#this does not pull punches

[arighmaa-dataq]

The urge I have to give every Tetro Danganronpa Pink character a hug and tell them everything’s gonna be okay.

[starry-bi-sky]

danyal al ghul memes because i don't think i've done those yet for this au.

(the jason one is in reference to the fanon headcanon/au that Jason and Damian potentially knew each other and interacted while jason was in the league. I've thought about it before in context of this au, but haven't thought about it enough to feel inspired or motivated to make a post exploring the idea)

(diablito means, as you can guess, 'little devil'. while i'm neutral to latino jason, i think the nickname is cute as fuck and was danny's main nickname from Jason. i don't wanna touch that timeline so im not gonna decide how old they were when Jason was there.)

Skulker: i am the ghost zone's greatest hunter! i capture and hunt creatures both rare and dangerous. Danyal: a poacher?? you're a poacher?? you poach animals??Skulker:...i sense i've made a mistake of some kind.

anyways that was the day that Skulker cemented himself as Danny's no.1 opp, and still remains there to this day even if he and Vlad are both viciously fighting for second. Out of everyone in the the AP rogues gallery, Skulker will be the first to be thrown under the bus in terms of 'o shit here comes phantom fucking RUN'.

[andi-o-geyser]

local gang of dnd players intimidate and viciously bully game show host sam reich, threatening to push his ass down the stairs like he's a 90-year-old grandma in a retirement home. more at 8

[ratatatastic]

welcome to once a cat always a cat, skating with brandon montour but the pantrs cut

"Who's the best prankster that you've played with in the NHL?" "Best but sneaky because he plays it off like he's on your side. Matty Tkachuk."

"Best and worst guy to sit next to on the plane?" "Best guy, Chucky. Worst... I'm gonna say Aaron Ekblad and that's uh for reasons I won't discuss 😁"

[occidentaltourist]

bbc: Some sweet #Silvacre content for your FYP ❤️

[mostly-natm]

I think Lore would be very willing to fight a child.

[little-cereal-draws]

The dialogue distracts from it but if you watch this scene wo sound you can really see how good Ballister is at fighting. He doesn’t let up for even a second. Thre are sparks coming off the swords. He's bringing the sword down from all the way over his head. When Ambrosius is clearly not in a position to keep fighting, he keeps fucking swinging. This guy is a powerhouse

Edit: when Nimona interrupts them, you can see Ambrosius visibly panting but Ballister is fine

[indiestsnake]

some sketches of Aven’s attack animations back when I was trying to learn how to draw him

Reminder, these are essentially traced straight from the game.

text translation: why does he put his whole ass into every single strike chill tf out

[annafall]

:(

[sciderman]

Do you think Peter learned how to breakdance when he got his powers just to add flare to his movement?

i think peter parker had been trying and failing to breakdance long before the spider-bite, and is just happy to discover he finally has the upper body strength to actually pull it off now

[majimassqueaktoy]

[subwaylesbians]

I don’t think swan and mercy ever get married, but a few years in they start wearing rings with no comment. it’s a running joke between them how long it takes everyone else to notice

[lilianade-comics]

Another AU?!! You spoil us, honestly, I love them all!

It’s okay if you don’t want to answer this but- is younger Vlad the "loves Dani" Vlad or is there an AU Vlad in the mix? And does Dani get to interact with younger Vlad? If so how are they with each other? I can’t help feeling that it’s be awkward as heck if she’s already been rejected by older Vlad, esp. of D-Stabilized still happens, but she’d still be drawn to him regardless. And he’d def want a relationship with her… Id think.

Yep! Young Vlad is the one who loves Dani. This AU involves Dani becoming trapped in the mid 1980s, shortly after Vlad escapes the hospital. This is soon after Kindred Spirits for Dani, and in the present day Vlad is hunting her and she falls through a ghost zone time portal trying to get away from him and finds herself in Madison, Wisconsin in 1986. She encounters young Vlad and they strike up this awkward hesitant friendship because despite Vlad being a tortured, bitter, self absorbed tsundere even at the age of 24, he can identify with this strange runaway girl who was betrayed by someone who was supposed to care about her...

