#quintessential phase

[kyartzz42]

Okay, seriously, somebody. ANYBODY. please talk to me about the hgttg radio show PLEASE!!!

[myfairkatiecat]

Guys I just realized the sophitz plotline in the movies is gonna look so different without us getting to hear Sophie’s internal monologue about how handsome Fitz is and he looks like a movie star and his teal eyes are strikingly beautiful

Like it’ll probably be like, he grabs her hand and she blushes. Which is fine and that’s how the tv medium works but it’s not the same :(

On the other hand her keefe arc will probably look amazing since in the books sophie doesn’t reveal her feelings through narration but rather it just shows in the scenes they’re in togehter and then in book nine she’s like oh crap that’s love

And I mean as a Sokeefe shopper I’m excited to see their arc onscreen, but also sophitz was such an important part of the books. Sophie’s feelings for Fitz were a really major plot point and the story won’t be same without her constant narration about her heart fluttering!!

Movie fans just won’t get Sophitz like book fans do :(

[thatoneluckybee]

Seven. Teen. Days. Almost 16 which is basically 8 which is basically 4 which is 2 which is 1 which is basically right now

…APRIL 9TH??

[marlinspirkhall]

Hold up 🥺

[w3ath3r-0f-sw34t3rz]

lyric of the day ˚♫⋆｡˚

"if i wake up in a house that's full of smoke i'll panic, so call me up and tell me a joke when i'm fully irrelevant and totally broken, damn it call me up and tell me a joke oh, shit, you're really joking at a time like this?"

goodbye bo burnham

[shakespeareallanpoe]

The Kents

Honestly, we just don't talk enough about how Clark discovered his powers. Or young Clark in general. And personally, I think that's very unfortunate of us.

Not to mention he was the quintessential "aliens crash land into a farm in the middle of nowhere" around the same time in history that America had its alien crop circle conspiracy phase/obsession.

Just sayin. One could milk a great deal of entertainment out of that...

Some kid at school: "Good gravy. Did y'all hear what the radio folk are all preachin' these days? Aliens are crashing into our fields left an' right! Ain't that the darndest thing..."

Clark, 12, seeing all his classmates in x-ray because his vision turned on a day ago and he can't turn it off: "uh- uh huh."

Alternatively:

Teacher: "I just don't know what to do Mrs. Kent. Clark was such a a well behaved boy an' now he just ain't listenin' to a thing I say!"

*Clark, twitchy and exhausted because his super hearing zeroed in on 1 specific cricket that hasn't shut up for the past three days*

Mrs. Kent: "...Well I'm sure it's a phase, all the boys would rather be playin' in the outdoors at this age anyway." *Seriously considers wacking Clark on the head with a tool to give the poor boy some sleep but rethinking it because last week they found out he was invincible. (Not that she would ever hurt her son anyway)*

Alternatively:

Clark: "What am I doing? Am I God? Why me?"

Cow: "mooooo" 🐮

Clark: "You know, any day now I could start speaking cow-eese and then you'll have to watch your mouth Betty."

[lovings4turn]

જ⁀➴  𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐄  . . .  (𝐋. 𝐍.)

— whilst you love the excitement that comes with dating a formula one driver, you cherish the quiet, private moments with lando far more

+ part of my 'be my valentine' mixtape series ! inspired by 'kiss me' by sixpence none the richer, which is one of my fav songs of all time <3

whenever you told someone that your boyfriend drove formula one cars for a living, their initial response was always to 'ooh' and 'ahh' over how luxurious that must be for you. you must be so well travelled, spoiled with tons of gifts, showered with champagne any time he did well on track.

and you would agree - it was true, after all - but those were never your favourite parts of dating lando norris.

what you loved most about lando was how himself he was, no matter how bright the spotlight that shone on him became. it was lando being so quintessentially, well, lando, that had led you to the dreamlike date you were currently on together.

no longer phased by late night texts requesting your company at any hour of the day, you'd wasted no time in getting yourself dressed up for a mystery date the moment lando had messaged you about it.

and now, sat beneath the stars on the hood of his car, you felt like the luckiest person to walk the earth. how lando had found such a pretty, secluded location, you'd never know. part of the beauty was not knowing.

bar the moon acting as your chaperone, it was just you and lando for as far as you were aware. for one night, you were granted your own part of the earth, a land that could be your own.

lando, cheesy as ever, had began to play some romantic old love song from his car speakers, a gesture that was only briefly delayed by the house song he'd accidentally queued up first.

once you'd controlled your giggles, lando had held out his hand, stooping down into a bow and playing the part of a gentleman.

