#this has been in drafts since MAY

[catella-ars]

Pretty sure there was more art to this but uhhh here’s some contextless “Ridley and Cam discover they share an ex” and Keid and Zen wondering what their problem is idk

[heybaetae]

rip to whoever he smiled at

[martyrbat]

i need everyone to understand bruces actions are always going to stem from his neverending guilt complex and unwavering love for people AND his dedication to be the most annoying cunt in any room

[lilybug-02]

Wow. That could not have turned out worse.

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This comic will be on Holiday Hiatus this December and January! While on a cliffhanger? What a scam! >:/

[johannesviii]

Nearly every time I've rewatched Infinity Train Book 3 since I first saw it in February, I saw more parallels and narrative echos, and infodumping my friends about them isn't enough anymore

I figured I should do a post about this one because I don't think I've seen a post about that specific thing yet, and I love this show's writing, and. idk. I just need to praise it I guess

So, the most obvious part first:

Grace became everything she hated about her parents

When Grace mentions her mother in the Debutante Ball Car, it's made pretty clear she's trying to distance herself from her mother as much as possible, and at this point, we realise retrospectively that Grace's room in the Mall Car in episode one was full of sports clothes - it seems she tries to avoid things reminding her of her life before the train. And of her mother. And yet-

She tries to control everyone and everything around her, and makes people do what she doesn't want to do

And she decides what's cool and what isn't

She makes people kneel in her presence, like her mother towers over her in her mind's eye

Obviously she constantly lies to get what she wants, and her dad does that in her tape

When her younger self looks up, she looks right through adult Grace, and it's actually her parents she's looking at! Her younger self is metaphorically seeing her parents where her adult self is standing!! I still can't get over this shot

Also I feel the need to mention her mother has the same voice actor as her in her tape and even if it might be to cut corners in the budget, that feels significant (and to be fair, sometimes you can cut corners while making meaningful choices at the same time)

Now you might think I'd have nothing to say about Simon on that matter, since we don't see any flashback of his life before the Train, and we know next to nothing about his parents. But I think it's very telling that the only actual backstory we get for him is his backstory with The Cat.

Because-

Simon became everything he hated about The Cat

Ok I never see anyone mentioning this, but hear me out

First, we have no idea if Simon knew The Cat was routinely invading people's privacy through their memory tapes, but he sure has no issue doing the exact same thing

But that doesn't stop there. He also collects things obsessively

And makes kids collect things for him as well, by the way

He thinks he's above others, but he immediately switches to victim mode when it comes back to bite him

HE. ABANDONS. A CHILD. WHO WAS UNDER HIS CARE!!

And. Uh. They both dig their heels instead of trying to change, too

Don't get me wrong, on some level I would have liked to know what Simon's parents were like too. I would have liked that a lot. But there's a good chance it wouldn't change anything, because everything we need to know about his background to understand why he's Like That™ is already in the show

But yeah, Grace and Simon both pretend they found freedom on the Train, and both distance themselves from parental figures who are at the source of their trauma, claiming they're different and better than them - and yet they are both subconsciously repeating patterns that caused at least part of their problems and/or trauma in the first place

And since they decided that making numbers go up was good, as long as they stick to that idea, they are bound to never escape from that self-perpetuating loop of harm and trauma

And I love it

And I hate it

[meamiiikiii]

my friend and i have this ongoing bit on stream where we are going to shave the king bald...... yeah........

((there are actually two ongoing bits with the king. but i do not think anyone wants me to illustrate the second one. including myself. perhaps i am a coward and that is okay. i will not be elaborating at this time. SAFSADASDAS))

[aaronstveit]

I know you wanna rest your head And just forget the night Forget the night You know I'm gonna stay right here I'll sit by your side Sit by your side...

[kathonyy]

BRIDGERTON 2x05 An Unthinkable Fate

[elialys]

THE NEWSREADER | 1.02 | Helen x Dale - Helen's Outfits Part 1

[commandertartarsmoocher]

Guess who has been cooking stuff related to the professor

[chrisbangz]

unbelievable beauty

[sheisraging]

Jam Reiderson + 😊😀😆: A Series (Part 9)

[tendermimi]

psychosexualism in tom à la ferme (2013) / michel-marc bouchard ‘tom a la ferme’, sonya vatmosky ‘pseudomonarchia lacrimae’, ocean vuong ‘no one knows the way to heaven’, richard siken ‘little beast’

[the-way-astray]

things i will be doing when i read unraveled (likely the day it comes out):

putting everything under a cut that says "unraveled spoilers below"

saying whether the spoiler will be major or minor (major spoilers are plot or character development stuff, minor spoilers are things keefe ate or places he went or something small like that. i know some people are okay with minor spoilers, so)

chapter number of the spoiler

tagging everything #unraveled spoilers, #book 9.5 spoilers, #kotlc spoilers, #kotlc unraveled spoilers, and #kotlc book 9.5 spoilers

to everyone else: TAG YOUR SPOILERS AND PUT EVERYTHING UNDER A CUT I BEG. as someone that was there when stellarlune was released and was spoiled for chapter 42 because someone did neither of those things. and chapter 42 isn't anything minor either. i cannot explain how much this is something everyone needs to do. just. tag and use a cut. don't piss literally everybody off

[raziiyah]

made this some months ago

[nervousdemeanor7]

at some point Andrew wanted to upgrade his flip phone, which of course meant he upgraded Neil's too. They got blackberrys (the one with the ball for the trackpad).

They would play the one singular game on the phone trying to one up each other, while waiting at airports and on the plane. Definitely prompted by Neil to distract Andrew, and he knows this but he went along with it anyways.

this mf <3: