#she's just so special to me

[misterbenzadrine]

♡ day 8: devon lee ♡

good morning todos, we get to yap about one of my favs again, going a little overboard this time. today's victim is little old devon lee <3

from the MOMENT devon showed up on screen, she jumped all the way up my favs list. admittedly, since the other characters have a few seasons and a screentime headstart on her, she's a little lower than she should be. BUT she's still so special to me.

let me preface by saying, do i think johnny should have another pseudo-kid when robby is standing RIGHT THERE? no, i don't. ...but i mean if the writers are gonna go that route, devon is perfection. they immediately introduced her with a tough personality but she wasn't a "jock" or a bully, she was super motivated, intelligent, and kind from the start. also the fact that johnny and bert knew from the moment they saw her that she'd be perfect is one of my fav things.

(off-topic but her introduction scene to eagle fang being her saying her name and pronouns and johnny genuinely not knowing what that is was really funny and one of my fav moments of the whole series. devon lee, you are the woke queen ever.)

her relationship with johnny i think even outside of season six is a lot about pleasing him. she wants to make him proud. again, from the moment he saw her, he was impressed, then he just kept getting progressively more impressed with her. when she joins cobra kai, she doesn't see the extent of it but johnny does try to get her out, but chozen convinces him to fight smart. so when she gets back under johnny's leadership, she's probably feeling a little more than insecure about how he sees her now. obviously johnny's stressing about A LOT in s5/6. but kids, especially when facing their own struggles, find it harder to see the bigger picture.

so based on her actions, it definitely seems like devon is worried she might've upset johnny. or even if she didn't, she worries her ranking in his mind might've gone down. this plus the impending sekai taikai try-outs, devon freaks out a little but tries to stay focused on doing what she does best. but again, as she explains to johnny in pt 2, she worried she wouldn't be able to beat kenny, demetri, and hawk all together so she cheated to get a leg up. and johnny wasn't mad at her because he knows he was pushing everyone too hard because of his own anxieties and knew she wanted to make him proud. and that's on father-daughter !!

her time with tory, admittedly far shorter since it spans over maybe half of season five and season six (where they only get like five scenes together) (i didn't actually count but it's not a lot, i know that)

but AGAIN GONNA RESTRAIN MYSELF TO CANON, their friendship is soso important to me. also them bonding over their moms, i hope they get another talk in pt 3 where devon can really talk through what it was like to lose her mom and tory can connect with someone who understands exactly what she's going through.

again, does tory need a younger sibling dynamic when her little brother is RIGHT THERE? no. but devon seems to be the perfect fill-in for the writers so she works here definitely. it definitely gives tory a chance to grow more empathy. not that she's not empathetic but devon helps her understand (at the same level as robby) that it's not tory vs the world, that she can find people who see the good in her and who will have her back no matter what. tory also helps devon mature a little. while not explicitly stated, it's kind of shown in the leader/follower exercise that neither tory nor devon evidently know how to work in a team or with other people. but they both help each other grow into trusting teamwork. again i think devon could benefit IMMENSELY from being close to tory on an emotional and physical level. the girls pushing each other to be caring and trusting while also pushing each other to fight better <33

so anyways, i think devon switching dojos in season five was the best little detail on the writers' part, because she's absolutely loyal to johnny but she genuinely wants to excel at everything she enjoys. and she found that she really liked karate; if eagle fang had to disband, obviously she's going to join another dojo. to be fair, she also barely joined the dojo for what? four months? she, again, really took to johnny and karate but she hadn't been as involved in the karate drama as long as the others. this wasn't a whole year of her life, and these aren't people she trauma bonded with (at the time). she maybe recognized a few of them from school but really didn't know them outside of karate. so it actually made a lot of sense for her character to join topanga then cobra kai !

and finally, her new dynamic with kenny which hasn't had much screentime yet (and with five episodes left i'm not all that hopeful) but i really like this dynamic actually ! so obviously kenny and her are around the same age (i don't think she has a canon age but it's obviously implied she's likely bert's age, who's about a year or two older than kenny and anthony). we didn't see MUCH but there are some solid solidarity points between them knowing both of them fell into cobra kai and had to deal with realizing the whole dojo was genuinely kind of bad and having to find their place in the miyagi do dojo.

