#please don't come for me

[off-color-darkrai]

I Knew it! I knew it was just the goatee and terrible sleep schedule!

Look at him! Look at my boy! Call him and old man now Melli!

Context:

So I went on a texting rant to a friend about how Ingo in PLA isn't actually as old as people make him out to be, and how there's no possible way he could have been in Hisui longer than two years at Maximum (not even getting into that the concept art has two X's because of course that's how they're going to put the years, it's a mystery! Those X's can be any number including zero, come on people) and how he just looks old because his hair is naturally silver, he can't shave easily (you try using a knife when you used a razor your whole life), and he is a New Yorker who has been robbed of caffeine and forced to sleep on the ground surrounded by things that are constantly trying to kill him...

Well anyway my friend didn't answer because they were probably asleep, but I took the liberty of grabbing Ingo's official art and a shot of his in game model and giving him a shave and getting him a full night's sleep in an actual bed to get rid of those eye bags.

Ta-da!

PS: Don't fight me on this, you're not going to convince me that the twins deserve to be separated any longer than they have to be. You can have your opinion and I can have mine.

[willfreakbyers]

Is it bad I see byler as more caitvi than jayvik.

[marshmallowwitharubberband]

So, after reading every novel twice, I think I finally understood why I can't seem to vibe with TGCF despite the story being so objectively good.

I picture it like this:

For SVSSS, imagine the system pointing a gun at the main character to make him dig a grave with his bare hands but, in the process, he keeps finding subplot threads until it reveals the beautiful tapestry of plot that was buried instead of the sad jizz rag that was visible above ground. At which point the system goes "finally! thanks, bye" and walks off into the sunset.

MDZS is the main character desperately running away while the subplots keep pelting him like rocks, whether he wants or not. Poor dude can't escape the plot, it WILL find him and drag him back.

Meanwhile, TGCF is the main couple doing some elaborate mating dance that then turns into a romantic, twirly waltz, while they gracefully dodge each and every subplot around them.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, and HuaLian obviously do get involved in some of the stories that don't directly relate to them, but it doesn't feel as connected as the other stories do. Very interesting things keep happening around them but our POV character doesn't care enough to get involved more than necessary, so we only get disconnected pieces and glimpses of the deeper issues and connections of the side characters. And that type of puzzle story would work great in a more visual medium, but in written form it's harder to keep track of who's who, why is this guy from twelve chapters ago so important, what was the deal with this two people...

Of course, that's just my personal opinion. It's a similar issue to why I have beef with Twilight: there were hints at a very interesting and complex world behind what we see, but the POV character was too busy self-deprecating and thirsting for the undead broody dude to show us more of it. Srsly, Twilight, whyyyy?

Anyway, tl;dr: SVSSS and MDZS are written in a way that makes all the secondary characters and subplots be connected to the main characters' arc or affect it one way or another, while TGCF feels like several different novels were mashed together connected only because half the cast works at the same place and the main character is there to see the things happen. And that would work really well for a more episodic thing like a comic or series, but for a novel it's just confusing.

[tenaciousmoneymuffinzine]

Did I like SOTR? Yes.

Did it wreck me? Yes.

Do I think that it could have been written a little better? ......also yes

[me-is-confused]

Okay, uh, thought i just had

Logan and Hesh are the two sides that Elias was in one person. Hear me out on this.

Elias had two "soldier sides" one Captain Walker, the leader, keeping everyone in line, making sure everything works, that is Hesh, leading, always looking out, the planner, next in line to be the captain of the Ghosts (when he has his years down ofc)

And then we have Scarecrow, the man with the mask, the overly skilled fighter that can make the enemies scared just by showing up, doing the most dangerous shit but still succeeding (mostly) that's Logan, the guy that made it through enemy territory with only a knife, that's why he got the mask (not to say Hesh ain't skilled, he is, but you get what i mean)

[chaoticcrowss]

ranked some eggman's based on vibes cause I was bored

tier meanings:

best/great/good- the ones that i find the most appealing

could be better- something is off about him but I don't know what

...alright- idk why he looks like that. questionable at best

help- they creep me out

i feel unsafe- self-explanatory. would not have a pleasant conversation with, and might end up fearing for my life.

