#watch me blather on

[skyward-floored]

Can you give us some hcs on what you think the chain's dark world forms could be?

Anon you have opened a can of worms you may regret opening here we go—

Sky

Sky I’m a little torn on, because on the one hand, as the first hero I feel like he should have something very impressive, like a big cat of some sort, or a huge bird (loftwing or otherwise), but also... a remlit just fits him so well. Small and sweet and sleepy, but also fierce and vicious and capable of being a real threat. So I don’t know XD

Four

Four is tricky, I’ve never been sure of what I like for him. Hummingbirds are small and colorful, so I like that, but also the humor in making him be something like a bear or an elephant would be amazing.

That being said, I think I like hummingbird best, but I also think a cat would fit him very nicely, or a mouse or even a butterfly.

Wind

I like Wind as a seagull, and various other seabirds a lot, but I very much like him as a cat. It fits the ship theme, and he meows in game, come on.

Closely related to that, I also think he’d be great as a lion cub, because then there’d be the connection to the King of Red Lions, and it fits with how he’s small but mighty, plus if he does end up being king of new Hyrule someday, the regalness of a lion fits there rather well.

Warriors

Warriors I like as a number of things... I feel like a unicorn fits his sort of regal image, plus he could stab stuff with his horn and that would be cool. I’m thinking like the one on the cover of the last Narnia book. The one with the blood on its horn. That one.

But also, I think a peacock would be really funny, and also a wolf would fit him nicely because of the teamwork aspect they have going, so I’m not totally sure. But unicorn would be pretty cool.

Hyrule

Hyrule I particularly like as one of three things: a jackalope, a fox, or a deer. A jackalope because it ties in to his magical side and also fits with Legend’s dark world form, a fox, because they’re clever and tricky and invoke images of being hunted, and a deer because they also are hunted, but because they’re also sort of mythical feeling.

So one of those. But I could see him as any number of forest creature honestly, Hyrule is just like that XD

Wild

Ah Wild. I feel like he (just like everybody else XD) could be any number of things. I’ve written (and read) fics where he’s a fox, which I like a lot because it fits in with Time and Twilight’s canine theme, plus they’re playful, but also clever. His fur would be a silvery-bluish color I think.

I also like the idea of him being a squirrel because of the practical reasons; good at climbing, good at hoarding food, known for crazy stunts, plus if you made him a flying squirrel you’d have the glider thing too.

I’ve also seen him as a dragon (which is just cool) and a phoenix too, which is neat because of rebirth and all that stuff. But I think my favorite for him would be either fox or squirrel.

[galadriel-blue]

Guess who went as TROP Galadriel for Halloween yesterday?

[plusultraetc]

I'm having a normal time which is why I literally teared up during the first ten minutes of You're Next bc I am so proud of that kid :')

movie spoilers under the read more!!

DEKU HAD AN ALL MIGHT MOMENT. That was honestly all I could think when he stopped that trio of villains at the beginning like it was nothing. That whole sequence was so well done and I was sitting there with tears in my eyes and a huge stupid grin on my face like I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. I saw the movie with a friend who is familiar but not at all caught up with the series and I think talking about MHA with her and having her perspective so fresh in my mind made me kind of emotional about how far these characters have come.

I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY. 1-A killed it in this movie. Keeping up that hopeful, heroic spirit on patrols. Prioritizing comforting & rescuing people over confronting villains. Seamless teamwork. The kids are alright!!!

Bakugou was so funny in this, we were genuinely wheezing laughing every time he spoke. Also he and Todoroki 🤝 'destroy everything,' guys PLEASE.

Midoriya was lowkey a mess in this movie but in a fun & funny way. He and Giulio were an enjoyable duo even though I found Giulio's characterization a little wobbly throughout (I still really liked him, and not just because his cybernetic eye was SICK. I was and am and forever will be OBSESSED.)

EVERYONE had a long-lost relative in this movie. Shinsou. Kirishima. Aizawa (x3). Nomu. Everyone. This is our Italian relative family reunion academia. That being said NEW SHINSOU BACKSTORY JUST DROPPED FOR ME SPECIFICALLY.

MIRIOOO!!! I did not know he was in this, when I tell you I clapped (I remembered at the very last moment that I was in a movie theater and it was the softest clap you've ever heard in your life). Hawks said he sent a hero into the fortress and I went from ?? to :D so fast.

