#or at least it wouldn't be a good idea

[quicksilversquared]

I hate the run-up to travelling where it's not early enough to pack, but I want to start packing just so I can cross it off my to-do list, but it's not like I'm overeager to leave, I just know it's coming up and part of my brain is screaming about my suitcase not being ready.

(I don't head back until Tuesday)

[somegrumpynerd]

Actually it turns out I had more thoughts about that post that I forgot about lol

Would Nightmare actually give up his boys? Yes and no

If it was just a black and white situation of they're miserable, they don't wanna be here, they have somewhere better to be, then yes. He would leave them out to wherever they needed to be despite his own feelings and very quickly realise afterwards just how much he'd gotten used to the noise and company. I think he would get a little clingy with Dream about it, which I'm sure Dream would find very weird after everything but not unwelcome, he did miss his brother after all.

(If he couldn't attach himself to Dream's side for whatever reason, I think he might just sit in his castle and go insane. Or maybe he'd just spend all day at Ccino's trying really hard to project that he just likes the atmosphere and isn't lonely as hell)

But the thing is, most of them don't have somewhere better to be. Horror has his au, and Nightmare would keep up the supply of food even if Horror said he wanted to quit at this point, so he would understandably let him return home. Killer, Dust and Cross effectively don't have aus anymore though, and they tend to get into self-destructive habits when they're left to their own devices. (Obviously bringing Color and Epic into the mix to make sure Killer and Cross are taken care of eases matters, but Dust doesn't really have any friends outside their group he could go stay with - that Nightmare knows about at least).

The flipside of this is that his boys may not necessarily want to be given up. I think if Nightmare got really in his head about this he could easily end up convinced this is the right thing to do without ever asking them if it's what they want, with potentially terrible results. He's established such a pattern of always returning to find Killer when they get seperated, that if he never showed up Killer might just keep sitting there and waiting for him greyfriar's bobby style, refusing to leave because he's certain his boss is coming back.

[tswwwit]

Bill is dying in dipper's arms, like dead-dead. no coming back. what are his last words? i like to think he'd give dip an onimous message/spell to clue in a way to get revenge after his death and then kiss dip till he's gone, also what way would you kill off bill? the memory gun? in the mindscape? or some other way?

would dipper ever be put in a situation where he'd have to kill bill himself, and for what reason?

The obvious answer is: Bill doesn't get any last words.

It's so much more poetic to have the guy who's always talking, rambling, bragging and being cryptic to go out without a sound. Just there and gone in an instant, without any last dramatic memory for Dipper to cling to.

[smimon]

silly comic about Mr. Bodyguard's first days at work, inspired by classic Carl Barks story "Trouble Indemnity"

[wanderingmind867]

I want animated tv shows covering all the different eras of superheroes. Or well…it might be too ambitious to do all superheroes. So let's start with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman for now. And let's only do three eras for now: the Golden Age, Silver Age and Bronze Age. Because each era is so different, and I would kill for some animated shows running through the basic storylines of each one.

For example: Golden Age Superman. I would kill for a 4-5 season (if not longer) series about the Superman stories written by Siegel and Shuster. The Golden Age design (with the more primitive superman logo), the working class, downright socialist tales of the great depression, all of it would make for wonderful tv viewing. Nevermind all the villians and supporting characters. Lois Lane and George Taylor at the Daily Star. Ultra-Humanite, Lex Luthor (but the golden age one with red hair), Mister Mxyzptlk, The Prankster and The Toyman. So many wonderful golden age characters to adapt and use.

I swear I heard Metropolis was once referred to as Cleveland back in the old comics. So y'know what? I'd just roll with that. The Daily Star can be in Cleveland. We can show the adventures of Golden Age Superman as he battles his many foes. And we'd show him leaping, not flying. Golden Age Superman was like the Hulk: his tremendous leg muscles let him jump so high and so far it was like he was flying.

But you see what I want, right? We can have shows exploring the worlds of Golden Age Superman, Golden Age Batman and Golden Age Wonder Woman. We can have shows that then explore their silver and bronze age comics too. I'd have the actors for the Golden Age show ones be different from the ones for the Silver and Bronze age ones, just to really sell that these shows are set on different earths (earth-one and earth-two). Diedrich Bader would definitely be the silver and bronze age batman. But I don't know who any of the Golden Age actors would be.

[akemiiya]

i think a lot of the soulless clover revival fics that make them start to kill in the very first reset does not give clover (or flowey) nearly enough credit

[tj-crochets]

My birthday is coming up, and every year for my birthday* I try to make a thing just because I want to but this year I am not sure what I want to make. Like, zero ideas. Well, I mean I always have ideas, but none that appeal more than others? I'm not sure if I should ask for suggestions or just make a series of polls leading up to my birthday to narrow it down, what do you think? *within a few weeks of my birthday, I am bad at time

[kaythefloppa]

Enough time has passed to where I think we can openly admit how WK has gone through seasonal rot within its previous 2 seasons and how the hype of Season 7 along with the generally positive reception is a really green flag for the show's quality.

