#sam babbles

[theythemsam]

Now I am not saying that butch Dean couldn't ever be real and true and beautiful. But it is not a season 1 thing. Not even season 2-? (definitely not season 4. God, that girl would be hidding behind femininity like armor. Can't be traumatized if you're makeup is Perfect. Can't be a monster if you're so fucking perfectly pretty (although a traumatized cutting her long hair off would be fun! Except she then does it up in the softest little pixie. She's So Normal Trust Her, Regular Girl Swag)). Season 6 while she's with Lisa it begins I think, soft futch swag, then more in season 8 before the terrors a bit more? By Season 15 we can get a full butch arc so we get a nice salt and pepper butch out of her <3

[winfreak]

This just solidifies for me that Ruby knows Sam wants to fuck his brother.

[bunni-v1]

Aommgg

Could I request the nrc staff + grim finding out you‘re a girl (plantonic)?

Or do they all know straight from the start?

TW: None

Info: Crowley, Grim, Sam, Cruel, Trien x Reader (Platonic)

🍓Hello lovely! I didn't want to make a whole long post about this, but I do want to talk about it. I'm so glad you asked! So the staff is... made aware of the situation, obviously. But, I think I'll go a little into depth on how each member deals with this information.

Crowley knows because... well... he sees you out of the ceremonial robes before anyone else does. He handles it as well as he does every other issue he comes across. "Just cover it up!" Famously said by Crowley. He's not unkind though, he does ensure that you get the help you need and he makes sure you keep what you need hidden, well, hidden. But... he won't do more than the bare minimum unless his hand is forced. Like... with Scarabia, he pretty much threatened the whole dorm with expulsion if they so much as uttered a word to anyone but amongst themselves. He is, unsurprisingly, not a father figure to you. He's more like... you're weird quirky uncle that you like, but only in small doses.

Grim, our little guy, finds out at the same time as Crowley... and he's a little harder to convince to keep his mouth shut to start. He doesn't like you, okay, you stole his position at NRC (like he had a chance at all). With a few well-placed cans of tuna from both you and Crowley, he keeps his little rat mouth shut. However, when you're actually granted studentship as NRC? His tune changes. It changes because Crowley holds his position as a student over his head, but it changes. Not a SINGLE person will ever hear you're a woman from Grim. He can't lose this position, not after so much work to get where he's gotten to. Besides, he grows to really love you! You're family to him, and no one out family. Seriously, he's so protective of it, once Ace and Deuce figure it out they're too scared to talk because of Grim's looming presence.

Sam is the first member of Staff to find out, other than Crowley. How? Crowley's sudden interest in pads, tampons, birth control, and all the fun stuff that comes with being a woman. Sam usually would just shrug his shoulders and excuse Crowley's quirky behavior, but then you come in looking like a lost deer and he gets it. He is genuinely so nice to you though! If you ever feel unsafe on campus, you talk to Sam and he'll handle it for you, okay? Sure, he jacks up the prices on your feminine products, but it's considerably less than his normal prices. Hell, if you're short, he'll "suddenly" remember he's got a discount on those items. He's like a cool older brother, honestly. He lets you hang out in the back of the shop and do homework when you ask, and he gives you snacks at a discount when you're there!

Crewel doesn't really treat you any differently than anyone else. Admittedly though, he's fond of you, even if you're a troublemaker. When you come into his class on your first day in a uniform six times too big for you, he feels pity for you. You didn't ask to be here, and now you have to wear that atrocious old uniform? You poor little pup. He's not exactly easy on you, but he's more understanding of your mistakes. Eventually, after you get to know him better, he offers to get you a nicer uniform and also privately tutor you. This is his excuse for keeping you busy so that you don't have as many chances to get found out, and it's also because you are horrifically failing his class and it looks bad on him.

Trien treats you the most differently out of everyone on staff. The SECOND he found out you were a girl and were being forced to hide that fact for Crowley's sake? Oh my god, grandpa was PISSED. Crowley got an EARFUL after that meeting. This man makes it his mission to make your stay as comfortable as he possibly can make it because sevens know Crowley won't be doing SHIT. After he meets you? Oh my god, you remind him of his own girls when they were little. He absolutely adores you, and everyone can tell. It's so odd to the other students because he clearly favors you, and when they ask you about it you've got no clue. He is your dad here at NRC, as out of character as that might be. You are a young woman lost in a world that is not kind to you going through so much more than you need to. He doesn't want to add more to your plate. You can come to him for anything and he will provide as best as he can.

