#the other wolf arc

[ask-the-determined-river]

“Hold on, lemme see if I can address the heat…”

Fen turns away and curls over himself, seemingly trying tonfocus on himself.

Suddenly, you hear static glitching in your ears.

For a brief minute meant, you see something overlayed on Fen, as though it was standing in his position. Something blue and metallic.

But that’s not what draws your attention.

It was the glitching, violet object that is visible through his body and clothing, before it then disappears.

“Damnit. Never mind, it’s too visible.”

River Person discreetly rubs their ears, looking at him thoughtfully, once again fully intrigued by him.

"Tra li li... thank you for trying, but it's okay, we're smart, we'll survive...,"

They then remember something and stick a hand back into their pocket, and pull out an ice bone that they received from a boat rider a few hours earlier.

"I have this, it should come in handy, if we break it in half, we'll both have an ice treat to cool us off...and you can have most of it since you're fluffier,"

[hyakunana]

Until the End and Beyond

[t-u-i-t-c]

Hoeru Tono & Rikuo Byakuya in No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger Transformation Lesson 1

[blackhholes]

Teen Wolf

4x03 Muted ⎮ 5x09 Lies of Omission

[jessmalia]

stiles and malia playlist: the only exception by paramore

and up until now, i had sworn to myself that i'm content with loneliness because none of it was ever worth the risk well, you are the only exception

[mischeva]

haha….. reference

[jaxihammer]

You will never convince me that Isabel Lovelace is not disabled post-canon. Think about it.

Of everyone in the crew, she's spent by far the longest time in space. Sure, she's probably been exercising, but that isn't going to fully stop her muscles atrophying. Her bones are going to weaken. Not to mention the fact that she went into the cryo chamber, which we know isn't GREAT for you (I know Eiffel is kind of an outlier but still. Even once is gonna fuck you up at least a little).

Then add to THAT the fact that the body Lovelace has now was created by the dear listeners. Not only are they recreating a body that's already undergone almost a thousand days of the trauma of space; they're doing it with zero existing knowledge of how a human body functions in Earth's gravity. The clones are almost perfect, but there are notable differences in internal organs, and I wouldn't be surprised if Lovelace was put back together with some inconsistencies.

All this to say, I think Lovelace would become a mobility aid user when the crew lands back on Earth. Everyone on the crew would probably end up in physical therapy, but the damage done to her body would be by far the most extensive. Whereas I don't doubt Jacobi, Minkowski, and Eiffel could regain most if not all of their mobility, I think Lovelace would use a wheelchair, and eventually with PT could use crutches or a cane some days. Even if she were to regain muscle function, she would probably have some sort of chronic pain that would necessitate mobility aids!

In conclusion Let Her Be Disabled thank you for coming to my TED talk

[aelitaslittlereminders]

Good Evening, Tonight is a Saturday, March 15th

Don't find yourself alone in the woods, your brain might start to see and hear things that you know aren't really there, and it can lead you into danger. Friends can help with this.

It's been a long day.

~From Lyoko with Love, Aelita

[princesswithathousandenemies]

On my Stark mom and daughters grieving hours. don't bother me.

[ask-the-determined-river]

"Fen. Short for...Fenris."

He seems embarrassed telling the name. Like he got it from Asgore.

You can't see his face from this angle, but the Strange Wolf, Fen, briefly flicks his head in the direction you know to be where the knife is dropped.

At the same time, you spot something else hidden in the tree line peek out as the two converse.

It looks like another strange wolf. This one is not anthropomorphic, but instead it has a brilliant crimson-red coat and appears to be covered in growths of various sizes all over its body from head to toes.

You see one of the growths flap, and you realize it is a wolf covered in bird wings.

Two gold pinpricks in its black eyes briefly meets with your own eyes before looking where Fen had briefly turned his head.

Flowey eyes Fen thoughtfully and is about to say something but chuckles nervously without smiling as he spots the other Strange Wolf.

Flowey: "Okay. Now there's a second one.......howdy... would it be too presumptuous to ask if you're both from the same place?"

