#the badassest

[thediktatortot]

Literally the most Steve Harrington out of all Stranger Things.

[bugwolfsstuff]

How am I not meant to like Loki when you give him THIS LINE, RICK!?

"Are you good because you kill your enemies, but your enemies are bad because they kill you? What sort of logic is that?" He leaned in close he was definetly taller than I was now. The top of my head barely reached his shoulders. "A little secret Magnus. There is no good and evil. Theres only capable and incapable. I am capable. You...are not."

(page 365, Ship of the Dead)

THAT WENT HARD AND SO DID THE LINE ABOUT FATE.

[hyacinths-in-a-storm]

Yeah Azula and Zuko mostly got their dramatic side from theatre-kid-Ursa. But let’s not forget Phoenix King Ozai who made a self-insert royal-sona complete with a cape, crown and dramatic entrance, stood on a fucking plank for the entire plane ride to the Earth Kingdom, and proceeded to burn said cape and crown just to fist fight a thirteen-year-old for the second time.

[resoyani]

Don't let those tears fool you, she is not to be trusted with blades and heavy machinery

[theloonatic]

Anyway I'm writing side stories as well as my grishaverse fic, for example one called Shut Eye Town (as ive told my moot @yes-i-exist-shutup about). Basically folks with eye powers fighting the followers of Sue Hago, someone who believes eyes should be stolen by non eye havers (survival of the fittest bullshittery)

This is the design for the eye of the mc, Jo Anima. She has "moon" powers, basically she can reflect any power used on her on the other user.

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Family Methods

[ Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #3 ]

As much as I rag on this story for implying Jason’s trauma-induced spidey-senses activate when the joker walks into the room, there was some rare mockery of Bruce’s side of the ever-so-tiresome morality debate.

Like, ah yes,

the pinnacle of morality

[dirtylaundrysimulator]

had a dream where i had a son. now hes gone. why do dreams do things like this

[cherish--these--times]

OOOOHHH MY GOD I SCREAMED!!! Yeeeeees!!!!!!! Thank you for this. 🥰❤️😘🥰❤️😘 Gorgeouuuuuus.

tfw u go along with sherlock’s bs

[tanoraqui]

Dungeon Meshi Liveblog: Marcille Takes Charge!

You know what, this is actually a very fair answer to my earlier question of "why couldn't the ancients just kill the demon?" Points to you again, Ms. Kui.

Truly I can't wait to see, like, every single Mithrun fight scene in the anime. The whole First Floor Incident is presumably going to be Episode 1 of Season 2, and I'm sooo excited.

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At first, I thought the Lion was being snarky here, but in retrospect, knowing its whole story and nature, I think it genuinely is just fond of all its former dungeon lords. What wonderful meals they gave it!

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That said, the Lion DOES have enough personality to Judge Marcille for her aesthetic choices; and I think that's beautiful :) <3

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MARCILLE, NO! You're showing how corrupted you've become/how you were never suited to this role in the first place by acting directly contrary to explicitly stated themes of the story!

There is, however, something very satisfyingly country-ruling foreshadowy about Laios (and Kabru!) looking down at all of this spread out, though.

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It IS painful watching Kabru try desperately to play both sides, keeping Laios safe from the Canaries without letting him go side with Marcille. Bud, I'm sorry but you HAVE lost control of this situation. And Laios is smart enough to have put everything together about what happened while he was unconscious, even when you deliberately didn't tell him.

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[whispering sternly to myself] It's not fealty. It's NOT fealty. It's the start of a beautiful best-friendship which just so happens to include 1 guy looking at another guy and deciding that yeah, he has good potential to fill the king-shaped hole that guy #1 has been searching to fill - but just, like, on principle; genuinely NOT for any personal emotional need. The best-friendship is a completely unrelated emotional need. The ONLY fealting in this story is, so far as I can tell, between Shuro and his ninja squad, because they're from a completely different culture and, tbh, genre of anime.

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But Laios, conversation is his means and mode! His sword and shield! If he can't talk it out, how is he possibly going to convince you to do anything, including save the world and be his friend?!

