#this is your moment to relax

[reginrokkr]

Merry Christmas if you celebrate it! If you don't, know that it's okay too and you needn't feel guilty for being "the odd egg who doesn't". These are times of relaxation and you should do what you must in order to keep that peace and quietude that is needed in order to gather strength for the upcoming year ♥︎

[deoidesign]

Thinking about vampires, death, life, and the space they occupy in between

[fireladybuckley]

I can’t believe a boyfriend made a silly sex joke to lighten the mood after both partners had a moment of vulnerability. The audacity. The horror. The normalcy! Unbelievable. How dare a conversation about feelings turn to levity. How dare a couple have a light chat about trauma-related things over dinner that doesn’t turn into an incredibly deep heart to heart instead of a joke and moving on. Unbelievable. I’m never watching this show again! 👎🏻

[hello-eeveev]

I’m rotating the “his name is Bren, and he is very intelligent” scene in my head again, but not for the reason you think.

Essek’s vibes in that scene are very different compared the ostensibly similar interaction from episode 95: Essek makes passing reference to a partner, Bells Hells inquires further, Essek answers. But while his response in e95 exudes warmth and affection, now he is strangely… matter-of-fact? oddly serious? distracted? without apparent cause for this change.

I used the transcript version to label the scene, but in reality, the cadence is more like, “His name is Bren. And he is, um… very intelligent.” And during that pause, his brow furrows and he looks down, and his face stays there for the rest of the sentence and halfway into the next one.

I’m struggling to triangulate the tone of voice because it’s not quite dismissive, but it does seem like he is trying to sate their curiosity and be done with it, which is, again, quite unlike how he spoke about Caleb in e95.

Then he sighs and says, “I’m sorry. If my anxiety shows, there’s something about—I dislike not knowing what’s coming, especially given the stakes […]. There are few things I hate more than not knowing.” And I thought that was interesting because 1) relatable, but more importantly 2) he made a mental jump over the course of that sigh and I needed to know what it was.

It’s an easy enough conclusion to come to: his vibes were off because he was anxious. He’s anxious because he’s dealing with a lot of unknowns.

It’s a small character detail and it’s not new, but this instance of it has been spinning in my brain all day. Essek shutters himself a bit when he’s anxious and in new situations. He isn’t necessarily short in his answers and he doesn’t quite have a flat affect, but there is an emotional shuttering. I’m not sure if he’s cutting himself off from his emotions as well or just others—that could be an interesting facet to explore—but it makes him hard to read and he comes off weird. And I love it, it’s such a tasty character beat om nom nom nom

And! While I think it was pretty obvious that he was doing this conscious letting down of walls a lot as he befriended the m9, look at how quick he is now to articulate what’s happening and adjust accordingly! It’s still a little awkward and disjointed, but he’s been practicing over these seven years!!! I’m proud of him!!!!

[beccawise7]

Sunday Evenings on the lake.

Relax. Recharge. Finding peace.

~beccawise7💜🖤

[qoldenskies]

i think about splinter walking in on the aftermath of caged lungs a lot

[mangio-formaggio]

You know that passion will eventually and inevitably break Jack's facade the moment he goes along with Phryne teasing Hugh about his little toy cars.

[smilesheartshugs]

Okay okay okay, so there are fics where the bat fam slowly realizing just how much tim is hiding, but like are there any where the bat fam slowly see dick’s happy go lucky mask slowly crack over time and they just go “oh shoot he need some serious help”

I want a fic where dick reaches his breaking point and (probably Jason) is the first to see past the carefully crafted mask and take the time to help him or force dick to take care of himself. Maybe have some go ol bird snuggles.

I just want a fic where dick gets to take a break from the good big brother act and has someone take care of him! Wether it’s Jason with his physically bigger and stronger brother act or Wally as a “good friend” that may or may later form into a romantic relationship i don’t really know which one I crave more of. No I really want Jason to force cuddle Dick to sleep and dick to just sorta realize “oh, it’s safe here” when he finally gets a cuddle with his brother and his body kinda just melts into the cuddle.

Gah I’ll think of a better way to put my thoughts down later, or forget about this entirely, I have to many tabs open in my head!