and devon immediately stepping down to let kenny fight in the sekai taikai after admitting what she did wrong is everything to me (it's obviously the right thing to do but she genuinely could have been evil and not told anyone, but she's not like that ! and i love her for that !) her also immediately having a conversation with kenny once he gets to barcelona, apologizing, then just talking in the background about who knows what, oh yeah, my girl's a yapper, social indeed. which in a show with so many characters with absentee parents, affinities for miscommunication, and pent-up anger, she is truly refreshing to behold, if only in the background. which brings me to my fav part:

!! headcanons !!

so picking up with kenny, she definitely spearheads his integration into the miyagi do dojo and subsequent friend groups (she just takes that initiative without prompting and did so even before the sekai taikai try-out drama. but also she still feels terrible about...the shittening. so this is how she makes it up to him). he's a little awkward at first, not sure who's still mad or maybe he just genuinely doesn't know how to interact with so many people after he spent so long in a cornered animal mindset. either way, she doesn't seem to mind and he seems genuinely comfortable with her.

manifesting her actually talking everything out with tory so they both know they're not alone in how they feel.

she also unintentionally makes johnny feel better about raising his new daughter. and i mean unintentional in the most literal sense of the word. she's just kinda existing, showing him something she mastered, and johnny's like "omg maybe i can be a good dad this time" (this is basically canon actually)

she has a seemingly out-of-nowhere small bond with miguel ?? which confuses a few people because no one ever seems to see them hanging out other than maybe once or twice. but it's mainly a mutual understanding of being johnny's pseudo-kids. and they're both very social. so they act a lot closer than they actually are.

when tory graduates, devon still texts/hangs with her often. it helps both her and tory know the other is still there and still cares/thinks about them. (abandonment issues girlies !!)

by association, robby and sam also kind of form a good bond with her. she sometimes third wheels robby and tory or sam and tory

devon, sam, and tory have more girl hangouts (sometimes going out with sam, yas, moon, and demetri) and devon feels GREAT to one, have so many friends and two, have friends who are girls and understand her. (it also helps to get demetri's perspective to round off a broad range of answers to any questions she has about school or romantic prospects)

she LOVES to yap with demetri about debate, politics, and movies. although demetri's definitely more qualified in movies than debate and politics, he still likes hearing what she has to say. (it's more than a little weird for him at first to be talking to a girl a couple years younger than him but he gets used to her after a bit)

she's pretty close with kenny and anthony but also likes hanging out with nate and bert.

not a headcanon technically but could you imagine if she became friends with lia somehow? i love both of them, that'd be so cutie if they somehow met and became friends. lia has almost no personality in canon other than she's nice but ya know, i can pretend she does.

also not a headcanon but it'd be super cute for her to be close with demetri and anthony as a trio since i already kinda see them as siblings anyway. devon/demetri/anthony siblings, oh yeah, i'm kinda rocking with it.

anyways, i DEFINITELY yapped too close to the sun with this one, i just really like devon. i shudder to think what the top five will be like

ermmm in conclusion: devon lee, you deserve far more screentime than you've been allowed. and you are surprisingly one of the more mentally/emotionally stable characters, which unfortunately makes you a backboard for other characters' growth and i'm sorry for that. you deserve better 🫶

[bacchuschucklefuck]

typical tavern scene

[lazylittledragon]

I love your hockey/skater Shadowlach!! How did they meet? WHat's their lore??

i think they're angsty childhood sweethearts who bonded over eyeliner and terrible music

[porrigens]

ryuji kisses for kiss ryuji day!

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 352

“Mother, I crave violence,” a small child interrupts the video call, practically clambering up into Nightingale’s chair. They look around five or so, with white hair and red eyes. Albino perhaps? 

“Ah, apologies, let me take care of this real quick,” Nightingale turns the microphone off when he gets a few acknowledging noises, picking the small child up and moving them from the room. 

“Cute kid,” Barry acknowledged from behind his coworker’s head, having been helping move things. Actually, the kid looked kind of familiar, though from where, who knew. Hard to remember everything with how fast his thoughts usually went. “I didn’t know Nightingale was a father…” 

Then again the specialist was notoriously private, and set most meetings online thanks to some sort of medical conditions. So he supposed it would make it easier to be a stay at home dad if he was there already…

[lunafresas]

so. is anyone out there still jopping (watching the terror 2018)

[minionsuncle]

Kipperlily..?

