#wild that this is supposed to be a bad thing

[bokettochild]

Opera House AU Thoughts

In no random order, here's some random factoids and stuff for the AU

Wild lives in Flora's family's garage. He came to Crown City as a exchange student as a part of a program with his Hebra high-school, and they gave him the garage apartment so he 'won't be disturbed during his studies' (r: won't mess up their nice house or inconvenience them) He loves it, and Flora frequently sneaks over to spend time with him now.

Wild has a motorcycle that he uses to get around because cars are just inconvenient in Hebra, since the roads kinda just suck and are all super narrow, and most of the locals are Rito anyway, so roads aren't used much to begin with.

Paya and Impa are staff at Flora's folks' house. Impa is their housekeeper and Paya is her daughter

Hylia is the biggest stage actress of all time in the history of the city, kinda their Marylin Monroe or some such, and even though she's long since retired, Flora is her grand-daughter and thus being pressured by her parents to follow in Grandma's footsteps. She hates it

In a nod to the games, Twilight met Midna when they ended up in the same prison cell at the local Police Station. Midna was framed for something like fraud or some such relating to her company and Twilight was involved in a street fight (he was trying to protect Colin). Midna bailed them both out in exchange for Twilight helping her clear her name, and the rest is history

Lullaby is Hylia's daughter and thus Flora's aunt. They're not really that close, but it does mean that she unfortunately is present for, and aware of, a lot of the family drama. She tends to try to avoid it when she can though under the premise of being busy with work and/or Time needing something. He's her official scapegoat for most things, and he hates it.

Time can't drive. Well, legally anyway. Having only one eye (the other is a glass eye because he doesn't want an eye patch) means he has exactly zero depth perception and can't pass a licensing exam to save his literal life. He has to rely on either public transport or Malon for rides. Sometimes this means one of the crew ends up needing to help him get places and that's awkward for everyone (except Twilight, who likes the silent company)

Artemis and Phantom are sisters. They're distant cousins of Flora and Lullaby.

Twilight and Legend have a downstairs neighbor who is The Cat Lady. Her name is unknown, and they can't bring themselves to ask, but both boys visit her semi-regularily to help out with odd jobs and to pet the cats. None of the cats are supposed to be in the building, but none of the tenants ever tell the landlord that the 'strays' actually have a caretaker (two, actually, since Twilight basically does it part-time too now)

Shade and Wolfie are the Opera House 'mascots', or so Wind will claim. Shade is Time's service animal, though no one is sure if that's because of his partial blindness or some other reason. Wolfie is Wild's

Wild lost his family in a car accident when he was a kid that left him with some rather severe scarring. Teba and Saki adopted him afterwards. The accident gave him some brain damage that sort of left him without any memories but also means he has almost sort of seizures, hence why he has Wolfie now.

Wolfie is actually Shade's pup. Malon got Shade for Time, and through circumstances involving one of the ranch dogs, that led to a batch of puppies (much to Time's disappointment with his dog). Wolfie, by total chance, ended up getting adopted by Teba as a gift for Wild, and now they go visit Lon Lon sometimes to see Papa Shade (and Time, who might have gotten attached to the pup and it's boy)

Hyrule used to work at Malo-Mart (think hylian Walmart) and now detests going there for any reason at all. Will shit talk that place into the ground if given the chance, He has all the dirty secrets and no reason not to spill them.

Dusk had Legend and Fable prematurely, so both of them have some slight health issues. Legend's got a bad heart and both of them have shit immune systems.

Fable was actually raised in Labrynna, where her dad was working for Ambi, and that led to her being rather close with Ambi's son, Ralph, who now considers it his responsibility to act as a sort of older brother to her, as neither of them had any actual siblings and with Raven dead, Fable is his mother's ward.