Vargas (I'm sorry for forgetting about him lol) is a lot like Crewel in the fact that he doesn't treat you too differently from his other students. You're still made to push yourself to your upper limits for gym, still expected to keep up with your peers, and still expected to meet his general expectations. However, if it's way too much for you to do, out of fear of Crowley and Trien breathing down his neck, he'll lessen your load. Otherwise, he doesn't really have much chance to be around you outside of class. He finds you amusing and knows you've got a good head on your shoulders, but that's about it from him.

[bitchfitwinchester]

my type has not faltered. not once. !.

[perplexingly]

I really love the cinematography in kcd2; I'm not sure how to explain it properly but, for a game that showcases so many battle/siege sequences, it never focuses on the battles and the destruction they bring but on the subtler emotions, the headstate of a character, or what the consequences will mean. It's really done in a powerful way

[samuelsdean]

the contrast between dean not knowing what to do when sam died for the first time he started breaking down and malfunctioning and sam becoming the terminator after dean died like 600 times is very funny to me i’m sorry they really are the poster boys for codependency it’s insane

[starzzytisms]

**In the basement theater**

Lunar: *In Moon's lap, happily babbling and flapping their hands*

Sun: "What're they saying?"

Moon: "They're spilling the tea"

[noisyasalways]

okay but are we getting more seasons of play it by ear?

[hyperfixated-maybe]

I. Adore. The Jungle Books!!!! (And Kaa.)

@devilsrecreation I finally did it! (/np you don’t gotta read all this LOL)(I feel like Camy ranting about Timon rn LMAO)

I have a beautifully bound edition with both books (including all of the Mowgli Stories!!) and have been obsessed with them and adaptations of them for about as long as I can remember. So here goes!!

Kaa’s Hunting

One of the very first things we are taught are the master words “we be of one blood, ye and I” for three different people. The hunting people’s version, the bird verse, and the snake verse. This allows Mowgli to befriend any. Almost any, anyways, the Bandar-log have no tongue of their own, no law, and therefore no verse.

And so when Mowgli is kidnapped by them, Baloo’s first instinct is to turn to Kaa. Kaa is described as frightening, but not evil. Bagheera too is described as powerful and fear inducing, and even he is unsettled by Kaa. Both, in the books, are allies to Mowgli, and the closest friends he has. Frightful allies to a frightful man.

And here he is immediately “humanized” after his prowess is established.

Here we have Mowgli and Kaa’s first meeting. There is so much to unpack here. First, it was Kaa that saved Mowgli’s life. Mowgli thanks him with the customs he has been taught- the customs of the hunting peoples which he is not. Kaa teases him for this, and so Mowgli alters his thanks in line. Kaa has always seen Mowgli as a man. Not a wolf, not one of the hunting peoples, but the man that he is and shall become, and accepts him anyways. Kaa accepts Mowgli as a brother. He refuses Mowgli as what he is not, but accepts him as what he is. And then, at the bottom, he protects him. Kaa is terrible, a monster to be feared and respected. And he is about to do something terrifying. So he sends them away!! He wouldn't eat them even if they did stick around, but he wants them out of there anyways.

The King’s Ankus

🥺🥺AWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Mowgli going to see Kaa when he’s feeling depressed, and the two of them hanging out like that. A LIVING ARMCHAIR. Mowgli complimenting his old skin in the most earnest way possible. THE WAY KAA IS SO GENTLE WITH HIM. Physically, and in how he says things.

Here Mowgli is being Mowgli. Backhanded, almost unintentional insult and then a compliment, insult and then compliment. Kaa knows he doesn't mean anything by it, though.

Just. Just this entire passage. Honestly. Fuck.

I could probably put the entire first half of this chapter here and it would suffice itself.

