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I think it is the stupidest thing that Toga dies.
Every other character gets blasted through the heart or gets bones crushed and loses gallons of blood on a daily basis but one stab is enough that Uraraka needed All of Toga’s blood? Couldn’t just give a little had to give her everything.
Frick me.
#toga himiko#togachako#togachaco#ochako uraraka#uraraka ochaco#yes I’m still incredibly bitter about this#why do you ask#I don’t even go here anymore#why must these two and their potential friendship still hurt me#spoilers#ive said it once and I’ll say it again#the idea of Uraraka actually making good in her promise#and letting her have her blood for the rest of their lives#that was a fascinating potential#ugggghhhh#this isn’t a dig at the show as a whole by the way#this one choice is the only beef I have since I haven’t watched since S4
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shassie as a dynamic works so well imo because shawn is dialectically a genius and an idiot while lassie is dialectically badass and pathetic. thus, in the most ideal scenario, they're a scarily effective power duo of whip-smart deduction and ruthless tactical intimidation, but when you flip them to the other sides of their spectrums they become Two Losers Making Asses Of Themselves, both of whom constantly try to hoist themselves back to the other end by using the other as a counterweight.
#does this make Sense am i getting through to anyone?!!??! hello?!!!??! it's so dark in here............#also they're adhd4autism which contributes a ton#psych#shawn spencer#carlton lassiter#shassie#running my mouth#i know there are con-man shawn fics and scenarios out there#but consider: con-man shawn and his cracked bodyguard / lover in the night lassiter#i wonder if such a thing has been explored before#i find their carnage-causing potential fascinating
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Buddy is entirely unimpressed by the floating dorito
(Not canon to the Ad Astra AU)
#httyd#how to train your dragon#httyd fanart#httyd toothless#gravity falls#gravity falls fanart#bill cipher#Ad Astra AU#Not canon in any way but their potential interactions fascinate me#Toothless knows Bill cannot be trusted#and Bill knows that Toothless is far more intelligent than humans would assume#So Bill doesn't really try to deceive him or play nice
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Alastor Episodes 7 and 8 Thoughts
These two episodes really gave us a lot in regards to Alastor and I cannot wait to see where they go with him in season 2. What I find most fascinating about what they established with him in these episodes is how I think this perfectly sets up Alastor to directly challenge the show’s main themes of redemption.
Alastor is the only character in the main cast that I think could effectively challenge Charlie’s idea of redemption by making her face the question of “where the line for who can be redeemed and who is too far gone is?”
Even Vaggie and her past as an exorcist couldn’t challenge Charlie’s ideals in the same way because Vaggie so clearly wants to be better and is trying to be better. She could only challenge Charlie’s idea of who could be redeemed. She couldn’t truly challenge the line of when someone is too far gone unlike Alastor.
And to explain this I'll just jump right in.
It’s clear these two episodes were meant to show a shift in Alastor and Charlie’s relationship in some capacity. It’s a bit more of a subtle shift than with the other characters, but I think it’s setting up this future conflict well for the limited time the show has.
At the start Charlie doesn’t think Alastor cares and calls him out on this. She directly states that she believes he enjoys the suffering. He refutes her idea of him by stating she doesn’t know what he feels. He purposefully hides his feelings behind a smile as a sign of control. (The first shift. It tells her there’s more beneath the surface)
Then Alastor helps Charlie enlist cannibal town and says he wants to mentor her in the song. This is more than the initial indifference and humor he got out of Charlie at the beginning. There’s an interest in seeing Charlie grow and being a part of it that wasn't there before. And, with Alastor helping Charlie here, trust is being built (at least on Charlie's end).
Then Alastor talks to Niffty (who he is clearly fond of) and admits he finds the group enjoyable to be around. He says he could grow accustomed to them after Niffty says she really likes them almost in agreement with her. He's very candid with Niffty and doesn't seem to feel the need to hide his emotions around her. They appear to be on the same wavelength.
