#now accepting sacrifices

[16-f-cali]

[deoidesign]

My comic is so pretty...

The hiatus is letting me take a little extra time on these episodes, and I'm definitely putting it to good use!!!

[gonkaccino]

Season 4 hope/prediction: Deb's show is solid, zero issues, runs flawlessly with great ratings, but her personal life is completely eroding. We start with her discovering Marcus is leaving, and it culminates in DJ going into labor right before a taping. Deb chooses the show. When it's over, and she finally flies to Vegas, it's too late -- Aiden's not letting her in because he loves his wife too much to let DJ get into a shouting match with her mom right after giving birth, and instead takes the brunt of Deb's wrath, with her making excuses and talking about how they used her money for IVF, and anyway, DJ's fine, so who cares if she wasn't there? Kathy's in the room with DJ and the baby (DJ's the closest she has to a daughter, after all) and Deb leaves too furious to think about how badly she's hurt her family.

She heads back to her Vegas mansion -- empty, obviously, Josefina and the dogs would be in LA -- and pops open a bottle of wine. Alone. Completely alone. Can't call Marty, she has no friends, the closest she's got would be Kiki and wouldn't that be embarrassing, calling your poker dealer to talk about your feelings --

and then Ava's there. She got the news about DJ's labor, she got the story from Aiden (who was distraught, by the way, man's too much of a sweetheart for Vance drama), a spare key from Damian (happy to pawn that off on her, though if it isn't returned promptly he's taking legal action) and has arrived just in time to see the Deborah Vance having a breakdown the likes of which no one thought physically possible. Crying gives you wrinkles, you know. But Ava has to be here. She's the physical embodiment of a lesson Deb never truly learned: you don't have to like someone to love them.

In my imaginary fantasy land that I am concocting this would then subsequently lead into them fucking nasty but I understand that this may be a step too far for the surprisingly large number of very normal people who watch this show and would forgive JPL for not taking it that far. However I do believe they should fuck about it and let Ava take the reigns in their relationship while they see how many of Deb's bridges they can un-burn.

[messangerforthestars]

“We need more morally gray characters” you guys can barely handle topaz and jade.

[wandixx]

Justice League never helped Amity Park.

Why?

They genuinely didn't need any help, it was one of the most normal and safe town in America.

Other than Jack Fenton on the road hazard but it's not like he can break walls with his orange jeep, is it? It's too little to get JL on it.

Okay, so what does Phantom do right outside of the Watchtower drinking Capri sun? Is it related to how horrified Flash is, running around meeting room like he tries to wear down the floor?

Why yes, absolutely. You see dear traveler, Ghost child is just not from this timeline.

He is from the other one. The intense one. The one, where Amazonians were at war with Atlanteans, where there was no line Batman wouldn't cross, where doctors Fenton didn't stop their research after their dearest friend had accident.

Yeah, that's the one. One that Barry created by saving his mother and the one he allegedly destroyed.

How do they tell the stressed ghost child that timeline he lived in ceased to exist?

*~*~*

Maybe I'm not clear enough but yeah. Phantom is from other timeline but as I heard, Dan shoved time medalion into Danny's chest so now our boi has wonky relationship with time. When Barry erased "wrong timeline", Danny got yote into his time and was confused. Like, one day he wakes up in the middle of the nowhere because of some shit and isn't even surprised at first but then realises something is off. Especially when he gets to the nearest town. Things are all sorts of wrong, like:

There is less ambient ectoplasm in the air.

Meme references are just not right.

There is no supernatural war.

Nobody is trying to post mortem murder him for being a ghost.

There are a lot more heroes and the ones he knew are different, like, why is Batman suddenly so much against killing?

So he goes of to find Amity and see which one's of the ghosts bullshit he has to clean up this time, only to see his city... Normal? Happy even? No broken pavements or anti ghost tech? No teenage stans? No alive food? His parents are more of the local handymen than mad scientists?! There is SECOND HIM, who isn't a ghost in the slightest?!

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED AND HOW DOES HE FIX IT?!

Because yeah, this world seems nicer than real one, but he just can't stay here. Ghosts are probably wrecking havoc in his Amity again and he needs to get back now.

Just question is how, because it starts to look like whole new world and not some weird hallucination or Desiree doing her shit again. However so much things is similar that he assumes it's different timeline. He dealt with these before, once, but he managed. He just needed to find this Clockwork guy that showed up last time and learn what he has to do to fix it.