Aizawa was not in this movie (though Mirko was, preserving the all-important Nine Lives timeline even though I am... kind of confused about when this takes place in canon) but he was there in spirit & ✨thematic relevance✨ Once again we have a character with a nullification quirk whose job it is to stay close to a character with a dangerous, uncontrollable quirk. I definitely will be chewing on some of the ideas Giulio & Anna raised but for now, if I had a nickel for every time a character with a nullification quirk lost an eye and a leg...

Todoroki's dream. Listen. Listen. The second Touya spoke I grabbed my friend's arm and just kind of clung there like a miserable little barnacle. And SHOUJI'S DREAM. Such a brief flicker of a scene and yet it knocked the wind out of me.

But my favorite dream sequence was Midoriya's. Baby Izuku!! All Might!! YOICHI!!! When the vestiges showed up immediately to snap him out of it?? You can never and I mean NEVER brainwash this haunted ass quirk!!

UNEXPECTED BIRD BROS SCENE. Hawks was in this movie way more than I expected (my Hawks cardi summoned him obv) and I was delighted, but then we get a super quick Tokoyami team up?? Truly blessed, tysm.

The pros in general,,, So many cameos by so many faves, including Mt. Lady, Ryukyu, Mirko, AND VLAD. HE DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING BUT I CHEERED. Vlad babe you literally just have to show up and I will be thrilled.

I really enjoyed how thoughtful certain elements of the movie were. Just little things--I knew from the second I saw Anna's flowers to look out for a rose on Dark Might's suit when he ditched the cape; the little nod to 1-A having a lot of experience with cancelling quirks; OFA and Giulio's cybernetics being disconnected from Deborah's quirk. A lot of things felt very underexplained, but I liked these little inclusions.

Overall both Dark Might's quirk and his motivations were incredibly underbaked to me, but honestly I didn't even mind bc I was having such a good time. I will let so much slide in the name of fun and this movie was so fun. 100% recommend.

I had a couple of other notes but this is already So Long. Anyway I needed this movie so much & could absolutely see myself rewatching it in the future, thank u You're Next

[hashiraa]

was rewatching the mount natagumo arc and I totally forgot about how it seemed like giyuu and shinobu were about to fight to the death or something and then when we cut back to them he’d just. put her in a headlock.

[kudzucataclysm]

watching star trek for the first time evar tonight…excited…

[dianartemiss]

as a person who was also abused and neglected in a financially secure family situation (though on a much smaller scale) and assuming that he was also interested in crime and psychology (because Batman)... I think Tim would know that he was abused?

I knew. as soon as I had words for child abuse and neglect, I knew. and before that I understood that how I lived wasn't good or nice and the fault was on my parents, not me. It's not a matter of loving your parents either because I love both my parents even now, nearly 10 years after going no contact with my mom.

Tim is also smart as fuck and the parents are not always as smart as their gifted kid. if that imbalance existed with their family, it would have been even more clear to Tim that his parents were abusive.

all this said, knowing that you're a victim of child abuse doesn't help you when you're still a child (unless you have extended family that is genuinely reliable and trustworthy). you're not going to report them to anyone because you love them and don't want to be without them, even if they mistreat you. you've probably already heard bad things about being in the system and foster care, so you're scared of what could happen. more than that you have no idea what will happen, and that's scary. often with neglect or emotional abuse, you rationalize that it could be worse. multiply that if your basic needs like food and shelter are well taken care of. abusers are often not doing well themselves and a smart, empathetic kid will see that and because it's their family, will likely feel a sense of duty toward their parent. or they've been gaslit into thinking that their parent needs them.

so Tim Drake, smart as hell and knowing too much about crime, almost certainly knows he abused. but knowing doesn't change anything because he loves his parents and has an intense as hell sense of duty.

(and this isn't me saying that fic or headcanons with him in denial or not understanding is bad or wrong in any way, but my personal headcanon based on experience)

[siaanme]

So today I have learned the while I have been correctly pronouncing the word antipodes as an-tip-o-deez (or ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz in IPA), turns out when you drop the s (aka the word antipode), it becomes an-ti-pode (ˈæn.tɪ.poʊd)

[percycantspell]

animal crossing is funny to me because im just a guy. im a silly little guy who’s carrying 40 deep sea creatured in his pockets to sell to some children. who will buy said creatures for probably too much money

not to mention the fact that im walking around my town wearing a wetsuit which HAS to be just absolutely soaked because i’ve been diving for like half an hour and no one questions it

[iamnot-theboynextdoor]

lmao i saw my psychiatrist yesterday and the very first words he said to me were "have you seen it?"

