#the different reactions are funny

[infinitethree]

As Daz is reeling from that revelation and Aster turns ashen, the world around them…changes.

Colors all blur together and then kind of just– melt, streaking down into nothingness and leaving behind only black. The furniture suffers the same fate, along with the walls, ceiling, and floor.

As much as he loathes Aster, Daz isn’t so stupid or petty that he’s not going to scramble over to him. Aster withdraws his axe, obviously on high alert despite them not being able to see anything.

There does seem to be a floor of some sort, but it’s not something that looks any different than the rest of the inky, Void-like…void.

Neither of them say anything. Daz is close enough that their sides are touching, his daggers in hand. He’s facing the other way to scan for anything that might sneak up behind them.

Everything is that disturbing, eerie kind of quiet. A quiet so absolute that your brain screams that something is wrong.

The only sounds are their breathing and the shifting of their clothes. They all sound like gunshots amidst the lack of even subtle ambient noises.

And then, in a split second, everything changes.

They find themselves standing in what looks like an old-fashioned theatre. The giant red velvet curtains are drawn and the overhead lights are off.

Daz realizes they’re in the middle of the aisle of seats. A plush red rug stretches from about 10 feet away from the stage back off into the far distance. The rows of seats stretch along with it…and off to sides, as well.

It feels like the majority of this place is just seating.

Something moves, and Daz snaps his head to look at it.

Whatever it is, it isn’t anything he’s seen before. Two of some kind of bizarre, blob-like creatures sit in what seem like VIP seats. They wobble like Jello as they…maybe? Watch him back.

There’s more of them scattered around, including more in that section, but none are as distinct as those two– some are barely more than shadows.

Suddenly, from above, there’s a giggle. “Don’t mind them, they’re just representations of the audience!”

He takes several steps back to put distance between himself and whatever just spoke.

Floating above their heads in an absurd ringmaster-esque costume and smiling, Daz had to take a moment to wrap his head around their appearance.

Their head looks like a flat-screen monitor, with a simple and pixelated animating ‘face’. Said animation looks like a very rudimentary GIF of blinking. Six phone-sized screens circle their head, displaying what seem like random emojis.

They giggle again. “Oh my god, the look on your faces! Hah– this is definitely worth the hassle. Although…”

Well, their ‘face’ seems to update when they talk. It’s not in sync, though.

The entity hums to themself. “Yeah, nah, this won’t do.”

They withdraw a round-top cane. It suddenly extends and reaches to tap on Daz’s head.

And then Innit is there.

It stares at them with wide eyes, and then looks up at the entity. After a long moment, it gets to its feet and bows.

“You’re– you’re the Showrunner, right? Not the Scribe.”

A sound like the correct answer in a gameshow plays. “Yeah! Hell-o, my favorite little metaphor!”

The…Showrunner, evidently, settles down on the ground and reaches out to squish Innit’s cheeks together. “Awww, look at you! You’re so smart and unexpected!”

Innit seems to be in shock, which makes three of them.

Aster recovers first. “So, if you’re the Showrunner, then– where is the Scribe? And what do you do?”

The Showrunner blows a raspberry and rolls their eyes. “I borrowed Scribs’ name for reasons. It was always me!”

Daz is able to gather himself enough to ask, “So– you’re Time?”

They laugh, bright and uproarious. Finally letting go of Innit, they turn to face him.

Their smile isn’t terribly kind or fond as they tell him, “Time was just a sock puppet for Scribs. A useful tool and nothing more. It’s really just a name and some divine pressure, there’s not much else there.”

He laughs shakily. “So– we weren’t chosen on a whim. You just…have been toying with us all along…?”

“Yes! See, despite what an miserable little cunt you are, you are clever enough that dealing with you is sometimes worth it,” The Showrunner confirms.

There’s only one thing to ask, then. “Why? Why do you care so much about us? Not just Sanctuary, but– the people you have rescued?”

