#we can still shit on though ...

[teaboot]

Sometimes at work it's not my place to tell people the things I want to say, and I find I often go home at the end of the rougher days to stand blankly in my shower and tell myself over and over what I wish I could pass on.

This accomplishes very little, and mostly just gives me a tension headache, but through it all I think I've narrowed myself down to a few solid things I'd like to tell people the most.

You can't change people. Not permanently, not for anythig. You can support them, encourage them, love them, give them tools and opportunities and resources, but you can't make them change. They can change themselves if they want to, but they have to want to, and they have to want it for themselves, because they're the only one that's certain to be with them forever.

For better or worse, you make your own choices, and blaming bad choices on others doesn't only work to absolve you of responsibility- it also robs you of control. Because if you say you only did something because I did something, then you arent only shifting blame- you're admitting that you cannot control yourself, that you cannot truly make choices for yourself, that other people can control you- and as long as you truly beleive that, you'll keep facing the same problems over and over. You'll keep letting others dictate your choices, because you'll beleive that they can, and you'll never be free.

White knights on horseback are from fairytales. Nobody can help you if ou're not willing to help yourself. To try, to put the dirty work in, to belive you're worth that effort- Act as though nobody is coming to save you. From a struggle, from pain, from bad relationships, from yourself. And when you do save yourself, because you will, because failure here isn't an option if you want to survive, you'll never find another dragon that can keep you prisoner.

Don't say anything to anyone that you wouldn't want them remembering forever.

Doing the right thing in bad circumstances is hard. It's the hardest thing. But if you make the choice to do that hard thing anyways, despite your fear, you'll go on the rest of your like knowing that you're the sort of person who did something.

The present only seems the hardest because the past I over and the future hasn't happened.

There's so much joy ahead of you, the kind you can't possibly understand until you see it yourself.

The responsibility of consequences is often disguised as the power of permission. "I won't do this if you help me", "I'll work on my anger if you do this for me", "I promised you I'd quit, but can I have just one?". The unspoken question is, "Can it be your fault if this goes badly?"

You cant make someone love you the way you need to be loved. Someone can love you very much and still be bad for you, even if you love them very much in return. Two people can love each other very, very much, and try their very best, and still be wrong for each other.

Sometimes being near to someone changes you, even in good ways, and the people you become don't fit together as well as the people you were.

Caring takes work. Even if it's real. Especially if it's real. And the most important gestures aren't the grand, poetic, songs-and-flowers-and-tears moments; they're getting out of bed even though you don't want to. Paying attention to things you don't enjoy. Scrubbing pans, or opening a window, saying "thank-you", or helping carry groceries into the house. The small things fill the big things- without the small, boring, mediocre things, big things feel hollow.

Thrre is honour and dignity in humble work.

If you are a cruel and spiteful person, then you will find every place you visit to be full of the same cruel, spiteful people. This is not because the world is as cruel as you, but because everywhere you are, you will be disliked. This is the curse that comes with being persistently cruel and spiteful.

If you are a kind and ppsitive person, you will repeatedly encounter kind and positive people, because as they grow familiar with you, they will be happier to have you near. This is the reward of being a kind and positive person.

When splitting paths with loved ones, briefly or forever, aim for your last words to always be "I love you".

[moonlightcycle571]

Wouldn’t it be funny if Billy could only give powers to one person at a time, so the Vasquez kids take turns being Captain Marvel Junior (as they still look like kids) and they make everyone thinks it’s one shape shifting child.

Reporter: Captain Marvel, who is this new protoge worth you?

Marvel: you’ve met Junior though?

Mary, who wanted to take over: yeah we talked last week.

Reporter: ah what

At first it’s just Mary and Freddy (mostly Freddy cause he’s really into being a superhero) so everyone thinks Captain Marvel Junior is a shape shifting gender fluid kid and Marvel is a supportive dad.

But then the other Vasquez’s join in the fun

Reporter: Captain, new protoge?

Eugene, in it for shots and giggles: Claire, it’s me, Junior

Reporter: … you’re Asian now?

Eugene: woooooowww

Marvel: that’s low even for you

Reportee: but I-

Eugene: Both Captain and I have lived lives of many genders, colours and have been in many cultures. And yet you shame me for feeling nostalgic and reverting to an ancient form of mine.

