#their dynamic is under-explored

[black-and-yellow]

Ingenue

Reel it in.

(NB even though this reads right to left, the pages are ordered so that they will be in order when scrolled through on full screen)

[bookneat]

Roderich sees a lot of himself in Alfred, despite their differences. They both grew up quickly and had immense power and responsibility thrust upon them from a young age, constantly in the limelight, constantly putting on a persona.

He understands the pain of knowing the same nations who are friendly to your face, hate you behind your back. He understands the fear of making a mistake. He understands the isolation of power best of all

[daphneblakess]

god it's that claudia's journals were always her way of rejecting her purpose being to serve as louis and lestat's marriage-saving baby. there's no such thing as an objective account in this story but hers is the closest we can come, because she has no reason to self-censor despite louis' discomfort with it. her final entry is when she chooses a wholly new life with madeleine over forever having to live alongside and deal with the fallout of louis and lestat. the entire trial is everyone choosing louis over her except for madeleine. and the final memory of her that will be committed to the record is the version where her burnt corpse is dragged back out as collateral between her fathers, one last fucking time

[pinboardscarecrow]

A question for you if you don't mind !

Reading your lovely fic " Two Steps Forward " made me wonder about some things .

Do you think even after learning Reznov also brainwashed him(Alex Mason) for his own revenge , Mason still holds Reznov in high regard? Or is it more complicated how Mason views Reznov? He has both good and bad associations with Reznov.

I want to hear your opinion ^_^

Thank you!

I don't mind at all!

I personally think that Mason still holds Reznov pretty highly, potentially even to the point of not blaming him at all. We know from Black Ops 2 that Mason never fully recovered from the brainwashing, and that he still thinks positively enough about Reznov to believe that Reznov saved him and the folks he was with. Maybe its just because of the brainwashing, because he still feels like Reznov cared for him or that he (Mason) believes he genuinely felt the same as Reznov, but I don't think he would ever really be able to blame Reznov, at least not enough to hate him

For me, the angle of Mason always caring for Reznov in some way is just fun to play around with too! I think its really interesting for character to have such concrete facts about how horrible someone is, and yet still jump through hoops to justify their behavior, especially when it comes to someone as strong and intelligent as Mason

[thats-a-lot-of-cortisol]

Corentin discovers the joy of fashion after being re-introduced to clothes that aren't saturated with blood and gore for the first time in over a decade

Bonus:

[cringefail-clown]

well thats just fucking criminal

[cosmic-walkers]

You know, I do believe there were times during the interrogation where Stephen imagined the relationship he ‘could have had’ with Thomas. Perhaps, there were even points where he “forgot” that this was an interrogation that would ultimately end in Thomas’s death, and let his mind wander to old times.

Like times when they worked with Wolsey. This is probably not the first time he’s seen Thomas hold his own in a hot seat; there had to be times when they were younger, working under Wolsey, when he sat and enjoyed seeing Thomas use his lawyer jargon, and run circles and circles around young men who think they could best him. And I mean even after Wolsey died the books, until Stephen is sent to France, they have a decent on-and-off relationship where they work together and occasionally, would spend time together.

But, I just took notice of the way he was looking at Thomas during the interrogation, the way they caught each other’s eye once or twice and held their gaze for just…a moment, as if Stephen was going to see how Thomas could wiggle his way out of this hole. He was amused because he knew Thomas more than anyone in there, longer than anyone in there. There was a time they were friends, a time where an event like this - Thomas using his wit to outsmart people - was just a common thing between them, and Stephen was impressed. But of course, when Norfolk started talking, reality came crashing down and Stephen had to accept that, this fire he enjoyed so much from Thomas, would be put out in less than what? Forty-eight hours? His friend, his enemy, the man he had hated but respected, the man he had in a way been manipulated into hating, who annoyed him so much but also brought him some forms of amusement and excitement would be dead. And he’d never see him again. Thomas was the only one imo who could both handle Stephen and bring out a more complex side of Stephen.