The Showrunner starts laughing.

Again, it’s not nice or kind, but instead manic. Almost malicious; something that screams that this entity is not someone that can be reasoned with if he makes a wrong step.

Their expression, despite its lack of fidelity, is borderline unhinged as they giggle, “You haven’t earned that answer!”

Daz shudders, then jumps as Innit speaks again. “How do we earn it, then?”

The Showrunner reaches down– they’re absurdly tall, easily clearly eight feet– and pats its head. “Figure more secrets out, little monster. Figure them out on your own and you won’t have to share what you learn.”

Despite how unhinged this divine being is, Innit smiles warmly up at it. “Thanks for the hint. I’ll make you proud.”

“Aww, you’re adorable.”

From his side, Aster asks quietly, “...When do I know when I’ve earned the– the wish?”

In between blinks, the deity stands in front of him and has its screen-face barely an inch from his. This close, Daz can hear a faint, electronic buzzing.

“Depends. What d’you want to use it on?”

Aster, tense as a strung bow and as rigid as a netherite sword, tells them, “I haven’t decided yet. But if– if it’s not going to be for a while, I can rule some things out.”

The traitor’s eyes flick over to Innit, and resentment burns in Daz’s chest. After ripping his past open and destroying his plans, Aster wants to use this– this impossible fucking thing on Innit?!

Grin wide, The Showrunner tells him, “For that, I might be willing to…be a bit more lenient. You might have to see the things you least want to see, and agree to do that, but, well…I’m not completely heartless.”

Aster’s expression conveys how little he likes that condition.

“Oh, and it won’t make it end. It ends when I decide it’s not fun any more. Talk it over with your little group first. You never know– you might have some clever bastards decide to step in and make that unnecessary.”

Yeah, no, Daz can read the implication there. He’s being threatened to cooperate, and probably helm, Innit getting a body…or else the wish paid for by his past and future will be given to another.

The Showrunner laughs a little. “Alright, alright. That’s enough fun for one of the lowest rungs of secrets. I’ve given you plenty.”

Their surroundings melt away until only the Showrunner’s backlit smile remains. “So entertain me more by figuring the rest out, yeah? You haven’t even scratched the surface of the truth.”

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 5: Flip Slip.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5)

[funkycloewn]

The aftermath:

The reason why Jax is intimidated by Ragatha lol

Moral of the story: Don't foolishly joke around like that smh

Credit to @sm-baby for the Carnival AU!

[ryllen]

"Don't u know what u're asking me with these?

'Abandon the sea, and stay on land'"

"Are you sure you know~ what u're getting into, Trey-san?"

[x] [x] [x]

[arealtrashact]

That Brain!Sage is the cutest thing she’s so tiny omg

Like their height difference in show is hilarious but the best part so far is how much Homelander seems to genuinely like her character and judgement. Like he said, after being surrounded by sycophants for so long it’s about damn time he has an almost equal to play off of. Her and Firecracker are SUCH good late editions to the cast; I’m curious to see if they will survive post series finale and continue their arcs into Gen V and the other upcoming spin-offs.

It took me a second to warm up to Firecracker (no pun intended) but I agree - she's a fun addition ! The scene between her and Starlight was veeery interesting to me. I think it added a juicy layer of depth to both characters.

Her 'budding relationship' with Homelander is also a point of interest. If Sage and him are Pinky and The Brain, then he and Firecracker are definitely giving off some warped Pepe Le Pew and Penelope vibes.

I also find her cringefail powers strangely endearing. It's always a treat to see supes who are sort of, well--lame. Not everyone is going to be born a Homelander or even a Deep (I'm still confused as to why the show is so adamant on insisting that his powers are lackluster. The man can control the largest mammals on earth.)