And finally, Charlie is upset when she thinks that Alastor died against Adam and hugs him happily when he returns. In Charlie’s eyes Alastor has been helpful and risked himself and his power to protect the hotel. This is a true shift in their relationship on Charlie's end.
This bond is necessary because if (at the very least) Charlie doesn't care about Alastor then he won't be able to truly challenge her idea of redemption and the show implies it doesn't just go one way. It's just obscured.
To explain what I mean I want to look at Alastor's role in the final battle and that moment when he is alone after he escapes.
At the beginning of the battle he felt like the trump card he should have been. He makes the exorcists, before Adam destroys his shield, look like a joke. And he gives Adam a run for his money before he becomes overconfident and lets his guard down. He didn’t expect Adam to bounce back and have that much power left to show. He was caught completely off guard and paid the price.
And instead of staying to face the end with the rest of the people in the hotel Alastor opts to save himself. He places himself first. When he leaves he seems almost smug, spouting off a one liner and smiling as he sinks into the shadows. It seems calculated and calm, but alone is a completely different story. This moment shakes Alastor and that moment alone puts his fight against Adam and decision to flee in a different light.
In this moment when he's alone he starts to lose it, saying there has to be a way out. This isn’t where things end. He will come out on top.
He can feel his control over the situation slipping. His power and notoriety has been challenged left and right this season. First Vox, then Lucifer, then the loan sharks, now Adam. It’s one right after the other. And Adam almost killed him.
He’s struggling to grasp onto what little control he has left by forcing himself to keep on his smile and it calls back to the beginning of episode 7 when he says to Charlie that just because she sees a smile doesn't mean she knows how he really feels. His smile is a sign of control. And even in this moment you can see that last bit of control slipping. And it’s left him even more desperate for his freedom than before.
The Radio Demon was introduced almost as if he was an all powerful entity and now he is being brought back down to earth and he’s raging against it, barely keeping it just below the surface.
But there’s even more to his breakdown than just his pride. The lines “Great Alastor, altruist, died for his friends. Sorry to disappoint that is not where this ends. I’m hungry for freedom like never before. The constraints of my deal surely have a backdoor.” strongly imply that he really does care for the residents of the hotel more than he wants to admit even to himself.
He is freaking out because he got too close to dying trying to protect and help people that he never thought he would care at all about and he’s doubling down on his plans from before.
His immediate desperation to be free implies he is at the hotel because he is forced to be there, but he’s desperate to get out of the contract because he doesn’t like how it’s changing him. Alastor has always put himself first and here he is almost dying trying to protect this hotel and it's rattled him even more deeply than the blow to his pride.
I feel like they know exactly what Alastor can mean thematically and they want you to know he’s a villain while seeding hints there could be change under the surface (ones that Alastor himself is afraid of and wants to double down against). There’s a balancing act going on with him and it seems they really do want to challenge the idea of redemption with him. Not just Charlie’s, but his own as well.
Alastor is still in my opinion the best written character in the series. There’s just so much to unravel with him and he’s the most fun to try and dissect to me. I can’t wait to see what they have planned for him in season 2.
#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel alastor#alastor#the show must go on#hello rosie#charlie#netflix#Alastor is such a fascinating character#he has the potential to really challenge Charlie's views of redemption#By either showing her when someone is too far gone#because he doubled down on his original plans#or actually accepting that he's changing#and finding “redemption”#thus proving that anyone can change#even a sadistic prideful overlord
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consider,,,a lucanis who is in love with emmrich, a spite who is in love with rook, a rook in love with emmrich, and emmrich who is in love with all three but wants lucanis, spite, and rook to get together because he feels he is not the type of man any of them deserve...
bonus points for spite being the one to realize just what sort of love quadrilateral is going on and is the one to get them all together.
