#where she’s in the back of that van

[leverage-ot3]

the most ruthless we’ve ever seen eliot in canon is when those he loves are in danger and the thought of it makes me need to sit down

[arthursfuckinghat]

You know, I don't think I'll ever get used to Dutch's constant two-faced behaviour.

One minute you're coming back to camp and then getting an earful from Dutch about not bringing in enough money, then the next minute he'll greet you and say how he missed you and asks what you've been up to as soon as you walk into camp.

On a bad day, you're the person who's going to betray Dutch in the end. Then on a good day, you're his favourite son who's always been special to him.

The camp gives Arthur grief for his 'moods' but the others didn't seem to comment on Dutch's camp behaviour in the same way, even in the early chapters.

[chirpsythismorning]

El being *12 hours earlier* than the Cali timeline when she arrives at Nina. Will saying ‘it’s been 9 hrs’ in the scene following his monologue in the van.

We know that at some point their timelines merged when they arrived to save her…

But we don’t know when exactly those alignments took place when they were still apart… which just makes you wonder…

[mercuryferns]

So, my Czech friend was telling me something really interesting about Kaz’s name. Apparently in Czech, “kaz” means a flaw, a defect, if you make an adjective of it, it means "rotten". As he said, it suits the “dirtyhands” persona perfectly.

However, this also made me reflect on the more “Dutch inspired” names of the book, and specifically Wylan van Eck. I speak Afrikaans (a Dutch creole). Dutch people can sound off in the comments if it’s different for them, but these languages are obviously mutually intelligible so I’m going to assume what applies to us applies to Dutch too.

Wylan’s name was an issue for me for a huge reason: It’s spelling is aggressively American English, while the character himself is tentatively “Dutch-coded”:

1.) “W” doesn’t exist as a sound in Afrikaans. The letter represents a “v” sound.

2.) “Y” also doesn’t really exist in the same way as it does in English. In English it seemingly means whatever you want it to be in the given moment. But in Afrikaans, it’s “ay”. As in the word “ray”.

3.) “a” never means “ih”. Depending on accent it’s usually either “ah” or “uh”.

This may seem inconsequential, but let me tell you my surprise when my partner told me that his name is actually “WHY-lin”. WHATTTT??? I’ve been saying “VAY-lahn” this whole time????

(Not to mention his surname also means “of me”, which is clever, but to be honest it reads a bit stupidly to someone who speaks the language being imitated. She succeeded in other ways though!)

[sco07ut]

“i am a hideousness”

[ethereal-maia]

Marya Hendriks from the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

[thesorrowoflizards]

SORRY this is so fucking funny. van is like oh, my crush likes another guy. that really fucking sucks because i kinda thought she liked me? god. and then she invites him over and tackles him onto her couch.

[beezonia]

Hi all the btcsm lovers

take some rambling

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so I was watching this (one of my favourite pro dances actually)

and my brain instantly thought of royal trio

But it’s Akira in the villains place and akesumi (probably platonic in this case) as the couple

So I’d say it’s closer to when their nearly defeating maruki and so he’s resorted to desperate measures and cursed akira to attack/lead them astray from the fae kingdom

hence we get this sort of song and dance between the three of them with goro being more stubborn and not willing to loos control of himself

whilst sumire is still recovering from Maruki’s brainwashing so she’s in a fragile position and is more likely to want to follow akira

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So I’d say it’s a bit of time since they meet ann at the whispering willows and now the two of them are in the wandering woods

Woods known to change, they confuse those who come in and make sure they never manage to get out

So when they see Akira (who I’d say split from them a few days earlier to search for other ways to the fae kingdom) let’s just say akesumi are extremely worried but also happy

But then he begins to do the song and dance trying to manipulate them into staying so goro has to drag sumire away before it’s too late.

I drew some sort of dres for akesumi, ribbons galore because yes yes I like the implication that the ribbons now have much more meaning to the both of them instead of just sumire!!!

Sumire’s dress would be pure white much like in the video, more lace but also a bit of ripped silk

Goro’s would be more dark blues, grey with silk

So sort of the “running through the woods for fun frolicking” look

but it soon turns into a nightmare when cursed akira appears

I’d say his outfit is more black and red, velvet (definitely leaning towards arsené)

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read notes for more thoughts!

[brw]

Janet Van Dyne to me is definitely one of the easier to read Stan Lee Women™, probably because unlike Sue and Jean, she hasn't gotten a massive power boost in recent years, so all the Leeisms don't come off as obnoxious. Certainly for me, it's difficult to read Stan Lee Jean (other than the fact that LeeKirby X-Men is definitely bottom of the barrel of those two's collaborations), while knowing how much more powerful she gets after that era, but Janet who never really becomes a powerhouse and always retains (or should retain) a certain amount of ✨ whimsy ✨ feels a lot less... well, bluntly, a downgrade from what's coming next. Maybe other Janet fans feel differently–I certainly wouldn't only suggest Tales to Astonish Jan as an avenue to get into her, and it's still viscerally 60s in a lot of ways–but I think she does age marginally better compared to Sue and Jean, not because she hasn't changed in any way or that that characterisation wasn't holding her back, because it was, but it also still feels very in keeping with the woman and the character Janet is now, while other characters like Jean and Sersi are basically different people. It's interesting to me, but I'm aware that it's equally a very subjective opinion influenced by my love of original Tales to Astonish too.