Ambi is an ambassador to Hyrule and is currently living at the embassy in Crown City. Ralph and Fable live with her, and Fable is pursuing her dreams of being an actress, since her dad used to say her mom was one. It's total chance that she's at Crown Opera with Dusk and Legend

Legend created a Tik-Tok for Time that's just videos of the old man playing guitar. He's not very popular (not cuz he's bad, he just doesn't know how to make his stuff seen and doesn't care enough to want to bother), but there are plenty of people who comment that his style reminds them of old rock guitarist Major-A

Dusk and Midna are both really good at roller skating. It was big when they were in school and both girls learned how to do it and do it well. Dusk's parents might have had her in figure skating classes and she employs a lot of that skill when on wheels too

Time is also really good at skating for someone with only one eye, but he did grow up in the 80s so it's no huge shocker. Lullaby, in contrast, is very bad at it, and he likes rubbing it in her face because it's one of the only things he can do better than her and they both know it

The younger staff of the opera are all aware that, with the right incentives, they can bribe Legend into helping them with almost anything. He's not the best at stuff, but he does have the most skills ('Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than master of one' y'know? And yes, someone did give him a shirt with that on it). Usually, bribes involve sweets or caffiene, but sometimes the right shiny thing is all that it takes. Flora might call him their canary (because if he's singing than all is well in the opera) but Wild likes to joke he's a magpie too.

Ravio is the #1 supplier of Legend Bribes to the rest because he somehow always has the perfect shiny things.

Time and Malon have been married for over ten years but most of the opera has no idea because they still flirt and get flustered at each other like they're in the early stages of a crush.

Malon has a side gig (yes, on top of ranch work and being a vocal coach) and performs at small country bars and the like. She flirts with Time the entire time if he's there and acts like he's a total stranger she's trying to pick up and he plays into it every time. Twilight thinks they're unbearable.

Gully is one of Twilight and Legend's neighbors, and he goes to school with Aryll. They're close friends and often go to each other's places after school. If they go to Gully's, than they always stop to knock on the Sutherland's door and say hi to Twi and Ledge, and if it's Aryll's then Gully shares all the news from his building with Wind and Wars.

This does mean that Wars and Legend run into each other at pickup sometimes though, because if Gully's parents are too busy, they'll ask Legend to get their kid for them and he's really bad at saying no (not that he'd want to). There have been concerns from parents about the two of them being seen verbally smacking down outside the school, but it's just What They Do, because it's more fun to pick a fight over something random while they wait, and they're perfectly cordial when they part ways. (Legend secretly loves playing up the soccer mom role and Warriors matches his energy every time). This the closest to a Violet Incident this AU will have (I think)

Wind has been trying since he met Legend to figure out where he gets all the band merch he wears (it's Time. Time has the OGs from his days as a rocker and gets a kick out of giving merch to Twilight and Legend because they're the only ones who know about that part of his life, other than Lullaby and Malon, and they're sworn to secrecy about it). There have been bribe attempts. He's slowly losing is mind over it. Legend might be purposefully making it worse.

There's a chart kept on the wall at the opera, and which it is Flora's job to mind: "How Many Cups of Coffee Has Four Had" When it exceeds 4, all caffiene must be hidden. The nickname Four is, unfortunately, because anything MORE than 4 means chaos and a brand of insanity even the opera can't handle.

Sun and Sky have a small aviary by their house, and each have a pet macaw that lives there, as well as several smaller birds. They are every inch bird parents and can and will spend hours talking about it with anyone who will listen.

Midna runs a high-end fashion company and, while they were dating, managed to convince Twilight to model for her for a short while. Warriors' delights in bringing this up at every opportunity, and yes, he has clippings on hand to flash around. Twilight hates it and regrets it more than he regrets almost anything else in his life (he looked amazing, but he does not think so and he hates the fact that he can see his own face on billboards now).

Everyone in Ordon has seen the ads and also loves to bring them up, proud as could be, but they also know it's a sure way to make Twi turn red and get too flustered to speak. Ilia might really, really like seeing those ads too.

That's all I have for now, but this much has been rotting my brain (as well as copious amounts of former rockstar Time content) for ages now and I just needed to get it out.

Any questions regarding the Opera House AU are welcome! I'm happy to expand on all this or share my thoughts on other matters!

[fanfictionsweetheart]

Celebration

Pairing: Dominik Mysterio x Reader

Summary: Back at the hotel (Name) and Dominik have a private celebration of his championship win.

Trigger/Content Warning(s): smut, dirty talk, oral sex (female receiving), piv sex, unprotected sex

Word Count: 2523

A/N: I said I had a smutty follow up to Crazy and I wasn’t joking. Honestly I love this. I hope you all do as well. I also have one final part of this series that is just kinda cute and fluffy.

Previous Part(s):

Crazy

The hotel room in Vegas was nicer than any (Name) had ever been in before. She supposed it made sense since she was staying with a WWE superstar. Still she thought the way her life had gone was crazy.

