#sorry i have a lot of thoughts

[simplepotatofarmer]

the thing about abuse and cruelty is that no one deserves it, ever.

there's not a magic set of circumstances that make someone deserve abuse. even if they're super annoying or do things to hurt others. because it's the action that's wrong. it's the abuse and harm that's wrong, not who is doing it.

the scary thing comes when people try to justify that harm and abuse: c!tommy was annoying and caused people harm and therefore he deserved it. c!dream did terrible things and therefore he deserved terrible things.

those are the sorts of justifications that perpetuate the cycle of abuse. and that's exactly what the point of the finale was about: shunning the idea that because someone has done something to hurt you, that they deserve to be hurt and seen as not human. that you can look past that if you let go of the need to punish.

it was just too late.

[shameful-casinocups-fan]

"we have casino cups at home!"

casino cups at home:

[larcenywrites]

Something that bugs me is how Sabretooth’s eyes are drawn. The Marvel Wiki said he has amber eyes yet he’s been drawn with white eyes, blue eyes, and red and black eyes a la Gambit.

Which one would you prefer?

No I have the same peeve about it :/ because I also swear he’s never been drawn with amber eyes???? It’s hard to argue that the black on red or the white is supposed to represent amber 😭

But tbh I like the blue in his origins!

But I suppose you could also argue that he’s still more, ah, clean cut and human there? But I’m surprisingly a fan of the black on red! Like- does it make sense? Probably not! But I feel like they do seem to give his whole look and animal schtick a new edge! Besides, I’d argue they actually help make him look more cuddly 🥰

But I haven’t been a fan of the white eyes devoid of pupils. However, I don’t mind them in some instances, namely when he’s suited up! They’re cool to look at sometimes! And it definitely gives his look a more inhuman and sinister sort of aura!

But it’s not something I want to see all the time. Like Wolverine’s white eyes with the mask is cool! And then he takes off the suit and he’s just some dude with blue eyes again! But sabretooth doesn’t even wear a mask lol. I definitely don’t like the white when he’s not in the get-up. Part of me wonders if it’s supposed to showcase a sort of reflective retina like in cats?

[sketchyelvenasss]

One of the things that breaks my heart most about ascended Astarion— and yes I know this is the point, I’m just saying— is if mc is being hesitant to become his spawn and say “a beloved slave is still a slave.”

Astarion will respond with “… I love you. That’s what you’ve been waiting to hear, isn’t it?”

Whatever personal interpretations ppl have about how he feels about mc after ascension it is still very clear hear he is weaponizing mcs feelings for him and it makes me cry inside.

[koukouture]

Idk what it is but like fanfics have really opened my eyes to Aymeric. Like in the MSQ I was like "Oh yeah I like him but idk I like Haurchefant more" but in the Dragonsong War questline + fanfics made me like him a lot. Like he's actually a prince I love him so very dearly. Plus he's yk actually alive so he has more fanfic potential (sorry Haurchefant you were my first love tho)

[theflirtmeister]

4, 9, & 11 for the ship ask! either hoffheight, hoffdon, or a terrible combination of both >)

i'm going to do the terrible combination of adam/lawrence/hoffman because we love Abusing That Twink

4. Who initiates affection? Why does the other not initiate affection as much?

adam definitely initiates affection by being so grabbable <3 lawrence and hoffman Love touching him, but rarely bother with each other (although hoffman would like to grope him too)

9. What do they dislike most about the other? Why?

Adam dislikes Lawrence's ambition and Hoffman's brutality

Lawrence dislikes Adam's cowardice and Hoffman's carelessness

Hoffman dislikes Adam's friendliness and Lawrence's ruthlessness

11. How do they feel about nicknames/pet names? If they like them, what pet names do they use? If they hate them, why do they feel that way?

i will die on the hill that Lawrence uses darling for Adam!! I also think Adam refers to Hoffman as a dog, and Hoffman pretends to hate it, when rly he's ready to drop to his knees. Hoffman always calls Lawrence doc/doctor and Lawrence calls him Mark.