They’re going on an adventure

“Kaa here is my brother.” That’s his brother. How TF did anyone make him a villain? Who at Disney suggested that. I'd like to have a word.

The white cobra threatens to kill Mowgli for no reason and Kaa is furious. Oh Kaa, we love you.

The two of them fight the white cobra and beat him.

Red Dog (Dholes!!)

IT’S THEM!!!! THE DHOLES!!!!!!!!! I mean they are absolutely abhorred here, but still I think it might be the only mention of dholes I've seen in any literature, ever. (Including adaptations of the books.)

A mention of a croc. For those of you who like crocs. (There are few characters Mowgli doesn't fight, don't worry.)

Mowgli trips over Kaa and then IMMEDIATELY turns to flattery. (Cuz Kaa deserves it.)

“I like you now that you’re not such a little bitch” -Kaa “Who’s your favorite brother?! It's me, right?!” -also Kaa

Plus the sweetest paragraph I have ever read.

“Don't kill urself” -Kaa

“Too fucking late I've already committed to killing myself” -Mowgli

“If I had my way you wouldn't be in this mess, but I respect your decision. I'd die for yo-” -Kaa

“WAIT NO SHUT UP ONLY I'M ALLOWED TO COMMIT SUICIDE TONIGHT” -Mowgli

Kipling doesn't let you forget that Kaa may as well be a forest spirit, tho. Scary. Honestly if Kaa said that to me I would just die. Like okay. Thank you Kaa. I would rather just be killed by the Dhole atp.

Bee afraid. (Get it? Cuz it's the bees in the cliffs? Hah.) But seriously this is terrifying. Kipling is a master of mood and tone, and this is his masterpiece.

Nightmare fuel.

So Kaa makes suggestions to Mowgli, coaxing into what gives him the best chance of survival. Then he goes and tells the Seeonee wolf pack to go fuck themselves. Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

Kaa is so worried about him. This makes me upset to read.

Thank you for quelling Mowgli’s bloodlust, Kaa.

The Spring Running

And here is the end.

When Mowgli is finally leaving the jungle, only the dearest of his family remains. Old, blind Baloo, the four of Mowgli’s littermates, Bagheera, and Kaa.

Kaa, moreso than any other, has seen Mowgli for what he is: a man. Kaa sees Mowgli for Mowgli. He loves him devoid of pack and skin.

Kaa comforts him. As everything Mowgli has known falls apart, Kaa gives him all he can. Love, acceptance, and forgiveness.

I had to include this entire last section. Because fuck. Fuck. I can't.

I’M NOT CRYING. YOU’RE CRYING. SHUT UP.

And of course, finally, Kaa’s outsong, warning Mowgli to be careful, deliberate, and courteous. It calls back to the first time they met, where Mowgli gave his apology “so prettily”. And at the end, he comforts Mowgli on the awfulness of man that he had lamented to Kaa about earlier, in the start of The King’s Ankus. “Now, in the Man-Pack, at this hour, as I remember, they laid them down upon hard pieces of wood in the inside of a mud-tray, and, having carefully shut out all the clean winds, drew foul cloth over their heavy heads”. Kaa knows his future as he knows the past, and wishes Mowgli nothing but strength, safety, and happiness.

Conclusion

What Disney did to Kaa was downright sinful, and anyone who contributed to that movie without protesting his characterization should be ashamed.

Because of the power Disney holds over the essence of those stories it chooses to immortalize in animation, Kaa has forever been tainted in all adaptations by everyone. Thankfully, many have been shifting away from making Kaa a villain, as seen in the Netflix adaptation (my favorite out of all), but still none have been able to capture the character as created by Rudyard Kipling. Not many people have actually read The Jungle Books, and therefore not as many appreciate Kaa as a character as should.

Kaa is my favorite character of all time, and he deserves far more respect than he is granted.

[beatlebug-blogs-things]

in my head, Percy Jackson sounds like Danny Fenton

[theythemsam]

hey hey !! i’ve had the exact same screencap as ur pfp for awhile but then found your blog and i am like… really obsessed with the cropping & filter… i am so sorry if this is a ridiculous question but would you be ok with me using it?

