#thomas round

[bouquinteim]

Thomas Round and Donald Adams read a short bio of G&S. date: 1972 (?)

[bruciemilf]

Alfred honestly can’t say shit about Bruce bringing in strays, because what if the Waynes got him the same way?

I genuinely can’t recall HOW Alfred, British special forces extraordinaire, ended up working for Gotham’s (scary) sweethearts.

In my mind, he came to them bleeding.

There’s a tang of bitterness pooling in his gut. Soldiers don’t have friends. They have guns. And he’s all out.

Just when Alfred thought all is in peril, a tiny little hand gently covers a nasty bullet hole on his abdomen.

The first thing Alfred thinks about is: ‘Jesus, this kid has scary eyes.’

“Hi, Alfred.”

“…How do you—“

“Bruce! Jesus FUCKING Christ, I swear, I’m not paying for your ransom next time you run o—…What the fuck is that?”

If there’s one thing about Thomas that Alfred will never forget is his voice; The bass , so chasmic and powerful it could shake the whole world, and the burning care in his eyes despite his vulgarity.

Bruce, — who’s the tiniest bundle of a boy Alfred witnessed, is yanked up by his father’s strong hands, squeezed to his chest carefully. “Hurt,” he says. There’s a tiny, red handprint on Thomas’ shirt.

“Yeah, I didn’t notice,” Thomas mumbling, looking around.

Maybe local gangs? The bullet point is too precise, too calculated. “Who the hell are you?”

Alfred, with his raspy breath, says, “I’m the terribly rude bloke dying on your doorstep, I’m afraid. Alfred Pennyworth. At your service.”

For a guy who’s about to bleed his last, he sounds awfully sarcastic.

“Yeah, wise guy, no one’s dying on my kid’s birthday. Bruce, tell Dotty to prep up the basement. And tell your mama to get my Budlight out of the cooler. Jesus Christ.”

Alfred ends up hoisted on this man’s back. Thomas asks if he has anyone he wants to call? Anyone that’ll come pick him up? Anyone to bury him, if it comes to it.

Alfred whispers he does not.

Thomas sighs. “Well. Kid‘a been asking for a playmate.”

[andstuffsketches]

a selection of robins

[galinneall-dearg]

Happy 8/8! Go read Small World by @mean-scarlet-deceiver !

[redcharacterbracket]

Minor Bracket Round Two

[hubristicassholefight]

Hubristic Assholes Tourney, round 1 part 2a

Gordon the Big Engine (Thomas the Tank Engine) vs Cersei Lannister (A Song Of Ice and Fire)

Propaganda below the cut (Spoiler warning)

Gordon

he is a pompous self-important asshole who thinks he is the best because he pulls the express. he's the fastest engine on sodor, but when he decided to match the speed of a visiting engine, he lost his dome. he shows off when he is supposed to be learning how to pull passenger trains and then fucks up pulling passenger trains. many such cases! every time he does something grand and idiotic because he believes he can pull it off just because he is better, and every time it blows up in his face.

Cersei Lannister

She frames her daughter-in-law Marg for adultery (which is high treason when you're a queen) by getting a guy to falsely confess to the Pope. Unfortunately the Pope gets him to tell the truth that the only queen he fucked was actually Cersei herself and she also got him to kill the previous Pope for her (this is considered deicide btw.) She also ends up being accused of regicide of her husband (which she did) and adultery/high treason (which she did) and incest (which she did). To ensure Marg would be as screwed as possible she also had a bunch of laws changed (which she was told was a bad idea) which not only bite her in the ass but could potentially undermine the power of the crown significantly. She did all this due to a prophecy that made her think Marg is gonna take her down with no evidence (Marg is literally 16 and seems to be just chillin) and due to trying to avert the prophecy may very well make it come true, including not only being taken down but also all her kids dying and her brother-lover killing her. Whoopsie.; Generally spends all her time making the dumbest decisions possible while thinking about how smart she is. Everything ends up coming back around to screw her

So obsessed with herself she fucks her twin. Convinced she's the only smart person in the room constantly. Feels threatened by literal preteens because of a prophecy that told her she'd be cast down by someone "younger and more beautiful". Believes herself superior to everyone around her. Eventually gets brought low by trying to blackmail and bribe the faith into imprisoning her 16 year old daughter in law and is humiliated by being forced to walk naked across the city. Of course, she finishes it swearing revenge.; Loves her children only as an extension of herself.

