#this show is so insanely good

[honourablepranksinatra]

One of the things about all creatures great and small that makes me want to chew metal is how Tristan and Siegfried quickly transcend the stereotypical archetypes they seem to fit at the beginning to reveal two complex characters with one of the most nuanced familial relationships I've seen on tv.

Tristan is introduced as the lazy younger brother who doesn't apply himself and doesn't take responsibility even if it harms others, while Siegfried is the gruff, controlling older brother who is constantly trying to change his sibling.

But even in as season 1 progresses, we see them as so much more. Tristan desperately wants Siegfried's affection and approval, but he's afraid to try for fear he'll never measure up to Siegfried's exacting standards. He's genuinely confused about his place in the world and lacks confidence in his abilities and struggles with book learning. He acts out a bit at the beginning when he first meets James; he thinks Siegfried is finally getting the brother he always wanted— one he isn't disappointed in! But Tristan has a massive heart— he quickly warms up to and befriends James and grows more comfortable with Siegfried and James' relationship.

And Siegfried— their father died young and he believed it was his duty to fill that role for Tristan. He's terrified that he messed Tristan up, and takes out those fears on him. In his mind, if Tristan is a failure, then he is a failure, and his sacrifices have been in vain. Part of him resents Tristan's ability to lollygag because that was never something he had the luxury of doing, as he had to take care of Tristan. And Siegfried is so focused on being a veterinarian, he defines success for Tristan as being a good vet without considering his aptitude or interest. Also, he's very aware of mortality given the loss of his parents and his wife, and he worries Tristan wouldn't be able to stand on his own two feet if something were to happen to him. But even though he can be hard on Tristan, everything Siegfried does is because he loves Tristan so much— he genuinely wants the best for him— and would sacrifice everything for him.

All of this is just in season one. Siegfried and Tristan get 4 other seasons of development.

[noodles-and-tea]

Our hextech dream….

[thedreamhall]

trouble with the spaceship again was it? /ref

[mintypsii]

i can't believe one piece invented gay people

[raggedy-spaceman]

Neil behind the camera all day tomorrow

[ciderjacks]

thinking again about how much trust he had to have in Laios to recommend his own daughter in case he dies

[brokendoor16]

Okay. Okay. I get that we all love Crowley calling Aziraphale 'angel' (bcz WHO FUCKING DOESN'T?? I MEAN, "Blasphemy? That's not not like you, angel." KILLS ME EVERY TIME) and obviously everyone wants Azi to have some cute little pet name for him (**ahem** 'dear' **ahem**) BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT.

BUT WHAT IF. The cute little pet name is literally just?? His name?? Like, I can't be the only one noticing how many times Aziraphale starts his sentences with 'Crowley,' even in the middle of a conversation with no one else around he could be talking to??

ANDANDAND he's the only angel who calls Crowley by his name as opposed to 'demon' (Yes, I'm talking about the fucking metratron rn) or 'the demon Crowley', 'the enemy', etc.

BUT THE THING IS, Crowley never TOLD Aziraphale his name the first time they met- we don't even know what his name WAS back when he was an angel- we know he's changed it before, and the original 'Crawley' doesn't seem particularly suited to an Angel ("well, you were a snake") so we don't even fucking KNOW the name heaven called him back when he was the starmaker.

Even hell barely call him Crowley, with the first scene of Ligur (literally one of the demons Crowley interacts with the MOST after Beezlebub and probably Hastur) featuring him asking "what's he calling himself these days?" (probably just another representation of how little hell actually cares about him, but moving on)

OVERALL, the only person (angel? being? idfk) to CONSTANTLY refer to him by name- whilst talking TO him, not ABOUT him- is Aziraphale. Personally, I think that constitutes a 'cute little pet name' 😇😇

[therealcallmekd]

15 YEAR TIME SHIFT

[jealizmuch]

MY OTP!! (guy x eldritch horror who stole his eyes)

[kimdokjas]

@animangacreators challenge ⟡ spring 2024

↳ WIND BREAKER

You haven't given up on others yet. And you don't need to give up. At the least I'm looking your way, Sakura. So why don't you look this way as well? If you do, I'm sure… you'll become what you want to be.