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God I love this. It's this perfect combination of "You are my polar opposite; you love the thing (monsters) that I'm terrified of, and I want to know how so I can do that, too, because I'm so tired of terror" and "You love a thing (monsters), understanding it to the point of being very good at killing it, the same way I love a different thing (people); we are the same and I just want you to recognize that like I do so we can happily vibrate on the same frequency forever."

It's very tragic-funny that Kabru genuinely try to introduce himself to Laios in a normal way, before resorting to taking his entire party to stalk him to dangerous levels of the dungeon and eating monsters. It's not his fault that Laios is completely immune to small talk.

I DO think that every pair (or throuple, etc) of narrative foils in every piece of media ever should at least try making out. At a certain point of narrative foiling, you might as well, you know?

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Note: Pattadol says she's "reporting" to Flamela, indicating that she's subordinate within the greater Canary structure even though she's 2nd in command of the most superior hunting party.

Also, it seems that the Canaries we know, the senior-most party, are genuinely the badassest of the badass and meant primarily for advanced dungeons including confronting dungeon lords and the demon directly. Tier-3 groups have less experienced guards, maybe criminals as well, and go on more scouting-type missions with no serious combat expected.

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She's not wrong, she's just a jerk about it!

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I get where the elves are coming from, I do. It's impossible to tell people people that there's a demon underground who'll grant their every wish while also communicating the dangers of this sufficiently that nobody goes searching for it. Even we the reader, don't entirely understand how bad it can get, how fast, until we watch Marcille do All Of That under the demon's active influence.

HOWEVER, it IS human nature to respond to this sort of thing with "well I/my friend won't go insane." There's gotta be a compromise wherein at SOME POINT far down the 'everything is going wrong in this dungeon' line, they just fucking tell people. They at least TRY. Otherwise they're just rolling their eyes at the short-lived races dangerous ignorance while actively refusing to reduce that ignorance.

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Again: Shuro is living in a slightly different, much cooler genre of manga than the rest of us. Also:

TEAM TOUDEN LET'S GOOO!!

The best part of this is that earlier, when our heroes were trying to figure out who might help them eat Falin's dragon half, I was like, 'hmm...they liked you, sure, but eating dragons is pretty weird...'

But now we are outright ALLYING AGAINST THE ELVES!

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Lmao. Classic adventuring party members, baffling NPCs as a team.

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oh this is cruel. this isn't fair.

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boys, focus.

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the comedic timing...

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lookit, that 30 seconds of desperate verbal flailing actually did help! Kinda!

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yeah, I DO really like that everyone looks to Chilchuck for his opinion on Marcille's 'make everyone live to 10,000' plan, as the guy with the shortest present lifespan and also the most age-wise of all of them.

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I Do Not Like This Visual. I Do Not Like the disproportionately large lion with human arms and hands shoving himself out of this book.

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Not to be pedantic, but I think if you're trying to entice a team of people into doing your will by calling out each of their individual strengths, I think you shouldn't make 2 of them as repetitive as "curiosity" and "inquisitive mind." That's not really what Senshi is bringing to the table anyway - I'd say "care" or maybe "sense of balance." Also, sorry Izutsumi but how tf is her "wildness" contributing to this mission?

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oh, Marcille, no...

[hi-dread]

The badassest Bunny

By @takatuki_iti

[incorrectbatfam]

”im a starving goat and he’s a tin can” is one of the funniest and yet badassest threats I’ve ever heard /pos

Everyone thinks that because I have a batfam blog I must love Bruce Wayne, but I actually hate him so much that I put his canon characterization through a meat grinder and turn a $40 steak into a dollar-menu burger

[personne-reblogs]

Update (movie spoilers)

Everyone's gut reaction to finding out Raph is being possessed by the Krang is various stages of shock, unease, fear and guilt but Mikey has just seen his protective big brother beat the shit out of his own family and as soon as the responsible shows up his first instinct is to lash out

The movie was my introduction to both the Rise variation and the TMNT universe. At the time I was a bit surprised that out of all of them, it was Mikey who seemed angered here. I knew very little about him and I was taken aback by the agressive tone. I genuinely expected him to be terrified, not furious.

