#the consigliere

[moldycalico]

i like how every other mafia skin is :) or >:) while mafioso is just >:( so i created this abomination at 2.35 am (this took too long helpp)

shoutout to the other person who also drew tos in this meme format cuz you inspired me lol

also consig lowk cute

[endless-ineffabilities]

Il sistema giudiziario americano fa schifo.

[followthemadrabbit]

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ᴅɪʀ. ɢᴜy ʀɪᴛᴄʜɪᴇ

[odi-the-oddity]

The muscle

[teyvatcompendium]

Consigliere

[alexiethymia]

I don’t go here in the sense that I haven’t finished the series yet. Like honestly, the cameo in Queen of Tears was what made me finally buckle down and watch it.

But I do know from spoilers the general gist of where they end up in the end. So the cameo has some pretty great implications - that in three years Chae rin managed to transform Jipuragi into such a big-shot law firm that even the Queen of Department Stores is their client, that Vincenzo possibly gives up his high-stakes mafioso life to take the bar in Korea so he can practice law there, that he would have obviously done so to start working at Jipuragi, that he didn’t pull his punches in that settlement because obviously he still has strong views about marriage, and it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think that Hae-in reminded him of another Hong in his life, and not knowing the full story, he’d definitely do his best to help Hae-in because he’s always been an ally of unapologetically strong women.

(In other words, nope, no will not take any other interpretation, he gives up all his wealth and power just so he can come home and work for his wife and fulfill his domestic office marriage dream.)

[chaoticpersontale]

Rewatching: Vincenzo

[athanoraa]

the babygirliest jojo villain ever

headcanon #1 : he has freckles but he hides them with makeup to be less recognisable because no WAY the freckles magically disappear when Diavolo fronts

headcanon #2 : when he activates King Crimson his eyes reflect the world his "crimson court" is set in, so his eyes just turn into mini galaxies when he's in his skipped time realm

[woozapooza]

The google doc where I draft my posts is brimming with partially-written Sopranos posts, but it's also got this one draft that has been complete since...like January, maybe? I don't even remember. I don't know why it's taken me so long to post it, but here it is now.

*****

I was thinking some more about the idea (which I wrote about in my s5 wrap-up post) that Silvio and Melfi (1) play complementary roles in Tony’s life in general, and (2) give Tony comparable advice in “All Due Respect” in particular. It occurred to me that not only is their advice comparable—they both argue that Tony is merely feigning noble motivations for protecting his cousin, and they both urge him to confront his true motivations—it’s actually perfectly complementary. Both the “false” and “true”* motivations that Silvio discusses are externally focused, whereas the ones that Melfi discusses are internally focused. In his speech defending his decision to protect Tony B., Tony S. had invoked the code that all these guys live by and for which they hold each other accountable: “We are a family [...] So we are gonna deal with this as a family, together.” It’s an argument based on interpersonal relationships and group values. Silvio, however, contends that it’s “not about standing with the guys or upholding some rules,” but the alternative explanation he offers is still situated outside Tony’s head, if that makes sense: “You don't wanna bow down” (to Johnny). It’s about “pride,” which is inherently about how Tony is seen in other people’s eyes. From Melfi’s perspective, Tony’s “false” motivation is “affection” (his word, which she echoes) for Tony B. Affection is an internal thing, a feeling, not a mode of behavior or a shared value. His “true” motivation is his “guilt and shame” over failing his cousin all those years ago, and this too refers to something primarily internal. I guess there is a pride element here as well in that what happened the night Tony B. was arrested is something he’s very much not proud of, but since Tony has never told the true story to Tony B. or anyone else other than Melfi, I think it’s fair to say that it’s mostly about how Tony sees himself, not how anyone else sees him.

What I’m getting at is basically an ethics (Silvio) vs. morals (Melfi) distinction. And of course it makes perfect sense that their assessments would complement each other like this: Silvio has a front-row seat to Tony’s leadership, he knows the code that he, Tony, and their bros all live by, and he knows Tony as a member of a community; all of that is only an abstraction to Melfi, but she knows things about Tony’s psyche that even his closest associates like Silvio don’t know, and she knows Tony first and foremost not as a member of a community but as an individual. I just think it’s so fascinating how they’re so coordinated in this episode without having the slightest clue of it. It makes me want to see both of them advise Tony at the same time. That would be fun. I wonder how that would go!

*Scare quotes because as I said in the other post, while I think Silvio and Melfi are both onto something, I also think they’re both unfairly simplistic in their assessment of what’s really motivating him. He can have noble AND selfish motives at the same time.

[rolkstone]

[moldycalico]

uhmmm guys... i mayhaps recreated the whole mafia gang on ponytown............... lmaooo

(yes the godfather is an alicorn since he needs to stand out :p maybe his wings give him def idk)

OH and bonus vigi+potion master cuz i like them too (altho i definetly love PM more heheh)

[kittyknight]

They are having a meeting………….

[citylighten]

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[filthy-mudeoki]

Cassano Geumga familia

[lady-belleslettres]

Mafioso, Consig and Disguiser

[lunar-moonlight]

Scrapped ToS Comic/Animatic

I’m not exactly sure how old this was, but I think it was sometime after I posted Separation (hmu if you wanna know the crappy 1am fanfic that I wrote)

This was a bonus content sort of thing that explores the Consigliere’s side of things and what she did, generally just her POV

I eventually scrapped it after losing motivation for it - It’ll instead just be in written form in one of the future chapters