"can i have this dance?" he asked, grin so wide his eyes began to crinkle up at the corners.

hesitant was a feeling you never experienced around lando. your hand was in his before you had time to think.

neither of you were particularly well versed in the art of dance, but you knew each other like the back of your own hands, and each step and movement was fluid, second nature after years together.

the silver moon cast a glittering glow over your intertwined frames, a spotlight for your personal duet that caught lando's face perfectly in it's light.

"you're staring," lando mused, eyes sparkling in amusement as he realised he'd caught you.

"you're making it hard not to," you admitted, eyes flitting down to the curve of his top lip briefly before you met his eyes once more.

"so i'm a distraction, am i?"

it was a joke, yet his fondness for you outweighed the humour in the tone of his voice.

"well, you said it not me."

lando laughed at this, a sound that never failed to make your heart skip a beat.

"i think i can be even more of a distraction," he hummed.

in one swift move, lando's lips were on yours as his hands gripped your waist firmly. the kiss was soft, yet passionate, the movements of his tongue somehow tracing everything he could never say to you into the cavern of your mouth.

being at the track with lando was fun, as was the winter trips to ski lodges and summer holidays in resorts. but without a doubt, your favourite place to be with lando was underneath the haze of the milky twilight, lips locked as his heart bore roots into your own chest.

[laloward]

There has never been and perhaps never will be a sexyman that is more popular and influential than Sans Undertale. Not the Onceler, not Bill Cipher, not fucking Cecil. Get it through your head. Everyone and their mother knows who Sans is. He's the most famous indie game character ever made. He is a very popular meme in and of himself. Half the internet knows people want to fuck him, okay? Those other sexymen, they had phases. The Onceler had his summer 2012 where everyone went crazy for him, and people remember that, but attempts at revivals since then have never been a fraction as popular. The Onceler was a beautiful comet shining brightly for a few seconds before fading away. Sans has staying power. Undertale is going to be 10 this year. People have wanted to fuck him continuously for the past 9 years. The Sans sexyman fandom has never faltered. Sure, it's not unavoidable anymore, but the Sans AU multiverse fandom ecosystem is thriving as much as it ever has been. Are there literally any other characters who have had entire fandoms of AU versions of themselves for this long? Not fucking Cecil. "Oh but he's the quintessential sexyman because he's just a voice and people made him a skinny white guy." SANS is a fucking SKELETON. People find voices attractive. Sans is a pixel skeleton with a "voice" that's just a soundbite of Patrick from Spongebob repeated over and over. Sans is a fucking joke about the comic sans font. Come on. Come the fuck on.

[witchboxco]

Samhain Altar Ideas & Correspondences

Samhain is the Celtic festival that marks the end of the harvest season and the thinning of the veil between the living and the spirit world. It's a time to honor your ancestors, connect with the spirit world, and plan ahead for months of darkness.

Altar Ideas

Altar Cloth: Choose dark, earthy colors like black, deep purple, or dark green to set the foundation for your altar.

Candles: Black or orange candles represent the energies of Samhain. You can also include white or silver candles for purification and connection to the spirit realm.

Seasonal Fruits: Apples, pomegranates, and grapes are commonly associated with Samhain and can be offered as symbols of the harvest.

Fallen Leaves: Gather fallen leaves, especially those with vibrant autumn colors, to represent the changing seasons and the cycle of life and death.

Acorns and Nuts: These symbolize the potential for new beginnings and growth and can be placed on your altar to honor the harvest.

Pumpkins and Gourds: Decorate your altar with small pumpkins and gourds, which are quintessential symbols of autumn and Samhain.

Ancestral Photos: Include photographs of deceased loved ones to honor and connect with your ancestors.

Ancestral Mementos: Heirlooms, jewelry, or items that belonged to your ancestors can serve as a link to their energy and presence.