And she wouldn’t change a thing. Standing in line for hours to get a selfie and program signed by the wrestler that she loved was worth it. Meeting Dominik was wild and he was even better looking in person.

But the way he smiled at her and slipped her his number when he signed the page with a wink.

She had been skeptical but texted him later. Which led to a text conversation then a phone call then a date for coffee the next morning.

That date had led to another and a semi-long distance relationship with the man who had just won the Intercontinental Championship. They’d been together for a little over a year now and she hadn’t regretted a second of it.

Dominik was in the shower after a long day while she was getting ready to show him just what she had under the t-shirt she’d modified into a tank dress. She slipped it off but left the cheap tights she wore on, she knew he liked to tear them off of her. She was wearing it. A lingerie set the same colors as the graphic on the shirt. Red and yellow. But with a black lace trim and overlay.

The tattoo of a rose on her hip peeking out from the band of her panties.

She fluffed her hair and touched up her red lipstick before getting into the bed and positioning herself against the pillows in a sensual pose.

The shower shut off and she heard Dominik pulling on the grey sweatpants he had brought in there with him. Not even thinking about the fact he wouldn’t need them for very long. She settled even more into position.

She wanted to tease him, call out and ask what was taking him so long. But she didn’t. She kept quiet. Pursing her lips to keep her giggles contained.

Dominik walked out using a hotel towel to finish drying his hair, grey sweat pants hanging low on his hips, without a shirt. God that sight was enough to make her swoon. He froze when he saw her on the bed, eyes devouring every inch of her body.

He let out a curse in Spanish at the sight.

Dominik held no shame that he liked that she was a bit heavier. Plush and plump in all the ways that made his mouth water. And the way she lay in this hotel bed, in lingerie she bought just for him, like a full course meal waiting for him to come feast.

He dropped the towel, a smirk spreading over his lips, “What’s all this hermosa?” He growled, “This all for me?”

“Only you, Papi,” (Name) purred.

Dominik crawled onto the bed to join her, trailing his fingers up her legs, even through the cheap tights and fishnets she wore he could feel the goosebumps his touch caused blooming. He couldn’t fight his grin that he always got such a reaction out of her.

His hand reached her hip and he gripped it tightly. Adjusting their bodies to straddle her legs pinning her below him. He licked his lips.

“Fuck baby,” he said in a husky whisper, “Knowing you were there tonight, seeing you cheering for me...almost made it hard to stay in character.” He teased, “Mmm, but you like Dirty Dom, don’t you, you like it when I’m a bad guy...dirty girl...it turns you on, huh?”

(Name) let out a whimper and nodded, gripping his strong biceps in her trembling hands. There was just something about him taking control that turned her brain to mush.

“Say it,” He growled, “Beg me for the attention.”

“Dom...please...I need you,” She whined, “Yes you turn me on when you’re in the ring like that...I want you to take control of me like that.”

Dominik’s grin could definitely be described as predatory as he looked over her. He quickly captured her lips and kissed her with a ferocity and passion that took her breath away. Her hands moved from his arms to dig into his hair and pull him closer, rolling her hips upwards as best she could to entice him more.

Dominik kept their lips locked then let his hands begin wandering her body. Groping and teasing her breasts and thighs. Toying with her nipples through the bra she wore. Swallowing every simpering moan or whine she let out.

He broke from her lips and began to trail his along her jaw towards her ear where he growled, “I’m going to ruin you tonight, mi vida.” Before taking her earlobe between his teeth to give it a tug.

(Name) shuddered. There was just something about him saying such filthy things all while calling her the sweetest pet names that caused her to melt for him.

Dominik began to kiss down her neck, taking the time to nip her soft spot before worrying a mark into her collarbone with his teeth. Drawing more whines from his lover. The heat building between (Name’s) thighs was intense. She gripped him close and arched her back. She could feel just how hard he was through the sweatpants he wore.

“Dom...baby...please Papi…” she moaned.

Dominik let out a low growl again, kissing further down her body. Pausing only to let her sit up enough for him to pull her bra off. Her tits were perfect to him and he loved to play with them. Both his hands and mouth knew their every inch and he relished in their access to them.

He groaned while sucking one of her nipples harshly, loving the way she squealed when his teeth teasingly drug over the sensitive bud.

She may have had it in her mind that tonight was going to be all about him and his pleasure, but she had forgotten that one of the things he drew the most pleasure from was pleasing her. Was getting her off.