[dolokhoded]

my one season 4 complaint is Where The Fuck Was Aneesa

[sysig]

I love you thiiiiiiiiiiis much! (Patreon)

[luvo27]

look finding out that steph kills her dad wasn't a trope genuinely really rocked me ok. like its been an unstated truth of the world in my mind for literally over a real life year

[beansterpie]

rewatching LoK, i'm being reminded how much I dislike the.... the brothers, mako and bolin, yanno? they're such underwhelming characters on basically every level. it'd almost be impressive if they weren't in every episode and didn't annoy me so much ugh

[servantleverslutdrop]

One of THEEEE spiciest takes I have is that I really don't think Kaz would go to therapy (this is of course in context of the modern AU, it goes without saying that he wouldn't willingly submit himself to the asylum).

[skrunksthatwunk]

hm. i'm not sure how i want to present this but i have an upsetting headcanon/interpretation proposal about yusuke that i wanna make

cw: csa discussion, nothing graphic

i don't think i've ever seen anyone mention this kind of hc for yusuke, but i think there's a lot of elements to his character and backstory that suggest he might have been a victim of csa. i've been thinking about it for a while, and here's what i've got:

neglected kid (only friend was keiko, no father, mother is frequently drunk or hungover, when not absent; almost certainly lonely, and in need of emotional and physical care (i.e. feeding himself) from an adult. shitty school, shitty teachers, possibly already issues with attendance, discipline, etc (skipping, poor/weak relationships with teachers); vulnerable, no reliable adults to notice abuse or report abuse to. in short, he's the perfect victim for grooming)

deep, deep mistrust of power, authority, adults; manifests as quiet resentment, because he doesn't believe anything can truly be done about it (which may seem a bit odd at first from a character as reckless and feisty as yusuke. but in terms of systemic change and justice, he's given up on changing things. he views himself as helpless. also an insistence that adults won't listen even if you tell them what's wrong, that explaining yourself or the situation is useless. which suggests past experience with being shut down, ignored, etc with something so important and/OR so frequently that it's stuck with him)

poor sexual boundaries (you could argue this extends to conversational matters, but i'm mostly talking about his habit of harassing (if not assaulting) keiko, as well as his treatment of miyuki. i usually see this symptom mentioned regarding young children, but i can't imagine it just.. goes away as they get older)

emotionally closed off, as a result of being hurt or dismissed by those he depended on to help him. has a hard time being vulnerable with people

seems to expect authority figures to want to hurt him (even does this with koenma/king yama in ep 2). doesn't even flinch when mr iwamoto punches him in ep 6(?), as though that sort of physical violence is normal at school and/or with adults regarding him (because no one thinks to protect yusuke)

only way of defending himself, of asserting himself, etc, is physical (again, talking doesn't work in yusuke's mind, or within the narrative, in most cases). power is expressed through physical violence within yyh, and it starts before we even meet yusuke. how did he get so good at fighting? at violence? he needed to protect himself (not necessarily from his abuser, but perhaps future malicious actors, real or imagined). those with power use it to hurt others, and yusuke knows this, and since no one was there to protect him, he had to learn to do it himself. i think csa could fit into this presentation of the world, and of yusuke, extremely easily

emotionally volatile, lashes out

disregard for his life, well-being; passively suicidal

none of these factors are That strong on their own, but it's a pattern i can't quite shake. i think it's worth considering, anyway, though i don't know that i have any real ideas regarding further explorations of it. it's one possible explanation for some of his behavior, and it fits into our glimpses of yusuke's world pretty neatly. i think a lot of people might dismiss this initially because 1) he perpetuates sexual violence (and what victim would do that?) 2) he's a guy 3) he's not a meek or helpless character. he doesn't fit into a typical depiction of csa victim, as flawless or delicate. but there are survivors like yusuke out there. it's not so cut and dry. idk

like.. did he seek out attention out of desperation, or did it find him? did he finally find someone who was good to him and watch as, slowly, that relationship twisted into something wrong? or did he accept it, thinking himself more mature than he was, and needing some kind of attention, even if it was unhealthy? and did he try to tell someone? was the response delayed, or nonexistent? or did he not even try, because he was afraid (of his abuser, of being rejected on something so important, of getting in trouble), or simply thought it could not matter to anyone enough to change a thing? would he tell keiko? would he tell anyone?

i look at his hopelessness and see the trauma that caused it. csa does not Have to be a part of forming the yusuke we see. but it's not that much of a stretch, imo.

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

The urge to spend a 100$ on merch before getting my paycheck is so strong. I might not survive soldiers

[leatherbookmark]

"I know why you want to return to our world, Meggie! You just miss your boyfriend! But we haven't seen everything of this beautiful world yet!" Mr Mortimer sir your wife was enslaved for working as a scribe disguised as a man. In this world women are punished for learning their fathers' craft and your thirteen years old daughter would be already married if she was born in this world. I know the books are very pretty but Mo your wife is pregnant. I don't think they have c-sections here :(