#to like 1000+ year immortals

[spacefairynayu]

I find it very satisfying that Zorian's own choices are what lead to his involvement in the plot.

Zach's meddling may have saved Zorian's life in the initial barrage, but it's Zorian's decision to search for Akoja that tangles their fates together. If Zach had his way Zorian would have been "safe" at the shelters by time Quatach-Ichl showed up, but Zorian strikes out to repay the debt he feels he owes Akoja by driving her into danger and winds up at the right place at the right time. He never would have been partially soul melded to Zach if he had been callous enough or lacking in courage enough to abandon Akoja.

On top of that, he makes a second decision to prioritize someone else's life over his own safety when he let's go of the teleport rod to push Zach out of the way of Quatach-Ichl's attack. Granted, he had to react in a split second and had no time to deliberate, but his first instinct was to protect Zach rather than ensure his own escape.

Amusingly, Zach complains that Zorian let go of the rod while Zorian fires back that Zach would be dead if he hadn't done that. He doesn't seem to regret his choice at all, even if it means that he himself is still in danger.

Zack comments multiple times that trying to keep Zorian alive is a chore, and it occurs to me that the main reason Zorian didn't become involved in the loops years earlier is precisely because Zorian is so difficult to keep alive during the invasion. It wasn't until Zach successfully and naturally got Zorian to attend the dance that the dominoes start falling. Only by saving Zorian does Zach inadvertently open the door for Zorian to enter the stage and drastically change the trajectory of events, eventually saving Zach in turn.

Only when Zorian is alive and free to act completely within his own nature, both driving Akoja away and subsequently trying to rescue her, is he elevated to a protagonist role.

[bloby-876]

Merlin & Leon traveling from the future to the past. Pretty sure there's a small fic series like this? (Kind of)

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Leon: So it's either we deal with feeling gross for the rest of forever or we ask for time off on the same day, find a river and you magic up a shower, risking people (Arthur) thinking that we're having some kind of secret romance?

Merlin: yes. AND you have to bring your fancy noble soaps.

Leon: ...

Merlin: ...

*Two seconds later*

Merlin *slams open Arthur's chamber doors with Leon trailing behind him*: ARTHUR IM TAKING TOMORROW OFF.

[lambergeier]

genshin posting once again. natlan is bad for many reasons already specified on this blog, but i’m adding another one to the list. THE most interesting character shit in the game comes from the archons+neuvillette’s deeply insane problems, both with the gods and with each other, all of it rooted in their immortality and their positions as incredibly powerful beings pinned like butterflies to the crumbling cardstock of the world by powers even greater than themselves, and mavuika has NONE of that. she isn’t immortal, she wasn’t around for the archon war, she is just a lady who happened to be alive 500 years ago and is currently alive again for a second normal human lifespan. even if she does know the other archons, she can’t know them well, she’s only been alive like 50 years max. her shit is boring her outfit sucks and she will never be part of the incredibly bad and evil archon+neuvillette relationship pile-up. what is the POINT

[nyan-bynary]

Sometimes I think about every fucked up interaction yuji and kenjaku have had and think "damn lil bro your mom fucking sucks"

[ck-17088]

It took 5 months but here’s Zane in a hanbok- traditional Korean clothing!! I also drew him with a traditional Korean bow- since he does fight with one for a while in the actual show!

[imminent-danger-came]

Nimoma has good emotional payoff and animation but nothing else to really write home about TBH

It's very SPOP in that way, where the arcs and scenes are solid when viewed outside of the media in gifset or clip form but don't work as well when actually watching what they're from

For sure! I think that's a problem she-ra and toh both share with Nimona—they struggle with setup but then go ham on the payoff, which leaves everything feeling somewhat unearned.

The end of the movie bugged me in particular—Ballister's 180 with calling Nimona a monster (something he KNOWS pushes her to the brink) after one conversation with his ex-boyfriend was...I think out of place?

Normally if you have a character make a wrong choice like that you, as the audience, would be questioning the whole movie if they had ever REALLY changed. Was Ballister's loyalty truly to Nimona or to the Institute/Goldenloin? But, by that point in the movie they had really sold me on Ballister's complete acceptance of Nimona and disregard of the institute, so....why would he turn on Nimona then? I'm surprised they didn't do this plot the other way, which would instead have only made it seem like Ballister betrayed Nimona, you know? Like they did in Tangled. That way you don't undo Ballister's movie long arc with one scene, but you can still have Nimona go berserk and make her way into the heart of the city.

There were also a couple of other things that felt kinda dropped by the end. Ballister being the first commoner to become a knight? The Queen's important role in this society? This kingdom's prejudice going SO deep that not even a child would give Nimona a chance after saving their life, yet blowing up the wall changed everyone's minds in the end?

