#past and future children

[schwarzwaldcr]

Nightwish - Storytime

[hitwiththetmnt]

It’s here! Here’s my comic cover for @kathaynesart ‘s Replica Anniversary DTIYS!

(Flat color and no color versions below)

[luaalz]

He was in disbelief here

[k4pp4-8]

I think about my own headcanons so much that i forget they're not real like what do you mean boxman and gar weren't childhood friends who had a big falling out and now hate each others guts

[bietrofastimoff23]

and only when his firstborn is killed, Aegon will realize how little time he spent with his children. but instead of spending time with the living, he will give himself completely to the war, because he wants revenge for dead one. and when will he part with his children during the escape for their own safety, he may think that he has a whole life ahead of him to make up for lost time with them, to fix what he can never do with Jaehaerys, but he couldn't know for sure that he would never see his children again.

[furiousgoldfish]

Abusive parents will go 'Oh yeah? Well I had it worse! My parents were bad!' and it's like, Oh? We can acknowledge that your parents were bad? You can say that? You can say they treated you very badly? You know this and are aware of this?

And yet, when raising your own child, you used their methods and decided that you are the victim here? That it's okay because they've done it 'worse'? You're comfortable telling your children that they're paying for however you've been treated, and that you specifically had your children to expose them to all of the bad things that happened to you? The world feels fair to you if your own children are suffering? That's where you take your power?

Your parents were bad and you know this, so you went ahead and became a bad parent on purpose, and you're thinking you're the victim in all this?

[leporidae-station]

experimental pitbonnie doodles

He’s basically a culmination of the agony Afton created on that faithful day of June, 1985. Anything outside of that period of time does not affect him. Pitbonnie is essentially trying to mimic William, but because there isn’t much to go off of other than a murderer or a monster, he’s “incomplete” (reasoning to why his speech is garbled and acts like a beast). I feel like his voice lines are likely to what William has said in the past and he learns this through memories of the murders or William’s memories. The same thing also goes with Oswald’s dad, copying his behaviour to better fit in.

Pitbonnie is similar to the original Springbonnie suit, but I like to imagine he’s way bigger and uncanny like. Sort of comparing a rabbit to a hare lol and his tie has that dad style too :))

[front-facing-pokemon]

[merriclo]

i love the idea that Wild is a big brother to basically all of the kids in his Hyrule. it’s such a good heacanon that i never see utilized.

[mc-critical]

1.04 / 1.05

[things-stronger-than-fear]

can we talk about the katniss/lucy gray parallels (or lack thereof) for a sec?

they're superficially the same, because of the things we talk about all the time: they're both female victors from 12. there are things that come with that culture and background -- the mockingjay, the plants, the songs. those similarities aren't so much between them as people, as individuals -- they're born of coming from the same culture. the most significant thing they share is their resilience; their spirit of resistance and rebellion. their defiance.

but really, all those things they share, only serve to demonstrate just how different they are as individuals (because personality is different from upbringing or values).

we parallel their sarcastic bows, but they're so so different. lucy gray is a performer mockingly curtseying and saying "kiss my ass", where katniss is a hunter who doesn't have time for this society bullcrap.

they both sing the hanging tree, but as i've ranted about, their renditions show how different they are: lucy gray, again, a performer with a spirit unbroken, loud and charming and sassing right to the capitol's face, daring them to defy her, daring them to look away. katniss, again, a hunter, quiet but unyielding, sparking rebellion under the capitol's nose.

they both won their games, but in such different ways. lucy gray charmed the snakes (both literal and in the form of one coriolanus snow), while katniss threw down with weaponry.

lucy gray said look at me, care about me. katniss said fight for me, fight with me.

and so what we see is that they are not at all the same person, but that's what's so important. because it's not just one person or one type of person that puts their foot down and rebels. we don't need a specific kind of Chosen One to light the spark -- anyone can.

[rebouks]

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Courtney: Are you working tomorrow? Oscar: I work when I want, bitch. Courtney: [snort laughs] Wow.

Oscar: Nah, I’m done for a few days. Courtney: The weather looks nice; we should do something. Oscar: What’re you thinking?

Courtney: I wanna take Robin to that cute little pond we found, I bet those ducklings have hatched by now. Oscar: Orrrr… Courtney: Or?

Oscar: We could get married instead? Courtney: Tomorrow?! Oscar: If you want?

Courtney: You’re messing with me… Oscar: Am I? Courtney: Oh my god-.. tomorrow?!

Courtney: I thought you’d give me more than a days’ notice! Oscar: Ah, where’s the fun in that? [Courtney squeals, jostling Oscar with excitement]

Oscar: Tch, I thought you’d be way more excited. Courtney: [laughs] Where is it? Oscar: I’ve no idea.