#the angst potential alone#if i can convince my brain to write something other than smut i will in fact consider writing this#JUST. THEM BEING SO MESSY.#SPITE REALIZING THAT EMMRICH IS GETTING CLOSER TO LUCANIS TO TRY AND SWAY ROOK INTO FALLING FOR THEM#LUCANIS REALIZING THAT EMMRICH IS IN LOVE WITH ROOK AND DECIDING EMMRICH'S HAPPINESS IS MORE IMPORTANT#SO HE CONSIGNS HIMSELF TO HIS UNHAPPINESS#Rook could also be in love with all three in this scenario but i think it'd be SO FASCINATING for it to be Emmrich!!#Emmrich lamenting that he found the people he loves at a time he believes to be too late#consigning himself to a bachelor's life. he has his studies he has manfred he's content#and then he meets lucanis who is EXACTLY the type of man he fancied as a young man#Someone with so much heart but some rougish charm. appearing cold but so fucking warm under the surface. misunderstood perhaps#the same way he and death are#and so he is smitten. taken by this man and his watchful eye and his steady hands. fascinated by the demon living inside him#the demon who is so curious about this world. who craves to live and understand and emmrich who at his core wants nothing more than to TEAC#and rook. gods emmrich not having the same instant attraction as he did to lucanis but it all hitting him in the chest one night#reckless rook who takes blows they could have dodged to protect him. who always treats his necromancy with respect and curiosity#rook who always reaches out to touch him but stops their hand just shy of making contact. rook who is uncertain but willing to try#rook who is YOUNG and full of possibility and deserves more than whatever shell emmrich believes himself to be#i am just!!!!!!! do you see my VISION#something can happen here!! i'm fucking telling ya'll!!!!!#emmrich volkarin#lucanis dellamorte#dragon age rook#dragon age veilguard#lucanis x emmrich#lucanis x rook#spite x rook#emmrich x rook#emmrich x lucanis#emmrich x rook x lucanis
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sorry but what show are these people watching .
#also fascinating that dean is the arbiter of innocence#''he totally could have preemptively killed a child but he doesn't!!!'' what a king <3#its not like he's constantly assuming the worst of people in the potential-monster category or anything#also fascinating that he is the arbiter of monstrosity#and monstrous behaviors
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ancient greece had some weird notions of the female going on. like what do you mean the innermost nature of women is the concealment of their nature? what is pandora an imitation of? if women are by nature deceptive, do they in fact reveal the truth of what they are in using their bodies to deceive? can you cover covering itself?
#ran into these roadblocks the last two times ive talked with my advisor#like. what does it mean when a woman adorns herself???? dead end. changing the subject!#pretty sure this* is a turtles all the way down situation. or an ogres-are-like-onions situation#*this (women)#absolutely FASCINATED by the potential implication that the core essence of womanhood is to lack a core essence.#so now i probably need to read gender theory#bodycostume#mine
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of course you have a blue kanohi and pronouns
#bionicle#boncle#it’s funny cuz naturally blue matorans always use she/her#which are basically neopronouns to them#cuz nothing has a biological sex in the bionicle universe#so it’s all just gender presentation#this would be so fascinating to study but the post processual mindset has me wary of introducing the potentially foreign concept of gender#like they prolly have an analog#but they way they experience and express it is probably a faor b#bit outside of the western global north of earth notion of gender#and the fact that they are functionally immortal probably has really interesting ramifications for their identity#somebody get me greg’s contect info#i have an interview to conduct#it’s the next best thing since participant observation seems a bit out of the question for me#anthropology#lego
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The girls are plottinggggg
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wen chao#wang lingjiao#Realizing she was supposed to have an upper lip mole was a cold slap in the face. So sorry ma'am. I won't forget again.#They are evil dumbass 4 evil dumbass and I think we are all missing out on the sheer potential of the comedy between these two.#They have way too much power and are using it for the wrong reasons - which makes them truly great villains.#And when things don't go their way they become piles of whining sludge.#Wang Lingjiao is forever fascinating to me even though we only get crumbs about her.#She's a servant girl who's greatest asset is her beauty and her attractiveness.#Meaning she's had a life being in the gaze of people with significant positions of power over her.#I can't help but read her childishness and petty tantrums as someone who has finally been given the chance to not feel powerless.#If she was a more virtuous type we might 'like' her more but honestly...I don't think she would have survived to this point.#WLJ has only known power hierarchies her whole life. Probably accused of seduction before she even understood what that meant.#I love contrasting her with mianmian because they have similar(ish) backgrounds but different approaches to moving forwards#But WLJ's story is about flying too close to the sun and mianmian's is about going too close to the water.#Like the sea mist dragging her down into complacency - all the sect powerplays are mandatory to 'go along with' if she wants to climb-#-the social ladder. Yet she is the cautionary tale (and a foil to JGY as well) she leaves before sacrificing her own morals.#Mianmian flies away with her wings only slightly plucked while those who sacrificed everything to reach for the top crash and burn.