There were a lot of good pieces, but they weren't quite put together in the right ways.

[pirunika]

I have to use the fact Astraeus' has 10 children in myths to Astoria... once he has a daughter he loses his shit n is like.. !!!!!! we can do that???!!!! —i mean YOU CAN DO THAT????we need a ✧*｡ Dozen ✧*｡

[mecharose]

this character is one of the EVILEST this world has ever seen, they're single handedly responsible for decades of atrocities and-- *draws them and they're hot* well though. idk if all that is really their fault ahaha...

[askfallenroyalty]

Since chara’s true name is based off the pun ‘chara’cter would Aslo’s siblings true name be Uma based off of h’uma’n?

that wouldn't really work aslo is a full monster (half boss). aslo more so represents Asriel and Asgore's poor naming conventions. (Asriel is a combo of Asgore and Toriel)

its a nice thought tho! by your logic if chara were to have a kid they'd be name Manny (human) or Monty (monster) since they're not human anymore

[pelipper]

tfw you find someone's art tag and you go on a spree liking all of their work while thinking "damn, i'm so sorry for spamming your notifs. i am but a humble fangirl, please take pity ;;"

[sesamenom]

fun fact! we actually do have concrete ages for a lot of people (from a combination of appendices and NoME sun year conversions) at the point of the Quest of the Ring:

[edit: i am tired and misread the original post - take this as the Assorted Apocrypha version]

Gandalf: 54,960 Sun Years Aragorn: 88 Legolas: ~2000 (exact birthdate unknown) Gimli: 140

Frodo: 51 Sam: 39 Merry: 37 Pippin: 29

Boromir: 41

Based on average lifespans we can translate these ages to Human Age (to make it easier to compare them):

Gandalf: ∞ Aragorn: 31 Legolas: 25-ish?? Gimli: 39

Frodo: 40 Sam: 31 Merry: 29 Pippin: 22 (by lifespan percentage) OR 17 (by age of majority)

Boromir: 25

so (unless he's lying on the genealogical records) boromir is not quite the youngest member of the fellowship, but he's certainly close!

The Fellowship gets on the topic of their ages one night and Boromir comes to the dawning realization that he has absolutely no idea how old any of his companions are supposed to be at all

[thecatsaesthetics]

Me wondering why Fae’s reproduce if they are “immortal”

[rnikaelson]

nik really left hope with his family and had no contact with her for the first 7 years of her life, came back was the best dad for all of 3 months then ghosted her for 8 more years, came back again for 2 months when her mom died and then kys. a very sick and unserious man if you ask me

[megamindsupremacy]

DP x DC AU where the entire JL thinks Danny a dead high school student tragically still haunting his school and pretending to live out the life he never had but he’s just a fucking teacher at Casper High

Reasons they think this:

Danny’s ghost form is permanently 14. Reasonable enough for them to think he’s a high schooler, considering he looks like a high schooler

His schedule operates around a standard school schedule (only free in the afternoons, weekends, and holidays)

Occasionally slips up and mentions “school” as a location (“back at school”, “i was by the school”)

He seems to have a lot of beef with high schoolers, like, as a concept (because he is a teacher. tell me high school teachers do not have beef with The Concept of High Schoolers)

Danny teaches science at Casper High, mostly ectobiology and other science classes. He absolutely loves his job except when he hates his job because he has to cancel class because one of his ghost buddies is tearing up city hall to get his attention or whatever. His identity is kind of an open secret in Amity where We Pretend We Don’t Know Mr. Fenton Is Phantom And He Doesn’t Give Us A Pop Quiz.

Danny CAN change his ghostly form. In Amity he shows up as an adult ghost but he had the Brilliant Idea to disguise his identity by appearing as a 14 year old to the JL, also to lean into the timelessness of his ghost form, because he’s been reported as a 14 year old for over a decade now.

Danny doesn’t know the JL thinks he’s haunting his old high school or something. This is because his a) lying and b) observation skills have not improved since he first died. He thinks he has them fully convinced he’s an immortal being from like, 1000 BC, a la Captain Marvel. He does not.

[runningwithscizzorz]

Like I'd HOPE the least you could do for taking custody of the kids for 1000+ years is giving your baby mama immortality

Mother who would rip your spine out of your throat if you messed with her kids VS the dad that didn’t even want to damn his kids to being stuck with him for 1000 years in hell

I imagine even as their father (in my headcanon) Narinder doesn’t want his children around him basically the second they’re resurrected since they’ve already had to be stuck with him unwillingly their whole life in servitude to him. To Forneus he’s like “You and our kids can have immortality, be happy, just please leave me alone”

[lime1991]