#snap back to reality (oop there goes gravity)

[sil3ntm0thart]

idk if i'd call it irony but i would call it funny

[monakisss]

old woman yuri and wake doodles

[asparklethatisblue]

Rejoice, for onto the world a child was born.

Baby Gesus, only daughter of Jod, the most special girl in the universe

[keplerspacecraftofficial]

imagine ur doing 90 in a 55, ur water just broke, u arent even trying to get to the hospital about it youre trying to get away from your ex man (who is also your girl) who is also the fucking traffic cop trying to arrest you for speeding and also some unrelated stuff (the only reason he hasnt called a full on car chase is because he thinks you're pregnant with his kid) (its not his kid, you specifically picked his boss as your sperm donor to make said boss’s life hell) and you have a pretty good idea about what the last couple hours of commander wake's life was like

[2plolo]

Dealer: j got this new strain 💯 it’s called, “thanergy link to your daughters longsword” 😳🔥 gonna be blitzed off your titz

Me: whatever man I don’t feel shit

5 minutes later: dude I swear I saw some bitch in a hazmat suit at the bottom of that glass coffin

My girl Harrow, pacing: the eggs you gave me all died and you lied to me

[pencildragons]

thinking about how gideon understands wake's conversation with john so she must have been speaking her oppressor's language to her oppressor. thinking about how wake's full name is italicised, a literary convention indicative of foreign words. thinking about whether wake even knows the meaning of her name at all or if it is just about keeping it alive at this point. thinking about if she knows any of the destroyed languages of the planet that her ancestors escaped ten thousand years ago before they were erased entirely. thinking about wake and how two thirds of her name is derived from anglo/western culture just so the devastating impact on indigenous people of the erasure of their traditional knowledge and culture could be contextualised in a way muir's (predominantly) white, anglo/western audience could understand. thinking about wake and how she was angry enough at the imperial systems of power she spent her whole life fighting against to exist as a ghost for twenty years after the fact of her death. thinking about how all augustine offers her efforts twenty years after the fact of her death is belittlement of her people and a toast. thinking about [a giant shephard's crook emerges from the wings and yanks me sidestage]

[harrowedsoup]

Anyway Wake lives in my mind rent free and the fact that she’s the Mary to Gideon’s Jesus and John’s god is just!! So crazy to think about!! I’m not catholic enough to really appreciate it but I LOVE that about her and I wish I saw more people talk about it.

Wake, who had an incredibly messy relationship with two people at once, being cast as the Virgin Mary? Having God’s child only for them to be killed for the good of mankind?? Yet Wake’s hard refusal of anything related to motherhood because Gideon was never supposed to be anything other than a tool?? OG Gideon/Pyrrha being her own twisted version of Joseph????

[toxic-spike-plumeria]

Plumeria had been a nervous wreck since Piers had gone to talk to his sister. She had played it off cool when he had gone, but ever since then, there were knots and stabs and jabs of anxiety, especially as she prepped and cooked all the food. Alohi had sensed it and had tried to cheer her up, but in the end even she had kept her distanced, heeled by the protective Ziggy and Nocturnus to just sit and watch from the side like all the other pokemon that watched her with curiosity.

"What if she doesn't like this? What if she actually hates fish and thinks I can't cook? What if I fuck up the glaze and ruin the sauce pan? What if she doesn't like me?? Oh gods, please let me have this, I need a win here! What if there's not enough berries for the malasadas? What if they don't like malasadas? Do you like malasada??" She was rambling on, pacing this way and that throughout the kitchen before looking at the pokemon for an answer. Only Alohi perked up, giving a gleeful jump and chirp. The others just stared at her. She gave her forehead a smack. "You don't even know what malasada is, what was I thinking??" She scolded herself, returning once again to the 'what-ifs' that popped up in her head.

She heard Piers enter the flat and announce himself and Marnie, and she paused, willing herself to calm down and ignore the building sense of dread in her stomach. "Calm down, Plu." She whispered to herself, willing herself to stop shaking. "You're overreacting and everything is gonna be fine."