[medicinemane]

Jesus fucking christ I get tired of sitting here and hearing my dad loudly ripping ass from the other room

Like listen, I get it, I get that you can't control your guts. Like fuck, for a while... as in like months, I was having trouble even leaving the house... still no clue what was even up which makes me feel like my theory about not eating enough is in the lead given... haven't found any allergies I can identify

So I get it and have sympathy (and fear inheriting my dad's guts), but... it's just so fucking gross man

And it's also like... maybe I'm eating, maybe I'm watching a show... whatever it is the mood's kinda ruined by this just... it almost literally couldn't be louder or grosser

I get you can't control your guts but... do something... anything... see a doctor or... anything

It's just nasty. He's not a bad person, but my dad's just a nasty dude

[galadriel-blue]

I really hope that TROP S2's solution to Bronwyn not showing up this season is not by killing her off. Please let her be safe and happy somewhere else. I beg

[plusultraetc]

manga spoilers but tell me how I just now realized The Erasermic Fall will eventually be animated

[ego-sum-arbor]

ask game!! how about 15 and 26 for lachlan, and 30 for lindwë?

15. How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

So not only is Lachlan generally concealing the whole ~2,000 year old* wizard thing, they spend a tremendous amount of time and energy attempting to present a very precisely controlled version of themself. They frequently come across as either cold and distant or brash, both of which serve to isolate them. Lachlan is most comfortable in mentor-student relationships, where they can hide behind the formal role of teacher. Speaking without thinking is generally reserved for rare emotional outbursts and a very, very few close friends. Those friends are generally from the small subsection of people who know something of Lindwë’s whole… deal, aren’t affiliated with the fairy courts, aren’t liable to be extorted by the fairy courts, aren’t likely to be annihilated by the fairy courts, and probably won’t sell them out to the fairy courts on purpose.

*adjust for exactly when this is occurring

 26. What is their preferred mode of transportation? 

Disregarding mundane forms of transportation, Lachlan prefers to travel by slipping out of the world that is and moving through the planes of myth and story. When you say that the veil is thin, that’s the sort of place on the other side. The utility of traveling elsewhere is severely limited by their unpredictability, the wildly dangerous beings that reside there, and the complex ways in which their metaphysical geography interacts with the the world that is. Travel between the two may be practically impossible in one location, while the border might be almost nonexistent in another. Space and time do not necessarily function the same as the do in the world that is, a point which can be exploited by the practiced traveler. As a result, Lachlan mostly travels within the regions adjacent to their home base in the world that is, where they can actually reach their destination, where they know the rules, and where they happen to be one of those wildly dangerous beings. They can get around a substantial amount of what is now the British Isles, particularly Scotland, but generally go for travel by more usual means when outside of the region.

Those means of transport are very dependent on what point in their absurdly long life we’re at. (Time period also effects planar travel, but less so). Broadly speaking, Lachlan particularly enjoys travel by boat and overland travel by foot, and is wildly inconsistent in adopting new forms of transportation. At the moment, they definitely do not have a driver’s license and tend to hire drivers or utilize public transportation, an activity which they regard as fundamental to staying in tune with the experience of being human.

30. Who do they most regret meeting? 

This one is tricky because Lindwë regrets far more the people they haven’t been able to meet than those they have. This is something of a side effect of deciding to be a hermit in the wilderness after most of their family relocated to elf heaven, which means that they missed out on a great deal. I don’t even think that Lindwë regrets getting to speak with the Vala Oromë, for all that the coming of Oromë sundered their people. Those talks with Oromë and debates over the Great Journey at Cuviénen were the basis of a great deal of their worldview.

Regarding their mortal friends and acquaintances, Lindwë would generally rather to have loved and lost than have never met that person at all.

If you asked them the question, they’d probably answer with Thingol. However, this is inaccurate and the result of a millennia old, frankly immature rivalry. There’s some legitimate political and ethical criticism in there, but the core of the issue is sheer pettiness.