[fangirl530]

It's nearly one AM and I just had my own little Dracula adventure. A bat got in the house somehow and spent forty five minutes flying around and refusing to leave. Thankfully, the neighbor's got thick gloves so we trapped him and she managed to grab him and carry him out of the house. Moral of the story: Dracula could have been dealt with a lot sooner if Mina got some thick gloves and forcibly removed Dracula from the premises /j

[t4tstarvingdog]

had the craziest nightmare today. hit every nightmare genre and added a new one just for me

[lulubeanie]

Also unrelated to my birthday, I am having thoughts for my psychonauts future (teens) au again

[see-arcane]

Mina's incredible (and underrated) detective prowess would be very useful I bet. Put her on the helm Integra, Van Helsing praised her brains as being above everyone's including himself for a reason.

I honestly can't guess what the chemistry between Integra and Mina would be. Integra doesn't really click with me as a classically heroic character, for all that she does focus on saving humanity from the undead via Alucard and her forces, being the Boss Lady etc etc. She's miles away from being as insidious as an Amanda Waller, but...

The hotel. The fucking hotel will never leave me.

Yes, the order went directly against 'soldiers of the enemy,' but those soldiers had been lied to about who and what they were charging into. Which was obvious even without being a fly on the wall to know their higher-ups had fed them some BS to march them into death and win their own power grab from Millennium. She didn't tell Alucard to 'make it quick' or even just to 'neutralize.' She told him to search and destroy. Folding to Alucard's egging and negging to seem like a Worthy War Commander in the grand scheme~ of the plot

She's not heartless, exactly, but she is arctic and surprisingly quick to breeze past the loss of lives that aren't under her direct care/command. While she might respect Mina's abilities and investigative skills--I wouldn't be surprised if Mina could intuit Millennium's endgame well before the climax could happen--Integra inherited none of her ancestor's warm regard, supposing Abraham van Hel(l)sing had any of the original's tenderness in him (50/50 considering this takes place in aggro horror territory). We can't even say if this universe's Mina played any big role in cornering Dracula; she might just have been a targeted damsel.

All that said, I think Integra would see Mina as another time-displaced bleeding heart with a few useful skills, same as Jonathan. Someone to be an ally at best, a liability at worst. So I don't see her handing over any reins or offering to be co-girlbosses any time soon :c

[chirpsythismorning]

🎨 🖼️ 🌈 🩹 🧍🏽💡 🔮⚡️☄️

You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

[potatoes-tomatoes]

apologies if this is out of left field at all but do you have any thoughts or headcanons about lucy and schroeder? 😭 they’ve been on my mind sm lately

omg I’m so sorry nonny ;A; this is so late

Charlie Brown listens to Schroeder’s complaints about Lucy barging in, and asks why he doesn’t lock the front door. It’s the surest way to keep her out. Schroder half-heartedly shrugs, admitting it’s crossed his mind before, and says nothing else. That’s all the answer Charlie Brown needs, really.

Lucy doesn’t always lean against the piano– whenever Schroeder’s practicing instead of performing, (never. NEVER. interrupt a musician while they’re practicing) Lucy takes the opportunity to practice playing house, and she’s damn good at it. She can never seem to make a good cup of coffee though…

Schroeder never shuts down Lucy’s nuptial hypotheticals. Lucy’s got an active imagination, and. well, they're kids, so she comes up with funny problems. and Schroeder likes a good brain puzzle, so he’ll slow down on his playing to really think on a good solution.

Lucy’s not a big fan of Beethoven, or any classical music really, but she’s very fond of Sonata no. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathetique”: II. She walks in some days asking for Schroeoder to “play that lovely Pathetic song”

Lucy finds out that Beethoven was hopelessly in love, and rubs it in Schorder’s face that if he truly wants to follow in the footsteps of his idol, he needs to find a gal to pine after.

Schroeder’s the Piano Guy at gatherings and parties, unfortunately. He likes sneaking in sonatas every other pop song or so, and everyone around him groans. Then, quickly shut up. Because Lucy is death glaring every person in the room. No one dares telling Schroeder to skip his song. If Schroeder wants to play his boring ass sonatas he will play them, thus sayeth the fussbudget.

Schroeder will never. ever. EVER. admit it but… he secretly likes being doted on. Lucy gives him undivided attention and listens to his lengthy talks about music (though she’s always making faces at whatever he’s saying) and Schroeder’s never had a captive audience quite like her before. She’s an audience that responds (see: nags), and the reciprocity inspires his playing.

Lucy believes in Schroeder more than anything. She assuages Schroeder’s anxiety when he has to face a new piece, or worse, when he’s been stuck on a section of a piece for a longer period than he’d like. All she has to do is smile as he plays. He knows that face is genuine, and suddenly he finds he’s unclenched his jaw long ago. Hey, that section suddenly isn’t so hard….

Because of Schroder’s position in the sidelines, he’s able to see when Lucy’s at the cusp of spiraling, doing that Thing where she spreads herself thin for everyone and gets angry, insisting things be done her way. He knows when to step in and remind her that in order to take care of others, she has to take care of herself.

umm as for my thoughts, the only cohesive one I have rn is that I think they were absolutely adorable in "It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown"!! All Lucy has to do is call for Schroeder and he comes a-runnin, ready to play. I have no idea I needed that for their dynamic. Oh! and Schroeder being the one to point out what Lucy's afraid of in "Lucy's School"? His straight to the point delivery, acting as the final nail in the coffin? It's rly important that it was HIM who delivered that line to me for obvi reasons. Just. Yes. yesssss I'm so happy how Wildbrain is handling these two, so delicious.

[peachykneesjellybees]

the way some of y’all talk about taissa (in relation to van & in general) (when she’s not being ignored) is concerning to say the very least