She stepped out of the kitchen and into the open area that connected to the front hall of the apartment. She tried her best to give her boyfriend a beaming smile, but it couldn't quite reach her eyes this time. "Welcome back!" She greeted, fidgeting with her jewelry a little. She looked over a Marnie- a clear resemblance was held between her and her brother- and held out her hand. "I-its nice to finally meet you! I'm Plumeria. I-i hope you don't mind fish!" She tried to give a little laugh and joke.

'I hope you don't mind fish?' She mentally scoffed and scolded herself. 'Bitch you need to get a grip, you're acting a damn fool!'

🎸 from Here

@toxic-spike-plumeria

He knew it would have to happen, but the conversation sparked anxiety anyway. Never had Piers brought anyone to meet his sister; in fact, he never really bothered with dating at all. How does one even have this chat?

Still, the necessity of it meant he had to stay his course here, so he had gone to meet up with Marnie at the gym’s stage. She liked being there for the practice on occasion, and today was one of those days. This was convenient, but also meant he was in his head more than normal during the rehearsals, which she noticed.

“What’s with all this lack of enthusiasm, big bro?” Marnie asked, giving him an odd look. Her morpeko at her side seemed to echo the same sentiment, which would have been cute if not for the situation.

He sighed and sat on the edge of the stage, patting the spot next to him. “C’mere a sec, Marnie, there’s somethin’ important I need ta tell ya..”

Marnie looked a tad more concerned but obliged her brother’s request, sitting next to him, her morpeko hopping on to her lap with the same intrigue as its trainer. “Alright then, bro�� what’s up?”

Piers fidgeted with his collar for a moment, before speaking to the floor more than her at first. “It’s just… somethin’ big’s happened for me, an’ I need to explain it to ya… it’s.. important to me that ya listen good, alright?”

Marnie nodded, growing a bit more concerned if more curious as he seemed to be delaying the conversation via repetitive reminders of the importance of the topic, without actually going into said topic yet.

He noted the nod and sighed again, steadying his thoughts with the exhale. “I’ve.. been seein’ someone.. an’ it’s gettin’ serious, sis. Real serious..”

He paused here to gauge her response, which seemed more relieved than distressed. Truthfully, Marnie was glad it was just him dating and not something bad, but she remained silent, nodding her head once as of to say ‘continue’.

Piers took the hint and swallowed, before continuing. “Her name’s Plumeria an’ she’s from Alola… she’s … she’s workin’ for me now, but we been datin’ ya see… it’s not been too long, ‘s not like I delayed tellin’ ya, but.. I’m pretty sure… no.. very sure… that I love her..”

Marnie looked somewhat surprised by this, as did morpeko, both of them staring with slightly agape jaws. “That’s surprising but.. not in the bad way ya had me fearing..”

Piers laughed very subtly at the dry response, but was glad she wasn’t upset so far. “I.. I want ya t’meet her… it’s important t’me that ya like her.. that ya approve, ya feel?”

Marnie nodded and looked down for a moment, holding Morpeko before looking back at him. She put her pointer fingers to her face and gave him a smile in Marnie fashion, which relieved a lot of Piers’ concerns.

“Means a lot, sis.. you’ve no idea.. she’s makin’ a meal that’s popular in Alola. I want ya t’come.. whaddya say?”

Marnie once again looked away and thought for a moment, before nodding again. “It’s important to you so it’s important to me too. I’ll come.”

Piers gave her a genuine smile, putting a hand on her head approvingly. “Thanks sis. Means a lot.”

He wanted to tell her about moving her in too, and fidgeted a bit, unsure if that should be a conversation for after they met. She would be moving in over time anyway, so he could explain that after they met first.

Feeling better about the situation, he resumed the rehearsal, but was far more himself again, which was clearly approved of by Marnie who gave him a thumbs up and then one of her smiles.

After the rehearsal, she followed him back up to the flat, and they entered the home, where he called in to Plumeria from the entryway.

“Plu, we’re here.. I want ya t’meet Marnie..”

He headed to the kitchen with Marnie following behind, holding her morpeko who was wildly sniffing the air.