Divination Tools: Samhain has historically been a time for divination to predict the upcoming year. Tarot cards, runes, a crystal ball, pendulum, or scrying mirror can be placed on your altar for Samhain divination and communication with the spirit world.

Crystals and Gemstones: Obsidian, onyx, amethyst, or garnet.

Broom (Besom): Place a besom on or near your altar to symbolize the act of sweeping away negativity and making room for positive energy and transformation.

Incense and Smudging Materials: frankincense, myrrh, or sage.

Offering Dishes: Use special dishes or bowls to hold offerings for your ancestors or spirit guides, such as food, drink, or tokens of appreciation.

Seasonal Flowers: Add fresh or dried flowers that are in bloom during the fall, like marigolds, chrysanthemums, asters, or dried lavender.

Personal Letters or Messages: Write letters or messages to your deceased loved ones, expressing your thoughts and feelings. Place these on your altar as a form of communication.

Symbols of Death and Rebirth: Skulls, bones, or representations of the God and Goddess in their transition from one phase to another.

Bells or Wind Chimes: These can be rung to invite and communicate with spirits, serving as a way to signal your intentions and presence.

Samhain Correspondences

Colors: Black, Orange, Red

Deities: The Morrigan, Hecate, Persephone, Cernunnos

Herbs: Mugwort, Cinnamon, Rosemary, Tobacco, Pumpkin Seeds, Rue, Wormwood.

Foods and Offerings: Apples, nuts, pumpkins, mulled cider, pomegranates. A silent dumb supper may be held to celebrate the harvest and connect with departed loved ones.

Intentions: New beginnings, transformation, death and rebirth, reflection, ancestral connection, spiritual protection, divination.

[shellem15]

This has been commented on many times in this fandom, but I'm using it as a springboard for my own brainrot Raphael really is just like his daddy. There's the obvious stuff—the narcissism, the dramatics, the convoluted plots and just the general messy bitchery—but there's also the stuff under the surface. Both have massive inferiority complexes, both are extremely envious and power-hungry (Mephistopheles in particular for the envy part, but we'll touch on that later), and both act extremely obsessive towards certain tools, goals, and—most relevant to this post—people.

Now Raphael is definitely weird towards Tav/Durge, but it's a bit more ambiguous as to whether he's obsessed with them in particular or just sees them as a means to an end. The situation with Hope, on the other hand, is quite explicit. Raphael is obsessed with her, even naming his home after her, but there's not really anything material he gets out of her. Him imprisoning and torturing her is not a means to an end, he just does it because he's a sadist. He wants her attention, he is entertained by her defiance, he wants to break her—he both loves and loathes her.

And what do you know! Raphael's thing towards Hope is kinda similar to how Mephistopheles acts with his object of obsession—Asmodeus. Now, if you need to know anything about Mephisto's character, it's that he's envious. Envious towards his peers, envious towards his betters, even envious towards his inferiors—he resents that others' have what he does not. Even Martinet, Asmodeus' unflappable constable, thinks so: "Were Mephistopheles to become the King of Hell, it would take him less than an hour to start wondering why he wasn’t also ruler of Mount Celestia." (Guide to Hell, p. 45)

The #1 target of Mephisto's envy is Asmodeus. The man is capital-o Obsessed with him, ya'll.  Asmo is on his mind 24/7, haunting his every thought. He lives rent-free in Mephisto's head.

Mephisto is the silver medal to Asmo's golden 1st place. Eternally living in his shadow, the Starscream to Asmo's Megatron. He is always one step behind him—like, Mephistopheles has been trying to become a god for a while now, and just when he was about to succeed, the spellplague happened and Asmodeus ate the god Azuth like an energy bar, snatching up godhood by sheer luck. And then, of course, Mephisto's godhood plan fell through so now the power divide between them is even greater than it was before.

Bro tries so hard and it just doesn't work. Like, when Mephisto was going through his rebrand phase as the Lord of Hellfire, he changed his appearance to that of the "quintessential devil". But all that ended up doing is making mortals confused about who exactly he is—a lot of mortals straight up think he is Asmodeus. Like, to the point that Asmo just went "you're the manager of my cults now lol", so now the distinction between the two is even more blurry. Also, Mephisto's wife is straight up closer to Asmo than she is to him (see my Baalphegor post), which is just another spit in the face. Bro cannot win. (This ties into another similarity between him and his son; Raphael clearly got the loser gene from him.)

