#thanks for the ask Anon

[ejoym]

the way you draw bhaal …. hubba HUBBAAAAA

So, I'm guessing this is either a mistype or you might be confusing me with someone else because I haven't drawn Bhaal...

...UNTIL NOW.

"Bhaal" Reynolds.

[rollersfataft]

hey pspspspps u still into rollerrod?

roller would totally carry roddy everywhere if he asked him to and u know rodimus would absolutely ask, love it even and hold it over other‘s helm. he‘d let him carry him to the bridge, to meetings, everywhere! they‘re so pookie

Rollerrod is 4life, dude. I'm locked in TIGHT with these guys. Roller would carry him everywhere and it only takes Rodimus giving him a look. His yucky little bug eyes are enough to tell Roller he misses the princess treatment sorry this isn't exactly what you asked for, but your ask is cute! you get it

[ssreeder]

every time I picture chang in LIAB I just think of those little Italian chef statues people put in their kitchens.

just thought to let you know.

well just so you know when I picture Chang this is all I can think about:

I have a type <3

[efingart]

loved your last one shot fic! just curious you have an oc with Adler?

Hey anon! Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it. And thanks for reading!!

I actually do! I haven't officially introduced her yet (besides this meme I did with @alypink), but she is Adler's ex-wife.

Her name is Amelia. Her fc is Patti Hansen. Also, she's super tall- when she wears heels she's taller than Adler. They were high school sweethearts. But broke it off when Adler enlisted. However, they reconnected at the CIA (most of my oc x canon are CIA I just don't think these guys get out much).

Amelia would also like me to tell everyone that she loved him deeply and never in a million years would have rejected him because of his scars. And that she's not a hoarder and wishes Russ would stop telling people that 😅

Here's an old sketch of them that I need to redo 😅 I do have about half a fic written about them, but that also is old and needs to be reworked.

[wearemercs]

motherfucker, I follow you for pictures of knights, not an unending stream of political propaganda.

Free Palestine.

[walpywalpy]

omg the plushies pfp cute <3 love plushies

AYE THANK YOU

I actually have them here.

Yes they can kiss.

[i-like-forcefem]

Interested in forcefemming as a guy and now the other 4 "guys" in a discord server have come out as transbians. I didn't do anything and now I'm the only cis guy left in the server. What happened is this normal? Did you do it?

Perish the thought cutie! I’d never do anything like that!!! Though as a totally uninvolved bystander I would be a little worried if I were you

Though if whoever is doing this is anything like me she definitely won’t leave the job at 80% compeltion

And if she’s anyone like me she might’ve even taught your friends how to transform you next!

But don’t worry, I’ve never met anyone else who’d do something like that, and it’s not like I’m involved here~

[disney-mystical-au]

What spell is Yen Sid doing?

(I’m rusty on forest backgrounds waaaaa-)

[seysei]

Tbf it is pretty common for kids to get crushes on people older than them(not saying I agree that Mikuni had a crush on her when he was a kid) theres nothing wrong with people saying that.

While that does happen, i don't believe that to be the case for mikuni, especially considering her involvement in all of the terrible things both he and his mother had to endure.

In my humble opinion, the only thing he did crush, was his fathers ego. No pun intended. lol.

[space-blue]

Hi, I love a lot of your meta and analyses. Especially for Arcane. One thing that's bothering me is what exactly was Silco's reputation among the Lanes in act 1? It's odd how Vander seems to say he's worse than enforcers, and Benzo even calls him an animal and immediately tries to charge at Silco after Grayson's death. But we know that Silco only became this ruthless AFTER his attempted murder by Vander. So during the old times when Vander and Benzo knew him, Silco was apparently a "weak man" who wasn't nearly as violent as Vander. So what gives?

Sure, the "animal" line could just be because of the brutal way he killed Grayson and the enforcers, but idk, the way he immediately charges Silco no questions asked seems to indicate something deeper. It's funny too, because Silco murdered only the enforcers that were arresting Vander, and didn't even want to kill Vander until he rejected Silco's plan and refused to join him. So if Benzo just stayed calm and kept his hands to himself Silco would've probably kidnapped them both. Hell, without Benzo's murder hanging over Vander's head, maybe he could've even be persuaded to rejoin Silco for another try at revolution? But the story needs him to refuse, so ofc Benzo had to die.

I'm just wondering why exactly, if Silco was known as the less violent one before Vander tried to kill him, then why do Benzo and Vander in act 1 treat him like he's been a devil the whole time. Did they maybe catch wind of his unpleasant activities while he was underground and building his revolution plans?