Wait, his parents here didn't made portal and Vlad didn't either because they're actually kind of trisome (ew) and he didn't have enough time. That's alright, Danny was raised in the shadow of the portal, he knew everything about it by heart. He could built it on his own.

Wait, portal needs and sacrifice. Can he use this world's himself as a sacrifice? He could probably ask these heroes for help but on the other hand he really doesn't want to do this to him. Being Phantom majorly sucks ass and he is jealous but he knows better than to destroy other his life over it.

Before he can resolve his dilemma, something he does pings Justice League's radar and Flash is send to investigate. Thank ancients it's him because allegedly other heroes wouldn't really get it. But it was Flash who somehow gets at least part of it, gives him a food and takes him to the space station (in space!). Now they have meeting about him and he has best view of stars he could ever imagine. Even though they're a little different than he remembers from back home.

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Hope you enjoyed this little idea and maybe can add to the shenanigans. Comments and reblogs are whole yours.

I hope I'm englishing correctly and won't see too many spelling or grammatical mistakes when I wake up in the morning

Have a great whatever part of day it is to you

[boyfridged]

pehaps one of the first times when dick grayson halts and looks back is when robin dies.

pre-crisis dick grayson is a force of nature with little self-awareness regarding the tool of his vigilantism. and post-crisis dick grayson follows this pattern of behaviour for a while- until he does not. there is a single moment to pinpoint there, and it is unsurprisingly jason's death.

the discussion around their relationship often becomes one of whether or not dick was responsible for jason. the answer is, no- but i think it's a mistake to assume that he believes that himself, or that their relationship was not brotherly. dick chose to give jason his uniform. he told him he'd grow into it. and he said: "if there are any problems with bruce..." this was him telling jay their relationship goes beyond their respective connection to their father. batman might have been the one to initiate it, but dick chooses to go above that; claim his own relation; give his own blessing; give him a part of himself.

that bond - fragile because of distance but so strong in symbol, is not the only reason for the break that occurs -- it's the fact that the bond is constituted by robin. dick is a bit egocentric at times; we are all in grief; he can't help but think of robin dead, and think of himself. he's not someone who has a habit of stopping, and yet, a part of him came to a dramatic halt.

because surely this is a misunderstanding -- robin was a cure. a remedy. to think that something that was an expression of his grief and helped him overcome it became a source of grief... this is where the story reaches a sort of parallel with pre-crisis wherein dick leads to pre-crisis jason's parents' death. except it bites at the tail from a different angle.

[thecrimsonjaguar]

i think when it comes to the F+C finale it's important to see where the writers were coming from. And it's easy to do that, the lesson/moral they gave simon is fairly clear: Simon needs to appreciate his life because Betty sacrificed so much to get him here. alright, cool, that's good on paper.

I do Also think that the execution was poor.

up until this point, the crown has represented/could be viewed as many things. Alzheimer's, substance abuse, and anything else people have called it. In this series, a newer interpretation has arose: Suicide. And I'm certain the writers were aware of this. Depression and suicidal ideation are such strong themes in this series that they can't NOT be purposeful.

So their attempt at teaching Simon to appreciate Betty's sacrifice can ALSO be read as: Simon, the suicidal, on the verge of a relapse-man, gets put into a body of a child, (and that is very powerful imagery that does not help, actually) and is told nearly expressly that he fucked up in his relationship with the love of his life. He is told he should have sacrificed more for betty. And he says to himself: "Maybe i wouldn't have even found the crown". Basically it's simon pinning the blame on himself for his 1000 year curse on his mistakes with Betty. Which of course can be read as Simon's self loathing but the show does nothing to refute his statement, which i also have issue with. Simon putting on the crown was stated to be a Mistake. it was an accident. No matter what, the crown cursing him Was Not His Fault. Ever. It's not Betty's fault, it's not Simon's, it. was. a. Mistake.

regardless on if they should or should not have introduced these new flaws into simon's character, having simon learn his mistakes like This feels. icky. to me.

