#the Plant incident

[le-brave-des-braves]

*He couldn’t see Berthier properly, let alone Bory. Soult’s giant form was still moving forward as he let go of the collar and stood up, swiftly unfolding his beautiful wings.*

@your-staff-wizard Berthier, I’m coming for you!

*And he plunged into the fiery pit of flaming flora, finding both the marshal and the ADC DuQuay. He grabs both of them, and hopes that he would be able to carry them all as he needs to get out as soon as possible. At last, the carnivorous plant irritated by the heat, finally releases Berthier’s hand*

“Soult, I have them!”

*He shouted out as he finally managed to gain some kind of stability and place both Berthier and his ADC on the ground. He almost feels good about this unless the thought that didn’t originate in his own mind pushed itself in - THERE IS BORY. HOW? Why? What is he even… THAT STUPID PIECE OF SHIT AND HIS FUCKING PLANTS. He lets out a groan almost similar to that of a dragon and he flies up once again.*

*The hot air is pushing his wings up and the smoke flavoured by all the attempts of taming the plants is becoming unbearable and suffocating. Now he can see, that one miserable figure surrounded by flames, too deep in the room… he had no chance to notice him before.*

“Bory, stay where you are. Don’t scream, don’t breathe it in and LET GO OF THAT STUPID PLANT! I’m coming for you dumb ass.”

*The pain is not real. It is only in your head, Michel. You cannot die. You are free. Those were the words he repeated in his head as he jumped straight into the flames, taking hold of the poor ADC.

And then, the pain gets real. He could hardly pinpoint the exact moment when the flames around him exploded, setting the clean, coppery feathers ablaze.

The wings were sensitive, indeed, and it was not his lover’s touch that revealed it - it was the flame now rapidly consuming them. He is screaming, but he has a work to do. It was not a good landing. He can’t even make sure that Bory is alright because of the agonising pain.

Continuing on from here... With @le-brave-des-braves on his back, the great drake Soult approaches the plants that are menacing @your-staff-wizard and have turned his place into a veritable jungle and...

with a roar and a burst of mighty flame, sets the plants ablaze! Possibly including the carnivorous one! And probably the house! Sorry. But what's this?

Why, it's ADC Bory de Saint-Vincent, who hasn't noticed that the world around him has just gotten a whole lot hotter! And that one little spark can set him... alight. Like the one that's currently merrily eating his tailcoat uniform.

[bolithesenate]

just another quiet evening at the Dooku-Vosa quarters

bonus: no little bird creatures were harmed in the making of this comic

well, mostly...

[wardensantoineandevka]

I've said it before, but Ashton really just reminds me of my sister who is a punk. It isn't a compliment.

However, it sure is fascinating as a character choice and COMPLETELY consistent with what Taliesin said is his inspiration, touchstone, and framework for the character.

[autumnmobile12]

All right, the whole bit with Hawks conspiring to fake Best Jeanist's death to prove his loyalty to the PLF...

For some reason, I have it in my head that he just sprang this on him with no absolutely no context.

Like he just showed up at his apartment as we see in the series, asks how he's been doing since Kamino and all...but then he just throws the duffel bag on the floor, points at it, and says, "All right, get in the duffel bag."

And rather than question why he needs to get in the duffel bag or why he's even being told to get into a duffel bag or how he's supposed to origami himself into said bag, Best Jeanist just stares at it for a long moment, then looks up at Hawks still pointing at it and says, "All right, but you better take care of my plants while I'm gone."

Okay, obviously that's not how it went down, but I have seen the headcanon floating around that Hawks takes up gardening post-War and now I imagine this is how the love of plants got started.

[silvadour]

[nabhx]

Y'all know what runner's nipples are. Because I do now.

'Hello Kitty enjoyer Anagan' take yoinked from the very same person who CURSED me with the knowledge. As if I didn't dislike nipples enough smh. Maybe it's a normal thing to know about idk I don't run. Like in general. Love men though! Love Anagan!! Tried getting some tattoo thoughts for him in there, but brain fluid dried up after the plant thingy, so I'll revisit at some point!!

