#who am i to judge but i am judging

[gorgonfreakman]

one of my favorite scorpy momence of all time (past and future)

[inkskinned]

he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.

except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?

at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.

except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.

about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.

he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.

[gunsatthaphan]

mr. thanawat, I can't help you anymore 😔

[resvarie]

herta THEE emanator

[feeltheillinois]

adam parrish + the potential for villainy

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[rainismdata]

[bread-wizards]

I actually think Dorian and Orym should fight more.

Remember when their slowly building tension over and entire episode (full of passive aggressive remarks and blame throwing) led to threats? And how after, Orym thanked Dorian for handing over the crown sadly because he knew Dorian would be mad at him? And Dorian couldn't even look at him because he was legitimately hurt, thinking Orym was disappointed in him for doing what he thought was right? That was peak.

The fact they went from that to their current closeness and trust is the best part of their entire dynamic. Their relationship was hard fought and still will be. They will fight for it because they respect and care for one another deeply, and their disagreements don't change that, only improve it.

[xray-vex]

👀😑🚬💅😩😬🙄

[bananakeiky]

Your fave is problematic: middle school Wriothesley

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[sulkybender]

The newspapers start printing salacious and baseless stories about the Fire Lord dating Councilman Sokka, and in his increasingly frantic attempts to prove this isn’t true Sokka ends up getting into increasingly compromising situations with Zuko until finally he shouts, “I’ll prove it to you!” in front of a massive audience and kisses Zuko to show it means nothing.

Except whoopsies, it means everything, and they look at each other a little staggered, Zuko touching his mouth.

And now the papers have a picture for their front-page story.

[keferon]

im curious on ur opinions of armada starscream? or just starscream ever getting a "redemption" in general

I haven't watched Armada yet, but I absolutely love Starscream's redemption arc in idw.

The moment when Starscream goes out in public and loudly and honestly and clearly lists everything he's done and every crime he's guilty of? Oof that was strong and that was awesome.

And everything leading up to that? His gradual realization that he's his own biggest problem? And that in order to make things better around him, he has to change himself first? The way he tries to do the right thing with his old "evil" methods and gradually comes to the realization that you can't build a new house out of old moldy bricks? It's beautiful. I'm a big fan.

Starscream from Earth Spark, however...well...even if we pretend season two and three don't exist, I think his arc is still terribly underdeveloped. Is Starscream doing something good a new behavior for him or has he always been like this? I don't know, the show hasn't given me any basis for comparison. I don't know if he's gotten better, because I've never seen him be worse in the first place.

Something like that.

Little side note, If I could magically remake Earthspark I would make it about Dot, her husband and Twitch doing adventures with the Autobots and Decepticons. Cut out all other Terrans and Maltos. Give their screen time to Screamer and Megs and Tarantulas and Idk. Croft? Croft was so underdeveloped I kept forgetting she was even there.

Another side note. It was some time since I watched tfes and read Idw. I may be remembering some things a bit wrong

[arcanegifs]

Feels so surreal that Arcane S2 is like five days away

[funkytrashcan]

Epiphanies about what I like in my media

little guys facing the Horrors

little guys becoming the Horrors

incomprehensible/incomplete/vague lore (that i try to comprehend and interpret anyway, for the laughs)

see also: "is this a bug or feature"

cool tech

sad old isolated women learning how to move on from past traumas

world is absolutely fucked but we find beauty and hope in it anyways

random god(s)

finding meaning in our messy lives, making friends along the way

[myspacelegend]

[heart-of-the-morningstar]

Don’t let this picture fool you, I also want him in a way that’s concerning to feminism :)

[curetapwater]

The fact that Shadow could've just handed the fake Emerald to Sonic and been on his way. Ohhhhh but the EXCITEMENT with which Sonic looks at him when that portal opens up... how can Shadow say no to that face. How can Shadow say no to an opportunity to blow off steam with the one person who's so consistently able to distract him from his one-track minded goals. There isn't a hint of malice in their whole interaction. They're having FUN. This is their version of having FUN, testing themselves as much as each other. Even Maria, who can read Shadow like a book, sees them from a distance and immediately clocks this battle as a friendly interaction.

"They clearly hate each other, why do they fight whenever they meet" they're a couple of weirdos who found one other person who can match them (who doesn't want to kill them [unlike Metal] and who they can see on a semi-regular basis [unlike Blaze]) and they enjoy not having to worry about hurting each other, not holding back.

And ohhhh if it weren't morning and I didn't have things to do, I could go on about the facial expressions Shadow has as he contemplates using his Doom Powers, but chooses not to. We see later how these powers are affecting his emotional regulation. But he lets the anger subside, realizes using them on Sonic is too far. It's cheap, it's dirty. He respects Sonic too much to do that to him. The way he looks aside for a moment, his shame at the thought crossing his mind throwing him off just long enough for Sonic to get the upper hand on him.

FUUUUUUUCK.

Can you tell I rewatched this at 0.25 speed last night-