[astralhope]

- No, this is one duel I refuse to lose! -

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

my experience with maxing out the twins' friendship is just-

Hawke: So, Carver, my dear baby brother who I love and adore, I only need +10 more points to max out your friendship. I've done the grind; through gritted teeth I've kissed templar ass so that we don't raise suspicion. I've supported and defended you and let you take the lead whenever I could. You're my favorite warrior. I took you to the Deep Roads with me because you desperately wanted to go and then made you a warden and you found a place, a purpose. I've practically written my own guide on how to earn as much friendship with you because I love you and it's totally worth it so can I please please have the last +10...? Carver: Hawke: Carver please I'm begging you Carver: Carver: +5 Friendship Hawke: AAUUGGGHHLKSAJDLKAJSDLK-

Hawke: So, Bethany, my dear sis- Bethany: +50 Friendship Hawke: Bethany: :)

[deus-ex-mona]

sometimes, i think about how crazy the meoto plotline is

[stromuprisahat]

Do you think Alina should have separated from Mal even if she wanted nothing to do with the old wizard?

Yes,

Mal was THE representaion of her unfavourable past.

Their relationship was something that obviously didn't work as a romantic pairing, but it was toxic even in familial way, and that's what their story should've focused on.

It shouldn't be about getting together at all cost, but about finding a way to each other again, learning about the persons they've become when apart and accepting they're no longer who they used to be.

Instead Mal keeps wanting the weak, sickly, dependent girl and accepting anything different is written as a huge sacrifice on his part, although eventually he does get what he wanted anyway. Alina is stripped of her otherness, her importance, all her ties to others (unless you count occasional visit).

The way they were written, they both should've gone their own way.

If they were allowed to truly accept the people they'd be truly allowed to develop into, I wouldn't mind them as friends, or as some (mostly show-fans) interpret them- family.

[spockandawe]

Guess who's circling the drain in the maladaptive hyperfixation pit again! No prizes for a gimme answer. But this is a bad one, i fucked up a wrist, then i fucked up my elbows, and then i kept fucking going.

And I don't do a good job at work or social while I'm like this, which only makes me feel worse, which leaves me scrabbling at the bottom of the pit with my bare fingernails, digging for more dopamine. I need a hard reset with a different creative focus for sure, haven't decided what that will be yet, because first...

I need to finish these wips! Or i never will, and then all of this won't just have been meaningless, it will have also been a ridiculous waste of time. I have five books close to done, one is an overdue gift, four are a new technique experiment. Might be one more that's a little further from the finish line, but it's been haunting me for two years.

And also, I think I'm plain not allowed to do any more books until i write at least one thing and draw at least one thing. I whine constantly about missing those hobbies, but I am in fact the person in charge of my schedule, so.

[slythereen]

ik the sainz camp isn't complaining about not following pre-arranged race strategies and plans...

[thatonecrookedsmile]

More progress being made. I finished re-reading The Illusion of Living this past Friday. It's a nice book. 👍 This was the last of the Bendy books in this "marathon" that I'm doing which I had already read previously and now I'm rereading, meaning that I'm kind of up to date when it comes to rereading all the books that were released until December 2021. But the race is not over yet. Soon I'll start Fade To Black, and (technically) I'll finally be up to date.

Just to continue my chain of posting about the books I finished (at least, the main ones that I really wanted to read) here it is…something I did at the beginning of March, on the night when shit went down. (I hope you know what I'm talking about). I saw the tweets first hand, I was there! Right at the damn moment. And it was..something reading those tweets alright. If the image above doesn't show it, my mood that night and the next 1-2 days wasn't so… great. You might read this and think I'm exaggerating, but that night especially I, uuhhh, I didn't feel good! And this image (and maybe 2 more posts I made that night) are the results of that. (And to think that a week before this happened, I had finished rereading DCTL after a long time. Talk about better/worse timing than this)

At least, if you want the bright side of this, it's that even after that day, I decided to continue with my book marathon, and I don't regret it. I was down that day, but I wasn't out yet damn it!! and I'm still not. (I don't know if this sentence makes a lot of sense, but you get my point)

As a bonus, here's something I did the night I got to the part where Henry is first mentioned in the book (you can consider this as a representation of my reaction when he's first mentioned, both for when I read TIOL for the first time in 2021, as now in this rereading)

Feat. canon Henry design and my fanon design for him (I wanted to include him here + I still read this book with my fan-designs in mind)

[krbkss]

mha 395

has anyone brought this up yet </3

[bitchy-peachy]

"I'm willing to sacrifice myself by not voting-"

Well sacrifice your dumbass by moving there cos I ain't going down with your stupid asses. I ain't a good person when it comes to dumbfucks that have obviously been so coddled in a blue state they probably see their cellphone being taken away as oppression.

You haven't known suffering, you entitled annoying pieces of shit.

Go learn it.

Still voting for Harris cos I apparently love genocide and don't want Trump to win. Boofuckinghoo.