#the hero returns

[dixdixbby]

[fairydares]

If y'all like manhwa and thought Solo Leveling had potential but lacked (like me) try "The Hero Returns." Very similar but much better imo. The story has much more of a beating heart. The interactions are warmer and the worldbuilding is much more interesting. Not animated yet though, you'll have to stick with the manhwa for now.

[shoezuki]

Some wild shit goes on in ppls lives

[amyunshader]

I read that and jolted upright. That trope. That one. The guy who turns back time back dying, what about old age.

U MUST READ THAT ONE UNDERRATED WEBTOON. It’s called The Warrior Returns.

Title being the most massive plot twist nest I ever seen.

Chapter 1: precious boi Kim Minsu, isekaied to be a warrior in a fantasy world, returns to Earth and shit happens => he goes on a murderous rampage. You’d thinks title ‘the warrior returns’ is pretty neat.

But then, chapter 2 or 3, there’s that guy who lost his whole family to KMS’s slaughter, who gets ALSO isekaied in another world and returns one year later to take revenge on all warriors - plural, there’s a whole lots of them, each very unique. => ‘the warrior [who] returns’ must be him.

(In fact, you could think that ‘the warrior returns’ could apply to all off them)

BUT. There’s that one mf who’s mysteriously lurking around with fox smile and a cheat ability - meet the resuscitation warrior ! Guy who can resurrect to the point before he gets in danger, which fan be VERY far ahead. I don’t wanna spoil all the plot twist cuz it really did a number on me and it’s better if u discover it by yourself , but I’ll just say that in some unofficial translation instead of resuscitation, he’s called ‘the warrior of returns’…

I ended up writing a whole essay, but I really recommend the read, it’s on webtoon and it has great art, incredible storytelling that stabs u even harder bc of the musics.

Just a thought for “sss class revival hunter”, but what if when Gong Ja dies of old age, he just goes back in time? Over and over again and he has to keep reliving it until he goes insane. Pretty sure his skill said he has to be killed but what if it somehow identified old age as something that “killed” Gong Ja and activated but with no skills to choose from. Everyone around him is normal but he keeps seeing the same thing with some differences each time due to him acting differently. Angst potential? Btw, I’m not a novel reader so please don’t come at me. Just think of this as a random “what if…” thought of some person without the proper knowledge of what goes on beyond the manhwa

[seanotty]

[summonedbunny]

If there's one person who deserves a good night's rest, it's him ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ

[prlssprfctn]

I think we don't talk nearly enough about this part of UTRH. I think we don't give nearly as much thought to this moment as we should. Because this declaration ("I am no one's son") is not dramatics, not another hyperbolised, theatrical line Jason loves to throw at his opponent. This is a desperate acceptance.

Because in a way, before his death, Jason's journey essentially was about finding a family; a parent, who cares, who loves. All he did as a Robin, he did it for love. He took the cape not because he was seeking revenge, not because of the necessity or a sense of rightness — first and foremost, he took the mantle for love. I said that once or twice there, but it is my favourite way to simplify the whole thing: Robin gave Jason magic, and magic in its core (for him) was safety and loving dad.

So, in a way, Jason (as a Greek character, if you squint) had his own journey from the beginning; a one that seemed fulfilled, once Bruce took him in. And then shit hit the fan, and he lost that in a way. That is where he goes in an adventure to find his mother, to become someone's son again. He finds his mother, he finds Sheila — except, everything goes wrong again, and she turns her back on him.

And then the journey ends. And Jason is back after many years.

And that's what he gets out of it. Accepts bitterly.

He is no one's son. And he hadn't been anyone's since Catherine Todd died.

[arrgh-whatever]

a little comic about my (and Pauk's) Skyrim experience

[the-goddess-of-gays]

will is the epitome of "i'd follow him to hell and back but i wish he'd just stop going there" and honestly he's so real for that

[sonyason7]

I'm LITERALLY addicted to Bromance Kdramas that give off that bl vibe and I think I've finished most of them

I've searched for other Kdramas but couldn't find anything I feel like I'll CRY I'll settle for crumbs as long as it's good one PLS

[couch-house]

I think sonic had a really good time not being playable for once and just being supporting cast for his friend shadow. i just know he was soooo excited to explain the controls and not worry about rings and cheer on his friend (and sometimes be a final boss :3)

[wwprice1]

Amazing art by Simone Di Meo.

[blighted-lights]

the way that ravage clearly loves and idolizes megatron genuinely makes me ill you have no idea. like this is someone who clearly still adores megatron despite being betrayed by him. and on the other side, the way megatron interacts with ravage in this entire scene is so,,, he's tired. he isn't at all what ravage idolizes and he knows that. he doesn't know what he is anymore but he's not the valiant savior ravage needs and wants him to be, and he Knows it.

ravage is clinging to a version of megatron that no longer exists (or maybe never did in the first place, and only existed in ravage's mind) and megatron no longer has anything to cling to so he rejects his past completely. these two make me ill.