Now, obviously the situation between Raphael and Hope is very different than Mephisto's relationship towards Asmo—Hope is Raphael's captive, while Asmo is Mephisto's boss; Hope's life has been upended and tormented by Raphael, while Mephisto is at most an annoyance towards Asmo (bro has repeatedly told Asmo to his face that he would usurp him and Asmo is just like "whatever, dude")—but the level of obsession is similar. Raphael hates hope but is also desperate for her affection, Mephistopheles loathes and envies Asmodeus but is also his greatest ally. Both are desperate to fu—*ahem* both are psycho-sexually obsessed with them.

So, yeah. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

TLDR: Raphael inherited his psycho-sexually obsessive tendencies from his daddy lol. Also you should really read the lore about Asmodeus and Mephistopheles' relationship because it's actually insane y'all. Like this shit was made for the gays people.

[incorrectbatfam]

I h3ad cannon athat all the batfam members have had/are still in their emo/goth phases.

Example:

Bruce dressed as a bat and punches criminals at night (I also head cannon that he listens to the rolling stones and MCR)

Anyways thoughts?

Also what were the other batfam members emo/goth phases like?

Dick: He was hella neurotic in his late Robin/early Nightwing days. That plus his mullet and guitar tells me he probably tried to live out of a used van he bought for $700 after a fight with Bruce only to come home a week later when someone knocked on his window.

Jason: He's the theater/classic lit goth. When he was younger he would read by the glow of a candelabra even though the lights work perfectly fine. Post-resurrection, he graduates to the biker anarchist who has no problem launching a molotov at a CEO's mansion.

Tim: He's from the 90s. He's sitting in that Y2K grunge-emo-punk gray area where his playlist is a mix of the Clash, Nirvana, and Green Day. He's coloring his hair with Kool-Aid, playing with makeup, ripping his own clothes, and talking about new songs on AOL.

Damian: He's aiming for dark academia, but that's hard to pull off if you know what American schools look like. He annotates the margins of his books with notes he thinks are insightful but are actually just basic observations. Also he listens to Imagine Dragons.

Duke: This kid isn't emo or goth, he is a punk through and through. Sassing the cops? Jumping off a bridge? Leading a ragtag vigilante team? If he wanted to, I bet he can pull off a leather jacket with some homemade spikes while blasting Bad Brains and Death.

Cullen: Canonically, he watches anime and Supernatural, and I've made a lot of Tumblr references with him. He's definitely your quintessential 2010s emo nerd—Black Parade, fandoms, the whole shabang. He also definitely followed Dan and Phil.

Stephanie: She strikes me as the early 2000s pop-punker—think MySpace and Avril Lavigne. She probably had a Not Like Other Girls phase that she quickly grew out of. I can see her cutting posters out of magazines and sneaking her MP3 under an oversized hoodie.

Cassandra: She canonically listens to Killswitch Engage, so I like to imagine what she was like as a baby metalhead. Maybe she thrifted a Pantera shirt and chopped her hair with safety scissors. And at concerts she's absolutely up front when the wall of death happens.

Barbara: I think she dabbled in a little bit of everything without ever outwardly expressing it. Her playlist is all over the board, from softer rock to screamo. She also experimented with makeup a little, like black lipstick, and is more involved in the activism side of things.

Harper: She's definitely industrial punk with a huge emphasis on the DIY aspect of the subculture. She strings soda tabs into chains, turns old screws into boot spikes, and even learned to give herself tattoos. She also absolutely has a drawer full of patch pants.

Carrie: She's a TikTok e-girl, leaning into the pinks and purples along with black and white. She turns fishnet leggings into gloves and has a bunch of animal ear headbands. She also listens to Melanie Martinez and Tame Impala regardless of if they count as alternative.

Kate: Queer people play a huge role in the punk scene and vice versa. I can absolutely see Kate jamming out to an early Pansy Division track or searching places like Bandcamp to support smaller indie artists. Also she has a jacket that says "Nazi punks fuck off."

Alfred: Before punk and its subgenres, Alfred was canonically a delinquent and in that day, delinquency meant gelled-up hair and moving like Elvis. The hair didn't work out for him, but he was able to catch one of the first shows Buddy Holly played in London.