Now that I have seen the show and rewatched the movie multiple times, this line feels so in character though.

He still is overwhelmed by the situation, and he is shocked and terrified alright, as we see him retreat in his shell mere moments later:

They are utterly defeated when they retreat, and Mikey needs physical comfort from Donnie and reassurance from Leo to get back on his feet.

But Mikey has been changing little by little, and that anger that bubbles deep inside him doesn't leave him from this point on. When Raph is freed, when they finally fight the Krang after they got they powers back, we can clearly see how mad he is.

As a comparison, here's what he looked like when we first (and last) saw him pull such a powerful move:

Of course, we know their combined mystic attacks against the Krang aren't enough in the end. Which leads to Leo sacrificing himself and leaving his family broken.

Mikey is horrified, but this time, it doesn't overcome him.

This time, he faces what's just happened head on.

And his rage is building up again.

I love the animation here so much. I love how Mikey's expression shifts from angered determination to fierce, victorious pettiness.

I love that this is the last thing Krang One saw of this planet before getting trapped again in the prison dimension. Outmatched and alone.

BAMF Rise Mikey is canon and I will prove it

Yes, it's all "he lifts a cargo ship" this, "he launches a whole building" that, and sure, it says a lot about just what he is capable of, but he does so with his usual humor and joyfulness.

What I mean here is that there are times even he stops playing around. Case in point: the season 2 finale.

When the fam gets to the Crying Titan, this is what they see:

And this is how they enter the scene:

This is a very cool moment in the show, with heroic music and witty lines, and the gang seems pumped up for the fight ahead. Raph is smiling confidently, Leo is smug, April rocks, Donnie puts up his unavailable bad boy image.

Mikey, though. We don't often see that look on his face. My boy is MURDEROUS.

Even as they strike their badass hero pose, he's uncharacteristically frowning, without a hint of a grin:

Which perhaps shouldn't be surprising at all. The Shredder is harming both his dads, after all. And we know how much they matter to him specifically.

Conclusion: don't mess with what's really important to Mikey.

You won't like that side of him.

[amsgrey]

I judt found this draft/idea thing in my drafts from over two years ago (written before Little Sister Hugs) and i genuinely cracked up so much rereading it bc it would be really funny.

would anyone be interested in this?

Jay and hailey are busy with a case involving drug trafficking with military dudes or smth

you and will go out for dinner bc you get like n A+ in science or some shit and Will is all proud older brother

you get a call from Jay that the case is ramping up so he wont be home tonight and then ur like lit ill stay at wills i just gotta grab some stuff

you and will walk in and the house is like a mess and your like uh wtf

and will is like ok let me call jay or the cops or whatever

before he can he gets like smacked from behind like all those stupid movies

ur like o shit what the actual fuck

these big old dudes are in all black and holding like riffles bc intimidating and ur like :o

and ur standing in the kitchen so you do that really funny grab for the closest weapon and its like a pan that was waiting to dry or something entirely useless

theyre like yeah ok sure put it down u dimwit

u like stand over will being like feck off my brothers a cop

theyre like ha lol yeah we know we tryna find him where he at

ur like ha what i dont know? wouldn't have a clue

and theyre like ok then u come with us and ur like uh no sir

omg what if they chloroformed them that would be the funniest trope ever

jay is like workin the case being all undercover n shit and then he gets a call and its wills phone and hes like oh what did y/n do

will is like silent

jay is like yo whats up u alg

OR WHAT IF ITS LIKE WHAT THEY DID TO SAY WHERE THEY JUST SEND LIKE A SUPER FUCKING ANGSTY SHIT QUALITY VIDEO OF THEM LIKE BEATING WILL WHICH IS SUPER FUCKING NOT FUNNY BUT IS FUNNY TO IMAGINE THE UNO REVERSE FOR JAY

Jay immediately looses his mind and tries calling u like wheres will tf

obvi u dont answer and hes like this aint right

the team go to jays house and its all like torn apart but nothign like bad?

