#such a precious little thing

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[michaelscorneroftheinternet]

*Collapses on the ground*

IM LATE!

But!!!

I FINISHED

Chonkzzles has been making his rounds around to different blogs to bring flowers for Valentines Day! However, there are a few places he couldn't sneak his way into [he's good, but not that good], so he's found another way to deliver his gift, by pinging you instead!

@tiredsmashbros @michaelscorneroftheinternet @devil-dragon @chycoin @gooeglop @grinnames @aquaproductions @blue-doofus @scimagic @libbytwq

And you! Yes you! He didn't forget about you either! Have a wonderful Valentines to one and all, you are loved! 🧡

[sketchytea]

missed finishing in time for vg appreciation week so this is just. more elf crew shenanigans 🍂

[firstfullmoon]

Chelsea DesAutels, from “Hot Blood,” in A Dangerous Place

[recny]

jacob anderson #1 lesdaughter enthusiast confirmed

[hunihimig]

Windbreaker Art trade with @officialmiintee 🌱🍓🐈

cutting classes to pet cats

post-patrol cooldown with kitties!

[illegally-blind-and-deaf]

my favourite LOTR thought at the moment is how absolutely confused Samwise Gamgee must have been when he truly met Peregrin Took for the first time. Of course he'd seen Pippin before, but he'd never actually interacted with him because Sam is just a humble gardener, while Pippin is the heir to the richest and most influential family in the whole Shire.

Poor Sam was most probably expecting a well-mannered young hobbit with very nice clothing (and perhaps a snobbish attitude), someone like Mr Frodo, or perhaps even quiet, calm Meriadoc Brandybuck. While both have a mischievous streak, they're still well-to-do and obviously so in how they act and dress and interact with one another.

There is absolutely no way he was expecting an absolutely feral hobbit-child with far too much energy and a mouth that prattles on a-mile-a-minute about absolutely everything his mind comes across. Or Pippin's favourite hobby of singing loudly in every possible scenario, or vanishing off to climb a tree or catch a fish in a nearby brook. Bare-handed.

This concept is absolutely hilarious to me and I honestly need more Sam and Pippin interactions, especially at the start of the journey when they're walking to Buckland.

[wolfwarrior142]

Aaravos with his first child: *loves her so deeply, profoundly devastated for a century after she's unfairly killed, causes chaos for centuries after*

Aaravos with his second child: Fuck this little freak lol

[jungle-fae]

Can we talk about Ruoye for a second.

Like, it’s a sweet, wholesome, playful little spirit that loves Xie Lian to pieces, yet its backstory is so fucked up. It only came to life because of the horrible evil acts it was used to commit, and I’m just thinking that poor baby Ruoye has got to be just as traumatized as Xie Lian. The book notes that in its very first moments, it doesn’t understand the suffering that birthed it, but I hardly think that means Ruoye wasn’t aware of what caused it to gain consciousness. It was a lil baby spirit, so it just didn’t understand the implications yet.

And Ruoye had the misfortune of coming to life during Xie Lian’s worst moments. Of course it wasn’t XL’s fault, but it still hurts that Ruoye, innocent little spirit that it was, just wanted love from the person it saw as its creator and wasn’t able to get it. My guess is Ruoye probably quickly understood the circumstances surrounding its birth because of XL’s initial attitude towards it. I almost imagine it had to feel some sort of guilt for its part, albeit involuntary, in XL’s suffering.

However. As we know, no matter what mistakes Xie Lian made in the past, he ultimately chose kindness. I cannot imagine how painful it must have been for him to see Ruoye for a while, given what it must have reminded him of, yet he welcomed and cared for it regardless. He gave it the love that it so desperately wanted. And I can’t get over that. He realized that no matter how much pain Ruoye had caused him, it wasn’t the little spirit’s fault. In a way, I can draw parallels between that and Xie Lian’s treatment of Hong Hong’er, who he always took care of no matter how much others warned him that he would cause misfortune. Xie Lian ignored the warnings because Hong Hong’er didn’t deserve to be punished for something he had no control over. He deserved to be loved like anyone else.

Now, the scene that really got me thinking about all this? When Jun Wu uses Ruoye to tie up Xie Lian in Quan Yizhen’s palace, Ruoye is distraught. I don’t think that is purely because it has been tied into knots, as is explained in the book, but also because of the resurfacing trauma of again being used to hurt Xie Lian, whom it loves so much. And again, like little ghost fire Hua Cheng, it can do nothing about it.

All this to say, I love precious little Ruoye and I love the relationship it has with Xie Lian even more. Despite the trauma and pain, they found companionship in each other, choosing to love. It’s like, one of, if not the main theme, of TGCF, and I never realized how much Ruoye, with all its parallels to Hua Cheng, embodies that.

[zonky-zara]

Songs of Valor, Old Girl.

[thickuglykath]

Aim...hypnotic

[apparently-artless]

Tasuku-chan, earlier you said, "Why do I feel happy even though I'm a boy?" But that's not how you should look at it. You like it because of who you are.

"Normal" is only defined by what the majority thinks. But "normal" is an ambiguous concept that's constantly changing, like the meaning of wearing high heels and makeup. So you should like what you choose to like.

I love you for loving whatever truly strikes your fancy, Tasuku-chan.

Me, too! I love you just the way you are, Tasuku-chan!

Wind Breaker Episode #19: Hidden Feelings - Tsubaki

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

house's little laugh as wilson openly flirts with him through an MRI microphone is Doing Things to me

[thedeadestmeme]

i just think there’s something about the way that Billy doesn’t single out anyone else. not Nancy, not Jonathan, not even another popular person in school, but Steve — only Steve.

when Billy arrives at the school for the first time? it doesn’t focus on Nancy’s reaction, but Steve. Steve, who wonders about it first, then it focuses on Billy until it pans to the girls being like “wowwww.”

and then, Billy stalking over to Steve, very specifically. the way that Nancy slips away, so Steve can *take off his sunglasses* to stare at this dude that’s staring WAYYYY too intensely at him.

and it’s supposed to be a lot of posturing. it’s meant to be Billy trying to usurp the most popular guy in town. that’s what it was probably meant as, however… i’m just saying. it’s a little,,, how this dude with his oiled-up chest stalks from across the room to single out Steve. and his focus has been EXCLUSIVELY Steve. like, Billy could not care less about having anyone else’s attention, EXCEPT Steve.

and then, we’ve got the basketball scene and such. and Billy’s only interested in watching Steve’s reactions. like “oh, you pissed?? you mad????” and it’s never about anyone else, ONLY STEVE.

in conclusion, Billy Hargrove is the toxic love interest that expresses wayyy too much interest in Steve. and this was part of the training wheels to Steve becoming the most useless bisexual-coded man. gotta start slow with the “they’re rivals, but also…?”

they’re the definition of “you should be addicted to shutting the fuck up” — “you wanna fuck me so bad, it makes you look stupid.”

[egophiliac]

I have SO many thoughts about everything and they are in no kind of order yet, so here's just some quick little bits in the meantime!

I am not normal about any of these characters!

[lunarin64art]

Scollace Week Day 2: Pining(???)

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