#stand and suffer

[moodysnowflake]

Can we just appreciate the Gargantuan Guts™ of this girl?

That's Nicholas the Punisher. The Undertaker.

She knows it, she knows that very well.

Yet, she's just throwing herself in front of him to get answers. We can argue that this is her naive showing, but after all this, after Roberto's death...is not realistic. Not anymore.

And I think that here Nick is not smacking her into tomorrow not only because he grew awfully fond of her (talking shtick to Vash about getting attached and there you go, you snarky hypocrite), but also because she might be reminding him of Vash, launching herself straight into danger, determination incarnated.

And he's not reciprocating that goddamned shin kick because he knows he deserves it. Very much. And he's accepting that, wishing for some kind of atonement.

In his own, grumpy moth way.

[maliciouscigarette]

Art by giganticbuddha (here's their ko-fi)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Burning Rotten Bridges

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[ilys00ga]

how is Russia invading and attacking Ukraine "a threat to the world/the area" but Israel doing the exact same thing to palestine/Gaza and its neighboring lands somehow different? make it make sense...

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Bob Iger saying all this while also being on basically billionaires vacation really should say something, holy shit.

[lively-run-away]

i want that bitch dead. i want that critter be absolutely clapped

[guzhufuren]

“The fool Xiaobao who saved me that day was the young master of the Jin money clan. If I can take advantage of him...“

Wang Yunkai as Jin Xiaobao in upcoming uncensored wuxia BL Meet You At The Blossom, airs on July 11th

[birb-catto]

I love the wholesomeness of this fandom

Cale sacrificing himself:

TCF fandom: YES YES YEAAAH MORE BLOOD MOAAAR

DHB sacrificing himself:

TCF fandom: NOOOOOO baby don't die 😭

[nina-scribbles]

Finally done with this piece for my 🪐🛸Space Au🚀🌌 !!!

+ some bonus closeups on details i really liked 💕

[cherubchoirs]

you make even the devil cry!

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: death mention / strangulation mention / stabbing mention / blood mention / self-sacrifice / codependency mention in tags / ]

I think a lot about how common it is for Raph to be the one to have direct focus put on him when Leo gets into all his near death experiences.

Like, when Leo is thrown off a building, it’s Raph who’s right there jumping after him, not even thinking about the consequences to himself when he does. When Leo almost gets skewered by the Krang, Raph’s right there to take the blow and send Leo to safety without a second thought. When Leo’s being strangled to near death, it’s a Krangified Raph doing the job, doing exactly what Raph would never, ever want to do. When Leo is telling Casey Jr to close the portal, it’s Raph who tries desperately to convince Leo otherwise.

Likewise, Leo is consistently very single minded when Raph gets forcibly separated from them. Both when in the sewers and by the Krang, Leo is dead set on finding Raph first and foremost.

I also think it’s interesting that during each of Leo’s near death experiences, the lightheartedness of his words during them goes directly hand in hand with both how close Raph is to him physically and how much danger Raph is also in in that moment. From a literal “I told you so” as Leo’s falling away from Raph to a soft joke about how “hero moves” are Raph’s style - both of these are on the more morbidly carefree side and both of these notably take Leo farther away from Raph and, in turn, have Raph not in immediate danger.

On the other side of things is the apology from Leo, heedless of the danger he himself is in as he seriously and genuinely speaks to a Krangified Raph face to face. Then there’s Leo’s freezing and desperation as Raph takes a hit meant for him and sends just Leo to safety, leaving Raph himself behind. Both of these involve much closer proximity and Raph being directly harmed - these together make Leo much more vulnerable in his words and actions, something not even the threat of death can make him.

These two care about each other so much, and they’re way too much alike for their own good.

[sincerelybyseher]

[creekfiend]

I have indeed been simply deleting asks that I receive about this, but I just want to say. I find it so discouraging that people are so thoroughly nation-state pilled that they think that the only way for millions of one group of people to be safe living in a geographical region is the existence of a nation state which is actively enacting ethnic cleansing on the other people in that region. GOD that's fucking depressing I'm so fucking depressed.

[ccrisntok]

(eyestrain/glitch warning)

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For nothing.

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Guys... Guys I promise my next post won't be Ace angst... I swear....

This is sort of a redraw of one of my old Ace drawings, which used the same quote! (Said quote is from "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky! I think!)

Still images:

[youhavelessproof]

reminder that even if you don't ship batcest you should be upset with DC sanitizing their found families. 🩵

if you like fanfic where the Batfamily is a perfect loving family with no issues, more power to you, but you should still be upset about the current state in canon. because liking something in fanfic is not the same as liking something in canon.

story potential is actively being taken away from us because no one is allowed to have complex feelings about each other. Dick and Bruce aren't allowed their impossible to name relationship, Dick and Jason aren't allowed their love/hate relationship, Dick and Cass aren't allowed to have mutual but different negative feelings about each other, Dick and Babs' relationship has to be squeaky clean, etc. etc.

what's the point of having a group of characters to focus on if they're never allowed to have lasting conflict?

found family should never be forced to follow the heteronormative nuclear family propaganda we've all been fed and yet here we are. Bruce doesn't need to be Dick's dad for it to be understood that Bruce helped form Dick into who he is today. Dick and Jason don't need to be strictly brothers for them to be family. there is more to family than strict labels. especially in the context of queer history.

there is nothing wrong with liking fanon, but letting it be applied to canon without a second thought isn't good for anyone. I promise you that even if you're enjoying this now, it will be detrimental for canon stories.

and before you think to yourself that you don't care about canon anyway, yes you do. these characters wouldn't exist in fanon if not for the fact that canon existed. you might not have read a single comic in your life and never plan to, but you should still care because comics are the only reason you have these characters to begin with.

I have so many more thoughts but I'll end with this. Dick especially will never fit into a picture perfect family according to nuclear family standards because, in his own words, "Nightwing belongs to two families." (he's talking about the Titans here fyi. because the Titans are also family. family that is constantly dating each other.)

[luciferscowgirl]

Making love to a mic stand in red light makes so much sense…