[vaguely-concerned]

even at this point in the story and with the romance well and truly confirmed it's very possible that lucanis has never seen even a sliver of rye's naked skin below the throat. very likely no one on the team has yet except possibly emmrich if rye got hurt in battle and needed help patching it up. high-necked watcher garb with gloves and all stay ON at all times. thank god for rye's sake that lucanis' history of romantic interest indicates that surprise bitch he could be kind of into that fhsdkjfas

[ronkeyroo]

Folks, hey!!! I wanted to stop by for a moment and thank everyone who's been appreciating and commenting on my arts lately!!! My adhd is especially unforgiving to me lately on top of being busy with irl stuff which regretfully, makes coming back to each comment rather difficult ;_; but pPLEAS WAHH - Know that i read every single one with a smile in my face, a boner in my heart, and an obnoxious desire to keep yapping over how much I enjoy delivering said arts/media to you!!! It truly is such a joy blast every single time i log back and read your comments/tags...I wish i could give individual attention properly, guh...But alas, im here (im queer), and im with you in spirit!!! Once again, thank you! Ill see you lovelies around!!

[xxplastic-cubexx]

what is your favorite thing about charles and your favorite thing about erik? separately, as in what you like most about their characters :]

a devious question this one is, my friend!!! it's hard enough for me to explain my thoughts cohesively, but having to pick ONE thing i particularly love is difficult. with characters like charles and erik, theres been so much done with their characters over the decades and so they have so many components to them that make them so interesting and fun to observe. BUT I TRY FOR YOU TODAY. under the cut i kinda ramble and the size of this text box makin me anxious

i think if i were to be simple and broad, what i enjoy most about charles is his determination to help others, even if he isn't really thanked and/or if people don't even like him. ofc, this isn't to say he hasn't done wrong- to be honest, the fact he does wrong/questionable things at times is another aspect of him i really enjoy, maybe because- broadly speaking- he's meant to be altruistic (intent vs outcome and all that). i don't know if that's super exciting to most people, but it is for me

as for erik, my reason for liking him is easier to explain tbh. To Be Simple And Broad, his progression from villain to antihero over the decades has been fun to observe (as much as i have so far anyhow) and analyze. i think to be a bit more specific, him using his rage and pain as justifications for his villainous actions is definitely what compels me the most: hurt people hurt and the sort, an idea i've always found interesting (something something vicious cycles and the like). yet now, he recognizes this wasn't really. A Just Thing To Do and is beginning to change that, which i enjoy

[ef-1]

r u relaxed? | october 24, pt 1

[kickbutts-singsongs]

Okay but why did they never have any holiday themed POI episodes?

More specifically, how come they never had a Halloween episode and played “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell in the background?

[boxwinebaddie]

🎸 happy uncneen pepinursteppermint wintereve 🍬 ❤️‍🔥

❤️🤘 + ft. how i think my styles would say HYH

[icewindandboringhorror]

Some (late) holiday photos of the boye~!

[heyclickadee]

I think there’s a little bit of a bambi effect with Pabu (the episode, not the place). I mean—you know how when people talk about Bambi it’s always, “Oh yeah, that movie where the little baby fawn frolics with his woodland friends and then his mom dies and oh isn’t it sad.”

And yes, it is sad, and there are adorable baby animals and all that, but in all the times I’ve ever heard anyone my age bring up that movie, I’ve never heard anyone comment on anything that happens in the entire second half after the mom dies and after Bambi grows up, including the entire climax of the film where there’s a huge forest fire and Bambi almost gets killed by hunting dogs. A lot happens! It’s actually kind of intense! But—and I’m not sure why this is, though I suspect it’s a combination of well-meaning parents turning the movie off before the scene where Bambi’s mom dies/some kids having such a hard time with that sequence that they don’t remember anything past it/kid’s losing interest during the second half—people don’t remember that section most of the time.

But, anyway, that’s what I mean by bambi effect—the first and overall calmer half of an episode or movie completely overshadowing the more intense and more eventful second half in fan discussions. And with Pabu, we tend to talk about the first half. It’s always, “The batch goes to Space Greece for a vacation and eats sushi,” and not, “THERE’S A TSUNAMI AND EVERYONE ALMOST DIES.” Because that also happens. It’s funny.