[mazeyphaedra]

was rewatching fabian’s baron moment on account of it being the most delicious piece of pvp in my recent memory and ally beardsley’s growth as a player just shone through so brightly and with such clarity. after dusting off their shock they immediately asked about the nemesis ward, had enough knowledge about fellow pcs stocked to remember adaine’s ac with such like frustrated confidence and certainty, suggested to siobhan to dimension door out of adaine’s room, like. they came into this making a character with 4 dex. and now the dice deity offered to roll a check to sense if adaine was in danger. making decisions, asking questions, getting invested in the story, trying so hard with the tools they have to save characters from danger; ally beardsley is an incredible d&d player.

[handthattakes]

Her name……….. is Howdy. Howdy the cowboy vampire. Howdy says say happy birthday to my girlfriend or else

[kobrafangs]

short hair nya was such a diva i love her

[crystaljellie]

Shipping EuryOdyPoliPen as the silliest polycule to ever grace this earth, Odysseus and Polites started dating first and they both had this big fat crush on Eurylochus but neither of them ever said anything.

Then Odysseus meets Penelope because he’s the king of Ithaca and needs to get married to a girl and he’s like “Woahhh what a woman she’s so smart and pretty she should murder or kiss me” but Penelope does not fall for Odysseus first, instead she sees Polites and is instantly head over heels because he’s sweet and charming and then eventually they all end up dating, I just know Penelope would fall for Odysseus because he does something massively stupid while trying to be smart and she’s like “never mind I want them both”

She and Ody get married but are both still dating Polites while having to hide it from the rest of the kingdom (it’s highly obvious and nobody cares)

And then Ctimene is about to marry Eurylochus but she is very much aware Eury is destined to become apart of the polycule, so literally on her wedding day she jokes to Odysseus about “stealing his second husband” Ctimene is our AroAce Queen though so she does not care at all, but it would catch Eury and Ody off guard so much and she would relish in that

But also thinking about Penelope had three husbands go to war and the only one who returned alive has his heart still out at sea somewhere

But yes EuryOdyPoliPen <3

[starcurtain]

I think Alhaitham's views on gods and his dynamic with Nahida in particular is probably one of the most underrated comedic elements to come out of Sumeru.

This guy put together an entire crack squad and master plan to rescue a god while being the Genshin equivalent of an atheist. "Yes, obviously archons exist. But so do sharks. Both of those beings have their place in the ecosystem, and if I had to pick one to piss off--"

Like, does he believe in the dendro archon? Yes. But is he going to listen if she denies his paid vacation request? Absolutely not.

Bro is selected by name to come discuss important matters with his nation's deity in her sanctuary, and he's just like, "Oh, I ran into Nilou there once. That was cool."

Raised to the highest possible position available in his nation's government by the deliberate selection of his god? Resigns.

We know that Nahida still calls on Alhaitham when Sumeru is in need of defending from nefarious parties, and sends him out with Wanderer to kick ass and take names. Now that they've forgotten Rukkhadevata and the Akademiya's ploy to imprison Nahida has been foiled, most of the people of Sumeru would be floored by the honor of being called upon personally to aid the great dendro archon. Staggered by the fact that the lord of wisdom herself finds them worthy! But Alhaitham? He just goes home. Kaveh asks him what he was up to all day. "Hm. Nothing of note."

Everyone else, upon receiving the recognition of a god: My life has been changed forever. I will be telling my great grandchildren of the day I received such a blessing!

But for Alhaitham? It was Tuesday.

Criminally underrated comedic potential. CRIMINAL.

[lazylittledragon]

expanding the baldur's skate cinematic universe again

[cake-emu]

Coronation Street | Betsy Swain + Carla Connor

Bonus:

[elodieunderglass]

(Killie the jockey OC and his coworkers)

(Killie is absurdly strong! but also - this is important, listen up, Rossa - the instructions are written on the cap)

(As a dual champion flat and jump jockey, Killie is capable of opening jars and also immune to the lure of the single grape)

[clairesbeauchamp]

BRIDGERTON (2020 -) | 3.01 Out of the Shadows