"...Furthermore....," he looks to Fenris "....are you some goody two shoes with a hero complex? Or do you personally know River Person?"

Flowey then veeeerrry sllllooowly grabs onto the knife from beneath the snow and pulls it close to his person underneath the ground.

Flowey: "Because you had a very dramatic reaction when all I did was give them a little cut,"

River Person lets out a tired and heavy sigh full of disapproval, but they stay quiet.

[hyakunana]

Ah yes, the Prismatic experience when they deliver your main subclass in the starter pack 😌

[solitaireships]

tbh if they do give Mel a corruption arc she will end up becoming my cool OC and everything that happens post Ar/cane season 2 will be erased from memory while my fics about her, Jayce, and me living happily ever after become canon

[bapydemonprincess]

Just went through screencapping more green witch arc manga panels of Seb for icon possibilities and went through the famed "exploring the forest and Seb crying" scene and just. oh my god. the fucking mom/dadbastian energy is actually fucking off the charts in that scene. like, the CONTEXT after everything that has happened in their contract so far, and then the current situation, of Sebastian himself never having been in this whatever this is (SPOILERS: a forest set up to keep outsiders away and not a natural forest. With no animals and a trap to trigger mustard gas) and IMMEDIATELY insisting they go back before things get bad.. but oh no they GET BAD ANYWAY-

...

God I cannot wait for this to be animated.

[xarva]

Virgin Mary - wych elm

Squaring Up- Sir Chloe

[commsroom]

the opening of into the depths - the thought experiment about the swamp - sticks in my head, because, well. because it's interesting why it's stuck in hera's head.

narratively, of course, it serves two purposes: 1) to frame and present a question about what happened to lovelace, and 2) to connect what is currently happening to lovelace to what hera experiences when she reboots. (which: combined with the ways lovelace is also paralleled to eris, one of an infinite potential iterations of herself, serving a similar purpose for the dear listeners that eris does for goddard - there is even a perspective from which you could argue lovelace is herself "an AI" that i think presents some interesting questions. regardless, the struggle lovelace and hera share in having their humanity recognized is deeply significant to me.)

in-universe, though: why was that thought experiment put in hera's head, for her to think about while she reboots? well. lovelace's s4 arc centers on a certain type of self doubt: she fears a loss of self, of personal identity and continuity of experience, and she fears it's already happened. if hera thinks about this thought experiment as she reboots - does she fear the same? does part of her always worry that the version of her that comes back online is not the same as before? i think that's the purpose.

part of it may be general cruelty, in the same way pryce threatens to give her "a new recurring nightmare" as punishment, but making hera doubt her continuity of experience feels like a very intentional aspect of how she's been dehumanized - it encourages her not to think of herself as a full person, and casts doubt on her future. consider ep 52, where hera hasn't done a full reset of her personality program in months, and is notably hesitant to. or ep 48, where she initially votes against leaving (which is emotionally complicated for multiple reasons, but that's a whole other topic.) it's not the only factor, but i believe hera has lovelace's identity crisis in mind, and i think that casts a certain light on these interactions.

most importantly: these things are not true. she's being emotionally manipulated. obviously. but the fear, i think, is very real, especially in the context of trauma. lovelace's death and resurrection as a clone of herself, from a more metaphorical standpoint, is a strong emotional representation of having been changed, on some unseen but fundamental level, by trauma. lovelace fears that she can't go home because she's already died, and whoever she is now is just something else trying really hard to be isabel lovelace. hera has a hard time imagining a life on earth because she's never really had one, but i think part of her also fears she can't go back because of how it might change her - it's not that she prefers things the way they are, but she fears she'd lose something fundamental and be a different person if her circumstances changed. both of them returning home, and having futures in spite of that fear, means something to me.

[jdorian]

okay, as much as i wanna see how wolfnichols is doing after that inadvertent coming out and watch Nichols deal with a high-off-his-ass Wolf, i am still so very intrigued by this whole John Doe situation