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Playing w brushes, thinking ab the uwuification of Tobirama via Madara's office thoughts
#made a colored version of this but I didnt like how it came out so it got locked in thr vaults instrad#rip#the woobification of Tobirama continues to fascinate and delight me#i need more woobified tobirama but specifically through the lense of canon bc I think the comedic potential is incredible#tbmd#mdtb#madatobi#tobimada#madara uchiha#uchiha madara#tobirama senju#senju tobirama#birds fanart
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one of the things that I found particularly interesting in Demigods of Olympus is that it finally gives the best direct comparison we've seen so far between Percy and another character's experiences in terms of academics and particularly ableist discrimination.
The way Zane describes his experiences and what we see in his POV is that, while he is similarly discriminated against for his "atypical" behavior and blame is placed on him, the only sorts of punishments he receives for this are relatively benign, such as an increase in counseling. (It is also notable that Zane is somewhat autistic-coded, such as having the "incorrect" scripts when speaking with adults and Sam explicitly reminding him to remember to make proper eye contact.) Percy, on the other hand, similarly experiences discrimination for "atypical" behavior, but whereas Zane is treated as "too smart for his own good" and given slaps on the wrist, Percy is automatically labeled as aggressive, destructive, and a trouble-maker based on preconceived assumptions about him and is more severely punished, such as being frequently expelled.
We rarely get this level of direct comparison between Percy's experiences and that of another character, particularly such similar experiences, so looking at the differences is really interesting to gauge what their different experiences with ableist discrimination is like - and how it could potentially tie into intersectionality and other forms of discrimination at play for them.
For instance, Zane's parents are generally heavily implied to be middle-class and/or generally financially secure, versus Percy who grew up poor, so it could be classism in combination with ableist discrimination. Alternatively, it could be intersectionality with racial discrimination, as neurodivergent behavior in people of color is significantly more likely to be punished more severely and labeled as aggressive or disruptive behavior due to racist preconceptions - particularly since we know Percy's experiences with ableist discrimination are also somewhat based on assumptions people make regarding his appearance. Both Zane and Percy are racially ambiguous - Zane's appearance essentially being completely unspecified, but Percy at least having some notable details such as having a deep tan complexion. If not racism, it could also be colorism, which in this context often has similar intersectionality. There's a lot of potential options.
It's just very interesting to me! I love having such a direct point of comparison to examine the experiences of two characters within.