He trailed one hand down her body to rub her through the unfortunate layers over her pussy. He growled in irritation making her giggle as he pulled away from her breasts.

Without a word or second thought Dominik grabbed the flimsy fishnets in his hands and ripped them open at the crotch. Before doing the same with the regular tights.

(Name) gasped out at the show of raw power. That did something for her that she would never be able to truly explain.

He didn’t even bother to pull her panties off before burying his face between her deliciously thick thighs. Flattening his tongue against the wet spot that resulted from how much he turned her on. He let out an almost feral groan at the taste of her already.

He licked her through her panties a few more times before he tore himself away just long enough to pull her panties down. Then he was back in his favorite place...between her thighs. His large hands held them open so his mouth could attack her sweet pussy.

He swiped his tongue up her a few times before flicking her clit with the tip of his tongue. He let out a growling groan when he felt her hands bury themselves into his still slightly damp black hair.

“Oh yes...Dom!” (Name) moaned.

He began to suckle her clit to drive her crazy. She cursed and bucked her hips a bit, making him pin them down more firmly.

He moved from her clit to bury his eager tongue inside of her. The sounds Dominik made when he ate her out always served to turn (Name) on even more. He enjoyed eating pussy, especially hers. He liked to say he didn’t need to breathe if it meant he could taste her sweetness.

For her part (Name) would moan and whimper his name. Curse and urge him on. Her fingers gripping his long hair tightly in a desperate attempt to ground herself.

His tongue caressed her until her thighs were shaking and she was crying his name while cumming. He worked her through it and when he pulled away she could see some of her juices clinging to his mustache making her giggle. Dominik chuckled and leaned in to capture her lips in a kiss which she eagerly returned, loving that she could taste herself on his lips.

She wanted to go down on him as well but he stopped her, “I need to be inside of you querida,” he breathed, ditching his sweats and underwear at the same time.

He knew she enjoyed giving head and normally he would never turn that down, but he knew that if he didn’t fuck her now he wouldn’t be able to last.

“Later,” She promised him before kissing him again.

Their mouths moved together for a moment before he broke their kiss just long enough to position himself between her legs, the tip of his hard dick at her entrance.

“Fuck me,” (Name) keened.

“Beg me,” Dominik growled with a smirk, his dark eyes locked on hers.

“Please fuck me, Papi,” (Name) breathed, her lips brushing against his.

That was all it took to break his resolve. Sometimes he likes to tease her more, but tonight he was just as desperate as she was. He pressed inside with a soft groan. He kissed her again, beginning to thrust. He wasn’t going to last long, he could tell already.

He gripped her hips and urged her to wrap her legs around him.

There wasn’t much time for dirty talk or anything more than moaning and gasps between passionate kisses.

(Name) had her arms wrapped around him, dragging her nails along his back as he fucked her.

“Dominik,” she moaned loudly when he hit her g spot.

He slipped one hand between their bodies to toy with her clit. He knew she was always more sensitive after one orgasm so he could easily bring her over the edge once more.

“That’s it baby, give me one more, you can do it...cum on my dick…” he grunted against her lips.

“Fuck…” she cursed and tightened her legs around his hips.

It didn’t take much more for her to cum hard. With a high pitched cry of his name she threw her head back in bliss.

Dominik followed her over the edge all too soon with a groan of her name before crashing his lips against hers.

He thrust a few more times, working them both through their orgasms. He pulled out and collapsed beside her. Pulling her to rest her head on his chest.

(Name) snuggles close, listening to the still rapid beating of his heart.

“I love you, (Name),” Dominik murmured, kissing the top of her head.

“I love you too, Dominik,” (Name) breathed, kissing his chest before snuggling closer, settling in for the night.

—

The next morning (Name) woke up before Dominik which was unusual. But he had worn himself out twice yesterday. She got up to snag a shower of her own before they started their day. Packing up to head home and then prepare for his next bout of traveling. Though this time she was going to be joining him. They had a few things to take care of with his bosses to set it up. But she should be able to head out with him by the time of his first match as Intercontinental Champion.

She was excited about all of the possibilities. She was nervous, she’d never travelled outside of the US, had barely traveled outside of her home state before moving to California for work. (Which she was forever thankful for since that move allowed her to attend that one WWE show and meet the man who had captured her heart)

When she got out of the shower she took a little extra time to blow dry her hair before pulling on some lounge pants and a t-shirt. She walked out of the bathroom to find Dominik sitting up in bed waiting for her.