[to-be-a-dreamer]

It says something that Jimmy killed Joel and was immediately forgiven and Joel even said he was proud of him for such a clean kill but Grian IMMEDIATELY declared Jimmy as his sworn enemy until the end of the series and I don’t think it says anything about the quality of their relationships more than it does the fact that Joel is known for being unhinged and insane but he’s actually pretty chill most of the time and doesn’t really care or hold grudges whereas Grian is normally rational and put together outwardly but the SECOND you cross him all bets are off friendship cancelled you’re mortal enemies now the canary curse is back because the coal miner brought a gun

[turtleblogatlast]

Big Mama must have lost some serious standing in the yokai underworld because it’s gotten apparent that she keeps being beaten by a small group of teenagers and the occasional rat man, and when it’s not them then she’s taking L’s from her own schemes working against her.

And in the ensuing power vacuum, the Hamatos accidentally become the most feared crime family known to all the big bads of the Hidden City.

After all, they’ve publicly outplayed Big Mama multiple times, a couple of them have taken out the heads of two of the most well known criminal organizations, one took out Heinous Green, two are responsible for the destruction of Witch Town, they have ties to both the infamous Baron Draxum and Captain Piel, they won the Doom Dome death race, they’re Battle Nexus Champions, they’ve displayed insane feats of power and defeated impossibly strong enemies, most of them have been to jail, and they regularly mingle with humans.

You can just imagine the notoriety they’d accumulate from word of mouth alone.

[wasty28]

Reading Trash of the count's family and Debut or die at the same time is so funny sometimes.

In one book the MC curses, kidnap, rob, scam, beat up the bad guys at any given occasion but in the other he's like "these fucking bast-...,no let's calm down", I need to keep being level-headed.

[brianskangs]

chaer: *says something* yk: ???????? 😲😲😲

[angelpuns]

remember when these guys met and it was really funny? so does Kid Leo :)

@kathaynesart I don't think he realizes he has to go against this guy but he's v excited :)

[coquelicoq]

my absolute favorite genre of tags to get on something is "idk anything about this media but i'm rbing anyway because [absolutely any reason whatsoever]". gets me every time. like aww you don't just have fuzzy feelings for this tv show or whatever. you like something that i brought to the table, enough to ignore the fact that you don't even know what the fuck i'm talking about. that is genuinely very nice to hear.

[smellslikesouls]

i love that in this life series, every murder victim is either “haha good one man you really got me. let’s team up now. who cares” or “WE ARE NOW MORTAL ENEMIES YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO DIE” and absolutely 0 inbetween

[jessiescock]

Ok Cithis defense post. I don't think it's fair to call her ableist. yea it was disrespectful how she treated mithrun in her extra comic but like. Manipulating people is kind of her whole thing that's why she's a prisoner in the first place. She does illusion magic. For all we know she wasn't making mithrun do those things bc she hates disabled people, that's just what she does. Especially to her wardens. She disrespects him initially bc she's a prisoner and he's her warden, not bc he has a disability. (the fact that mithrun comes from a wealthy & noble family also probably has something to do with it.)

Also it was her who essentially blackmailed kabru into making sure mithrun was eating enough while they were trapped in the dungeon together, she very obviously cares about him and respects him more than she probably does most other people.

this whole setup was her idea in the first place. She didn’t have to do this.

also notable ithink is this moment here. Cithis literally biggest Kabumisu supporter.

Idk if this is coherent butuh basically Cithis clearly not only respects Mithrun but actively cares about him and is shown going out of her way to make sure he’s safe and healthy. While she is one of the more morally grey characters in dunmeshi (she is sentenced to life in prison for incitement to murder amongst other things, after all) it’s unfair and inaccurate to portray her as some sort of violently ableist abuser.

ok im adding some more cithis mithrun panels bc i like them and i think they’re very cute <3 yay

[sunshine-and-her-ikevil-stuff]

The duality of two posts made nine days apart

[bleue-flora]

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

any time someone says that sora isn't gay, i hit them with the KH2 reunion cuz that shit is still just as funny now as it was back in 2013 when i first saw it