The real answer might be their father, but that bit of Lindwë’s lore is a relic of having been an au Lachlan and is going to be modified or thrown out entirely. As it stands, Lindwë’s father disappeared before their birth, around the same time that the first elves were taken by Morgoth. He was assumed dead, if only to bring closure, and Lindwë’s mother raised them alongside their cousins in the household of their maternal grandparents. After the first overthrow of Morgoth by the Valar, an adult Lindwë learned that their father lives, tracked him down, and killed him in anger for his apparent collusion with Morgoth and the abandonment of their family. How much they regret the whole patricide deal varies, but it does profoundly influence their decision to self-isolate. Lindwë doesn’t get the full story of their father’s guilt or lack thereof until something like 10,000 years later, after they sail to Valinor and confront him, returned from Mandos. However, the whole father drama patricide thing is a convoluted way of shoehorning Lachlan’s shitty father dad murder origin story into the Silmarillion, so some portion of it will be jettisoned in favor of a more thematically appropriate necromancy plotline once I figure out how to graft the bits together.

[kudzucataclysm]

bingo work weekend begins today…unfortunately for some reason my mind is now flooding with se ideas

[g4yr4t]

should I reread house of leaves?

[ineffableigh]

Wait what the hell is Aziraphale mouthing here. Lip-readers sound off!!

This is RIGHT before "The Metatron! I don't think he's as bad a fellow - well I think I might have misjudged him."

His line was: "I, um... [mouthing something]" THEN the above line.

This can't be nothing. Can it? "We need to get out"??? Not sure. EDIT: I agree with @maximumpenguinpuppy here, I think he's saying

"WE NEED HELP."

Further deep dive on the most painful conversation I've ever seen:

Azi makes the most INTENSE EYE CONTACT I'VE EVER SEEN during "I think I might have misjudged him."

"PLEASE HEAR WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW."

After a few intercuts with the flashbacks we get to the really painful bit.

"He said that I could appoint you... to be an angel." His voice is so strained and high pitched even for him, here.

"Like the old times, only even NICER!"

The super nice old times where you couldn't be together at all, eh?

Crowley starts his confession and we get the "What the blazes is he doing?" face as he starts to realize Crowley is NOT picking up on any of this. Azi's breathing heavily here, revealing how very stressed the fuck out he is.

After this point is when things get really hard to interpret. Aziraphale sounds so genuine about "Come with me!" and "We can make a difference, I'll run it and you'll be my second in command." It feels like Crowley starting his very real confession broke through the charade of 'The Metatron knows something and we're in fucking danger'.

He blathers about Angels and Doing Good before breaking again, letting the "I need you!" slip. We get this HALF A SECOND look of the most profound sadness right before the "I don't think you understand what I'm offering you."

"You idiot. We could have been us."

Azi looks like he can't believe just how badly this went. This is right before he looks away.

OH NO NOW I'VE SEEN CROWLEY'S FACE RIGHT WHEN HE STARTS TO GO OVER FOR THE KISS AH MY FEELS

Azi is not hiding his emotions well, right before the grab:

Then of course we get the I Forgive You, which sounds like his most bitter one yet. A flash of anger and resentment, frustration, immediately followed by remorse and grief.

Having seen all that, my best guess now is:

Metatron made the (barely) veiled De Facto Partnership threats, implying he knows about the body swap and, implicitly, threatening Crowley with Holy Water, at least to some extent.

Aziraphale tries his damnedest to communicate to Crowley that Something is Fucking Wrong and they Have to Go to Heaven to Fix It.

Crowley, having been primed by the various chats with Nina and then the 2v1 chat with Nina and Maggie RIGHT before this, clearly timed by the Metatron, fully misses all of this and takes it all at face value.

Crowley starts to give his confession and Aziraphale realizes what he's trying to say, tries to adjust his Heaven Pitch to hinge on staying together as a team to fix things."

"You cannot leave this bookshop." "Nothing lasts forever." Azi has chosen the worst way to make another attempt at saying he has no choice but to leave the bookshop. I don't think this is about the Second Coming, given his reaction to the info later.

Everything deteriorates from there as Aziraphale tries again to imply something is Fucking Wrong by going back to the "Angels! Doing good!" shtick, but it's too late. It's always too late.

"I don't think you understand what I'm offering you." He doesn't but Azi is also communicating it very badly, likely because the Metatron is indeed watching.

Crowley thinks this is all real so he gives his No Nightingales line, etc etc. Aziraphale can tell there's no fixing this, gives up.

Crowley swoops in with The Kiss as a last ditch effort to get Azi to listen. Azi WAS listening, but cannot respond other than in anger and frustration that Crowley, in his view, refuses to listen to him again, has called him an idiot again. This happens multiple times throughout the show so there's history to fuel that assumption.

This is the precise outcome the Metatron was vying for, to split them up and emotionally/psychologically weaken them, to ensure there was no chance of a united front as there was for Armageddidn't.

My heart hurts, ow.