#they are. complicated. to me

[lanternlightss]

also (for the ask game) bard :]

(ask game)

another bingo :]

The Bard. is so interesting. Because we know next to nothing about them so they are Free Real Estate <3 (within a few of the bounds that we Do know about them !!!)

(also the rest going under the cut oops 😭)

i am in such full belief that they were worse than venti when it came to being a little shit. they just hide it better. (i also wonder if they would be very blunt when it comes to criticism. if the traveler gave him food he didn’t like would he tell them “ah. thank you…. please don’t try this again.”)(<- thatd be especially funny bc venti is like. i don’t think i can stomach this…. oh dear …… meanwhile bard is trying and failing to subtlety shove it to another person.)

i am also in full belief that the bard is. angry. so much. and that post war, if he survived, it would … kinda smother ? it’s still there, but it’s more so ashes of that anger that can reignite at certain times, moments. he’s not pressed to a corner anymore, swinging for a way out—he’s living his life to the fullest !! (also. the thought. of bard using anger like a shield when he doesn’t know what to do…. chef’s kiss. very nice.)

really, really wish one day we will get more information on him, because the idea that bard and venti are similar but in Such Complete different ways is SUCH good flavor. venti thinks it’s funny when people call him tone deaf ! if you say that to bard, he will be very offended ! he takes pride in his work, thank you oh so much, he did NOT go through a god’s leadership that steadily declined in music for His Talent to be slandered like this >:( !! it would just be so neat !!! like !!! being able to see what traits venti picked up on while Also being able to see where exactly they diverged !!!

(looks around) also venti thinking of the bard as an equal even while being divinity and the bard believing himself of not deserving such a high title of “hero”—

ANYWAYS

i think he’s neat. i think he deserves to be a little blood thirsty, as a treat. sometimes i wonder if he looks at the decisions he has to make for the rebellion and has to sit and look through a window for hours after. he is also So Soft. the softest. he could hear a cat meowing from a mile away and you see him bolt to go find them and see what’s wrong. i also wanna know how much he cherished that little wisp bc i know at some level that little guy was SPOILT. would bard be the person to go “noo !! don’t be mean !!!!!!” when rhw and amos are calling wispti a stinky baby. would he join.

stumbles into the WALL ALSO. ALSO. they are so silly. i would love to be a fly on the wall seeing how the bard would be like when he finds something that Was NOT mentioned in any of the books he read. (how would the bard react to the sky being fake as well. i don’t think they’d handle that well.) Like. imagining bard pointing at a fish and going THEY CAN GLOW ?????? UGH. they fully deserve to infodump to their little group while gesturing about everything they learned that day. and then the old mond crew doing the same thing to him.

his design is also banger he would be so jingle jingle send post

[stargirl230]

thanks for the light

I was just trying to figure out how procreate works but then the op brainworms got to me and 35 hours later here we are! can you tell I miss home-cooked meals :')

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[landminepeople]

i bet on losing dogs

[chloesimaginationthings]

Y’all remember the foxy is nice FNAF theory

[hinamie]

happy gojoday to all who celebrate

[kingofdoma]

best description of morgan spurlock's legacy ever

[nikoisme]

Hear me out. Somewhere Else but it's medieval england with a certain guy

[greykolla-art]

⚠️Please don’t touch the sexy deer, it’s not flirting with you. ⚠️

I’ve got a thing for Vox being a fuckboi who keeps thinking their tension is gonna lead to hate sex. 😂

[boyfailurecharliekelly]

I hate when people get on your back about a ship because it's 'toxic' like bro i said they are in love not that they should be.

[disabeetled]

reminder to all my disabled lovelies that "gross" symptoms do not make you gross or lesser in any way. incontinence, vomiting, irritable bowels, or gastrointestinal issues shouldn't be as demonized as they are. you are real, valid, and loved

[ragingtrees]

bro cannot enjoy his milk in peace

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

Pretty funny that everybody on this entire web site is a fucking mammal.

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

pride and prejudice enjoyers when the main characters make choices based on both their pride and their prejudice

[shirecorn]

Monsters

Bittersweet Dreams || Perspective || Evil || Fighter

[chloesimaginationthings]

Abby and Into the pit Oswald have similar “friends”..

[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.