One thing I haven’t seen anyone post about yet is the “should’ve used our left hand” conversation, and it is so so so important to me.
It’s very rare that we get any verbal confirmation that John—who for all intents and purposes only exists in a meaningful physical capacity through Arthur’s left hand—interacts with the world at all unless it’s in dire circumstances where he has to, like the mines in Addison.
We don’t hear him say “let me get that” or anything active almost ever, and we have to infer that maybe he’s moving around, touching things, gesticulating, guiding Arthur in some small way when he says “here!” but it’s never really said explicitly that he touches things idly sometimes. He usually only helps Arthur, like holding the torch, and doesn’t do much for himself. And yeah, perhaps that would be clunky writing, but it bothered me for a little while.
I’ve always wanted to see him interact with the world more, touch more things, take a little initiative with the body they’re sharing, even if for practical reasons, but if it’s important to him that Arthur has some semblance of control? If he is considering Arthur’s feelings constantly by tamping down the urge to find and seek and know for himself, increasing that sense of isolation? If he’s trying even harder now to take up less space, to make himself small, in order to assuage the prickling guilt he feels for threatening taking that control back from Arthur? If he’s going to do his fucking damnedest to resist the urge to manifest even when the power is right there at his fingertips? Well, then that’s fucking delicious.
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I can’t stop thinking about how Trapp is playing Hunch.
Like his client asks him to find someone and he does. Job over. But instead of questioning Conrad, or trying to break down the mystery of it all, he’s more concerned with how everyone’s treating him. So, he gets in a fight with the owner of a speakeasy, tries to stop known mobsters, stands up to a literal murderer, all because he sees a kid and knows he can’t possibly deserve the treatment he’s getting. He isn’t getting paid to care about Conrad, or even really Imelda. And yet when they to go to the memory bank, Hunch immediately acts as a distraction, so Imelda can get what they need without anyone else getting hurt. Technically, their business is done, but he still makes himself the target rather than playing the part of the detective he is and potentially putting her in danger.
Curiosity doesn’t need to be kind, but he is. He’s kind because sometimes, being curious about other people, means trusting them before you have the proof that it’s the right choice.
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If Red Bull's upgrades at COTA are not significant and Max has his hands tied because of the capabilities of the RB20 then Charles could end up playing a crucial role in whether Max becomes champion this year or not. The Ferrari has looked competitive recently in Charles' hands, if he can take a win or two then it will definitely help Max but if he starts splitting LN and Max it's going to really make things difficult for Max.
Btw this is not downplaying the fact that if Max is champion then it is purely on his merit given how amazingly he has driven this year. Hopefully you all know by now I would never downplay Max's talents! I am just thinking of the outright pace of the respective cars over the next few races and what could play out.
If Charles is going to be fast I am going to need him to be super fast so he is ahead of the Mclaren and not splitting the Mclaren and Red Bull. The end of the season is going to be interesting and will probably end up a significant time in Lestappen history - please let it be for positive reasons 🙏🏻
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OT4 (Adrien, Marinette, Alya, and Nino)-centric Sentimonster Adrien fic, angst and hurt/comfort, 1/14 Chapters
Everybody had expected Monarch's defeat to be a moment of triumph. Nobody had expected Gabriel Agreste, unmasked and mind frayed from continual abuse of the miraculous, crying out to all who would listen and making Paris certain of one thing:
His son, Adrien Agreste, is one of his sentimonsters.
And now he's missing.
Nobody can find him— not even the superheroes, and not even his closest friends. But Marinette, Nino, and Alya aren't ones to give up so easily. They'll find him, no matter what it takes.
(But, geez, would it kill Chat Noir to lend a hand?)
So, I wrote this ~70k word fic a long time ago and it's been sitting complete in my docs for a few months. I'm finally going to start posting it, maybe weekly, maybe even more often depending on how I'm feeling.
Basically, it's a self-indulgent culmination of my love for the OT4, Adrien angst, and hurt/comfort.
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What is your opinion on Mr. Puzzles from Smg4? I think he looks like RGB. KINDA 
once again I am asking people not to send me messages with any mention of this character or series in it because it instantly sends me into a bad mental spiral! thank you!!!! short explanation under the cut with tw of suicide mention
anon you probably didn't know but I nearly commited suicide over this character a short while ago and have recieved extremely violent and unpleasant hate mail from Smg4 fans for over 2 months (and yes that is still happening). so yeah please don't talk about this in my inbox or with me ever because I almost blocked you for this.
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Ed and the Aux Closet in Season 2: Bonkers Bananas Screenshot Analysis™
Hello hello everyone! So, as you may know, I've been snuffling the season 2 teaser frontwards backwards sideways diagonally etc etc, ingesting all the yummy theories everyone has been sharing, and subsequently noticing all sorts of different things.
Lately, my biggest interest has stemmed from this post by @amuseoffyre, who pointed out that it's very VERY likely that Ed was playing with his sweet, sad little wedding toppers in the aux closet. And naturally I was like oOOOAGHGGHHG, but then wanted to set out to see if I could find any more clues. And when stepping through the teaser for the umpteenth time...
Girlies (gn), what is that,,,
GIRLIES (GN), WHAT IS THAT????
Now lmao, this might already be common knowledge. Someone might have already pointed it out. And if that's the case, pls forgive, but also, I invite you to come cartwheeling along with my BRAIN GYMNASTICS HERE LMAO-
Because, I promptly flipped my shit, and then vaguely recalled someone else wondering if Ed had replaced the very obvious little mannequin/style doll handle with something more fitting to his current aesthetic. And then promptly flipped my shit even MORE, because yeah, that's a random little black skull handle, and would lead me to believe that he still actively keeps the closet a secret...
BECAUSE HE STILL USES IT.
BUT THEN LMAO, I WAS LIKE...SURELY NOT. SUUUUURELY NOT. I was like I'm over here being ✨delusional✨, and Izzy is likely standing somewhere else in the cabin. So I looked at other episodes to scope out the whole cabin, thinking he might have been standing to the left of the bed nook with those red curtains on his right, effectively putting him on the wrong side for the aux cabinet...
BUT NO LMAO--
VINDICATIONNNNNN
BUT THEN LMAO, I still had an ounce of doubt, because I was like...The little mannequin/doll oddly doesn't seem to be on that shelf in that shot??? But then I was like,,, I very much recall Ed shuffling into the closet when he was having his panic attack, and remember that being on the right side of the bed nook. And so I checked and
RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED NOOK INDEED BAYBEEEEEEE
SO ANYWAY UHHHH YEAH COOL COOL VERY COOL ED DEFINITELY SEEMED TO HAVE KEPT THE HANDLE A SECRET/CHANGED IT TO SOMETHING ELSE,,,
And it seems to be in about the same place--DEFINITELY on the same shelf and on the same side. Soooooo lmao MMMMMMMMMMMMMM :)))
And what kills me even more about all of this, is the notches pointing to him commonly being in that space/on that side of the cabin. Every single day, he's spent time over there. He's occupied that space enough to keep track of all the lost moments. He could be doing that ANYWHERE else in the cabin, and yet he's doing so RIGHT THERE.
And why change the mannequin/subsequently hide the closet away if there was nothing TO hide?
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It makes me so sad that there needs to be these pleas that go around for people to not skip season 1 because like. Even outside of the fact that season 1 is a genuinely good season of television, WHY would you skip the first season of a show you want to watch. Like. Someone could tell me hey there’s this show, the first season kind of sucks but it gets way better after that, and I would still start with season 1!!! I don’t know I think people being willing to skip around like that is why we end up with showrunners that think they have to hold their audience’s hands and not write anything complicated ever
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