#random side note

[faithandfairies]

I can't wait for this show to re-visit 1x05 again. Because this moment has always bothered me. I don't get Louis' superficial chest injuries. It looks like he has twin bite marks on his chest post-1x05 beatdown. But I don't remember Lestat biting Louis anywhere aside from his neck in 1x05.

And even if he did, these bite marks don't look like common vampire puncture marks. Even the marks on his neck, while huge and angry, still look like vampire puncture marks. The ones on his chest though look more like human or animal bite marks. Like if a human used their entire upper set of teeth to bite into the skin. Or maybe vampire bites you might get when they're ripping into skin. Like when they're biting into their own wrists not so gently or like the unceremonious way Claudia often bit when she fed.

The other thing I considered was Lestat's nails digging into Louis' skin hard enough to puncture. But even nail marks wouldn't look like this I don't think. And Lestat was also holding Louis at his collar more than anything, not grabbing at his chest. Or maybe Lestat's knuckles made those marks. A bit unlikely, given the shape and symmetry and because blows would normally cause blunt trauma, but Lestat has punched clean through a human skull before.

I also briefly considered the bites being meant to speed up healing. But that would have to involve Louis being the one to bite another vampire and feed from them, not the other way around, wouldn't it?

It's just always been a detail that gave me pause. And they focused on it too. Because I think it's the first thing they showed us post-1x05.

It also looks like Louis already has vampire bite puncture marks on the right side of his neck here even before we see Lestat bite into him. Then Lestat bites him on the left side of his neck.

I just realized this, but it's also interesting and entirely saddening to me how this entire scene is like a parallel from hell of their first time. From them fighting for dominance pushing/throwing each other up against surfaces, to the bite to the levitating. It's very much almost a corruption/mockery of what I'm sure is one of Louis' fondest memories of Lestat. I find that fascinating.

[citrusfruitchi]

Celeste music still slaps and always will

[bookworms-haven]

Last night was a dream!

Found Heaven On Tour!

@theultimateh00ker

[prince-of-red-lions]

Wait are you still doing the mutual bingo thingy :0

yes ofc!! my ask games never close (unless specified), even if it’s from months ago!! 💖 I always love getting them :)

anywho, KIWI!!! YESYETEHAQJD HII OMG 💖💖

HERE U GOO‼️‼️‼️ ILYSM (/p) KIWI I HOPE UR DOIN WELL :D

[oh-liv-e-air]

me waiting for friday to come so my family has time to watch The Last of Us episode nine so i can finally look at all the inside jokes and spoilers on tumblr

[virtute-praeditum]

me two hours ago: decides to read the Hearts of Steel au miniseries because the concept art is very nice and i love the idea of robots in older history adapting to early technology

me now: ... i respect the fact that ratch was like pls let op sleep but also he was literally not even awake or shown in full at all. i expected steam engine op because of art related to it and i did not get it. my disappointment is immense.

[astronomical-bagel]

[iwillnotsurvivemyheart]

bhfhffhhh

i hate thinking about things god fhfiuckk. we dont wanna leave colorado at fucking all. we are infinitely happier here and even the thought of going back to texas is enough to make us feel like sobbing. here we actually fucking do things. this is the most consistently we’ve eaten ever in our memories. we’ve showered more than we usually do and we absolutely fucking brush our teeth more. hell, we didnt even take our toothbrush out of our fucking travel bag in between the last trip to colorado and this one. we’re just in general so much fucking happier. it feels like we’re just constantly miserable in texas, other than going skating maybe. all we fucking do is lay in bed. we dont have the energy to do shit, we cant even manage to get ourselves to play video games or watch movies. it feels like the only other thing we ever do with our free time there is driving to different stores and spending all of our damn money. we’ve realized we would rather live in colorado without our dog than in texas with her. it feels awful putting that into words. we love her so, so fucking much but we also cannot stand that fucking city anymore. its not like we even do much with her there. we feel so fucking guilty about it but there are days where we don’t interact with her at all because we just cant get ourselves to do anything in general. it just sucks there so much. the entire time we’re in texas we’re just painfully waiting until we have the next opportunity to go to colorado

[rorichuu]

nothing makes me happier than listening to my wild west playlist pretending i’m a cowboy off to rob a train with my gang of outlaws 😓

[coddda]

Everyone knows that Light and L matched each other's freak but I think their dynamic in the musical (the Japanese ver specifically) is underrated. Like it's not super different from canon but they just had this extra edge of Violence that we never quite saw from the more methodical and careful mindgames in canon death note and I think it's great. Like, yes, they did declare in canon that they will bring each other to justice, yes L says he wants to send Kira to his execution, but in the lyrics of the musical they both outright say multiple times that they just want to straight up Kill each other. It's direct the whole way through. There's more mutual contempt. This game is about nothing more than simply being the first one to Kill the Other (they actually use the word "殺し合い" (koroshiau) or "to kill each other" to describe their game (translated as "murderous ... game")).

