#there’s grooming involved

[booksanddarkchocolate]

I was watching A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and the plot is so alike to Two Can Keep a Secret, it’s crazy especially considering the books came out at approximately the same time.

[ravenpureforever]

On one hand, Young Justice is kind of neglected by the actual superheroes that should be looking out for them in a lot of crucial ways and very much failed by the adults around them

But on the other hand Red Tornado straight up hosts a parent-teacher conference where their respective legal guardians all show up, barring Batman who’s in traffic so Nightwing fills in instead because Robin’s dad does not know he’s a vigilante which is objectively hilarious

[twosignificantfigures]

whenever i rewatch criminal minds episodes i'm always reminded that emily is actually crazy good at her job

today i was rewatching seven seconds (best cm episode ever btw nothing will ever top seven seconds) and if you look at emily's face when the uncle was explaining that maybe katie was just playing dress-up you can see in her eyes how she put the pieces together in her head that there was something going on and that the uncle may have done something to katie

it's even more obvious when you watch the clip like you see the moment when it clicks for her but she couldn't say anything unless she had proof of it

and i have to admire paget's acting here too because she was just so good at the subtle changes with just her eyes and body language she was just too good in this ep this was HER ep

i still get chills thinking about the scene where she was getting the aunt to confess what she did to katie and goes "you have robbed katie of her childhood, are you going to steal the rest of her life from her as well?" with so much fury and passion my god she is excellent

[simaraknows]

i see your "'does he want to lick my boots or chop off my hands' is a Nicki reference" and raise you "what if Armand's relationship with sex is so fucked that his two modi are total submission and 'don't touch me or I'll chop off your hands' and Louis is still clowning on his trauma" in this essay I will

[internetegoist]

I think we as a fandom don't talk enough about the concerning parts of Shidou's character! Yeah he makes sex jokes! He also cries whenever he feels nothing at the end of the day! Hey Kaneshiro what the fuck do you mean he cries whenever he feels nothing at the end of the day

[evilkitten3]

i have a theory about shinji, gin, and aizen, but i'm not really sure how to word it.

we never really see shinji and gin interact all that much, which makes sense bc both of them have significantly more important relationships with aizen, but at the same time it's a little odd how much there isn't.

like. gin cut hiyori in half. shinji is understandably pissed about that, but he aims that anger at aizen - and this seems to be one of the very few things in the bleach world that honestly isn't on him bc he never told gin to do that, he never even implied it. hiyori was never a threat to him. hell, we don't even know if she was charging in the right direction; if anything, attacking her implies that she was which is a really stupid thing to do when you're surrounded by a bunch of people who super want you dead and would kill you if they could be sure you weren't tricking them into stabbing each other (ofc it could also be a fakeout but still)

but i don't remember shinji's beef ever really being with gin, even tho he didn't seem to anticipate that gin was working with aizen the whole time during tbtp. so like does he feel responsibility there? cuz gin went straight from academy to 3rd seat and shinji could plausibly feel like that sent him right to aizen bc he doesn't know that gin was always aiming for that. did he blame himself? does he feel like he should've seen it coming? does he still see him as some weird genius kid? does he just view gin as an extension of aizen, which is both dehumanizing to an extent but also entirely fair bc gin did that to himself?

the thing is, since we never really see them interact much, it's kind of only interesting on shinji's side of things, bc gin doesn't really care about much outside of whatever the fuck he thought he was doing and the version of rangiku that he has in his head who needs back something that the real one doesn't ever seem to have realized she lost to begin with. gin's so disconnected with basically everybody that most of the time you can usually assume his thoughts are just "lol. lmao" and there's no reason to think that doesn't extend to shinji as well (gin has deep thoughts on: aizen, ichigo, and matsumoto (massive asterisk on that one ofc) and i think everyone else is kinda set dressing to him lmao the guy is Fucked Up)

anyway i think it's interesting to toy around with that relationship as it was in reality as well as how it might've been perceived, but also in the sense of both of them being sort of opposite ends of the manchild spectrum - shinji leans into his childish side but still has a fairly adult worldview, and gin is able to pull off maturity to an extent but was never able to escape a deeply childish mindset

[logansgaar]

"'Rescuing' Wanda from a place she doesn't even want to leave, a safe place" was such a batshit insane line they had Tony say with Peter Parker sitting right there, like I don't know how more people don't see how detached from logic Tony became believing he was right.

He had the audacity to lecture Steve about bringing Wanda, a 27 year old woman under house arrest because someone else's bomb went off who participated in her own rescue because she did in fact want to leave, being there when he'd just committed a war crime by kidnapping Peter, a 14 year old boy who said no, from his safe home in Queens to be a child soldier, and grooming him (which btw does not exclusively mean sexual, it also means "the action of attempting to form a relationship with a child or young person [...] or inducing them to commit an illegal act"...like illegal entry into a foreign country or vigilantism that had literally just been outlawed via the Accords).

