#she's horrified

[kastalani123]

Okay okay okay, I love Paul being just a Normal Guy™ as much as the next person, but consider:

Sally/Paul being the reincarnations of Odysseus/Penelope (Epic versions)

There are two equally entertaining options (presume they regain their memories late teens/early twenties):

1) Paul as Ody and Sally as Pen

The obvious one. Sally dealing with asshole men for the sake of her son? Doing everything she can to protect her family while also always being partially outside of the danger they face? And then she can finally rest and be happy once she reunites with her husband? Wonderful, peak, and this time she gets to deal with the asshole man herself, it's great.

Meanwhile, Paul being utterly devoted to his wife and kid despite not realizing everything that's going on? Pursuing knowledge, his tongue and wit his greatest attributes? Missing the kid's childhood and doing everything he can to make up for it even though it wasn't his choice to not be there? The kid going through all the trauma he went through and more while he can't do anything about it? The kid being his greatest enemy's son? No notes, he teaches Percy his tricks and answers all of Annabeth's questions.

2) Paul as Pen and Sally as Ody

The less obvious one but with more comedic potential courtesy of gender fuckery. Sally has a kid with her greatest enemy and is horrified that Penelope ever agreed to go through pregnancy and childbirth without modern technology. She teaches Percy everything she knows and worships the fact that she gets to raise him, even if he's always away and she has to deal with Gabe. Horrified that her son has to go on quests and save the world, though he's more prepared than she ever was due to her teachings. Absolutely giddy the first time Percy mentions Annabeth and that she's an Athena child. She's documenting every tiny milestone of his life.

Paul is the one that has to connect with a kid he's never known in this one and his love and respect for Odysseus doing so, especially freshly traumatized from twenty years of fighting for survival, multiply tenfold. He's constantly holding Sally through not knowing how their kid is doing — they just know that he's usually in mortal danger— and not being able to do anything about it; she's gotten a few years of experience before Paul came into the picture, but two years are nothing to two decades of waiting.

I dunno if Percy is Telemachus; I've been considering making him like,,,,, Annabeth or something, their ambition for fame seems to match, and the connection to Athena would be fun to explore. I just think Ody and Pen should get more kids. If Percy's isn't Telemachus, he'd probably have some minor this-family-is-essentially-soulbound-and-I'm-not-a-part-of-it; Sally mostly stamped it out between TLT and TTC, but Paul's arrival knocks that down a little, especially if they do find Telemachus as well. They put a stop to this as soon as they realize, tho; they love their kids equally, past lives or not.

That's about it. I just think it's a fun idea to contrast the Percabeth-as-Odypen concept

[zalrb]

LMAO my mom heard "Meet the Grahams" for the first time and she called me STRESSED, basically like

and i was just like

[littlegalerion]

So uh...husband surprised me...

I GOT THE GAME!

Now I'm obsessed with taking screenshots. I love my big buff dragonborn druid lady.

[archi-pelago]

maybe never forgive. but things are different now. so we'll use maybe.

[becasbelt]

I can't get over how scared caitlyn looks when she realizes she's about to be killed, that there's nothing she can do to stop it. she just regained consciousness, discovered that someone she trusted had betrayed her (had, perhaps, never been on her side at all), and then her one last attempt at resistance was brutally shut down before it even began.

the wide eyes. the way her breathing speeds up right before maddie pulls the trigger. this is caitlyn kiramman realizing she's about to die, and she is terrified.

[willyhoos]

you, and what little remains of your brother.

[pastelaeqy]

can someone PLEASE get these characters out of my head I do NOT want them here anymore they keep making me SAD

more on the first one in the tags

[kirkwallguy]

cullen's crush on f amell/surana drives me insane. is he the first templar to have taken interest in you? have you been dealing with this your entire life? how long has this been going on? how long did it take you to notice the extra pair of eyes on you in the hallway? does he know you or does he just think you're pretty? did he mean it when he said he'd kill you? do you believe him? do you find yourself alone in corridors with him often? is it a coincidence? is he one of the good ones? is he stronger than you? whose side will the knight commander take if you have to defend yourself? is it worth it? how many of your friends have survived a situation like this? how many haven't? what are your odds? are you feeling lucky? are you sure?

[genderqueerpond]

there is a perception filter on the old woman. people see her, but they don't really notice her. they don't see what's wrong about her.

until ruby points her out. ruby says "look at her. do you see that woman?" and they do. the perception filter falls away.

and the woman says "look at her. do you see that woman?" and they look at ruby, and the perception filter is gone. and they see her for what she truly is.

and it's beyond their brain's ability to comprehend.