Selina: Alt cultures are based on not having much and working with what you got. Selina would use the five-finger discount at big-box stores and save her money to support small businesses. She also went around listening to free local rock shows on Fridays.

Bruce: He listened to the Rolling Stones before, but his first real intro to the scene was a handmade zine he found on the floor at school. From there, he explored more underground artists and took up journaling as a way to vent his feelings. And then: Batman.

[ryuuza-art]

Today is the beginning of Soulstober 2024! For the theme of "Soulstober Stories", I will be doing a sketch journal featuring every Soulsborne boss I've defeated, in order of play. Starting with Bloodborne, my first & still most loved. ❤️

1. Cleric Beast

I started Bloodborne with the knowledge that I hadn't spent any money, therefore wouldn't have lost anything if it turned out it wasn't for me. When I accidentally happened upon the Cleric Beast, it was after a gruelling few hours of making slow progress and I felt very underprepared! But I pressed on, not wanting to fall at the first hurdle. I gradually realised it was a matter of learning its moveset and how to successfully parry and pull off visceral attacks. After several attempts, I was finally successful! Onto the next.

2. Father Gascoigne

I'd heard many times he was difficult, but I don't think I lasted a few seconds into my first attempt! Then just as I thought I was getting somewhere, surprise! A second, much more aggressive phase. 💀

Part of the solution I found, however, opened up some new lore for me. Receiving the music box from a girl you realise is his daughter and using it during that fraught second phase to calm him, if for a moment, it was a bittersweet victory when I eventually took him down, especially when you discover what happens to his family. ;;

3. Blood-starved Beast

Why does its hood look like it's made of meat - oh good lord, that's its torn off skin. :')

A delightfully disgusting creature and my first encounter with status effects, thanks to it being shrouded in a cloud of poison.

(I thought I'd cleared Amelia before this, but my achievement list says otherwise, so this must have been my first time finding a different path after hitting a brick wall - a quintessential Fromsoft experience!)

[maangoes]

caught a free screening of dìdi (弟弟), and i'm hoping it will be one of tumblr's movies du jour b/c i rly enjoyed it and am still chewing on it mentally. aside from it being so funny and being the first movie i've really seen to Capture what it was like for even normies to grow up on internet, it also conveyed this very timeless quintessentially teenage feeling where like. you feel like there's a smell on you. you want to be liked and you want to fit in so badly and you feel like people can SMELL it on you. and the smell is so intrinsically part of you, you will never get rid of it, it follows you around between friends and schools and phases of self. and everything you do to try and shake it just makes you smellier

[livwritesstuff]

Robbie Harrington – great at Mario Kart, terrible at driving

There are probably many reasons why this is the case.

For one, she is Eddie through and through, and Eddie certainly isn’t winning any awards for his own driving abilities (coincidentally, Eddie is the one who primarily taught Robbie to drive, which doesn’t help the situation).

She also happens to be in the midst of a not giving a shit about anything or anyone phase at the time that both Steve and Eddie know is a normal part of being a teenager (because they’d both experienced it for themselves in their own way when they were her age), and while it is unpleasant for everyone involved, it is unfortunately not a good enough reason to delay teaching her how to drive when she’s willing and able in every other regard.

It's also possible that their experience teaching Moe how to drive had lulled them into a false sense of security. Moe had been uncharacteristically nervous about getting behind the wheel, and she’d turned into a very safe and cautious driver – she sticks to the speed limit, uses her turn signals, passed the test on the first try, all that jazz.

Robbie also passed the test on her first try (not because she should have, but because she knows how to turn on the charm when it serves her – she’s like Steve in that regard), but she is not a safe and cautious driver by any stretch of the imagination. She pretty much ignores the speed limit, whips around the narrow, winding roads of their rural Massachusetts town, tailgates people going too slow, barely pauses at stop signs - the quintessential unacceptable teenage driver behavior.

So it’s not exactly unexpected when, about two months after she gets her driver’s license, Robbie rear-ends someone on her way home from a violin lesson.

Robbie’s response after being lectured about this for an hour:

“God, the lady I hit wasn’t even this mad at me, Jesus Christ.”