Hi Anon! What a great ask! And thank you, you make me blush. It's nice that my horrendous Arcane brain rot actually serves some purpose somehow x'D

This is a very good question and a difficult one—because of the writers. I'm not sure if they really know or care to make sense of Silco and Vander's past. The timeline is shaky and vague. I think they were happy to leave things quite mysterious. Some of us desperately try to unravel it, but the bulk of viewers took it all at face value and concluded that Silco is a horrible man who did horrible things.

This is not me bashing other fans, all theories are valid, but I must admit sometimes I wonder if the Arcane writers managed to convey their point across. Because I've seen quite a few people theorise that Silco did something truly horrible and 'deserved' to be killed by Vander, despite the lack of evidence or accusation, or the show going to great length to harp about Vander's potential for change, of his "monster within" who caves in skulls with his fists.

(Not to mention the casual fans who thought the sun shone out of Vander's ass because they couldn't see past Vi's pov and didn't do dozens of obsessive rewatches like yours truly).

My point is that their relationship is pretty complicated and there are plenty of dissenting theories. And I think a lot of people go one way or the other precisely around those moments you mention. I'm going to give you my theory, but it's very fanon. I'm genuinely a lot less certain about this than some of my other meta. It's just what gels for me considering how I interpret the rest of the show.

I'm going to put this under a cut, because there's a lot!

What exactly was Silco's reputation among the Lanes in act 1?

I don't think Silco was weak. That's him reframing his trauma. Not just weak physically (like obviously he could never fight Vander off fairly), but for having trusted him. Weak for not seeing the betrayal coming, and not coming on top of that conflict. He calls his old self weak because he must believe in his own progress, his own resurrection into a being who can enact his plans at last. 

I think Silco was a beacon of hope and zealotry. I think he was a propaganda machine. Young Silco united a lot of Zaun under the banner of his dream. He probably worked hard, and led the movement. From the way their dialogue goes, the accusation of betrayal, saying "I trusted you", and the manner of Silco's attitude around Vander, I'm of the (generally not that popular) sentiment that Silco was the leader of the early rebellion, and that Vander was his follower. Most likely his right hand man.

In fic I've theorised that Vander, who tells Vi he used to always be so angry and violent, didn't have a channel for said violence until Silco gave him structure and a purpose. Directed that violence at Piltover, at creating (read, carving out) the Lanes.

Which, FYI, are NEVER clarified. We don't know if it's a business model or a territory or both. Writers truly don't care to explain it.

Anyway, Silco speaks of "our dream" and then uses "brother" with a LOT of irony laced in, in reply to Vander's own use of the term. They used to be brothers in arms and Vander believed in that dream. We also know that Vander used to fight for the cause and claims he's "not that man anymore".

He basically was fighting for team Silco—team Zaun—right until the day of the betrayal.

Then we're told by Vander that Silco had his respect, the Lanes' respect, "but that... was never enough for you". We're also told by Sevika that Vander created the Lanes.

This suggests to me that Silco and Vander created the Lanes together. 

I assume that over time Vander started seeing Silco's plans as too greedy, while leading the Lanes seemed ideal. 'Good enough', if you will. Vander is small minded where Silco is aiming for the sun. One wants too little and the other too much. Silco says they 'shared a vision, dreams of freedom, not just for the Lanes but for the whole of the Underground, united as One'. They used to dream of Zaun together... And then Vander realised Silco would tear the Lanes apart if it would serve his purpose (to attack Piltover). 

I think he didn't believe it'd work (and given what we see of Piltover vs. Zaun before shimmer, it might not have), and realised he wanted to rule the Lanes. Vander would now see Silco's dreams as too dangerous.

I know some people in the Zaundads community who theorised that Vander was influenced in turning on Silco by Benzo or others. It's not my prefered theory.

I think Vander wanted the Lanes for himself, and knew that Silco was too zealous to ever stop. We don't know why he got so (intimately) violent. Why they were in the Pilt. We see Vander first very cold, slowly drowning Silco, then very hot and brutal, once he's been hurt. I think he was very different indeed from the genial Vander we know in arc 1. Young Vander is the guy who carved the Lanes with his fists. The guy who built the reputation old Vander still coasts on. A guy known by foreigners! In short, it doesn't really help to look at him through the old Vander lens. He did what he did..

And THEN, he hid the (most likely black and contaminated) wound from Silco's knife. While Silco wears his scar unashamed for what must be a decade or two, Vander has his arm constantly covered. This speaks of shame to me. We know he had regrets too :

Truly a young, impulsive, violent man, who rushed into a bad decision and has regretted it since. I can picture a young Vander missing his best friend, his guiding light, and yet finally becoming the leader he wanted to be. Curtailing Silco's uprising entirely and settling, at least until his own revolt. 

We know there was only one time where the rebellion went ahead, and that was well after Silco left. Vander, to the assembled Lanes people, says "we crossed that bridge once before". It's the era where he still had Silco's respect, but was immediately followed by his pact with Grayson. Which Silco knew of.