(Sidenote but all those references about wanting to send each other to Hell?? Beautiful)

Yeah this is a battle of justice and ideals, yes that clash is a key part of their final confrontation at the end of the musical, but throughout their duets (or even songs like The Game Begins where they're singing by themselves) there's this near singleminded desire to just fucking End each other. It's fucking Raw and it's great.

Also THIS FUCKING SCENE?? THIS SCENE FROM SECRETS AND LIES. Iconic. Actually Insane. My jaw dropped. Light looks like a crazy bitch it's beautiful.

Um. Also. Obligatory Playing His Game (yknow the gay sex song) lines dump. It basically says everything I just said above in like 9 lines. You see what I mean right.

In canon they're playing a game of mental chess, trying to use everyone around them to finally catch the other as their end goal, but in the musical you really do feel like all they see is each other. They would probably beat each other to death with their fists if it came down to that. Idk they're just so excited and fired up about their little game in the musical and it's so unhinged and fun and special and I love it. It's like the writers for the musical decided to kick their murderous intent up a couple notches and the result is absolutely Beautiful.

I also think that the intensity of their rivalry in the beginning just makes the wind-down of The Way It Ends soo much better. It's such a good contrast to their previous duets where they try to sing over each other (Secrets and Lies & Stalemate) or with each other but basically at the top of their lungs (Playing His Game). It feels like there's both a quiet mutual understanding but also an underlying disappointment that the game is finally over. In canon, L's death Is instead the peak of their game, the moment he gets confirmation that Light is Kira is the exact same moment that he dies. In the jdrama it's almost sudden, how L dies, after the quiet moment has already passed. But in the musical L's death, ironically, Is the one quieter moment in their game. Their peak was the game itself. It was Secrets and Lies and Playing His Game. But the end of the game in the musical is not a victory, it's just (as L says) the end of everything they'd been wanting up until this point.

Uh. Fuck it. Clip from the Kenji Urai version because I just love his delivery here. His tone just goes so well with the silence and the sound of the clock ticking. You see what I mean right.

Their rivalry in the musical may have been more shortlived but like Damn they were really enjoying every second of it. They were truly insane about each other until the very end. (Like despite everything I just said about the ending it was still unhinged as fuck. Light Making L Shoot Him and then Making L Shoot Himself with L's Own Hand?? Holy shit man. What the fuck /pos)

Musical Light and L your game might've been shorter but you'll always be famous <33 Please never inflict what you had on anyone else ever please stay in hell forever thank you

[hypewinter]

Hal bent down as the little girl approached him. Even then, he still managed to tower over her with how small she was.

"Hey there little lady," he said. "Anything I can help you with this fine evening?"

The little girl looked at him anxiously, fiddling with her hands. Ok so not a nervous fan. Hal immediately switched to serious mode, scanning the crowd for anyone who could be her parents. He didn't see anyone running up to the two of them or even so much as keeping a watchful eye from a distance.

"Is something the matter?" Hal questioned, making sure to keep his voice even and calm.

The girl continued fidgeting, her big blue eyes scanning from side to side. Finally she spoke. "You wiff da space po-eece yes? Not da am-ear-ree-ca one?"

Hal smiled at the girl. "Yes, I'm with the space police." Honestly that was oversimplifying the Corps a little but he had long since gotten to citizens calling him a space cop.

The girl offered up a small nervous smile of her own. "So you won't tell da gov-ment what I tell you wight?"

Hal was on high alert now. Just what was this little girl trying to tell him? "I won't tell. I promise," he said after a second.

The girl broke into a big smile at this. "Really? Dis way den." She started tugging Hal along and he began to follow.

"Where exactly are we going?" he asked.

"You see," was all she replied.