She grinned and crawled back into his arms.

“Good morning handsome,” She murmured.

“Good morning gorgeous,” Dominik chuckled and hugged her close, “We don’t have to catch our flight home until around ten tonight, I requested a later flight so we could have a day in Vegas together.”

She smiled and nodded, pecking his cheek. She snuggled back into his hold and relaxed. They could get up for breakfast later. Right now she just wanted to enjoy this relaxing moment with him.

“I know you’re ready to start traveling with me, but there’s one other thing I wanted to talk about last night,” Dominik began, stroking her hair, working up the nerve, “But somebody wore me out.”

“Well, you can get those three back the next time you’re in the ring together,” she teased about the fatal four way match he had won his title in.

Dominik couldn’t help but laugh softly at her snark, even first thing in the morning she could be a smart ass. Truth be told, that was one of the things he loved most about her. Their attitudes meshed well.

“Anyway, as I was saying,” he pretended to be irritated, making her giggle, “You’re going to be spending at least this next year traveling with me…” he adjusted to where he could look at her resting her head on his chest, he could get lost in her eyes, he also made sure to slip his hand into the pocket of his sweatpants, when he realized she was showering he hurried to grab what he needed out of his duffel bag, “I was wondering if you would spend the rest of your life with me?”

He opened the ring box with one hand as her eyes widened. He sat them up so he could present her with the ring he had so carefully chosen. The Diamond was offset with a smaller stone on either side (her birthstone of course), on a simple golden band. He knew she wouldn’t want anything too flashy.

When the shock had finally washed over her (Name) nodded and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, holding him close, “Yes, yes, yes!” She exclaimed.

Dominik laughed, he was certain that was what she would say, but her momentary silence had made him a little nervous. He hugged her tightly before he made her let go just long enough for him to slip the ring onto her finger. She stared at it for a moment. The slight weight on her hand made her smile.

It felt perfect.

Like his ring was meant to sit on her finger.

He couldn’t help but smile at the look of wonder and love on her face. He cupped her cheek and pulled her into a kiss.

“I love you,” He murmured against her lips.

“I love you too,” She breathed deeply, kissing him deeply.

She couldn’t wait to see what life had in store for the two of them next.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

ik comic! charles did bad things but people (not everyone btw) being ableists towards him pmo

criticizing charles is fine and 1000% acceptable and it can be done without making stairs jokes like...... what are we doing here.....

[potatobugz]

i feel as if im going mad so im going to just put this out here. real quick. movieunleashers starters ramble.

i cant stop thinking about how mudkip broke down in that one scene in "Typomaniac," when Chespin called him mean. for a second he lets his mask slip a little bit and to me he just... acts his age. he starts crying and calls chespin mean back. maybe im just hyperfocusing on this one detail but mudkip is about 12 years old.

and that just makes me wonder what happened in this guys life that brought him to where he is now. and it makes it all the more tragic how his whole world revolves around chespin, but he is the one bringing him the most pain. and how young he was when he died.

there is a large theme of growing up in "Rare Candy." the characters ages are emphasized in that particular episode, and one of the main conflicts is fennekin wanting to evolve faster.

the thing about characters in these stories is that they're not allowed to just be kids, to have a childhood. so many bad things happen to them. like. mudkips whole, Everything. fennekin when she was famous in typomaniac, or dealing with her own insecurities/pressure from society about her relationship w chespin. and chespin always having to shoulder his friends problems & always somehow managing to stay positive despite everything.

why cant they just. play video games. eat ice cream or something. go to the movies

at the end of the day, i think both mudkip and fennekin are characters who grew up too fast. by distancing himself from them, chespin refused to follow in their footsteps and just wanted to stay a kid.

good for him.

[shadystranger]

"The fandom unnecessarily villainizes sam and dean for choosing each other over strangers when it's literally how humans work" great critic but I actually think the fandom (those interested in the brothers' relationship) are reacting to it how they're meant to: in a negative light.

To trace things back, yes, it's a given, kind of an innate human nature to respond in situations by prioritizing the people you know over ones you don't. That is true. On an individual basis, each person would do this, I would do this, and anyone'd be crazy to villainize this act on my and your part. But sam and dean do it, and it's painted in this hyperbolic moral degeneration light both by the narrative (we could argue) and by the fandom. Because see, sam and dean are a little different than you and me.