they call in the lab and the labs were like oh hey there's blood but they cleaned it? or smth

jay is spiralling and then they get anoter video of u? idk something else angsty

theyre like release our dude and give us back all the idk like guns and shit and voight is like ok well no way they let us do that

jay almost going cowboy cop

everyones like well this is great

you are like locked up by zipties bc criminals are stupid and you manage to like breakfree like a real mvp

u like find a gun or smth bc thats fun and free will

your all like well theres enough warehouses n creepy buildings in chicago for u to be anywhere so tf where we at

wills all leave me bc thats a funny trope and ur like shut the fuck up u dumbass

some military dude comes round the corner with his gun and sees u tryna walk with dead weight will and hes like? what are-

you shoot him bc badass bitch

he like fall down is all bloody and ur like o shit i just killed a man

will is like ya we gotta go ok like this shit serious fam

you walk around a corner and they all be sitting around in the big room and u and will are like oh hi guys

they all like point guns and ur like ah man we dead

but then!! intellegence is all out ur guns on the ground now! police things!

one of them like aims his gun but someone shoots his gUN bc i think thats the badassest thing ever and then he like has a bleeding hand and grabs u and knife to the throat thing bc trope central over here

no one has a clean shot so they all like omg dude let her go

do u get like seriously hurt? lowkey imagine like them dying and jay and will being like a mess ok thats way too dark but i like?

you either

die

get seriously maimed like idk loose a limb or smth idk

or ur unharmed and are like omg how am i not even bruised tf is this

depends on the level of angst idk

if anyone wants to ready this lmk i might actually write it

[vibinginthedreamlands]

People who should hold hands (In a gay way? Maybe)

Perimedes and Elpenor (I am a crackshipper in this instance)

Dirk and Todd (I am a shipper of men who are on crack)

Crystal and Niko (I genuinely thought they were going to be the badassest of couples when Crystal saw Niko surrounded in pastels and butterflies. Friendos though, also deserve to hold hands)

John and Arthur (Harlan Guthrie was right in Benevolent, if they held hands I *would* die)

The entire Mystery Gang (I haven't watched Scooby Doo in years. I did watch it near religiously in my youth though and still love it dearly. I think the gang would be at their best when in chain mode. Five stoner teens and their dog moving through crowds as a line.

A set of OCs from a dnd game I played (I won't get into detail. They're a mess. I love them. They're stupid. I don't need anyone else to know the context. Just that if they just held hands things would be better good God).

Jonathan Sims and Tim Stoker (But in a like. Handcuffed to each other Superhero episode kind of way. Maybe it could have fixed them. Maybe they would have blinded each other early on and roundabout fixed things. I don't know. They make me sick).

The Office Love Trapezoid in TMP (Just all the OIAR employees. Bond now everyone, it might just save you. They're doing pretty good? Teaming up, backing each other up, supporting one another and recognizing the danger of their work. I have hope. Which means they absolutely *need* to hold hands because if they seem like they'll be fine that means they're fucked and the only thing that can save them now is some good old fashioned MLP style friendship death rays).

Leif and Bert Bert (I just listened to the new Midnight Burger episode *and* finished Young Leif and like. Guys. They loved each other. They love each other. They're so. Important).

Casper and the Mucklewaynes (or however you spell their last name? I just think it would be good for them. He's a stressed dad and their his oldest friends and they have never actually met face to face so like, the opportunity to hold hands would be peak).

[izzypositive]

Attn: Izzy people

I am working on a thing in my brain, and would appreciate your help. Tell me:

What moment was Izzy Hands at his bravest / toughest / badassest / didn't wanna do the thing but did ... est?

Anything of that sort. Thanks!

[delinquentbrawl]

THE GREAT ANIME DELINQUENT BRAWL 2K23 GRAND FINALS

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I GOTTA ASK, JUST ONE LAST TIME... WHAT'S IT GONNA BEEEEEEE?!?!?!??! PRISONER FE40536, THE GOLDEN HEART OF MORIOH, OR THE WINNER OF THE CAGE OF DEATH?! WHO'S THE MANLIEST, COOLEST, BADASSEST ANIME DELINQUENT OF THE YEAR?! VOOOOOOOOOOOTEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!