[questionable-idea]

Look i know it was the apex of intimacy wolfsong was building up to but all i could think during the smut epilogue was "we love big bottoms in this household"

No intention to assume, idk where it came from, not even my type, but it got me dying from laughter and cuteness

it's just. going from "he's the biggest wolf there's ever been" to "he's getting fucked now" was so sudden. it shortcircuited my brain

it legit acted like a cold shower and took me out of it. the smut took me by surprise and legit forced a system reboot i think. i thought i'd be a mess by the end of wolfsong but i'm honestly surprisingly fine because of it

and like. idk if it's a good thing. it's not bad. but i think the lack of transition kinda ruined the heavy emotional vibe of the ending. idk. doesn't change that it's my fav book now, but idk about that epilogue.

[ttlans]

So I have been thinking about Jemily a lot and the possibility of it becoming canon in a newest season after AJ's words. Tbh, I don't known how to feel about it. I love, love, LOVE Jemily with all of my heart, but I feel like after 12 season the magic between Emily and JJ just disappeared and with newer seasons their relationship just got worse. However, if it will happen, I wouldn't be too upset, because it's nice to have a non-stereotypical, canon, lesbian couple. However , if they make it canon right now, they mostly going to do it only for the fans and not for the actual representation. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'll be happy to hear everyone else's opinion.

[off-color-darkrai]

I have opinions, can you tell?

(I will not be taking questions at this time :D)

[batgirl-1994]

Batman dedicated his life to solve problems that it weren't for him, they would't have existed

[cr33pz-mck3nna]

Personal headcanon but is it just me or are the Diamonds extremely dark-skinned/POC coded? Like if I were to ever draw them in human form(if I could ever draw that good) I would draw them in skintones ranging from African-American(not mixed) to Brazilian and omg I'm loving the mental image, if you don't agree with my opinion you cannot lie that Rose Quartz isn't extremely POC coded.(I apologize if POC isn't an acceptable term anymore and I will change it if so)

[userparamore]

there is something to be said about hayley going on live and turning the comments off. there is something to be said about the official paramore accounts turning the comments off. there is something to be said about hayley jumping in the comments of some random ig account to set random people straight. there is something to be said about only interacting with your fans at shows they have to pay around 400 dollars a ticket for.

[jen-said-that-]

my humble contribution for byler day – some season 5 concept art of byler 💙💛

[verityspace]

Musings of a Love-Sick Monster

You look at me with fond eyes

And crooning words;

I don't know your foreign courtship

Hermit that I am

But even I can read the

Careful caress of your fingers on my face.

I can't respond the way you want–

Need–

Me to:

Gentleness has long since learnt

My person has never been such a vessel.

So I reciprocate

In the only way I know.

I choke on my blood

Scarlet ribbons dance a path

Down my face

Onto my reaching fingertips.

I can almost taste the bullets

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Embedded behind my ribs

And I recall the tang

Your favorite necklace leaves,

Gracing your skin.

You pat my hair

Diamonds clinging to your eyelashes

As I bleed my love on you.

God demands your life

But I give mine instead

Slipping on the noose

Reverently

Like it's a gift,

And in a way

It is.

My neck doesn't snap! on impact–

Thankfully–

And your face graces my final moments.

I spend my last grateful breath

On the whisper of your name

And sink slowly behind the veil

Accompanied solely by

Your gemstone eyes.

It's a little longer

This time

And you're close enough

To hold me through it.

I relish in your touch;

Take comfort in your tone

As my veins grow painfully accustomed

To the poison's brutal revolution.

I'm hacking up blood and love again

And your face is dripping with it.

I take sick pleasure in my claim

Though it hurts a little

To see the way you're shaking.

And it definitely smarts

When I can't cradle your face in my hands

The way that you love.

I hope you'll forgive my imprudence.

And that's just it, isn't it?

I know you will–

Your love is in forgiveness,

In shared moments before dusk

In offered coats and food

In direct words and firm belief.

Your love tastes like shit beer and sugar

With hints of gunpowder and rain–

Because that's what you taste like.

My love has always been in vengeance,

In possession

In pain.

My love tastes like blood and steel.

Maybe that's why we didn't work

Maybe we were always doomed, darling.

Because your love is centered in hope

But mine has always been chained in sacrifice.

[marvelmaniac715]

Guys, you can look forward to seeing me as the Doctor quite soon, because I've figured out how to be cast. I'll just make like the Master in Power of the Doctor - break onto the TARDIS set, assemble a Doctor costume with whatever I can find on set or in the BBC archives and scream in the faces of whoever I find: "I AM THE DOCTOR NOW! I AM THE DOCTOR!" I just think it's a perfect plan with zero drawbacks that will work instantly, don't you?

[priestessofpie]

Look, I'm really sorry about this, but I can't see anything else.