[saragrosie]

As promised, incredibly stupid s4-5 drawings

[egophiliac]

how are u on gavv so far? because i need to scream about how insane it has been (and that zakuzakuchips and fuwamallow have won special places in my heart)

can't believe his mom got flavor-blasted to death. 😔 RIP.

[flyingbuddiies]

i’m making a mic shimeji!!! im not sure when i’ll be done but probably like a week or a few since i’m doing a lot of stuff and coding extra behavior animations in.. but take a little snippet

[mollysunder]

Sky and Viktor's relationship is such a horror movie to me. You've got a man who was frustrated by the limitations placed on his life that were out of his control, like his class, mobility, and general health. Despite everything, he manages to rise beyond his station and avoid being an assistant for the rest of his life.

Then you've got a woman from the same background who admires him and all that he's accomplished in spite of the similar class based prejudices they faced all the while she's his assistant. She works up the courage to take leap of faith and reach out to him with her own research to show what's possible if they worked together as equals. And then he gets her killed!

Sky's death isn't the end of it because while it affects Viktor it is in no way meaningful to Sky's life or value as a person whatsoever. Even the pendant he wears in her memory is based on the design of her notebook, but that was just her notebook's cover, she probably bought it from a store and the design itself is probably mass produced. Why not use Sky's signature that was in her letter and in the notebook, the thing part if the notebook with real value?

Then Sky's brought back in s2 and she really only exists to be Viktor's assistant again, who he kills, again! But this time it's different because this time Viktor's making a conscious decision to look Sky in the eye and kill her... to prove he's changed.

In the middle of all this, in no way has Sky's death been mourned by her family or anyone else who could have known her. Jayce wasn't affected by the reveal, he didn't think it was important to tell Heimerdinger, or anyone who knew her. Nothing about her life, death, or disappearance has spurred any emotional reaction or even curiosity about what happened to her.

Sky's new life was also extremely isolated because she became further tied to him (in some ways you could say she was defined by him). Viktor never mentioned Sky to anyone in the material plane during his commune arc, so she only exists to him and she has no way to communicate with others, she's just there for Viktor's sake.

Then in the finale we learn this all a part of a big time loop where Viktor actively set the wheels in motion to have him and Jayce create hextech together, but if everything follows as is, that means Sky is violently killed in those timelines too. That means Viktor weighed the costs and decided over and over and over again that Sky was expendable enough to let her die for his plan to work eventually. How is that not murder at this point?

What's worse is that post-finale Sky's humanity is a point of dispute amongst the fandom, the VAs, and the writers themselves. Sky's the hexcore manipulating Viktor. No, Sky's a manifestion of Viktor's guilt. No, she's actually supposed to represent his humanity/conscious made physical. And in none of these arguments do they discuss Sky as a person, she's just an object meant to serve Viktor both in the narrative sense and literal sense as his assistant.

The most absolutely maddening part is that with Viktor's new bio on the League site, not only have most traces of Viktor had been scrubbed by Piltover's archive, but Sky's life has been completely wiped. Her death was implied to have been swept under the rug, and only described as the "loss of life" consequence from his Hexcore experiment.

Viktor was afraid of dying a senseless death (created by the conditions Piltover condemned his birth to) in obscurity and then he turned it into Sky's destiny.

[justaleafinthewind]

the sob in Percy's voice when he says "I didn't mean to-" because he's so horrified at what he just did. Luke was the boy he trusted, the boy he admired, the boy he told his mom about because when they met he was so relieved and sure he'd finally made a friend.

and now Percy, whose fatal flaw is personal loyalty, who is actively being stabbed in the back, is convinced that he himself is the one doing the betraying. he's hurting Luke, and the guilt of it is going to tear him apart from the inside out.

[p4nishers]

"I'm a little bemused as to why crowley would risk destruction for you, you don't seem his type at all" that was. actually a thing they said. like that's a thing that was written in the script and said by an actor on good omens. then michael sheen had the absolute AUDACITY to raise his eyebrows like a fucking bitch who knows exactly what's crowley's type and that it's only ever been him. like!!! this is too gay even for me holy shit