Sorry... I'm rambling to try and get all the details in... Almost there.

Finally we come to Vander holding his (shamefully hidden) wound and saying "there's worse things than enforcers out there, we both know that."

And I'm not sure WHAT HE MEANS!! Like, this is not proof he knows Silco is alive. My personal feeling is that Vander believes there's a chance Silco might be alive, but he's not actively taking precautions like that's a possibility. Silco's attack wouldn't have come out of left field and taken them so completely by surprise otherwise.

There are plenty of things worse than enforcers. Including himself!! He could mean competing chembarons. He could mean someone wanting his seat. He could mean anything, it's infuriating. 

Anyway, I think Vander came back from the Pilt with a bad stab wound and a story. I think he told everyone that Silco attacked him and died. That he turned traitor. Or any other bullshit story. But I believe he did what any new illegitimate ruler does, and shat all over Silco's reputation. Or else cried some crocodile tears over him and called him dead. But Silco never stepped back into the open, so Vander making him persona non grata is more likely. 

Whatever the case, Vander had completely taken over the Lanes by the time Silco was in good enough health to show up.

Did they run into each other? Did Vander scare him off again? I'm not sure, but I don't think so. Vander looks way too shocked when he realises who's showing up at the murder party. This isn't the expression of someone who is used to thwarting schemes. This isn't the Batman's face when the Joker appears with mischief around a street corner.

Meanwhile, why would Benzo react so negatively to Silco? The well respected man who was betrayed (a fact Vander owns up to and APOLOGISES for), who was half drowned and mutilated by Vander's hand... Yet Benzo immediately calls him an animal (which, you're right, could be in reaction to stepping into a mass killing—which, fair), and tells him to "crawl back into whatever hole he came out of."

I feel like this is the reaction of someone who thinks "wow, it's the cunt who harmed my bestie 20 years ago and (insert Vander's lies about him). Who knew he was still alive?"

Meanwhile, Vander looks like it's judgement day. I think he has excellent reasons to be afraid. He stole the Lanes, destroyed Silco's dreams, ruined his rep, drove him out of the Underground... and somehow Silco stayed under the radar all this time? And now he's got killer monsters? Of course he'd be scared. Vander knows how intense Silco used to be, and knows how guilty he himself is. I think he believes all bets are off. Precisely because Silco never had a reputation as a weak man. 

I mean, consider! If Vander was mega violent under Silco's guidance... If they built the Lanes together... If Silco was the leader who helped Vander redirect his rage... Then Silco clearly didn't mind being extremely violent. He didn't mind unleashing "the Hound" on the people who stood in the way of Zaun. 

((I think Silco's "weak" narrative is a self soothing framing device. That he's recontextualising himself, making a philosophy of life. After all, he tries to use these same terms to speak to Jinx about her own trauma, while failing to grasp that while he was at his weakest, Powder was at her strongest. His personal motto of letting the weak die doesn't work for Jinx.))

It's very revealing that Vander says "Benzo stay back!" and Silco says "you never did know when to walk away." Like if he'd stayed back and then walked away, he'd have been fine. I fully agree that this tells us that Vander thinks Silco is only after him. That he wouldn't kill Benzo needlessly. Needless deaths were probably never Silco's style, as someone wanting to 'unite' the Underground. And after all, he's not even here to kill Vander, but to recruit him.

So, yeah... In conclusion (at last lol) 

Silco was never weak, simply too big a dreamer, someone who wouldn't surrender his lofty ideals for the reality of being one of the most powerful men in the Undercity. Ultimately he got in young Vander's way. Vander impulsively sacrificed Silco for his own desire to rule the Lanes. Then he turned around, shameful and regretful, and lied to everyone about it as he usurped Silco's place and became the Lanes' sole leader. 

(I personally theorised in several fics that the last Drop was actually Silco's, and that Vander took over it after the betrayal, partially explaining why Silco never leaves the place after his own takeover. Complicated feelings + it was his and fuck Vander lol)

I don't believe Benzo or Vander have any clue about Silco's plans, and simply react based on what they know and imagine (Benzo based on whatever Vander told him, and Vander based on how fucked he has to be and how insanely dedicated Silco must still be). I believe Vander has a lot of double agents in his midst (Sevika, Syd), and people who've been keeping tabs on him for years. 

Counter-argument : Marcus says he spoke to one of Vander's "old friends" and that he "wasn't always so peaceful". You could think this may have tipped Vander off... But how many people did he leave behind or crush when creating the Lanes? How many people hate him for leading the failed uprising? I think it's still plausible that Vander doesn't suspect Silco's involvement. 

Vander just lacks cunning. Another final argument for him being totally clueless is that he had a direct line to Grayson, and a quick, 'Hey, okay I'll tell you who stole your stuff' pointing fingers towards Silco would have entirely solved the situation for him.