To be absolutely clear, I think we're supposed to acknowledge this glaring flaw in Tony's logic here, the point is supposed to be that for as well intentioned as Tony is, the statement "you're wrong, you think you're right, that makes you dangerous" applies to him. And it's honestly sad how many people in the last decade missed that entirely

[beardedmrbean]

[celestialrealms]

I just noticed Mephisto matches with Barbatos (who is matchy with Diavolo) in the anniversary outfits in his SSR memory card

These three were also the only three who had half masks in the masquerade event!!!

Anyway, The Royals with Mephisto chat group when? We got one for Purgatory Hall with Raphael..... it's just fair !!

And one for Mephisto and Diavolo as well, but also one for Mephisto and Barbatos too. because you can't tell me their relationship isn't deeper than the devs portray when Mephisto has lines like this about Barbatos's room:

[an-ruraiocht]

sometimes it's like. i don't really wanna have an opinion about this in public because i don't feel that strongly. but a lot of people are having ill informed opinions about it and i don't feel i can offer correct information without also an opinion. so i just have to suffer

[wisteriasymphony]

"We're nothing more than toys to these gods, Marinette!" Adrien continued to dodge her strikes, that accursed spinning yo-yo whirring past his ears every instance it was thrown and retrieved. "They're going to get rid of us soon, taking their side won't change that!" "Maybe they wouldn't want to get rid of us if you played your flipping part!"

The yo-yo missed again, clacking against a wall behind him. Adrien took a breath, the soles of his boots digging further into the ground.

"I did what I had to," he cried out. "My part was slavery, Marinette! My part was torture!" Marinette's tear-stained frown was deep and furious, the corner of her mouth drooping to bare her lower teeth. Her face—her ears—were a bright, blinding red.

"A future with me is torture to you?!"

[ghastigiggles]

also uhhh i wanna b clear abt 1 itty bitty lil thing

when i say this blog is minor-safe, i mean like. the content i put out is safe for all ages to consume and rb and i'm comfortable with that. i mean this blog is one where underage community members can gush in the askbox about fictional characters and whatnot.

this is my library and i am the sole custodian. y'all can come to me to talk about the whack ass books or to tell me some creepy nerd is hanging around so i can beat em up with a broom. it starts and ends there

[nukacourier]

Hey ummmm this isn't Fallout related but reminder when I put "minors dni" on a post its not me feeling morally superior to kids or whatever (???) but it's literally there because I DONT WANT TO DISCUSS SEXUAL THINGS WITH MINORS AS AN ADULT BECAUSE THATS WEIRD!!!!

[finnlongman]

Favorite Medb moment?

Ooh, tricky. Picking a favourite for Medb is challenging, since I don't particularly like her as a character (I think she's a nasty piece of work; in fairness, many of my favourites are equally awful, it's just that they're awful in ways which I find deeply compelling, unfortunately, and she doesn't quite hit the same spots for Emotional Support War Criminal). She is, however, deeply iconic at times, so there are plenty of things she does that could qualify.

I do think renaming all of your sons to make absolutely sure that one of them will fulfil a prophecy is an iconic move, even if it ultimately fails to achieve her goals, very much confirms that Medb sees children as tools to use to win wars and not as people, and generally doesn't make her look like a tactical genius. (I wrote about that in my article on the seven Maines somewhat.) So, like, not exactly a successful Medb moment, but certainly a fun Medb moment.

Also the bit at the end of Echtra Nera where she's like "I will never be happy until I see these two magical bulls absolutely going for each other, I want them to fight and I want it messy" -- like, it's a weird thing to say, it's clearly just trying to set up a motivation for TBC (since the "pillow talk" episode is not the only way the story can begin, it's just the most famous), but sure, why not? She likes to watch Otherworld animals fight each other and she's not going to rest until it happens. Whatever floats your goat, Medb.

I also appreciate that she has pets, even if we only learn this because they get killed in TBC. Take your pet animal to war with you, why not, I'm sure that won't end badly for anyone.

[princeloww]

i absolutely hate thinking about how trish winterman's attacker (the younger one) was among daisy hardy's friend group. like, the group that probably shared her pictures. meaning she could've very well been vulnerable to him

[dekarios]

hurhurhur gale didn’t seduce a goddess he’s not got rizz hurhurhur

he DID seduce mystra, with his natural ability of manipulating the weave far greater than anyone else could, he was a prodigy who continued to show greatest. pre-game he was an archmage, that’s not something you can get lightly

mystra IS the weave, he handled HER like a poet with words, like an artist with paint. she WAS seduced by how brilliant he was at magic

the REASON he’s lost with tav is because the tadpole TOOK AWAY HIS POWER, made him mediocre. he can no longer dazzle with intense displays of ability.

BUT HE STILL TRIES: the first romance scene is a display of his natural ability and how he can be a conduit for others, and HE’S seduced by you if you’re able to do it naturally as well (even with his help) (if you choose to use it in a romantic sense)

y’all forget that mystra only takes interest in those who are extremely good at manipulating the weave and that is seduction because she IS THE WEAVE. their tender hands are on HER!!!! she’s seduced by how good they are at handling HER!!!!!