#this broke me thinking about it so

[nipuni]

Here is me being super normal about Doctor Who!! I tried on Nicolas' Ten costume today 😌

[fairycosmos]

i wish i had a purpose in life and a supportive network of friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[abunnsburrow]

ALRIGHT this is physically painful for me (I hate you so much OP) but let's actually analyze this for a moment:

Kai vs Lloyd

So obviously I need to start off with the obvious which is that we're assuming that neither of them are under the influence of evil staffs or whatever. Just purely Kai vs Lloyd, nothing else. I'm going to be analyzing this in different categories: Physical Prowess, Psychological Warfare, and Willingness Emotionally.

Physical Prowess: Now assumedly Lloyd just automatically wins due to his Green Power but let's take the time to actually think about this.

Kai is a quick thinker and one of the strongest ninjas in combat. We've seen how he can think in moments of stress and come up with clever attacks. He also tends to prove himself in moments where he's backed into a corner. Kai can be surprisingly powerful when he wants to be, always fighting no matter what.

Kai can do the craziest stunts and succeed; jumping on to the stone colossus, leaping off of a cliff and hijacking a flying robot, parkouring his way over volcanic rocks, the entire Kai vs. Ash fight, and probably many more I'm not remembering at the moment. Kai is a master swordsman and a certified badass.

The thing is, so is Lloyd.

Lloyd has jumped down multiple stories, every time managing to make his way out. There's a reason a sword is his primary weapon. Not only that but the fandom tends to forget one thing. When Lloyd isn't holding back, when he puts his all into fighting?

Lloyd is TERRIFYING.

In Prime Empire we see that Lloyd could have easily won the Harumi fight. At half health and with no powers he takes out all of Harumi's. The only reason he didn't is because of emotional attachment. In Crystalized we see that, when his Oni side gets unlocked, Lloyd has no issue taking out both Mr. F and Harumi. There is no struggle, no debate. He defeats them. These all-powerful enemies, that we're supposed to fear, and Lloyd doesn't even struggle and that is terrifying.

If Season 2 Lloyd could win against all four ninja in a sparring match blindfolded then I hold no doubt that he could beat Kai now.

Psychological Warfare: An underrated yet very important part of battle, the winner in this is obviously Kai.

Now you might be surprised by this but hear me out. Lloyd does have his strengths and is a good orator. He is a good leader in the way that he knows how to uplift a team. Lloyd knows how to bring people together to fight. Yet, that's the thing, in a one on one fight what matters most is getting in the other person's head.

Lloyd cannot do this.

It has been proven, time and time again, that Lloyd can't lie. He's gotten better at it, sure, and he can push himself to keep going when he has to, but he can't get in other people's heads. In his natural state, Lloyd is a genuine person. He can't help but be genuine and believe in the best in people, which makes him gullible. Lloyd has a tendency to take people at their word. He has become more skeptical over the years, yes, but in the end he's still the same kid who trusted Pythor, who believed that he was his friend.

Kai though? Kai can and he has.

Kai knows how to put on a persona and charm people. He doesn't get the chance to do it a lot but Kai can lie. He can put on an act as shown in the very season this poll refers to, the Tournament of Elements.

In that season, we see Kai take advantage of the fact that Chen thinks he has won by pretending to be defeated. We see directly that Kai did make Lloyd believe the same, he put on a convincing performance. He doesn't like to do this but the point is that Kai can do it. Kai is able to convince everyone, including his own sister, that he betrayed them.

We don't get to see it often because Kai doesn't like to do it. He, like Lloyd, also is naturally a genuine and honest person. However the point here is who is better at it and there is no debate that Kai is. Kai knows how to play on an enemy's assumptions and is also a skeptic. It is much harder to trick Kai. Kai is wary and Kai is clever.

Kai could manipulate Lloyd if he had to, and he has. Lloyd simply could not.

Willingness Emotionally: This is the hardest to determine. They both care about each other and are both deeply emotionally attached to the other. They're brothers and there's a reason Kai and Lloyd are one of the fandom's favorite duos. Neither could stand to see the other hurt.

Kai and Lloyd both also understand the necessity of winning the war.

Both of them, time and time again, understand when and where sacrifices are necessary. They both have been forced to accept the fact that sometimes, they either need to sacrifice themselves or that...

...well, that war has casualties.

Kai knows the importance of winning the war, we see this through him sacrificing himself. We also see that he knows when it's better to be selfish and sacrifice others. We see him constantly sacrifice himself to let others do the final blow. We also see that he has come to terms with the fact that no matter how painful, how awful it is, close ones may need to be sacrificed for the greater good.

