but would they still be with this one? I could see Joker slowly becoming obsessed as the creatures continue to thwart him over and over again, but I’m still rotating Riddler. 

 But y’know who would definitely be obsessed with the batclan?

Scarecrow. The man is obsessed with studying fear, with the effects it has and how to cause it. So the bats, who bring terror wherever they go, with something about them continuously tingling at the back of ones’ more instinctive mind that this is something to fear? He would be utterly enthralled, he’d need to know more, he’d need to know Everything. Especially if his fear toxin doesn’t work right on them. After all, how would a gas effect something without lungs? How can you inject something that doesn’t have blood, that’s not quite alive, not in the way that we as humans understand? How can you cause fear of something that has stared into the Tunnels’ heart and lived? Or something like that lol. 

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AU is a combo of my cryptid batfam and @phoenixcatch7 's Possessed Doll au, go check them out, they're amazing

[regina-del-cielo]

Having a blorbo that shares your birthday makes one's dash an incredibly happy place to be

It's like giving yourself a birthday gift with the added bonus of Intensified Blorbo Content™️

[robotsafari]

a mind palace’s (unasked for) renovations [DO NOT TAG AS SHIP]

bonus under the cut:

white mushroom more like “butlershroom.”

anyway. yep! my headcanon is that the mushroom series of heartless were essentially like early versions of ansem. experiments to see if creating a heartless with a will of its own were even possible. (the mushrooms just wanna play charades and go on nice walks! they wont steal your heart because their instincts tell em’ to! they’ll only snatch it if they feel like it <3) how can you make an “immortal” successor if they cant even understand the research you left for them? so thats why they were created!

[balteus]

thinking about shadow of the erdtree again. I'm now a little more ambivalent on whether radahn agreed with miquella's vow or not - but assuming he did - would that mean the reason radahn halted the stars, and thereby carian fate* is so ranni would not be able to enact the age of stars before miquella was to create a new order? food for thought.

*it's also ambiguous (imo) whether radahn did this intentionally but im just having a thought experiment. blaidd leaves a sign calling someone a "traitor" in front of nokron right after radahn is defeated. maybe him siding with miq would explain this

[lynxfrost13]

I genuinely wonder about Ariane and the Itous friendship they’re such a delightful little trio of outcast weirdo kids to me

[lightgreypurpleteal]

I'm trying to come up with a reason why genisis would be able to force someone to act

[meowsticmarvels]

screaming to the crowd. zero escapers i need to know your thoughts/hcs on 1904!phi and her partner.... im thinking a lot about phis insane ass backstory. need to Know.....

[roychewtoy]

impaled

[kappaology]

beloved esoteric rarepair part 2 electric boogaloo ft. a part where i mash my interests together (roland stories and R1999) because it's been a week pass the yaoi

long-ish post, see under the cut

yes i devastated myself too much by reading angsty rolavier fics. yes i made a r1999 reincarnator olivier x knight au to cope. yes i've been hyperfixating for 2-3 months. huzzah. thank you 1.5 for introducing the concept of reincarnators! even outside of this, it's a really interesting concept to tinker with imo. opens a loooot of AU potentials (im a sucker for reincarnation AUs)

can you imagine being reincarnated in the new age and remembering who you were in the past. and then after recovering from the initial shock you immediately set out to find your one and only best friend from your past life not knowing if he even got reborn like you did. and if he did will he even remember you (coughs remembering that part in oliver fog's anecdote where he laments over the peers and olivier). and then through some silly twist of fate you find him living in some poor teen's suitcase. as a bodiless floating cloak and gauntlets. but you still remember where to hold his face anyway

I'LL GO NOW

edit: ITS NOT KNIGHT'S ANECDOTE IT WAS OLIVER FOG'S I MEANT OLIVER FOG'S KNIGHT'S ANECDOTE ISN'T EVEN OUT YET

[thou-babbling-brook]

Please dont use pre-frontal cortex development as if its a real medical thing, it’s internet pseudo science that is incredibly ableist and used to harm neurodivergent peeps like me

There is. So much I have to say to this but three points

1. I am literally a psychology major. I’m in two research labs, one about psychophysiology and one about developmental psychology. I got an A in Behavioral Neuroscience last semester. Pre-frontal cortex development is 100% a real, scientific and medical concept that happens as we age from children into adults. I am more than happy to cite the past 50 years of research that indicates as such.

2. What the hell is this, the oppression olympics? I’m also neurodivergent — I’ve got ADHD. That’s got nothing to do with typical pre-frontal cortex development like I was referring to with Basim.

3. PLEASE go outside I’m absolutely begging you