[thewistlingbadger]

It's always "how could Silco go after the kids knowing that they were Felicia's? Felicia would be horrified by Silco" and never "how could Vander try to kill Silco knowing he was Felicia's best friend and never gave a proper apology? Felicia would be horrified by Vander"

[gattaxa]

"So just how many cases have you gotten so far, Kate Bishop?" "I'll have you know that since the inaugural opening of Hawkeye Investigations, I've taken on 5 new, definitely real, definitely paid their deposits, clients." "And how many were of cheating wives and husbands?" "...Four... BUT! One of them was about a missing guinea pig. Yeah, that one was kinda weird."

[ber--32]

the fact that the moment kyoko realized sayaka was unsaveable was when Oktavia hurt madoka is so much sadder when you remember kyoko's dad was violent to her mom when he was going insane

[wackywatchdotcom]

i think theoretically the idea of caine adding in some sort of pet would be very fun and cute but i cant help but think pomni would be unnerved by it

[kabukiaku]

GHULEH / ZOMBIE QUEEN. 🧟‍♀️

tribute to one of my favorite tracks from Infestissunam. (let's be honest, every single track on that album goes so hard.) I love this album so much.

bonus silly doodle:

[rainboww0lfie]

a ghosts graves

In the aftermath of a battle, Phantom, Batman, and Superman could be see talking between each other. 

During a lull in the conversation a tiny girl comes running from underneath caution tape taped around the vicinity, holding a bouquet of marigolds between her small hands. She’s out of breath and seems to be embarrassed when she stands before the heroes, Batman reacts the quickest to the sudden encounter. Asking her about why shes here and what the problem is, he’s about to ask about her parents when she interrupts with “i have something for mister Phantom”. 

Danny who had been only half listening was caught off guard, he looks at her and tries for a reassuring smile but his confusion must show through because she suddenly looks down shyly at her flowers. 

“I heard from mommy that you put flowers on graves for people you like, ” she starts, “i don't know where yours is though, so i got you flowers to put it wherever it is”. She’s obviously embarrassed about interrupting, but she says the words with a form of determination. Suddenly what seems to be her mother comes running from out of the crowd. 

“I am so, so, sorry for Miya, i didn't mean to loose sight of her, she slipped away, we’ll get out of your hair now. ” the woman says in a rush, gently tugging the child back from the slack jawed heroes. Danny can just make out her gently reprimanding the child for her behaviour when he suddenly steps forward. “Wait, wait, wait” he says quickly, crouching down to the child now hiding a bit behind the mother, “you got me flowers. . . so i can put them on my grave?” the tiny nod he gets from that has him smiling, “you wanted to put flowers on my grave?” is asked with excitement, gaining n even bigger nod in return. 

He takes a small step forward, still crouched, and asks “are you alright with me hugging you?”, the nod lets him quickly move forward a spin the child around in a tight hug, laughing. He smiles brightly at the girl, holding her in his arms with enough space to make sure the flowers were safe, who is smiling back just as brightly. Danny laughs, “no ones ever given me flowers before! And you want them on my grave!” the actions have gained the attention of both civilians and other heroes, Danny could honestly care less though, someone wants to put flowers on his grave! Someone went through the effort of giving him flowers! He is so excited!

Both the mother, Superman, and Batman all look uncomfortable, “have you. . . never gotten. . ahem. . Flowers before?” Superman asks, “i mean, you look young so. . . have your parents never. . . ?”, the ending never gets finished but its definitely implied what he wants to really ask. Danny doesn't care, its not exactly important, right?

He looks at the heroes and says cheerily “i don't think my parents even know im dead!” before looking back at the child in his arms, not seeing all the shocked, pale faced staring( minus Batman, he never emotes, like, at all). 

Eventually the kid has to leave due to dangerousness of the area, but not before a final hug and happy goodbye from Phantom after she hands the flowers to the undead hero. Danny says his goodbyes to the surrounding heroes, not understanding why they all look at him funny as he carries around the marigold bouquet before he flies off. He holds the flowers close to makes sure they dont get destroyed by the wind, but he cant help a few happy loops and twirls in his flight home. 

The first ever flowers for his grave, how exciting!

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Ever since then the heroes and a few civilians make sure to give Phantom flowers each time they see him for his grave. Phantom is so excited people want to give him flowers each time a new set is given to him. 

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wooooooo ok

i finally actually wrote something after so long, sorry for the long break between shit, stuff happened :/

sorry if there's any big misspellings or anything like that in here, i had an idea and wanted it down as fast as possible and i fucking ran with it as far as i could lol

y’all can continue this if you want, i just thought this idea was so cute

have a good night/day/afternoon/life

[beevean]

this small exchange manages to both convey the characters' personalities to a T and act as a microcosm of the crushing setting of the story

sometimes, writing is good