Reporter: I- w h a t

It’s sparks a lot of debate of cultural appropriation for shapeshifters in general, with a lot of people invoking Martian Manhunter, fae and other shapeshifters. So naturally Pedro steps up

Captain Marvel and Junior both volunteering at a homeless shelter.

Reporter: … junior?

Pedro: yes?

Reporter: what are you doing

Pedro, making an ancient Mexican recipe he got from the Library in the Rock: making a dish I learned a couple of centuries ago from my then family.

Reporter, really doesn’t want to get cancelled: ok

Naturally this takes a lot of coordination, and a lot of people test them by giving info to one kid, and different info to the other. Solomon sees right through them cause the divine group chat is connected to Billy and the chosen Junior. Things were starting to chill for a bit. Then Darla joined in.

Darla, visibly younger than the other forms: Hi :D

Reporter: why do you keep getting younger and younger???

Darla: :3

At this point the reporter is so done. Are you a child with a lightning emblem on you? You are Captain Marvel Junior. And it seems to work most of the time.

Billy: *gets deaged as Cap*

Reporter: oh junior! New form? This one looks closer to Cap!

Billy: I’m not Junior???

Reporter: *bluescreens*

Bonus:

In a Justice League Meeting

Flash: So is Junior like a mantle? If so why is it only one kid at a time?

Hal: yeah, what do the others do when you take one at a time?

Billy, an absolute troll at heart: what do you mean, it’s the one kid?

Superman: what???

Billy: yeah so Junior hasn’t settled into which form they like the best and switch it up. I think they like it better that way.

Martian Manhunter, troll n2: *nods along* finding ones main form is an important part of self discovery. On Mars, many like to alternate between forms as they could not be tied down to one.

JL: ah

Bonus 2:

Batman: *slowly puts away the ‘Not An Adoption Problem’ Support Group invite*

Bonus 3:

Dudley: please please please please

Billy, fed up: WHY

Dudley: it’ll be so funny.

Billy: you know what, fine!

Later Dudley is given some powers but decides to only let the Reporter see him.

Reporter: … Junior????

Dudley: no one will ever believe you *flies off*

[tomialtooth]

Adler is a dog guy because he loves the obidence, affection and deference dogs show their masters regardless of how they are treated. A dogs owner is their entire world, they are reliant on them for everything and this is probably appealing for Adler and his need for control. Having a dog strokes his ego both because a dog is obedient and affectionate to it's master, which Adler thinks he is owed and because it affirms his sense of American masculinity. Adler would be one of those dog people that hate cats because you have to respect a cat's boundaries in order for it to love you and you can't control them like you can dogs. Adler likes Bell for the same reason he likes dogs.

[minor-dot-inconvenience]

pov me when someone calls Eurylochus a hypocrite for getting mad at Odysseus sacrificing 6 men so now i lowkey have to kill them

(i yap in the hashtags)

[momo-shut-the-fuck-up]

Can u imagine? In infinity nikki, we re probanly gonna get animated cutscenes, in 3d, of the fucked up things that happen in nikki games. War and destruction are a core part of the lore of nikkiverse, so seeing nothing of the sort would be odd...... also the contrast between cutesy dress up visuals and a child dying in front of nikki would be amazing to see lol

[princessofghosts-posts]

One the things that got me during HoO,from SoN to HoH is the fact that Frank Zhang can literally command skeletons of people fallen into battles. When I found out about it I was extremely confused because I couldn't remember if it was a thing,or it was something new introduced to us. And apparently that was something already introduced in the first serie,since Clarisse in SoM had a battleship with an undead crew that she could command. I think it was a gift from Ares,like Frank's new spear was a gift from Mars.

But it was so strange when I read it,because at the time I really never thought much of that scene,and when they went to the museum to talk with the ghosts (it was off-screen and the only thing we know is that Frank couldn't comunicate with them) I was like:"Wdym Frank can use Nico's power??? He is not related to the Underworld. How is that even possible? Where is the logic at?"

But right now I think it's hilarious because Hazel got together with the only guy in the world that could command skeletons,outside of chthonic dieties children. And she is a child of the Underworld. Hazel and Nico really do attract death and are attracted by it.

And I remember that in HoH,while Nico's used the scepter to summon the undead,it was Frank to give them orders because they weren't listening to Nico since he was greek. And while I have a contrast feeling about this,it's actually pretty good for his character development and leadership skills.