#pjo#demigods of olympus#riordanverse#percy jackson#zane carver#analysis#disability#adhd#one of my biggest gripes with analysis that i see often in the fandom is people erasing Percy's experiences with ableism#particularly academically and instead electing to frame his experiences as ''only possibly being from [x] - there's no other explanation''#which is really sad to me because it just highlights how little people understand what ableism and ableist discrimination look like#and simply seem unable to process our experiences and stories meant to reflect our experiences#so having another frame of reference to compare Percy's experiences against is REALLY nice and particularly fun for me personally#because it gives an opportunity to highlight both the general disabled experiences Percy faces due to his adhd/dyslexia#but also how that potentially ties in to intersectionality with other demographics he's a part of or may be a part of#because now we have a point of comparison between how two disabled characters are experiencing similar discrimination for the same thing#but there *are* differences between them in specific ways that potentially indicate something occurring in addition to just ableism#which is fascinating! and allows those discussions in the context of intersectionality WITHOUT erasing disabled experiences! yippee!!!#anyways this is mostly off the noggin since ive just been rotating the thought for a couple of days#chewing on this chewing on it chewing on it
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thinking about the struggle between grey wardens and the orlesian chantry and who supersedes who. the chantry feeling undermined when the grey wardens recruit mages out of their circles, giving mages unprecedented levels of freedom and a life outside of the circle. resentment building because of this. the grey wardens leaning a little too hard into their rite of conscription that can be used vindictively and spitefully because wardens are still human and fallible. its so juicy. i miss it so much. anders' recruitment in awakening was such an interesting microcosm of this tension i wish we saw more if it
#i love politicssssss i love tension between factions !! ughhhh the Potential... and yet.#the position of the fereldan wardens post fifth blight will always fascinate me theres so much going on there
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Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning desire
Is turning me to sin
#mash#m*a*s*h#hawkeye pierce#father mulcahy#hawkahy#mashposting#mashblr#comic art#digital art#I did it guys!! I finally drew a Hawkahy thing#this ship isn’t my OTP but I’m still fascinated by it#the angst potential is OFF THE CHARTS#catholic guilt etc etc#i eat that shit up
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sidon but awkward lanky teenager
still not yet grown into his head fin and big adult teef. he'll get there eventually
#zora#sidon#prince sidon#botw#totk#i have so much zora lore for the 100 years between the calamity and the beginning of the game guys like you have no idea#and sidon's teenage years are a major part of it because it's just too fascinating to imagine his 100 years of character journey#sheltered in the domain after the apocalypse#the potential for angst! drama! shenanigans!#i don't believe he was a calm nonproblematic child like come on
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i love you like a rotten dog
lore on bez's nickname by @.anitalianfrie · Dinosaur, Richard Siken · Dayspring, Anthony Oliveira · article via @.motocorsas · Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out, Richard Siken · Dear Ruth, Emily Skaja · post by @.manywinged · article via The Race · Valencia GP 2023 post-race interview, transcription by @.mugellocircuit · How to Be a Dog, Andrew Kane · via Mat Oxley on twitter ( x / x ) · domestication syndrome, dhole b · Let Dead Dogs Lie, Silas Denver Melvin · Roadside Attractions with the Dogs of America, Ada Limón · The Odyssey, Homer (trans. by Emily Wilson) · tags by @.scorchedhearth · gifs by me
#um. part of this is based off my delulu rpf conspiracy theory that bez changed his nickname from marco to bez after joining the academy#because marco was too reminiscent of marco (simoncelli)#anyways......none of this is meant maliciously btw!!!#i love bez to pieces & obvs they love each other...#i just think it's a fascinating dynamic with such delicious narrative potential & the idea wouldn't leave me alone#marco bezzecchi#valentino rossi#motogp#©#webs & weaving#4672#also i linked all the posts but i didn't @ anyone outright in case it would be rude. but if you want me to tag/untag you lmk
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CC: You're doing numbers, bitc)( buoy.
CA: no time for that
CA:
CA: are these crabs havvin a shag
CC: I'm actually not s)(ore. T)(ose look like two females, but maybe? T)(e males, w)(ic)( latc)( onto t)(e back, are notably smaller.
CA: wwoa
CA: lesbians....
#submission#bitch boy eridan def means it negatively#// <- this can be read so many ways. is 'bitch boy' the negative 'it' in question?#is eridan a bitch boy cause hes reacting negatively to the crabs havvin a shag?#is eridan a bitch boy because he means lesbians slash neg ??#fascinating . the potentiality of calling two horseshoe crabs slurs in his mind#homestuck#incorrect homestuck quotes#incorrect quotes#mod dave#feferi peixes#eridan ampora
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