[theotherrichardpapen]

(love is a mirror. in it you see nothing except your reflection. you see nothing except your real face)

hannibal - nbc // wuthering heights - emily bronte //  mirror traps - hera lindsay bird  //  the selected plays - helene cixous   // two children in a motel - ethel cain   // my cousin rachel - daphne du maurier  

[obscenicon]

honestly i should rant more about how much i despise gamkar bcs it is shocking how common of a take it is that "karkat was a bad moirail and thats why gamzee broke up with him".

like do yall not remember what gamzee did. karkat was literally afraid for his and all of his friends lives and he had good fucking reason to be! they were getting murdered around him and gamzee contributed about 40% to that. karkat only entered a moirallegiance with him as a last resort, bcs the entire purpose of moirallegiance is for lowbloods to pacify violent highbloods, and thats exactly what he felt he needed to do.

it was a relationship founded on obligation and fear. there was never any love there and that is not karkats fault by any stretch

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I remember a long time ago you mentioned you hadn't really had any ships in campaign 3, which was a little odd for you. I'm wondering if you ever found any relationships romantic or otherwise that you've liked or feel yourself coming around to liking?

I'm still pretty neutral on everything! Most of the dynamics I like aren't really romantic. I am a fan of most of the relationship dynamics from a non-romantic lens for the most part, but when it comes down to romance, there's still stuff missing for me to really feel connected to it. Which is still kind of shocking to me but that's where we are!

[z3vie]

( @ryescapades ) CAVE EXPLORING — it’s time to venture deep into the caves with gen, but you have nothing to worry about! narumi’s the strongest- and he boasts about his exploration skills on top of his fighting skills. the one skill he hasn’t mentioned so far is how observant he is of how you’re feeling. “let me carry the ores,” he huffs, emptying your bag for the second time that night. when you give him a look, he ruffles your hair- earning a whine from you in response. “as if i’d let you carry all this,” he says, “let me do the carrying. and the mining. and the fighting.” you notice that he continues to glance over at you every couple seconds, as if worried you’ll get hurt if his attention shifts for any longer.

[yes-m-ray]

i hate how the "Laudna just lives to please Imogen" discourse absolutely removes agency and development from both characters, while also completely ignoring 30+ & 10+ years of trauma at the same time.

i don't have the rhetorical might to develop those points in written form, but when i see people saying, with all certainty, how them "don't work together", or how they should separate to "grow"... i die a little inside.

I want to give those people a chance, i hope they don't really believe that after analyzing a 2 year friendship, and 12 DAYS of a formal relationship IN THE MIDDLE of THE END OF THE WORLD is enough to pull those conclusions. But i don't know...

I've seen this same people seething about their relationship since the start of the campaign so... idk

Anyway i trust the players over everything. They are very aware of their character flaws and arcs (even if these people seem to forget that somehow?) so i know i'm in good hands.

But at the same time... ngl, that this keeps happening to the women characters, and to the sapphic relationships specifically, over and over again... it gets a little bit tiring.

[vhvrs]

i talk abt/ draw summer so little but she is like. my fav fav i love her sooo much n i love the specific niche she presents to the story that i rarely ever see in media but also rnm does a LOT of casual things u rarely see in long form media I LOVE HER!!!!!!!

[joonebugg]

I have two very different ideas in my head for fanfictions and I desperately need them in my wattpad drafts

[quillkiller]

can’t relate my canon regulus is so scared of being abusive and of children that he swerves all the way in the opposite direction and becomes avoidant and non confrontational maybe like orion until he learns better. he’s my fave so he’ll never be a child abuser but i do acknowledge that sometimes people repeat the cycle of abuse unfortunately unintentionally. ❤️

well that’s good for you, but i’m not dabbling in your canon readings, aus or character studies + you can post about it on your own tumblr

[etapereine]

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