[fortjester]

everyone PLEASE take a look at these tlt pieces I got commissioned by @b1cr1ptic for my dead cav club au and please also weep for how awesome they are

[mayasaura]

wait do you think wake's name is a fucking joke about how she died. like obviously eminem "snap back to reality oops there goes gravity", but like, she explicitly died by falling out of the airlock when g1deon pushed her. so like... oops there goes gravity?

Dksjdhdgd oh my god it never occured to me but now that you've said it..... bitch it might be. Oops there goes gravity. Wafting you down to your death like a butterfly

[joseline-woodhouse]

Pyrrha be like: "Hot Sauce sounds like a born leader if she ever drops that ridiculous name.

"A real leader is called something like Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back to Reality Oops There Goes Gravity"

[asthedeathoflight]

Thinking about Wake's last words rn. She claims in Harrow that she died smug and satisfied with her work, enjoying getting to die in front of Gideon the First, who couldn't. But when the Ninth house brought her spirit back from the dead, she /screamed/ for him. It was all she would do before she ran off to go hide in her bones! She screamed for him in such a way that the nuns apparently thought she was screaming for her /baby/ and therefore that the baby must be named Gideon. Which makes me so insane. What was she thinking? What was she feeling in that moment? Was she afraid? Was she angry? Did she want him to come down here so she could kick his ass? Did she want him to save her?

The fact that the nuns assumed that baby Gideon was who she was screaming for makes it sound almost like she was afraid for /him./ Was she afraid he would tell John? Was she afraid he had gone too far and would break his own heart against his sense of duty? Did he have some other plan we don't yet know about?

Like, from a more meta standpoint here, Muir could have had Wake say a lot of different things here. But all she does is call out for him. It's so maddeningly opaque. But it's just like them. It's not actually about what she's feeling - if she loves him or hates him or fears him - she just can't bear for the conversation to be over. Now that she's free of the mission she had in life, the only thing she wants is to talk to him again.

[tanis-zed]

You know, if they weren’t mortal enemies driven by a societal hatred so deep and profound it transcends death, Harrow and Commander Wake would probably get along.

Think about it! Wake is a leader driven by such passionate hatred that it inspires her entire movement, to the point where they’re still putting up posters pf her twenty years after she died! And Harrow, who’s been bearing the responsibility of keeping her entire religion alive by herself for nearly that long, would definitely respect the hell out of that!

AND Wake was in a doomed relationship with not one, but TWO of her mortal enemies AT THE SAME TIME! And Harrow, who is such a hopeless romantic that on the edge of death she repeatedly dreams up meet-cutes and coffeeshop aus for her to get with a girl she physically cannot remember, would also respect the hell out of THAT!

I’m just saying, Commander Wake and Harrowhark have a lot in common, and they could probably be friends, if it weren’t for that whole war thing.

[howverychaotic]

Commander Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pa Snap Back To Reality Oops There Goes Gravity

It sounds funny and memey and at first glance, we see that it's preserving three pieces of cultural history. Let's go deeper.

Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead

From Shakespeare's Henry V, but also saying that we remember everyone who died because of you.

Kia Hua Ko Te Pai

From New Zealand's national anthem God Defend New Zealand, meaning "Let Goodness Flourish".

John is Māori and he speaks Te Reo Māori, as evidenced by him naming his daughter Kiriona (the Te Reo Māori translation of Gideon in the bible), and his friends saying he looked like a Māori pink panther.

John, a self-proclaimed God, failed to defend New Zealand. And he cannot Let Goodness Flourish. Making him say it aloud is massive fuck you.

Snap Back To Reality, Oops There Goes Gravity

Obviously a funny reference to Eminem's Lose Yourself, but there's two parts here.

"Snap Back To Reality" as in. Stop running from this and own up to what you did. This isn't a fun fairy tale. Humanity is fractured and broken because of you.

"Oops There Goes Gravity" as in. You destroyed the earth and MADE US FLEE INTO SPACE.

Making Jod say this aloud is a massive fuck you because her entire name

[letothethird]

do u guys think tasmuir is gonna pull this on us

[steepedfoxglovetea]

Commander Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back to Reality Oops There Goes Gravity really put the “dead” in “dead beat dad”