They're positioned in their world as tragic heroes who, given the nature of their job, are expectedly deprived of things the normal person could enjoy. They don't get to lead normal lives, they don't die by natural causes, and they must navigate through life bearing more than they must know with soul-crippling responsibilities. "We're the people who save the world," sam and dean don't spend much time before they assume the token role of saviors in their world. Along with that role comes even more imposed limitations.

They are more viscerally equipped and knowledgeable. They have access to things randoms could never dream of having (like death and god). The more you know, the worse you sleep and comes with the mere knowing is the obligation to do something about it. Someone ignorant to the whole ordeal simply doesn't have to answer to it.

Basically, they're soldiers. Imagine samdean reporting for duty, they preserve peace of the public and their blind following to decision moral rightness is taken for granted. It comes with the job. You don't get to make ill-advised progress in your self-interest as a person (sth random ppl can enjoy) when several lives are at stake.

At some point, sam and dean themselves are metaphoricaly acting Gods: people's survival or death depends on them. Sometimes, it's a city's worth of population. Other times, it's the entire world. Their right to free-decision making stops depending only on its virtuous intent and starts being consequential. They're elevated to adhere to higher standards and criteria than normal people are held to.

The rightness of their actions will not be determined among a set of feasible options but instead assessed by whether they chose the option with the best consequences. Or not. The main decision-making factor for "heroes" like them should be putting the general welfare at its fore interest. Not one individual's. Especially not if it's one individual's.

When dean and/or sam sacrifices someone stranger to save his brother, it's a subjective good call I can relate and see myself in it, but given their position within the universe it's irresponsible and far objectively wrong; especially if at the cost of saving his brother, several others suffered.

There are criteria for judging the actions of the pivotal role they uphold. From a subjective moralness standpoint, sam and dean are only humans, and they can be cut some slack or even not at all villainized for doing what their instinct demands. On the other hand, moral objectiveness influenced by the world-setting's structure deems the goodness or badness of how they behave based on the particular consequences of their given actions and whether said actions affected people in good or bad ways. If sam and dean did something that brought peace to the world on the whole and reduced suffering, it's good and logical, whereas if said action caused suffering and threatened peace, it's bad.

dean grudgingly accepting sam’s plan to overtake lucifer even though it meant losing his brother is the objectively morally good choice to make. He had to sacrifice his precious family, but he ultimately was rational and responsible enough to know his brother's life is not a fair trade-off to millions. both sam and dean here act in accordance with their positions within the story/world: they're heroes. But by S8 dean doesn't let sam make a similar sacrifice. He prioritizes sam's life over the many who'll be possessed and will either kill others or be killed themselves. sam releases a world-ending evil to save his brother, and later on, both take turns facilitating the guy who practically promises them an apocalypse to once again save each other.

"The good of any one person is no more important from the point of view of the universe than the good of any other." sam or dean's lives aren't more important than someone else's, this was a point so base sam felt the need to make because it needed to be addressed, their lack of changing anything about it is another matter. Thing is they're the world's designated saviors be it by choice or not, the narrative views them as the fact, they're expected to value the well-being of all individuals equally, regardless of their personal closeness. Imagine a firefighter postponing saving you because someone he knows is more important even when the situation for them is not as grave as you. It'd be unethical and worthy of condemnation because in this line of work, and in general when your job is saving people and work towards the greater good, you do it indiscriminately, you don't get to privilege the well-being of yourself or your family over the well-being of distant others.

sam and dean hold a rightful consequentialist commitment to their actions being as good as possible: the basis on which one outcome is better than another is only if it contains a greater sum total of people's betterment. No impartiality.

Yes, it's his brother, his only family, but it's still morally wrong to prioritize him (in their case). Let's use a patriotism allegory. Imagine a general of a losing army. He catches wind of the enemy's secret bases or is exposed to confidentials enough to turn the tide to his side. However, he finds out his family at home is being held hostage. The moment he reveals what he knows, they get killed. A man has to save his family it's the most basic human instinct, yes, but you'd think it's irredeemably wrong for him to prioritize his family in this case. You'd think he doesn't even have the right to choose when it's a choice between two insignificant people and the entire country being infiltrated and invaded, with the deaths of million soldiers and citizens. It's not even a choosing matter. sam and dean are the general in this scenario, and instead of the country being at stake, it's sometimes the entire population they're throwing to the fire for each other. Anyone'd think it's messed up. You're supposed to.