Hal was led down a couple different alleyways and was beginning to think he was walking into a trap when they reached an abandoned building. The girl dashed in and up the old rusted stairs, with Hal following closely behind her.

If this really is a trap, I'll never hear the end of it from Batman, he thought morbidly as he cleared the last step. Instead of finding himself facing an ambush however, he saw a boy curled up on an old mattress. The girl was already by his side as Hal approached.

"Don wowee Danny, I got help. Like I said I would," he caught the little girl whispering as he knelt down next to the boy. He had to have been older than the girl. Three years older maybe? Yet he was still so small. Hal took sight of his condition. He was in pain. That much was certain by his little face scrunched up in agony and his quiet moans. He was also sweating profusely. His raven black hair sticking to his forehead. Fever maybe?

Hal continued his observations as he scanned down the boy's body until he got to his stomach. The boy was clutching it and Hal could make out blood bleeding through from underneath. Oh no.

He quickly yet carefully removed the boy's arm to get a better look at the wound. The kid let out a groan as his arm was peeled away. Hal couldn't help but thank Oa for all his training that helped prevent him from letting out a gasp.

The boy's chest was covered in blood. Dark red mixed with flecks of green soaked through his shirt and there were bandages that had been amateurishly tied around the wound.

"How did this happen?" Hal asked, turning back to the girl. He did his best to keep his tone as gentle as possible.

Her smile was gone now, and her eyes welled up with tears. "He pwotected me," she said. "Dey wanted to huwrt us. Dey shot at us. Danny pwotected me."

Anger boiled within Hal. Who would shoot at these children? They were only little kids. If what the girl had said earlier was anything to go off of, the answer had something to do with the government. He would have to take care of that later though. For now, this boy needed medical attention.

"Let's get Danny to a hospital," Hal said resolutely, as he got up.

"No!" the little girl screeched. "No has-pee-tail. Too dan-er-us!"

"But he needs-" Hal started but then he met the girl's eyes. There was abject fear in them. As if going to the hospital would be a death sentence for both children. Where else were they supposed to go though? The boy- Danny needed medical attention stat. That much was certain.

Hal paused. There was one place. He sighed. Batman was going to kill him for this.

"Okay okay. No hospital. But what about space?"

"Space?" the girl repeated.

Hal nodded.

The little girl smiled. "Danny lobes space!"

"Well then. That's perfect."

Hal constructed a new bed for the boy, carefully easing him onto it before putting a protective dome around both children. The little girl giggled as he lifted them up. He then turned to the wall where he created a giant hammer to knock it down. Then they were off. Flying higher and higher, towards the atmosphere. As the Watchtower got closer in sight, Hal couldn't help but groan. Taking civilians to the Watchtower? Oh yeah, Batman was definitely going to kill him.

[citrusfruitchi]

Just started playing Sky: Children of the light again cuz the new season pack is moomin themed. And omg I forgot how beautiful and relaxing this game is

[palpablestupor]

I don't think Unification "made K/S canon" so much as it re-iterated exactly what Jim and Spock have had this whole time: two parts that will never be truly separate, two halves of the whole, gentle love for each other even at the end. T'hy'la.

We saw that in the 'This Simple Feeling' scene, we saw that in Wrath of Khan, we saw that in nigh-on every interaction between them in the original series! Even people who don't think they're in love (somehow) know that they love each other, and that's why Unification works - having them kiss human-style or confess love or some other overt canonisation of the Premise risks at best feeling cheap and at worst risks inciting cries of pandering to fans or ruining the integrity of Kirk and Spock's relationship. As fun as it would be, it wouldn't feel true to the characters.

Unification didn't make K/S canon. It established that it was canon the whole time.

[onebizarrekai]

do endgame progression barriers mean nothing to you, ralph

[sleepis4theweak]

This comic is based off my little brother- who I adore to bits- but who also struggles saying "I love you", "I miss you" or "I'm worried about you". Instead of saying those things he tends to do random acts to get my attention and/or cheer me up. When I left for college he brought up a ton of stuff that he had stolen from me over the years and it was honestly very cute. <3

(This is actually months and months old- but I found it the other day and I don't think I ever posted it (maybe???), which is a shame 'cause I remember being really proud of it. If I did post it and I forgot... uhhhh happy repost? Idk)

[clouvu]

Genshin catgirl yuri on the brain