This comment is, understandably, not a hit with Steve and Eddie.

[kiyooriu]

as someone who hasn’t watched a lot of anime but witnesses a Lot of anime fandom happenings on the daily, i love richie lipschitz and i wanna know what he’s like in the fandoms he’s a part of.

like does he indulge in the powerscaling shit? does he genuinely argue about goku vs saitama? does he think both of those sides are stupid because they’re from diff universes and it’ll be hard to measure? does he think both sides are stupid because he believes saiki could solo both of them?

does he secretly love magical girl animes but is too embarrassed to talk about it? does he defend it with his whole heart and hate anyone who says it’s for little girls? has he ever panicked because he forgot to plan his halloween costume months ahead and just decided to put on a white shirt and carry around a chair and say he dressed up as ���shinji posing”?

did he ever get into vocaloid? does he laugh at anyone who doesn’t understand hatsune miku leek references? did he love miku binder thomas jefferson and go “omg it’s me” at it? did he have an osu phase? did he ever try to make 8bit music of anime openings?

did he write sasunaru fanfics and post them on wattpad and get at least thousand reads? did he ever participate in the down horrendous tweeting for nanami when that one episode (where he grabs someone by their ponytail) came out? does he know about the (and i mean this in the best way possible) monstrosity that is “Dear Eren Hansen”?

did he ever watch bunny girl senpai for the horny but end up really liking the plot? who’s his favorite from quintessential quintuplets? (i’m guessing nino)

does he watch sports anime? if he did, was it for the actual sport or because it’s very Gay? i’m guessing the second one has he watched sk8 the infinity? did he look at random green and pink objects together and go “oh my god matchablossom in the wild”? did he headcanon reki as trans because he kinned him? did he watch haikyuu and fall in love with iwaizumi hajime (27) athletic trainer? did he cry scream and throw up at “we are the protagonists of the world”? did he read in another life and call up pete and ruth saying his life was over and would never be the same?

i will never know the answer to any of these and i’m very upset about it so i thank grace for having sex with a ghost

[grayseeker]

The Spark of Inspiration: Why Starscream Means the World to Me

I vividly remember the moment I became a die-hard Transformers fan. It was in 1985, during the episode Starscream's Brigade. The scene where Starscream confidently flies up to perch on Bruticus' shoulder took my breath away. There was just something about him. His attitude, his defiance. His sheer audacity in standing up to Megatron's attempts to put him in his 'place' - and all of this balanced by a emotional vulnerability that I found all too relatable.

For me, Starscream embodies the quintessential outsider striving for acceptance and power; an archetype that speaks to anyone who has ever felt overlooked or underestimated. His clashes with Megatron mirrored my own experiences with bullying, as well as my struggles to find my voice. His relentless pursuit of his ambitions taught me the importance of sometimes being just a little 'selfish.' That prioritizing one's own needs–for time, space or creativity–is an act of courageous rebellion in a world that pre-defines one's 'correct' role as being in service of others.

Despite being labeled a coward, Starscream's never-say-die attitude in the face of setbacks provided me with a model of courage and resilience that has inspired me for decades. Even his death in Transformers: The Movie couldn't suppress his passion for life. Following the open-ended finale of Ghost in the Machine, I felt compelled to continue Starscream's story. He got me past my fear of the dreaded blank page, and kicked off what has become a lifelong passion for storytelling.

Starscream also awakened my sense of myself as a queer person, and inspired me to explore gender, sexuality and identity in ways I might not have if he had not planted the seed through his delectably flamboyant brand of queer-coded villainy.

Starscream perched on Bruticus' shoulder.

Why Supernova, Why Now?

It's safe to say that Starscream is more than a character to me. He is my Muse. He swooped into my life in '85 and took up residence, capturing both my heart and my imagination. Supernova, one of my upcoming zine projects, is a way to extend that love to a wider community, inviting others to bring their own Starscream-fueled perspectives, experiences and creativity. Supernova will accept submissions in the form of art, fiction, comics, poetry, and essays in what I hope will become a vibrant homage to the inspiration Starscream has provided me and many other fans, both old and new.

Want to join in?

Supernova is currently in the interest-check phase. Fill out the interest-check survey below, and let me know what you’d love to see included in the zine. I can't wait to see what we create together!