There is a good reason to save your family (brother) over a stranger (or two, or hundred or million); but labeling both actions as right would risk ignoring the important moral difference between the two. And we need to draw an account of what a hero is obliged to do in order to meet minimal moral standards. sam and dean's constant moral failure to meet such standard despite their role in their universe paints them as flawed, sometimes as the story's designated antichrist.

Their ceaseless prioritizing of themselves marks their moral debauchery and decline as heroes. they get away with not fulfilling their obligations that are thrust upon them by design, they're using a cheat code acting not how they're supposed to and that's the characters/narrarive's grip with them. I don't blame corbin for what he did, while It’s extremely wrong that he tried killing sam, it was a call for survival. Your savior normally doesn’t come with conditions. He was faced with an oddity from the typical rescue mission. And he did what he had to ensure the more number of people survives. We sympathize with sam and dean, so we criminalize corbin immediately and side with dean. We're swept by emotions and our judgment is clouded you could say but from a utility standpoint, dean's decision to stay with a dying sam would've lead to four people's death, or three and one heavily wounded meanwhile corbin's leads to three people's survival and the loss of one. With corbin, more lives are saved, with one unfortunate but necessary sacrifice. Morally and objectively, corbin was more right in choking sam than dean was in staying.

[nobodybetterlookatme]

Update 2: the germaphobia didn't win bc he sneezed so hard he cried kinda and I can't not hug the people I like when there's tears so that's where we're at now lmao I'm literally so fucked but at least I'm not doing anything the next week 😭 checked him over since caution has been thrown to the wind, dude for sure has the flu but I'm hoping I can dodge it bc I got vaccinated so fingers crossed there. Ran out of tissues, so he's resorted to napkins and his jacket which isn't nearly as hot irl as it is in fic, but this is what it's come to 😔 also he's gone through three more masks and I'm lowkey scared he's gonna run out of those too 😭😭

[love-songs-for-emma]

one time my grandpa pissed me off so badly as a kid and nobody cared/took it seriously so i just left. my ~6 year old self said "fuck this. im out !" and i went into a neighbors yard and hid in their garage (cuz the door was cracked open)

some time later (?? time perception who ??) i was found by said neighbor (who i did not know) going into their own garage. turns out eventually my mom panicked & called the police & a search party started. and would u believe i was literally just. embarrassed.

i was SOOO embarrassed and played dumb SOO hard that to this day, my family is like "haha crazy that ditsy little maria just wandered off like that!" meanwhile i remember SEETHING with rage

[unproduciblesmackdown]

maybe i already expressed specifically this amidst a thicket of tags but speaking of the Unexpected & Dynamic all throughout bsol's finale of a [hey all the characters are in the same place] beautiful stretch of vivacity, it's great that like. i mean one figures you're not gonna get [villain immediately kills hero] & you're right b/c that would be a surprise & slightly humorously so but too unrewarding in all other ways to be worth it as the end of a whole entire story & arcs here....but then the ways that banana has this like totally Self Imposed arc about wanting to be able to do whatever it takes to help the musician in return / in general, self imposed b/c the musician himself is like no you're good you're perfect my special little guy i will die without, & we're not exactly subject to any other characters' input like um btw banana you & your Failure to be as heroically bold & brave as to do whatever it takes, as the musician does, except when he feels he can't at some points including if he doesn't have banana with him on this journey, but not b/c he asks anything more of him but to be there with him on this journey....

that is to say, i say as i go "wait what was the specific thing i was gonna talk about in this specific post," that like it's a surprise banana might die of his own self imposed doing whatever it takes, but one of the Least surprising surprises perhaps, like ah yes the funny little guy devoted sidekick? what else would such a guy be For, even if the musician doesn't feel that way, see also: me taking 990 words to say it's fun how at the beginning we could think banana is misguided about the musician encouraging him with his heart words not his mouth words to dance, but then we would be proven wrong when the musician is like cough argh augh i Need banana & i will be encouraging him to dance with my heart And mouth words....but so that yeah even as it may be like Nooo & have stakes & suspense it could still be like ah well yeah that'd be what banana is for, alas, & That is the surprising & not "this was a total success for our heroes" downside to this finale. but it isn't, & banana getting miraculously saved himself as he nonmiraculously protects the musician b/c he wanted to do that himself too