Courtney: You do! Is it gonna be outside-.. in a tent-.. no! The forest?! Oscar: I dunno. Courtney: Does everyone know?

Oscar: Everyone knows. Courtney: [gasps] You need to let me pluck your eyebrows. Oscar: I think the fuck not.

Courtney: Bah. Oscar: Pluck your own eyebrows! I’ve got a big ass cake to make. Courtney: So, for real-.. this time tomorrow?

Oscar: [nods] Uh-huh, we’ll be married. Courtney: I’m so excited! Oscar: Nowhere near as excited as I am.

[the-blossica-fan]

Last ask before Barbra makes me count sheep- actually, two in one:

First: Who gets pregnant between Matilda, Kanjira, and Mercuria? (Can add Anjo Nala in on that for fun if you wish)

Second: Who would you ship Barbra with?

*sits down, pulls out a soda* Mmm...

For me, Anjo is most likely their unwillingly adopted murderous woman. As in, she adopted herself and interrupts their daily life.

Not to make things weird or anything, I feel like exploring a little into the future of a character's relationship in a more mature light can make you understand a couple things about the characters.

Though this might be an uncomfortable topic for some? I'm not entirely sure, the age and all...

So... Err, I think it would be Mercuria.

I took a moment to think, and I feel like Mercuria would be the one to take upon herself that responsibility.

Matilda is a foundation worker, so far, I don't think the foundation would allow anyone to engage in such conditions, especially someone so important as Matilda. In the future, if things continue the way they are, Matilda would be a very important asset to the foundation due to her loyalty, independence and goals.

She's very unique and a person that can rule and be able to come up with solutions with things given to her. If she's so smart this young, the foundation would absolutely require her once she's older. So, if she still works there, they would not allow her to get into any sort of thing that would have her temporality stop doing field missions.

Hell, they'd barely leave time for her personal life! Like Madam Z but instead of being an assistant, she's a field investigator equally as overworked if not more!

Kanjira, on the other hand, is a loose string. I don't think she'd be able to take upon herself the responsibility that it means carrying a child, as mentioned before.

It's more so the way she was raised, Sherja (?) didn't have any children yet she still had to take care of her and others, her parents were not present in her life and she had a bad experience with the adults back in her hometown. If that's how things are, could she really bear the thought?

Mercuria is the most mature and responsible one when it comes to life decisions. She's not a Matilda that barely has time to breathe, nor a Kanjira that doesn't want to carry with the responsibility.

She loves her mother despite what happened, she knows her mother loves her too but wasn't mentally prepared for the task. So, she had to really consider the idea.

She has that instinct, and I'm pretty sure it's her who suggested the idea to the others, because she's in a good place mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and she can do what her mother couldn't do for her.

I remember her tenderness when talking about her mother back in the event, though I didn't play her side story so I could be mischaracterizing, but I believe she has that instinct within herself that she can take care of her own child.

So, yes. I believe it's Mercuria, and Matilda is no absent mother, she would ask for a leave from the foundation to be there!

And I ship Barbara with Nick Bottom, though you'll probably see that in the other ask. Good night comrade, please sleep, I feel your tiredness.

[luaalz]

Peter stop it, the kids are scared as hell

[nadekofannumber1]

Looking back at Nadeko's life, do you think it was a tragedy?

I think that really depends on what defines a tragedy for you.

Some define tragedy by avoidability others by unavoidability of on coming actions that lead to a sort of bad end. I tend to think of tragedy most defined by the concept of an end, whether it’s literal death, a point of no return, irreversible damage, or the worst possible solution. Death itself tends to be a strong signifier of a tragedy, as the dead can no longer change.

If you believe that then I’d say that Nadeko’s life was a tragedy that met a tragic end. In otori she becomes an oddity, something often akin to being dead narratively speaking. (As oddities are often selectively portrayed as unchanging existences with singular fates and by becoming god nadeko is locked into a “dead” existence that can’t change grow up or grow to be the person she wants to.) Yet now, Nadeko is no longer dead but instead undead, and living not waiting for the future ahead. To quote what the conman said “as long as you keep living something good is bound to happen.”

With that said, I’d say that I don’t consider Nadeko’s life of now to be tragic. Her past could be considered tragic in the way nobody ever saw Nadeko and only saw “Nadeko” (and even much more than that), but the past and future are connected so it’s more bumps on the road for Nadeko becoming herself.

Because there’s a bright road ahead it in ways can stop being a tragedy, the past can become her beloved history instead of being forever mired in doom.

[roguetelepaths]

I think the reason I don't actually mind the Telepath National Anthem™ is because I'm a VNV Nation listener and some of those lyrics are almost as hokey and optimistic (affectionate)