#parallels that make me go insane

[thekenobee]

THE KISS by Gustav Klimt

THE DOLL'S HOUSE (1959)

[warpedpuppeteer]

It's interesting how Buck's love interests are all written in a way that ends because of the reason they meet/happen in the first place and then of course, we have Eddie.

Abby, who changes Buck's view of a healthy relationship but then turns around and ghosts him, making him wait for months on end and letting him realize she's not coming back on his own.

Ali, who meets Buck during a dangerous situation in his line of work and then leaves him for how dangerous his work is.

Taylor, who lashes out at Buck for using her as a fake date and saying she thought she could trust Buck to be a friend who then ends up using him for her career and chose to put his friends in danger.

Natalia, who's there to help him embrace and deal with his temporary death but it leads to their break up because of the constant talk surrounding death when Buck's not comfortable with it.

We can't confirm for Tommy till it ends but it's important to note how he offers to get Buck into his interests like flying and muay thai yet doesn't show effort with Buck's interests like dressing up according to the bachelor party theme despite Buck being stressed about it. And we also have the fact that the entire reason they got together was due to Buck's jealousy for Eddie which he then claims to be was for Tommy. Makes me think they are either going to end because of differing interests OR because of the jealousy issue popping up again.

Funnily enough, every scene above has an Eddie parallel:

Eddie co-parents with Buck and not only does this not stop after a dangerous event but Eddie also has Buck down as a legal guardian (healthy relationship - Abby).

Eddie is in the same dangerous line of work and they have each other's backs. This happens right off the bat too.(dangerous job - Ali).

The Lawsuit era and The Dispatch era - both where they "betray" each other but manage to work through it (betrayal/lie - Taylor).

Eddie doesn't pressure Buck to talk about his temporary death until Buck's ready and is more focused about him living than in his death (death doula - Natalia).

Eddie who has different interests than Buck (poker, basketball and UFC/MMA) but also manages to show interest and actively takes part in whatever Buck comes up with; he suggests their outfit for the themed party AND ends up staying there for Buck even when others leave (different hobbies & showing interest/taking part - Tommy).

Absolutely fascinating when you start noticing that Buck's relationships keep failing for one reason or another and then we have him and Eddie who face the same sort of situations but they still come out of it stronger together.

It's clear that there's a reason Buck is able to overcome anything when it comes to Eddie (that conversation with Maddie about being there for each other even at their worst 👀) and we've already established that everything Eddie looks for in a partner is already something he has found in Buck. So really, all that's left is for them to realize that hey, the one I'm looking for is right in front of me! 🤷🏽

And yes, it's been said to death (hah) but you don't find it son you make it. And Buck and Eddie have already made it.

[gaffney]

THE KARATE KID (1984) / COBRA KAI (2018-2025)

[glyphotech]

canon percico moments that always stand out to me

- percy accepting the prophecy specifically so nico wouldn’t have to bear the burden of it

- percy making nico promise to lead the others to the doors of death before falling into tartarus

- PERCY REMEMBERING THAT HE KNOWS NICO AFTER LOSING HIS MEMORY

- percy keeping the hades statue so he could finally give it to nico

- nico defying his own father, the god of the underworld, because he didn’t want percy to get hurt

- nico still having a crush on percy even after he blamed him for bianca’s death

- favonius calling percy “the one nico cares for the most”

- nico formulating the plan to dip percy in the river styx so he could live through his encounter with luke/kronos

- both of them using the doors of orpheus entrance to the underworld

[literallyjusttoa]

"Sunny!" you cry, "Why did you draw the entire Trojan royal family from oldest to youngest in two days? That seems wildly unhealthy!"

"hurghhhhhhhh" I reply.

Anyways here's the full family portrait

(Only four of these people survive the Trojan war btw :D)

[phonification]

ive been thinking about taco and balloon forming a little alliance post s1/ pre s2 where they'd (begrudgingly) work together planning on how to break into hotel OJ to steal stuff to take back to their makeshift camp like food, blankets, pillows, etc,,, anything that could be useful to them

[chaosspear]

what if silver the hedgehog

i've thought about it

[nerdylittleguy]

"we're on opposite sides!"

"we're on our side!"

[likesummerrainn]

All Out 09.06.24 // Collision 01.18.25

[ruler-of-thorns]

Childhood

[inkcoffinz]

SO DO I LOOK LIKE HIMMMM ….

Do I look like… himm …???

[hermitcraftx]

The problem with a lot of traffic life interpretations in my opinion is they don't understand character foils or don't employ them in their writing. Grian-Martyn and Scar-Ren are genuinely pretty good character foils for a series that is not really scripted or planned out like a book is. I could go on and on about how they parallel each other and the similarities between them. Even the smaller details between the four usually match up

leaving the rant in the tags so I don't have a huge block of text again ueueue

[toobusybeingdelulu]

look who is speaking…

[mephoj]

nickel and balloon would be so much more interesting if people explored the way nickel became everything awful that balloon used to be but so much worse ironically all in the name of "protecting" everyone from that history repeating. and not softboy tsundere yaoi or whatever is going on in those tags rn

[lorillee]

[w1ngedv01d]

if my inspiration/will to write is activated for longer than 2 seconds,

i WILL make a wild life au fic where Grian is someone chosen by a pantheon of gods to activate the magic deck that temporarily allows them the ability to manipulate the world and how it works, and there WILL be lore, and i WILL have the characters who are most similar to specific deities be able to meet them even briefly, and the snail god WILL have a thing for Grian, and scar WILL be jealous, and i WILL be able to share the names, appearances, and personalities of these deity OCs that have been living in my head rent free for 3 days

(p.s. if anyone sends me even one (1) ask about this au i will absolutely make posts about this. ask about the plot. the lore. a specific god. if i'm using any lore from other life seasons, and what. what ships and family dynamics i would put in this. outfit headcanons, heck. please. i will go so hard in anwering, i prOMise-)