[cannibalmeat]

Uh oh, back on my bullshit 😶

[kidlit-queen-competition]

Poll: Thomas the Tank Engine vs the taffy train from toonkind DND

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[ferretfyre]

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film:

With having failed, you must accept yourself as fallible in order to love others and life. Another Round (Druk - Denmark - 2020, dir. Thomas Vinterberg)

[ratsnu]

miscellaneous pirate au sketches :)

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

FIRST ROUND: 18th Tilt

King Henry II Plantagenet, Becket (1964) VS. Thomas Becket, Becket (1964)

Propaganda

King Henry II Plantagenet, Becket (1964) Portrayed by: Peter O'Toole Defeated Opponents: - Henry II [Peter O’Toole], The Lion in Winter (1968)

“Peter O'Toole was so hot. Some of the all-time most striking eyes of any actor ever."

Thomas Becket, Becket (1964) Portrayed by: Richard Burton Defeated Opponents: - Brother Cadfael [Derek Jacobi], Cadfael (1992-1998)

“Ohhhh this hot smirky conscience-riven canon bisexual bastard. The chemistry between him and O'Toole's Henry is off the charts, and the amount of eye-fucking (can we say eye-fucking in the submissions?) Burton manages to do is truly impressive. Also: this is Richard Burton in his "Elizabeth Taylor said yes to ALL of THAT" era, and I need hardly say more. That dangerous Welsh baritone purr alone would be a lot, but there are also the hands. And the smirking. And the repressed smoldering. Also, this film gives us Becket both in Bit of Rough mode and Hot Priest mode. Becket, in this role, is also incredibly hot for making a principled decision and being just continually astonished by his own character development. Love that for him. "Forgive me, Lord, it's too easy." God (literally.) And the way he is kind to the angry, bitter idealist in whom he sees his younger self! Also, that final "Oh, Henry" lives in my head rent-free.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Henry II:

For Thomas Becket:

[choc-ice-on-wheels]

God’s perfect creation: The Egg

[fairytale-poll]

BEST MODERN FAIRYTALE ADAPTATION! ROUND 3, MATCH 3 OUT OF 4!

The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley is based off various fairytales; Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones is based off Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer.

Propaganda Under the Cut:

The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley:

The Sisters Grimm was a formative read for me as a kid. It’s fun and episodic, but over time it also examines both what place fairytales have in modern lives and uses fairytale characters as an allegory for self-determination.

Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones:

One of my favorite books. "As she clears out her old bedroom, Polly discovers that below her memories, in which she led an entirely normal and unremarkable life, there is a second set of memories, which are rather unusual." It's about memory and taking control of your life. Also books. It's one of those books that get better the more you re-read it.

The coming of age fantasy of all time. Giants in supermarkets. Stories that come true backwards and sideways and upside down. Memory fuckery. The hardest part about being a hero is the sheer embarrassment and that's how villains win. Bad driving. Friends, ex-friends, age-inappropriate crush, people you're supposed to be able to rely on who are useless, people you're warned against who save you and who you save in return but all the same that thing they did is not okay. Laughter and phantasmagoria and this is exactly what growing up is like y'all.

Everyone, especially those who have been let down by JKR and Neil Gaiman, needs to go read Diana Wynne Jones. She's the original, they're the bad mimeograph (JKR) and the reflection (Gaiman). Just go read them, okay.

[nartothelar]

MY BABY EMMET COMM FROM @far-from-official!!! 😭💖

[sickfreaksirkay]

[themalhambird]

Thinking about Tom Bertram's sick room and how we only see it in Fanny's imagination (painting from what Edmund's letters tell her) and I'm just. I don't see Tom's illness being the bonding time it can sometimes be taken as.