Hi, yeah of course! I've also posted it here (i think... its been forever and idk if i just edited it multiple times), so you can use it in a bit better quality. Enjoy :)

[winfreak]

hmmmm what do we think about dean spitting into sam's mouth as a mark of ownership

[enden-k]

out of every single character in the game they could have done, hoyo rlly decided to give a costume to firefly (who. yknow. you dont even see outside of her suit unless you walk around on map) w no significant changes to SAM whatsoever. wild af

[chiefblossom]

Scarecrow 01x11

Oooh Sam meeting someone who also had to perform to fit in with their family but subsequently left because of it scratches the younger sibling part of my brain just right

Plus Dean calling Sam to update him on the supernatural being even if they're mad at eachother AND APOLOGISING TO EACHOTHER and dean admiring him for leaving OHHHH

[benjineedssleep]

sebastian stardew valley is a fucking loser and i hate him so much (i'm in the wellness aisle of the pharmacy for no particular reason)

[anghraine]

Speaking of Sauron, I've been amusing myself by thinking about how a disproportionate number of people who super ruined his day are descendants of Melian:

Lúthien, obviously, kicked his ass.

Elwing retaining Lúthien's Silmaril and giving it to Eärendil led to the utter defeat of Morgoth's forces including Sauron.

Tar-Telperiën and her nephew Tar-Minastir, descendants of Elwing's son Elros, were responsible for the vast Númenórean fleet that crushed Sauron's attempts to seize Eregion in the Second Age.

Tar-Minastir's descendant Pharazôn (a usurper and terrible person, but nevertheless) led a massive force against Sauron that intimidated Sauron's armies into giving up. Sauron tricked Pharazôn and managed to take out Númenor, only to end up drowning with it, and was significantly damaged and limited by the event.

Meanwhile, a different descendant of Elros, Elendil, survived! He led Númenórean dissenters away just in time to establish sprawling Númenórean-controlled kingdoms in Middle-earth.

Elendil and the Elvish king Gil-galad proceeded to defeat Sauron in single combat after a long siege. The effort killed them but also took out Sauron himself for a very, very long time. Elendil's son Isildur cut the Ring away from Sauron's body as repayment for the deaths of Elendil and Isildur's younger brother Anárion.

Anárion's children produced various lines of descent that would go on to include the Stewards of Gondor, resolute enemies of Mordor who recruited the Rohirrim into Team We Hate Sauron.

Isildur's and Anárion's descendant Aragorn spent decades criss-crossing the map to spike various evil plans, like when he torched the Corsair fleet as Thorongil and disappeared into the night only to turn up decades later to threaten Sauron with Elendil's reforged sword.

The Ring ended up in the hands of Frodo, who would be only too happy to turn it over to Aragorn as Isildur's heir. Aragorn promptly rejected the idea, crucially leading to Frodo remaining as Ringbearer while Sauron came to mistakenly believe Aragorn had the Ring and meant to use it.

The only time Frodo was ever truly captured by Men (the people easily assumed to be the greatest danger to the quest) was by Anárion's descendant Faramir. Faramir could have taken the Ring with disastrous results for everyone but Sauron, but instead shrugged off the temptation and laughed at it before helping Frodo on his way.

Sauron understandably panicked about the Aragorn situation and sent his forces to Gondor earlier than planned, despite knowing at that point that the Steward Denethor was much better prepared than he'd hoped. Faramir used his abilities to lead a retreat across favorable ground that inflicted large casualties on Sauron's armies, as planned. This tactic functionally sacrificed Faramir and Denethor but bought enough time for the Rohirrim and Aragorn's mainly southern Gondorian armies to arrive and turn the tide of the battle of the Pelennor Fields. Sauron's forces in that battle were defeated. Again.

Aragorn exploited Sauron's understandable fixation on him by making a flashy frontal assault as (unofficial) king of the Dúnedain to distract Sauron's attention from the real threat (three hobbits making their way to Mount Doom). This was 100% successful. Through a series of good and bad choices on the part of the hobbits, the Ring was destroyed and Sauron with it.

Bad day all around for Sauron! Aragorn, meanwhile, married Elrond's daughter and became overlord of Sauron's allies with Faramir as his prime minister.