Yet he never is shown to consider it. 

PHEW. I think that covers it?? I think I covered every point? At least that's how I interpret this situation, even though it relies heavily on my own fanon readings of the timeline and a lot of other details. 

If anyone disagrees with this, or wants to double down, as always go crazy. I love me a meta pile on. 

[violent138]

why do you think Bruce doesn't go after Joker when he killed Jason?

Hello! Don't know if you're part of the same anon that asked the previous two questions/you've all been different all along but it's great seeing you again/first time.

Anways I'm assuming you don't mean go after Joker as in tried to arrest him (because that did happen), but rather murdering Joker.

And unlike my usual essays, for this one I just think Bruce blamed himself more than he blamed Joker for it, and he did make a valiant effort at destroying himself. Also he learnt this lesson with Joe Chill already, murdering Joker would mean nothing.

[angelmichelangelo]

I’m watching TMNT 2012 for the first time and I have come to the conclusion that the are ADORABLE. ESPECIALLY Mikey. I know they are highly trained warriors, but I just wanna SQUISH them. This is a surprise to me; I started with 2003 (forever and always my favourite) and I have seen Rise (which I love) but I have never had this reaction before. The 2012 boys honestly look so BABY to me. I think Mikey pushes it over the edge - he may not be my favourite Mikey, but he is the cutest.

THATS SO FUN ANON!! i so wish i could watch this show for the first time again so enjoy it on my behalf please lol

each of the 2012 boys have a serious case of baby face which i think is why they seem so squishable :3 they’re also just so squishy looking

tmnt as a whole is about “brothers sticking together no matter what” but 2012 really drives home the point of found family. especially with splinter’s storyline where he’s already lost one family and then gains his sons, these boys CHERISH each other, even if they don’t outwardly show it all of the time, they’re each others best friends. they’re fifteen and they’re BABIES and they carry so much of the weight of the world on their shoulders and it’s so heartbreaking but they’re also such big dorks and they’re unapologetically goofy and they’re horrendously socially awkward but they love each other a lot and that’s all that matters

yeah mikey has forever been dubbed the “youngest” but he’s so baby brother coded in this show. i’m so glad rise carried that through because i feel like that’s such a big appeal of the show if you’re like me and have mikey as your favourite character (is it obvious that he’s my favourite lol)

and now I’M emotional about the 2012 show. damn ;__;

[taxavoider]

So, silly thing I felt like sharing since you're an Epic enjoyer. I like, despised him, for the longest time. I sat down to figure out why because I like literally everyone else, and if his antics came from anyone else, I wouldn't find them annoying. And then I realized the stupidest thing. I just really didn't like the word Bruh. That was literally it. It just grated my nerves for some reason. I liked everything else about him. It was seriously just that one thing that bothered me. So i grit my teeth and essentially just exposure therapied myself until hearing or seeing Bruh didn't bother me, and now he's one of my favorite characters. Literally, the most stupid and petty reasons I disliked a character and one of my weirdest personal journeys.

honestly before in started self shipping myself with him (and long before he became my f/o) i didn’t care for him that much

esp bc his creator drew him saying slurs (which bro did A LOT….) but later on i saw art of him and then read some fics abt him then he wormed his way in my heart and now he is me lovely wife

very glad you made the journey to liking him ^_^/

[share-the-damn-bed]

jancy intimacy hcs?

Oooooh great question, Anon! So this first one is kind of the opposite but it still counts: Jonathan and Nancy use that quiet, only for the other person can hear, tone even in a larger group (like we see in season 3) which leaves the rest of the group like "you know we're here too, right?"

Another intimate head canon I have is later in college or when they're living together and working as an investigative duo professionally (head canon that I desperately hope becomes canon!) They'll lazily lay in bed together entwined while discussing a case or finishing a report.

[dressycobra7]

Who is your "now hear me out" Titan? Since you're asking Tumblr

I feel like this is less of a hear me out… cause I’ve seen so many people say this but definitely Reiners Armoured titan! However if i had to pick a titan that feels more like an actual “hear me out” ummm

😳

NOW LIIIIISSSTTTEEEENN!!! HEAR ME OUT

it’s like specifically how he looks here! I don’t think he looks that hot in the anime HOWEVER the way he looks here 👀👀👀👀 ok anyways

also honorable mention:

I don’t think I need to explain myself here

Also here’s the post anon is referring too

[skullsemi]

Favorite DuckTales 17 episode and character?

Oh so many.

For episode I can't pick just one, so have two: "Let's get Dangerous!" and "The First Adventure." for obvious reasons.

And for favorite character

I will have to say Black Heron, chaotic, hysterical, villainous, she's a contrast of a character and I love her

PLUS ALL OF THEM AS WELL

there's more but yeah love them all