Lloyd also knows this. He has watched his family, time and time again, give up their lives so he can deliver said final blow. He has also sacrificed himself and is fully willing to. He also has the concept of winning the war ingrained into him, ever since he was little.

Both of them have equal chances at winning the war against Cole, Jay, and eventually Chen. Both of them are also incredibly tired of seeing the other hurt, of seeing others sacrifice themselves for the greater good. Neither of them could stand to watch the other be captured and hurt again. They've been on both sides of that coin and both are equally horrible.

So, in Conclusion, in terms of who would win in this battle...

I'd say it's only a matter of who gets the opportunity to sacrifice themselves first. Kai or Lloyd.

Thank you to any who read this entire thing! I had a lot of fun analyzing them. As for who I actually think would win in a battle of Kai vs Lloyd, obviously it's Nya.

SEMIFINALS

Oooh, this should ALSO be fun!

[cozylittleartblog]

JUST GUYS BEIN' DOODS

redraw of the meme under the cut

original by @knightmarebug

[wigglebox]

Destiel Pride - Day 6; Profound bond

[introspectivememories]

too many of you guys think nico is the loser and not lewis for letting the divorce go on for so long. like they're both losers about each other. emotionally constipated idiots who can't talk about their toxic homoerotic friendship that imploded on itself like 8 years ago and are now making it everyone else's problem. yeah nico's on television or in beer gardens talking about lewis all the time but like every other month some reporter is like "lewis, what's your favorite moment in your career?" and lewis no hesitation is like "oh man, karting, y'know? everything was simpler then" and then spends another six months skirting around nico's name. like this whole thing they're doing in the media isn't some kinda extended foreplay for them. they're both still pressing on the bruise to make sure it's still there!!! every few months, they're literally just asking on public television, does it still hurt for you like it does for me? and like clockwork, someone will release new information about them or one of them will say something about each other (in my heart, he's still my best friend/yes... and teammate) and the answer will remain the same, yes, of course, always.

[haunted-xander]

Do you ever think about how Alisaie's biggest fear is losing the people she cares about? How the very first conversation you have with her alone, a deeply personal one, is about her confiding in you about those fears? Telling you that she hated the state of the world Louisoix died for because, to her, it wasn't worth the sacrifice? She tells you about all the allies she made and lost, who she watched die and could do nothing to save them.

Do you ever think about how Alisaie was consistently one of the first to act, to recklessly throw herself at danger throughout stb? She didn't care (as much) about herself getting hurt, but she'd be damned if she let her friends suffer without doing anything. She has to be fast and proactive, because if she can't protect them even when striking first, how would she be able to when acting after the fact?

Do you ever think about how every time her loved ones are in peril/are in risk of being in peril her heart just breaks? How whenever someone's safety is unsure she panics and immediately tries to contact them/rush to their aid? When Castrum Abania's cannon shot the tower that, for all she knew, Alphinaud was still in, she immediately stops what she's doing and runs to it in panic because her brother was in there and he might be dead.

Do you ever think about how when the Scions start getting their souls yanked to the First, Alisaie reacts the strongest? How, when Urianger and Y'shtola got taken, she fell to her knees shaking Uriangers body, screaming for him to wake up? And when Gaius appears with Alphinaud in the Burn, she immediately goes to fight him (before being stopped by Hien) because this man, who has been her enemy, is holding her brother's lifeless body. She doesn't care that she can't possibily beat him, he has her brother and she's already lost so much in such a short amount of time. She's lost Thancred, Y'shtola and Urianger already, she can't lose Alphinaud too.

Do you ever think about how you are the only one she can fully rely on at that time, but who is also at risk of being taken away? Of how she's so desperate for you to stay, to not be taken away, that Alisaie, who, for all her bluntness, prefers to rely on herself first and foremost, begs you not to leave her? She begs you. Alisaie does not beg. She yells at you to not do something, and she'll scold you to hell and back if you do it anyway, but she does not beg. But this time she did.

And then she ends up being taken away right in front of you. She cries out for help and uses her very last energy to reach out for you. And then she falls limp.

Do you ever think about how, when Alphinaud turns to tell her his plans at the end of Ultima Thule, she immediately rejects it without even letting him say it? She's lost so much and experienced so much grief, not only overall but also just in Ultima Thule. And she loathes to bring that grief onto another. Especially to one who has already lost so much, like you. She hates it. She ends up doing it, yes, but she hates it still.

DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT-

[honeyspotpie]

Hey thinking about how in both timelines all Nick ever wanted was to make his father proud. Adapting and modeling his personality after his father, be it Glenn or Jodie. Because the only thing he ever wanted was his father's love. Thinking about how we can assume that Glenn did the same thing to appease Bill. Thinking about the fact that Taylor also wanted his father's love but never changed or remodeled his own personality and interests to receive said love. Thinking about the fact that he realized that his own sense of self is far more important than receiving artificial feelings of pride from a man who didn't even bother to get to know him. He finally broke the cycle. Yeah

[melverie]

Sometimes I'm doing well, and then other times Lucifer's level 30 intimacy phone call in Nightbringer suddenly comes back to mind, and I am once again reminded how Lucifer is so utterly desperate to connect with Satan in any way. It doesn't even have to be meaningful; just having his brother despise him a tiny bit less than before would already be more than enough

And when they finally do make the tiniest, most insignficant amount of progress imaginable, Lucifer is so overjoyed about it that he ends up celebrating with a horn of Demonus......or two, maybe three... Might as well finish the bottle. Let's open another one! And another, and another, and another! We've got to celebrate tonight, after all! Hm? No, he isn't drunk MC, what a stupid question to even ask. Here, he'll drink some more just to prove it! Then after that--!

And all that because he and Satan managed to hold a conversation for a minute longer than usual

[yuwuta]

gojo would kill your work husband. but if he were the work husband, that's a different story

REAL!! he’s such a hypocrite because if someone mentioned you had a work husband, his entire world would stop and he wold devise the absolute worst plans to make sure that your co-worker, everyone at your job, and everyone in the next building over knew that he was happily committed to you 

but if he is the work husband, he’s very........ dutiful in his role. there’s a loose office/lawyer au in my head where satoru is your secretary, and for all intents and purposes, your personal assistant, and he’s good at his job, but mostly because he considers his job to be pleasing you. he has coffee for you when you arrive, he moves your schedule around without you asking, he has answers to questions before you can even ask them, he has fresh flowers on your desk weekly, pokes into your meetings to pretend to hand you a file that’s really just maybe a single document in a manilla folder with candy on top of it—he’s made himself your business, your partner; he’s made himself irreplaceable, and he loves to remind everybody of that fact. 

he’s also extremely loyal. sure, he could day a week’s worth of work done in about a day, but that doesn’t mean he’ll just use his talents for anybody. he’s your secretary, so he’s at your beck and call, and everyone knows it. they know he’s the best, but also that he’s off limits—not because you won’t share him, but because satoru won’t let himself be shared. 

he also extends his duties beyond work, of course. when he hands you a print out of your schedule for the day and you’re confused by the three-hour block of time you have in the middle of the day, satoru just helps you shrug your coat of your shoulders and smiles, “that’s for the lunch date you have with me, of course!” hanging up your coat in your closet for you, “i’m paying, see you soon, sweets.” and because you’re great at your job, and satoru helps you be great, nobody really questions when the two of you have time for a 13-course tasting menu at 1pm on a tuesday afternoon. and if they did, all satoru would say that you two had a lovely date 

[each-uisge-enthusiast]

i do not have reasoning i just want to see the arthurian knights as coworkers in a grocery store bc i think lancelot n gawain would murder each other over the correct way to stock the shelves

[supremeladyoftherandom]

Imagine being me

Imagine you live in a country where popular american cartoon show gravity falls was not even heard of

Imagine growing up a little and going on the internet, and finding out about this show

Imagine seeing fanart on pinterest, of a boy in a pine hat and a girl in a shooting star sweater and two similar looking old men and a one eyed triangle

imagine seeing fanart of the fucking triangle being kissy kissy and tender with one of the old men/the boy with the pine hat/the girl with the shooting star

Imagine seeing the triangle looking over the boy reading a book/the girl knitting/anyone doing literally anything in the fanart

Imagine thinking the triangle must be a tinkerbell-type side character

Now imagine seeing the show for the first time

[doctorsiren]

I miss them 🥺

[un-pearable]

so sonic prime part 2 is looking great

come on wildbrain. TWO multiverses??? (cross-fandom context: sonic prime and ninjago are produced by the same studio. ninjago just revealed it’s latest season is ALSO about multiverse stuff. shenanigans abound.)

[buttercupshands]

rewatched Kurogiri's holiday story from ultra impact (not related to sketch at all)

(but it did inspire me)

on another note

finally!!

[hydrodragons]

"the rainy season's almost over! the skies are supposed to clear in a few days." "i hope you find time to enjoy the sunny days ahead."