[somewhereincairparavel]

there's just something about reyna being so desperate for a romantic connection after venus tells her that she'll never be loved by a demigod. when she was even willing to date octavian, when she immediately latched on to percy after he arrived at camp, and then, of course, her unrequited feelings for jason.

this is partly why I dislike people blaming jason for "leading her on" because there's absolutely no canon evidence to suggest that reyna was vocal or obvious about her feelings to jason or ever made a move about it. especially considering the venus incident where reyna had begun to avoid him. it would've ironically given jason the opposite impression. it's only mentioned that they shared something special, which could just as easily allude about their close friendship. jason said that he never felt anything romantic towards reyna, they were both pretty restricted when it came to love because they had an image to withhold at camp, they also had this external pressure of being the potential picture perfect couple. he liked sharing roman history knowledge with her as a best friend, they wanted to visit cool historical monuments together, which he appreciated, and he trusted her deeply, but that was all there ever was to it. their connection was dominated by sweet platonicity, in his perspective, atleast.

reyna misinterpreting jason's behaviour as something romantic also makes sense to her character because she wanted to be loved that way. it was reyna's wishful thinking that caused her inevitable heartache and that adds nuance to her character.

reyna had her own faults in the downfall of jason and her's friendship, just like jason did. and that makes them good characters. they both refused to reach out bc of hesitation and it isnt just jason's fault as the fandom claims it to be.

when jason said reyna distanced herself from him and was never quite the same around him after the venus incident?? do people not understand that jason's hesitation to reach out must have stemmed from that?? worried that she'll distance herself again?? or when reyna greeted piper in boo and didn't even take a glance at jason? reyna had too much pain inside of her so she couldn't reach out. and that's okay.

they never ended up clearing the air because of this lingering hesitation, causing reyna to have everlasting guilt after he passed. and that is also okay. they were just kids who cared about eachother but didn't know better.

their relationship is way more complicated and heartbreaking and reducing it to "jason lead her on and broke her heart, he's the real red flag" does injustice to BOTH their characters.

[nelkcats]

A Little bird told me

Danny knew his dimension didn't need him. It had been a long time since it stopped needing him, a long time since he had to be content to spend most of his days in the Infinite Realms. His sister and friends were too busy these days to pay attention to him; Danny understood, it's not like he could work or have a job, considering he'd stopped growing at 21 and people would start asking questions eventually.

Honestly, it was a relief that he'd even been able to grow up to that age, Clockwork's knowing look told him he had help with it.

So, he distracted himself by learning things from the other ghosts in the Realms, who were definitely as bored as he was. He even managed to get Vlad to teach him duplication, but it wasn't that interesting after a while. Though he had become interested in the different dimensions that Clockwork watched over.

The problem was that there was one dimension that had caught his attention (one full of heroes and magic) but they always made the worst decisions. There came a point where he decided to interfere, Clockwork seemed amused so he figured he wasn't going to stop him.

As he thought about how to infiltrate (definitely not as a hero, he loved his retirement, thank you very much), he remembered a rather...odd power he had recently discovered.

Danny had discovered that he could shapeshift. The problem was that he could only shapeshift into dead animals and well, while it was fun to scare others, he didn't know how well people would take a ghost crow with ectoplasm coming out of it's wounds.

Figuring it was better than nothing, he transformed into a bird and flew through the portal; he flew towards John Constantine, who seemed fed up with his life. Constantine knew the bird was fucking weird the moment it sit on his shoulders but he had better things to take care of, like the demon in front of him.

Said bird apparently knew the way to defeat the demon, because he started naming the ingredients needed to banish it. Constantine saw it with narrowed eyes and asked if he wanted his soul, the bird pecked him, looking annoyed.

From there, seeing that the dead bird was doing no harm, Constantine let it stay. It was oddly useful and he had sold his soul for less.

Danny spent his days whispering things to Constantine to defeat enemies and the hellbazer gave him cookies in return (the halfa really wanted to be offended), when the League saw Constantine with a dead crow on his shoulder they wondered if he had finally lost his mind.

John commented that his name was Ghosty (he was pecked again) and that he was useful, unfortunately for the superhero community, Constantine had never been that useful and therefore they couldn't complain (but why did he suddenly know all the existing gossip?, he kept bribing them with it! His crow looked amused too).

Every time Constantine won a battle without explanation, someone would make the mistake of asking how he did it. With a shit-eating grin, Constantine would point to his shoulder and say "a little bird told me."

Danny was so tempted to shape-shift just to bite his head off, but the cookies were good.

[booksandmore]

“why do you ship that they don’t even have any canon interactions” it’s called a prophetic vision