[sixty-silver-wishes]

actually. watching the black rider opera made me realize why I didn't like the two caligari musicals I've seen. they're too literal! the black rider has a simple plot and characters, but the avant garde and expressionist performances allow the audience to interpret how the characters are feeling through exaggerated movements, poetic lyrics, at times disturbing music, a bit of absurdism, and moments where you're like, "wait, what am I watching again?" there's emotional whiplash, there's ambiguity, there's dark humor, there's an eclectic mix of music and dance genres. "caligari" as a film and as a story would lend itself very well to this kind of theatre (hell, the influences from it in "the black rider" are very obvious), but the two musical theatre interpretations I've seen aim to be very literal and concrete. there's no ambiguity, no liminality or absurdism. everything is spelled out and structured into these very conventional narratives that don't leave any room for the audience to speculate and reflect. the black rider is an adaptation of carl maria von weber's opera "der freischuetz," but it's also a story about addiction and whatever else the audience may draw from it. "caligari," similarly, is about authority, trauma, whatever- but that room to speculate is what makes it so intriguing. the ballet adaptation probably comes the closest to what I would want to see from one, but can you imagine if a musical theatre or opera adaptation allowed itself to be less restrictive and by-the-book, and leaned more into focusing on the emotions and themes that are difficult to describe, but expressed best through performance? "caligari" shouldn't be made to make sense; the audience is tasked with making sense of it for themselves. there's so much potential there that I feel just isn't being tapped into enough, because it's not the story or the characters that make it so interesting. it's the way the story and characters are vessels for something much, much larger than an early horror movie.

[steveharrington]

olivia incident should’ve NEVER happened like something needed to be changed ages ago. i remember so many nightmare scenarios in the past like leroy getting knocked out and falling was the scariest moment ever i remember watching that and being like “oh my god is he alive?!!!!” :/

the more i watch old seasons of the challenge the more i’ve come to realize that someone could easily be killed on this show like no exaggeration. what happened to olivia is so horrifying because it could’ve easily killed her or blinded her and i keep seeing articles call it a “freak accident” but like….idk production should’ve foreseen this! if you’re slingshotting golf balls at an insanely high velocity, it seems like a no brainer to offer eye protection esp considering they DID when jordan and fessy did that comp earlier in the season (although jordan posted recently saying the goggles they gave him were cheap science class type goggles, which would’ve blinded olivia if they shattered).

and you’re so right the leroy thing was horrific and that whole comp was HORRIBLY designed!! plus the lack of proper medical care they offer challengers when they do get hurt is also insane!!! the balls in round when rogan concussed jay and it took two rounds for anyone from production to notice that jay was slurring his words and didn’t know what was going on?? what is the point of having medics on set if they can’t recognize signs of a CONCUSSION during a contact sport!!!!! like oh my god. plus the general culture of the show and how hard they harp on “never quitting 👊🏻” really pressures people into dangerous situations. i remember during vendettas (?) i think marie was nervous about falling into water from a platform and she kept saying “it hurt really bad last time” and TJ was like aw c’mon marie don’t be a quitter it won’t hurt!!!! when in her experience it literally did hurt. i wouldn’t blame certain competitors if they stopped coming on the show because they don’t want to risk seriously hurting themselves. idk this quote from olivia is really scary and sad and the contestants shouldn’t even have to worry about these things happening

[koko-heads]

RIGHT???

“We can’t put the curtain back up if we tear it down” “I will burn the curtain to ash” is such a raw fucking line and it comes from CLONE HIGH

[brucie-baby]

the fact that alfred was the one to put up jason's memorial is so important to me

[meltedmush]

[rusty-lustful-fireflies]

I like thinking about how Blitzø and Stolas are compatible in their messed up ways, but there's one clear incompatibility between them, on ground on their unresolved traumas;

Blitzø has anger issues, overactive fight reaction

while Stolas has been verbally attacked & abused by Stella for at least 17 years

Stolas has avoidant issues, overactive flight reaction

while Blitzø has been abandoned and ignored by many people practically whole his life

So it fucks with their relationship.

In Ozzie's Stolas avoids confrontation, Blitzø feels he's ashamed of him and gets upset and aggressive after giving Stolas a lift.

Later in the series, Stolas texts less and ,,gives Blitzø space" which makes Blitzø worried that he's not wanted anymore. Then when he's offered the crystal, it triggers him, making him convinced completely that he's being abandoned again. He jokes rudely, Stolas feels he's mocked and so he leaves, which causes Blitzø to lash out, which causes Stolas to kick him out...