[eye-coded-rat]

(ep3) CAT2C8175-03042009-22012024

Infection (full body) -/- arboreal [journal entry]

“parasitic-garden-that-whispers-with-the-voice-of-the-woman-he-clearly-murderd-and-sort-of-turns-you-into-a-tree” yes, that is murdered spelled incorrectly, yes that is directly from the script

From what I understand, it appears Dr. Samuel Webber murdered his ex-wife because she'd moved on! still has the same surname but she has moved out. So yeah, this guys NOT okay, then he decides to get scratched up in a garden!

Said garden is "growing wild around the ruins of some bombed-out church." that smells of "an almost overwhelming sickly-sweet rot", and he keeps smelling jasmine.

One of my notes for this episode is "gradual acceptance, embraced end"

my favourite part of this statement, a part that really cements the Strangeness and Acceptance (man really said If i'm gonna become Tree i'm gonna Do It Right);

"my skin is pulling away nicely like blanched tomatoes. My legs will be nonresponsive soon. I need to finalise my position before then ... The roots have freed themselves from the weight of my meat as it sags from my bones and drops to the dirt."

directly followed by

"No greenfly or other parasites. I remain quite healthy."

because yes, that's exactly what I'd describe as Quite Healthy....

[koropukgoro]

Actually I will ramble a bit cuz my friend & I do have a hc we’ve been playing off of that involves tiny Vash but since it’s canon in stampede that Vash can change the density of his Gate & in maximum (my preferred trigun) how Vash can grow really Big and Monstrous (so can Knives) if he adds to his mass so he can support his size that maybe an Opposite effect can happen. While growing, Vash needs added mass to support his weight, but the bigger he gets, the more inhuman and more of a flesh singularity he becomes; that growth also causes him to lose his identity and get consumed by himself temporarily. Because I’m a silly guy who likes thinking his GT with logic… but also… maybe when Vash overuses plant juices, or his body needs to fall into recovery mode after extreme body harm / near fatal situations (or extreme psychological stress), he goes into what my friend and I call “power saving mode”. Back up battery. His body shrinks. Size varies but the smallest he’s gotten is 2 inches. There’s an inherent fear he has if he pushes himself over his limits he might go quantum & never recover… like how in stampede he shrunk his Gate into a quantum state… it’s a very round about kind of canon aligned hc to make Vash shrink and be tiny. And cuz he neglects his plant powers so much he can’t control it… not until much much later in maximum… but he mostly can’t… also reflects his plant ability to absorb / store energy and release it.

Something something we’ve had scenarios where Vash’s body & mind gets so stressed out mini psychotic break or physical issue just causes him to shrink in his hotel room in front of Wolfwood & the Girls… and basically whatever’s on him at the time shrinks too so what he’s wearing n stuff… hehehe itty bitty & a lil squeaky and definitely extremely nervous exchanges between handling & being handled. Also accidentally freaking out his companions. Being small reminds him he’s not human & it makes him feel a lil self conscious…

[lunarmicrowaves]

More Houseplant Lyfrassir because the brainrot is real and inspiration juice is flowing.

I imagine that's how Marius eventually finds them; their body overgrown by mutated vegetation and seemingly lifeless. Some of the roots began digging into their skin, becoming one with their flesh.

[jarfullofbubbles]

the way Knives' cutting off Vash's arm was both an act of care when it is largely interpreted as cruelty

[plant-bioreactor-answers]

