#the only true way to move on

[christinem999]

I fear I feel a new obsession taking its roots in me

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At your side [End of Season 2]

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[kindaorangey]

"are you asking me or making me?" is soooooo interesting to me because i think armand only asks it when he can't gauge whether he's letting louis down. it's barely even sexual - it's a hail mary. it's a show of trust, indirectly admitting that he wants to do something other than what louis expects of him, but that he's willing to obey louis anyway, for the sake of their relationship. it's sort of heartbreaking watching them at the sacré-cœur, because if louis had said "i'm making you" armand would've done it in a heartbeat. he would've taken it as a show of committment on louis' part, and he wouldn't have betrayed him. but louis takes the question just as an expression of disagreement, and so he doesn't play the game. ironically, he respects armand's independence too much to make him turn madeleine if he doesn't want to. and so armand isn't convinced of louis' commitment to him, and he betrays him.

and by the time we see them in san fransisco, louis knows what the question means now, and answers "no, arun, i'm not asking" without question. and armand accepts it without complaint, even as it pains him. companionship really is the most important thing in the world to armand, just like it is for lestat, and he's willing to do any number of horrible things to louis and himself just to keep him as a companion, just like lestat. louis' biggest mistake is not realising how to use that to his advantage sooner.

edit: HELP people are reblogging this again. i misremembered the context of the scene - louis is asking armand to witness the turning, not do it himself. still, if armand had gone along to witness, that would have 100% been taken as implicit permission for louis to turn madeleine (thereby adhering to the first of the great laws) and, in essence, "agreeing" with her turning where before he ordered claudia to drive madeleine out of town. this hypocrisy, and the further bending of the rules for louis' sake (he's given permission to turn a mortal despite neither of them being in the coven), would have been seen by the coven as betrayal. armand knows this; he doesn't think madeleiene should be turned for these reasons; that's why he asks, "are you asking me or making me?"

still. if louis had said "i'm making you" i think armand would've gone along to witness, implicitly giving his permission for madeleine to be turned and functionally changing his allegiance from the coven to louis once and for all. so the core point of the post still stands.

[not-so-superheroine]

Jesus is my older brother, not my dad.

other christians don't seem to feel the same?

am i missing something where he insists on such a thing except perhaps with actual little children?

[lunarharp]

What led to this (orufrey comic, cw an uncomfortable/creepy scene)

[itspileofgoodthings]

Crash landing on you is just like *most romantic scene you’ve ever seen in your life, the boys being cute and funny, women supporting women North Korea edition, evillest snake villain of all time, Se-ri’s toad family being toads, most romantic scene you’ve ever seen in your life—

[lunarkittenn]

I rarely take pictures anymore. It’s like I just don’t want to remember any moment from this part of my life lol

[lifefactz]

💯

[funkle420]

some of the things I've learned in the Adventurer's Bible are so chilling... really drives home the fact that this is a completely different world with medieval-like stuff going on. I'm especially chilled by what Laios and Falin said about the "mountain people"...

[skunkes]

the bad: i have been raised without much warmth from my parents in childhood, but also pressured to conform to familial authority, doubt myself always, and value familial connections above all else (<- failed at this, and feel guilt about it.)

but also in experiencing this i have been so isolated from the entire rest of the world and others, that it will be nearly impossible to create my own "family" -> find safety and comfort in anybody else once my family is Gone. despite dis i find it really difficult to break away from the familiar, disobey and disappoint, because, well, why are my wishes more important than anybody else's. why would I cause upset and distress in anybody, and exert so much effort into my doubt filled half decisions, for my meaningless little Wishes. being away would also mean less time with these people who I'll never see again once they're gone. being raised this way is definitely paying off for those who did so.

the good: yaaaay adjacent inspiration for writing talon lore

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Thinking thoughts about Abuela being back and with this backstory about her being taken in by charlatans and Eddies whole catholic guilt thing and how the two things kind of play into one another as an exploration of faith and being taken in by something.

Abuela giving all her money to the tarot card readers etc because she was searching for something - for connection (with Abuelo) - trying to recapture what she had lost, and How Eddie has spoken about trying to re-find the magic he had with Shannon - how Eddie hasn't actually fully reconciled the Shannon of it all when it comes to relationships and how his Catholic guilt connects into that.

How Marisol as a physical representation of Catholicism is part of that narrative - how Eddie is entering a place where he has to chose his path - in order to move on from Shannon he needs to fully square the hole - catholic or non catholic. And how that needs to happen first - before he can begin his queer journey!

[sunrizef1]

Not that I whole-heartedly believe this, but if it is true, we narrowly avoided a much worse timeline where James had kicked Logan this week and stuck Esteban in his place

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

YO PEPPINO JUST GOT FLUNG OMG XD

(He did! And he was flung many more times that day, since Eg solves all her problems by yeeting them as far as possible

Another example of this with nameless clone (do not worry, he is fine! He is very resilient!!!)

[akkivee]

A sudden thought I had in relation to my epiphany while thinking about the NGE parallels, but I'm starting to wonder if BB and BAT's lack of deeper plot is BECAUSE of their ages? Like they're so young, (Hitoya is 14 y/o at heart adsjflkasdjl;), so realistically why would they be involved in government shenanigans? But really, what I'm starting to wonder is if they're actually meant to represent the struggle of youths inheriting a world destroyed by the prior generation, a struggle that is pretty universal with the millennial and gen Z demographics globally. Like all they can do is survive the best they can with all the craziness happening because of the actions of the characters older than them.

i'm not sure if bat's there just yet, despite kuukou going thru some of that by proxy of being on a team with ichiro back in the day, but yes absolutely on bb's part lol, it's how they help hypmic's worldbuilding lol. bb also expresses a desire to change their world, but are pretty aimless about it for the most part, which you usually ascribe to youth lol

the block party tho shows ichiro's initiative to change the world and is also meant to show the hope for a better world adults (esp those in higher positions, like the neighbourhood president in bb's track) tend to push on to the youth, as evident from rei using this as a time to point ichiro to the real fight, and samatoki in his next appearance saying he understands the power hope can have. (hip hop was born from these high school kids throwing a block party calling for the end of gun violence that was killing their community. the block party is taking inspiration from that real world event)

bb and bat share a same writing beat where they introduce an ideal that's very important to live by in their messed up world and is an overarching lesson hypmic wants to impart, such as the need to protect your community or the importance of music, and i wouldn't be surprised if bbbat are in a more unique position to follow thru with those ideals bc they're young and without adult responsibilities, and that hitoya is there as the adult arguably with the best position to help them further along those ideals (bc adults need to be able to help clear the way for the youth too, instead of making it harder for them to change their/our shitty world)

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

I feel like I'm missing the crux of the man vs. bear debate because it's so silly. of course I would pick the man, because neither my Sig nor jiu jitsu is going to take down a bear

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Something I've seen a couple people saying is that they want to make sure that Laudna understands that she's not the only one who has been through trauma. But like. Laudna is not the only one who needs to learn that lesson. Actually, it's not even that Laudna needs to learn that she's not the only one that's been through trauma at all, because they're all very aware of what they've all been through. This became an inevitable confrontation when Laudna decided to let Delilah back in, though, and after rewatching the scene, I actually think the only people who managed this situation correctly were Imogen* and Ashton.

Orym and Laudna are both more focused on their own pasts with the sword and not thinking about each other. Orym should have talked to the group and come to a decision with them about using the sword and Laudna should have talked to him about it instead of trying to steal it.

*my feelings about this are still up in the air don't read into this too much