They really need to resolve their internal problems first in order to work out

[wickjump]

sorry you couldnt just leave this in the tags @moccasins. because you are so unfathomably right about literally every single thing here. yes. especially on the angry voice part like a god who is truly mad is something you do not want to see.

he is not just the god of dying as an act but he is the god of death. of wilt and of rot, of grief and mourning, of the end of existence. he is the god of death, the end to all ends, the one illness we will never be able to cure, the thing that will plague every living thing until the day that it comes. he is the feeling of doom that looms over your shoulder from the day you first open your eyes until the day you close them for the last. he is the echoes of those long gone, he is the smell of rotted, waterlogged wood when you enter a long-abandoned church. he is, by all means, terrifying and incomprehensible and a sense of dread follows him wherever he goes and if you are frail enough it can kill you.

geno being able to comprehend him is what makes afterdeath so compelling to me. idk. like there's this god that has to dull down his form for the souls he reaps, but geno looks at him and sees him and is not afraid. no matter what form reaper takes, geno and death have always gone hand-in-hand and there is no reason for that to stop now.

also. dogs. hellhounds. yes. he has puppies. puppy doggy. i agree

i think reaper should be more godly actually. make him scarier and more inhuman (inmonster??). i need afterdeath where geno is like this rotting away 4’6 40 year old and reaper is 7’5 in his smallest form and if you look at him you feel immediate dread and everywhere he goes it begins to rain and every step he takes in the grass makes it wilt, and when he’s using a Single Fraction of his actual power his wings split into 3 pairs and there are too many eyes and his voice is loud and commanding and makes you feel the need to confess every one of your sins. even the most strong willed will fall to their knees before the god of death at a single glance their way. the reason geno is so special is because he doesn’t.

[remxedmoon]

comfort food.

(greyscale below!)

aaaaa. iii needed to make something self indulgent!!!! and for me that means drawing Bonnie and also putting a frankly stupid amount of work into rendering food!! outside of the onigiri and spaghetti (kind of), most of these were firsts for me and GOD im so happy with the results. i’ve seen a few people say that my art makes them hungry teehee. i hope this illicits the same reaction! please enjoy :3

here’s the greyscale version!! iii don’t think it’s As Appetizing as the colored version and the values are a little messy but! it exist !

[ryssbelle]

Drew a bunch of Marinettes in a bunch of different artists styles it was a lot of fun!!

Artists who's styles I mimicked: @buggachat @hamsternamedmarinette @ladybeug @sabertoothwalrus and @anna-scribbles all epic artists 🤟😎

[theflirtmeister]

I would love to hear more of ur omegaverse au thoughts. Like anything. Maybe under a read more?

I apologise to everyone who hates omegaverse and is on mobile.

Okay so we’re running off the universe rules that the world is trying to be more progressive towards omegas - look they can vote now! Unclaimed omegas can go out in public! You don’t have to sit at your alphas feed and be hand fed! But obviously people are still Weird about omegas (And Adam’s parents were v upset when he presented as Omega and that’s partly why the relationship is fragmented) and betas just think the whole thing is Weird in General. 

Adam and Scott have been heat mates since high school, they fuck each other whenever Adam is in heat/Scott’s in rut, but they don’t actually?? Like each other very much?? Scott is PISSED when Lawrence claims Adam after the bathroom incident, and Adam is like “jesus christ my life is awful”. 

Hoffman + Amanda are both alphas and hate each other, it’s very hard to be in the same room as them - luckily now that Adam is claimed, he still smells amazing, but Lawrence is mixed in as well, as a kind of Back Off. (Obviously though, Hoffman and Lawrence have a weird thing going on so Adam is kind of used as a pawn between them)

I am also adding Jigsaw 2017 into this now because I fell in love with Logan and Eleanor - He’s a beta and she’s an alpha, and she’s been using him for her ruts whenever she needs him, but they don’t really have a romantic relationship?? Logan is perfectly happy by himself, and Eleanor’s my favourite little weirdo and does her own thing! She thinks Amanda is So Cool, and keeps trying to show friendly alpha behaviours like smiling and being submissive and Amanda is a prickly cactus who Does Not Understand.

(Also Hoffman is the worst alpha because he keeps falling for other alphas - he's trying to display alpha mating techniques for both rigg + strahm and they're reading them as threat displays and freaking out)