At the same time there is irony here. Frank knew he could summon to skeletons/talk to ghosts but still was unsettled by Nico,and they all know what his main powers could do. The same thing that Frank's technically could but he never learned how (untill Nico provided him with a platform to help him in it),Nico can too without a problem. But nope,let's be scared of the son of Hades when you can do the same things,and had a skeleton fight for you not even a month ago.

I don't think people realized that the Ares Cabin can technically do this too (the IRONY is coming back at full force here,hoping for Nico to never find out about this because I knew he won't take it well) since it's only mentioned in one line. That's fair. But Frank's power of commanding the dead is pretty much in the background: it's talked a bit in SoN when Mars give him a new weapon and he summon a skeleton with it; it's talked about when they went to that museum to see if Frank could comunicate with the ghosts there in MoA (but those are like,4 lines); and HoH when he commanded the dead in the Temple with Nico's help,but that was mostly about his leadership skills and how Jason didn't felt roman anymore (Rick fucked up with this).

That's it. And I think is a waste because,since he can't controll it,Nico would the the best teacher to have for Frank. He is already helping Hazel with her powers,he can do the same for him. Especially because that part of Frank's powers is the same as his powers,since he does better in the death sphere of his father's domain (not Rick putting a patch on what happened in BotL,when Nico used the earth at this liking,and then never did anything with it again). Wasted opportunity to make Frank grow up from the stereotypes of children of the Underworld,and Hazel to step up and actually acknowledge their sibling bond instead of the "I know he is creepy and all but can you still be nice to him?" conversation.

Riordan gave the children of Ares and Mars a leverage they technically should never have,because even if those are fallen soldier,they are still dead. They can respond only if summoned or if someone can talk to them. And while the battleship and the crew were a gift from Ares for Clarisse,Frank had Nico to help him fight at the end of HoH. And then that same leverage got forgotten or unused.

And while I'm glad because it was way out of their parentage,I don't like how Riordan is comfortable to adding whatever power he want,to someone,and then taking it away,without writing about it. Why doing this??? Don't give it if you won't write much about it. It's just a waste of potential.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

the charles statue made me easily overlook that the design the magneto statue has is different from our current rivals magneto

[friszil]

i'm not much of a doorkeay shipper but every time i think about "anybody else" by dom fera as michael distortion and gerry my brain stops workingi'm like ndksodmrnwpalsnfne oh ogdo oh my ogooooood oh god oh ood please no

[bittsandpieces]

the soju I got sucks ass 😭 I realize now that I'm reading the label more in depth that its not even fucking rice based.... it's some bullshit sugar cane spirit so it tastes like im straight up drinking vodka

[peliginspeaks]

Yeah I'm not done Veilsposting actually. Woops. Anyways, the longer I think about it, the more its bounty has a very clear class implication that goes along with Veils' desire to not so much have a rival, as have a victim who draws out the killing. 4 billion Echoes. Think about who would go for that. A bounty like that, a share big enough to fund your life many times over and ridiculous enough to be a warning in itself, is going to pull out the overconfident, the overly curious, and the desperate. The type of people baited into hunting Veils would end up being: 1. Rich hunters armed to the teeth looking for glory, 2. The odd curious Neathy newcomer who's about to get way in over their head, and 3. Anyone too desperate to turn down a chance at the money, even if they know the chance is low if anything.

The first kind it could be flashy about dismantling, and prideful in its ability to overcome a well-funded arsenal. The last two kinds of people will be afraid. Openly, miserably, viscerally afraid. It enjoys that. There's a reason it takes its good sweet time actually showing up to try and kill the PC in the late stages of BaL, even though it can travel through Parabola and definitely has the resources to just have them assassinated at a distance if it really came down to it. It wanted desperate people to come to it, and it wanted them to jump through the ridiculous side-quest hoops the Scarred Naturalist set out, and it wanted them to show up and be afraid, for its own entertainment. For a chance at prize money they never had a shot at getting.

What I'm saying is modern-day Veils would fund those humiliating game shows.

[dazais-guardian-angel]

Well, at least Fukuzawa got his wish granted, I guess.... he's finally inside Fukuchi <3

[solivagantingrebel]

The commenting situation in this fandom is really fucking atrocious, huh.

[every-sanji]

[kaiowut99]

GX Finalized-Subs!124 (WIP): "I Fusion-Summon... the Three Masked Knights..."

(Bonus 🙂)

[dany36]

actually i need this very important exchange with teersa and very important hug on my blog now in remastered form