In regards to the recent Ask that I was unable to answer right away... I think I have finally gotten this communications relay to work! First of all, how did you find these files of which you speak? I am afraid that your life may be in grave danger. Second, I must make a confession. If you have, indeed, found the files related to a "Project Tesla," well... She was an Independent Plant - the first ever born to the knowledge of Ship 5, at the very least. It happened in the early morning of May 3rd, 2405. There was a full crew on shift at the time, of which I was a part. She appeared for all the world to be just like a human infant, save for her rapid growth when we placed her in observation. It seemed if you simply blinked, she started crawling and babbling. I was a part of the observation and witnessed her astonishing intelligence as she was quick to engage in playing with toys and toddling up to me... Great... I'm getting emotional now... *Sigh* Tesla's story is... it's not a happy one. A Dr. William Conrad and I believed that Tesla should continue to be observed and engaged with. We argued that she had limitless possibilities as a potential communicator between us and the Plants. And, well, she was a little girl - regardless of the rapid pace of her growth. I proposed adoption, myself. Our objections were... overruled. Tesla was taken to a medical bay upon the ship where she was made subject to repeated scanning of her tissues, observations of reactions to stimuli, attempts to force production, and various surgical inquiries of a biomedical nature. My crew was basically taking her apart piece by piece to see what made her tick and I didn't do enough to stop it. The on-duty captain gave me excuses, "pretty" words about progress and science, and how we owed it to the Plants and to the future of the mission to understand this entirely new species of Plant. I did fight. I dissented and I could gain a graduate degree in the self-taught law I subjected myself to in a bid to force the crew to relent with potential legal consequences and arguments from the world convention - my arguments were dismissed on the grounds that human rights only applied to humans and that even animal rights held no sway in the case. Every day I think about how I might have done something more decisive. A one-woman mutiny (or even a two-person mutiny with Conrad) would have been doomed to failure, but it would have been SOMETHING. Tesla lived for only 229 days, most of them miserable. The rest of the crew had stopped some of their work by the time she had developed tumors and had switched track from study to trying to save her, but it was too late. Her remains were dissected and preserved upon the ship. I leave flowers in the medical wing every week and ask forgiveness in case her spirit might linger about her tomb. Oh, God... I was... glad that my next period of active duty was a solo hitch - Navigation with the ship on power conservation mode. I just didn't want to see a human face after that... not for a long time. I know that we can be better, but... what we did to a miracle... it was the worst of us. I'm so sorry... Tesla... R.S.

[thatcryptidinthewoods]

Heeeeeeeeeey, can we talk about how both times Green (m) risked his life to rescue his grandfather from Team Rocket, Professor Oak never asked him if he was okay, or checked if he was hurt, or did... literally anything to help his grandson?

In RGB Arc, Green almost collapsed after his fight with Koga. He was clearly hurt and overall not okay - to the point where Red is very visibly concerned about him.

And when he finds and rescues Oak, the first thing he does is ask if his grandfather is hurt; he immediately checks if his grandfather is okay. But Oak never asks him back, instead he sends Green straight on to the next dangerous task (rescuing the people of Pallet Town).

Which, alright, fine. People were in danger and they needed to act fast. But even once the danger is over, we never see Oak show any concern for Green's wellbeing.

Then in FRLG Arc, the same thing happens. Green risks his life to save his grandfather, and when he finds him the first thing he does is check if he's okay. Oak doesn't return the favour and instead tells Green to go rescue more people (this time, Blue (f)'s parents).

Later, after Mewtwo destroys the Trainer Tower, Green literally collapses right in front of his grandfather. And Oak does absolutely nothing to try and help him.

Green clearly isn't okay here - just like Red was in RGB, Blue is very visibly concerned over Green's wellbeing. Meanwhile, Oak just stands there. Doesn't ask if Green's okay, doesn't reach for him to try and catch him or check for injuries. He just stands there (partially out of frame) and watches.

And keep in mind, Team Rocket and the Deoxys clones have left at this point. The immediate danger has passed. There is literally no reason why Oak couldn't or shouldn't make Green his top priority in that moment.

Now compare that to Giovanni's behaviour; despite having only just been reunited with Silver, who is basically a stranger to him, he is 100% willing and prepared to sacrifice his life if it means even the slightest chance of saving his son's life. In the middle of a fire, with airship wreckage raining down around them, Giovanni does literally everything within his power to make sure Silver remains safe and unhurt.

Giovanni, the main Big Bad Villain of the RGB and FRLG Arcs, shows more love and care for his son in the span of a few minutes than Professor Oak, who is treated as a hero by Kanto, has shown his grandson in at least 10 years.

[yanderespamton78]

Continuing with the trend of family members abusing spamton for no reason: my papa dearest put him like this while chatting with me about something the other day. He just can't take a break

He's coming down now but he did spend like a whole night up there

[snowyfrostshadows]

"#like. luigi. buddy. what species of goat do you think has sharp teeth and a preference for meat???" Look, Luigi definitely strikes me as the guy who met goats one time at a petting zoo that happened to have an especially agressive/horny/rabid goat suddenly deciding to try to eat his entire hand. He's probably still convinced goats are only eating grass instead of hunting because it's easier.

I. Honestly forgot petting zoos were a Thing....poor Luigi....

[simplydnp]

Stop im rewatching why dan is leaving me bc of ur post theyre so disgustingly domestic i adore them

sometimes i watch that video just to feel something