This AU is basically just a blend of horrible angst (Dani is actively dying and has to keep everything a secret from Vlad) and domestic fluff with 1980s flavoring lol. I won't be dropping the art posts until late December so stay tuned!

[sarucane]

Do we just keep telling the same story forever? Meta on OFMD S1E7 "This is Happening"

In this S1E7, two characters--Ed and Jim--have to answer a simple question: Am I ready to tell a diferent story?

At the start of the episode, Ed's framing his time on Stede's ship as "sitting idle." He's thinking about preparing for the next adventure, whatever that may be--the next chapter in a story he knows and understands. Because there are rules. A ship has only one captain.

When Stede tries to prove that Ed can tell the next chapter in that story without leaving the Revenge, Ed is pretty unapologetic in his disdain. But he does come along, even while moaning and complaining.

And Stede's just trying to tell the same story, too. What he imagines a pirate's tale is supposed to be, not what it actually is. He doesn't recognize the difference between nonsense and truth, he's so caught up in "entertaining" Ed that he doesn't realize he needs to feed Ed.

But in fairness to Stede, Ed has a poor grip on what he really wants as well. When he fantasizes as he flirts with Stede, he's not imagining a swashbuckling adventure. He's imagining opening a restaurant. He's half in his old life, and half out.

Lucius, the unemotional observer, figures all this out of course.

He sees that Ed is absolutely very receptive to Stede, and that Stede is crazy about Ed. But Ed is caught up in who he's been, without seriously considering how to move forward in this story he's in now. So Lucius confronts Ed. He points out that Ed's story as it is going now ends one way: pain and loneliness. And he asks if Ed wants that.

Stede didn't want Ed to leave, so he told a story about treasure hunting. And Ed doesn't want to leave and be alone again, so he tells the story too. And by telling that story together, Ed and Stede find their way to the same place: beginning a new chapter. Imagining a life they can live together, without devaluing or overwriting anything that came before.

It sounds nice, although it's shallow (Ed's not going to be happy as a pirate, Stede is bad at telling this pirate's story and he'll never be a successful traditional pirate). But it's still a hopeful story, because they're still moving forward. Right on the edge of telling a different story.

And resolving in the opposite direction is Jim's plot. Jim's story is relentlessly upbeat and funny in this ep, but it's a tragedy through and through. Jim, like Ed, is half in their old life and half out. Has been with Olu for more than a year, without actually doing anything, while keeping him at a distance.

And it turns out they were "raised by a nun to be a killing machine." That Nana projected all her own trauma and righteousness onto Jim, and passed cruel judgement when Jim says that they already killed "the only one that matters." When Jim suggests that they might have moved on, and be ready to tell another story.

Jim regresses in this episode. They let Olu walk away instead of telling a new story with him, one where he's their family. They take the petrified orange as a sign that they should go back to being who Nana told them they were, to being obsessed with revenge. But really, it's more like a warning of what they'll become if they cling to the same old story.

It's sad. And it's a painful foreshadowing of what awaits Ed and Stede when they falter on the path forward, when they think their past defines their future. When they tell someone else's story, instead of their own.

[petrichorium]

I know I make this post every leak night but genuinely wholeheartedly if u want a shonen that believes abusive fathers don’t inherently deserve forgiveness and actively does want to tackle the systemic issues it creates one piece is in fact Right There. Like I know it’s long and it’s older than this website and basically a meme at this point but I’m dead serious going from whatever bs was happening in jjk/bnha to one piece months ago was like a breath of fresh air it was like oh wow! A series written by someone who enjoys and respects his work and genuinely understands the themes he wants to portray how novel!

[novelconcepts]

There is something so fucking incredible about the idea that almost no one has seen the Yellowjackets in two decades. They’re ethereal. They’re phantoms. They’re a story. These girls, fucking champions, fell out of the sky. Their plane just obliterated. Half of them dead. The rest refuse to talk about any of it. Utterly uninterested in showing their faces. Sure, some of them live nearby, but you wouldn’t know it for how few fucks they seem to give.

And then four of them just roll up to the class reunion looking hot as fuck, like it’s absolutely nothing. Walking in as a team. Still not going to tell you a single detail. Still not interested in speaking to any of you. Doing shots together and ignoring your bullshit. Regina George, eat your fucking heart out.