#using that term loosely

[hikaaa-bi]

both the avatars we've seen so far are such cringefail losers. mr “i cuddle people to death and will break down the moment someone says i'm not scary” needles and mx “i changed my entire wardrobe and aesthetic as soon as i realized i had the power to wreak chaos, but i gave up my spooky artifact the moment i witnessed one really gorey consequence and died immediately afterward” whatever-their-name-is.

[silverwhittlingknife]

poem: "accident report in the tall, tall weeds" by ada limón

[aq2003]

[aimer-arts]

quick drawing of my vintage eevee plush, which is older than me and can legally drink

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

if stsg were vampires suguru would ultimately turn you but satoru would Not and i do think that’s the biggest difference between the two of them

[satin-in-love]

cunty popular mean girl forcemascing me into the man we both know i am, so i can be be her little dogboy toy when

[yaralulu]

Since we’re on the topic of Tamlin and Lucien’s friendship,I obviously have to say something (a lot of things actually I can’t help it).

I’ve always hated how people bring up/assume Tamlin saving Lucien is the only reason for Lucien’s loyalty to him (because he feels indebted to him).Yes obviously Tamlin saving Lucien’s life and giving him a home is a part of it but so much has happened between them since then.Those two have witnessed and been there for each other at their absolute lowest moments and that kind of bond is deep.

Minimizing their relationship to just “Tamlin saved Lucien’s life” is just completely diminishing everything they’ve been through together and does their friendship a massive disservice.

Who was there when Lucien was struggling with the loss of Jesminda? Tamlin��

Who was there when Lucien lost his eye? Tamlin 

Who got Lucien his eye replacement to help him? Tamlin 

Who was there when Tamlin’s heart got turned to stone? Lucien 

Who was there when Tamlin was forced to send his sentries to their death? Lucien 

Who has there for Tamlin when Feyre left Spring? Lucien

Who begged Amarantha to spare Lucien’s life?Tamlin

Do I need to go on?

They were there for each other at every point.They’ve been through hell and back together .Their relationship is so much deeper than “he saved my life and I owe him everything ”. A genuine friendship and a familial bond has formed between them and that is why Lucien is so loyal and protective towards Tamlin .That man is his family.

[darqx]

I have a particularly lazy fashion sense ie none and so these are the only outfit combos I know of where it looks like I actually tried.

[transingthoseformers]

man we do NOT play with angst regarding characters who were born during the war enough

[isbergillustration]

I don't usually paint over paintings that are under a week old but the previous one just wasn't very good. Unclear whether this is an improvement

[j0rbits-art]

older atreus, baby baldur, & Hel concepts from 2022

[silverwhittlingknife]

i love a lot of things about dick & tim's relationship but one of my favorite things is that sometimes dick gets to be the unhinged one <3

[sea-lanterns]

Out of boredom I decided to make a Venn diagram-like spectrum of my tastes in fictional women. This doesn’t include every fictional woman I currently have a crush on, but it has most of them :)

Feel free to use this idea for your own purposes!

[shallowseeker]

But see… I really do think that hunters recognizing the signs of psychological “overkilling” is important!

In this genre, it serves as shorthand for instability in the field. Mary recognizing this in Jack… indicated he was psychologically unfit to fight.

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Overkilling shows up in various characters.

Cas mentions this when assessing Lucifer’s kills in season 12:

Sam and Castiel are in the library at the bunker. Castiel is looking at pictures of the carnage at the archbishop’s house on a cell phone, zooming in and out)

CASTIEL: Ugh. These pictures...The level of violence, it's completely unnecessary.

SAM: Lucifer doesn't like to get messed with.

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And of course, his own hypocrisy aside, Sam is hypervigilant for assessing this in MOC!Dean. (And all things considered, Sam and Cas aren’t exactly incorrect in their assessment. The issues became more about Dean’s blackouts and lack of control, rather than the immorality of his targets.)

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Killing is killing, but in this genre, the signature yields vital information.

Jack’s signature was unstable, and Mary correctly recognized this.

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I can think of good examples for Dean and Cas too, becoming disorganized psychologically, particularly towards the terminal ends of the Mark and Godstiel arcs.

But even soulless, Sam tends towards frighteningly cold and efficient.

Sam with Jake Talley, maybe?

There’s also Dean with the Adam and Kate wraiths. That sticks out in my head.

It comes in lighter flavors, too, like when Claire was not being able to stop kicking her assailant. The fear took over.

Something I want to pay more attention to… just thinking aloud.

EDIT: I think blood-addicted Sam was the closest to disorganized and overkill on the regular, like… as he became ruled by the blood addiction, season 15 shows us a Sam terminating with a demon-Dean-style of arc, a demon Sam with black eyes who kills Jody and Bobby.

SAM: You know, I knew you’d come looking for me. After Sioux Falls… I suppose you had to.

DEAN: What you did to them… what you did to Bobby… to Jody…

SAM: They tried to stop me. But I will not be stopped.

DEAN: Sammy, listen to me. This is the demon blood. You have to fight it!

SAM: Why would I do that?

[The bald man from earlier approaches behind SAM. SAM turns his head slightly and the man’s neck snaps as he falls to the ground. SAM looks back at DEAN with an evil smile.]

DEAN: Sammy, please. Please.

[SAM smirks. His eyes flash to black. He cocks his head to the side. Dean’s neck snaps as he falls to the ground. He’s dead.]

[valewritessss]

When people say Annabeth was an unreliable narrator and her stepmom was actually nice to her…