just bringing all that back up to say i was thinking again about like "you wouldn't expect a private little moment following banana but you get one" and "and it's so earnest all throughout & with the more wrenching shift amidst the still perfectly [funny little guy] material & it Does make me cry" and then i was like :( and if he Had died i would have to cry about that too like nooo not banana for would-be dispensibility of the funny little devoted sidekick guy after it was like nooo banana :( (also held hostage in the evil marriage normativity larping but again also all the more "successfully" so b/c his guntoting spouse doesn't actually care about the mutual genuine affection you're also Supposed to have with this) & nooo banana :( (singing his beautiful sweet earnest prayer in this relatively brief song bookended with relative levity (relalelalevity) but still earnest b/c it's all earnest b/c where do you think we are) like yeah basically like i weep at that little moment with him Expressing the depth of his feeling about wanting to do this for the musician despite the musician being like huh wha of course i don't ask that it's nbd, if it paired with "& he does Resolve this by dying about it later" like noooooooooo. tambourine miracles (again thinking of a real tambourine with a disclaimer waiving liability for acts of god associated with? channeled through? that tambourine. sure)

wrapping up a post even less sure if i said anything novel or clearly enough what i wanted to say b/c i went on a journey like maybe it's about something else now, but i don't think so, i think it was just me like wah if banana died i'd be all the more like Oof Augh about his little solo packing its punch of perfect earnest real depth of feeling b/c Everyone's presumed to have that, and they do, and it shows, funny little nonprotagonists or no(s)

[eff-exor]

something smells like shit, and it ain’t me buddy

[vigilantejustice]

took myself out to see gladiator two a couple weeks back and (despite being being someone who routinely watches twilight) think my brain just leans a little too logic–driven for movies because tell me why i could physically not move past the sharks in the colosseum. the water had me thinking but the SHARKS? spent the entire rest of the movie wondering about the logistics of it all. how did they capture them? how did they transport them?

[alrightbuckaroo]

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[floral-hex]

MRI scheduled for next week to look for “abnormalities” in my brain

[snekdood]

not sure who needs to hear this but i do not see myself as above anyone, like, at all. if something I posted makes you think I think I am you're probably misreading it or my intentions. I dont feel the need to compare myself and make myself feel like i'm above people, i'm just not really that kind of person. in fact, people make a point of constantly trying to make me feel below them on here so dont worry, you don't gotta help em'.

[fagu1a]

i don’t think a lot of ppl know what good font pairings look like. or what good font design looks like. but also who cares

[pinkyhaert]

Person: what animal do you associate pinky with?

Everyone: Oh yeah pinky's a Cat :)

Me, on the floor:

IM A FOXXXXXX

[finleycannotdraw]

Oh I have read your opinion on Dettlaff and I agree. But I disagree on Syanna. Dettlaff is very unfairly treated by the creators. Game almost force us to kill him. Both main paths lead to killing vampire. Sparing him by not taking some ribbon is hard to achieve. Who knew how this ribbon works.Just look at the titles of endings. 'good' is when both sisters survives 'neutral' is when only one of the them dies, and 'bad' is with both sisters dead. What about Dettlaff. Creators treated him like connon fodder completely disregarding his character. Syanna is the real beast in this story. Only person out of mind would use a higher vampire who is like god compared to people. Syanna knew exactly how dangerous Dettlaff is and what he is capable of doing but she decided to use him anyway. This makes her even more idiot. Not to mention she is the reason Roderik of Dun tynn killed his own brother. she was responsible for bloodshed in Dun tynne.You cant blame gunpowder for exploding if you are the one playing with matches. But no she is poor and hurt because they threw her out from palace, its normal that in this situation you set beast on people. I let her die and felt no mercy. And I could never understand why according to Cdpr she is the one who should survive in this dlc. Moral of this story? You can commit the worst crime but if you have contacts you can get away with it. It's shame that Cdpr promotes such thing

Okay, I totally and completely respect your stance, and I agree with you on most points! Thank you for sharing. I appreciate you.

Dettlaff deserved better, there’s no two ways about it. He’s villainized for being blackmailed and manipulated, which I hate. Should he have killed people? No. There are a lot of factors that make this complicated, but the answer is no. But does he deserve to be killed? ALSO NO. I adore Dettlaff. The reason I started to like him was because Regis is so adamant that he’s a good person, and after reading the books and playing b&w I don’t trust anyone more than Regis. I feel like a lot of people are wary about Dettlaff because of how reckless/emotional he is, and because his main story dynamic is with Syanna, who is an abuse survivor and a young woman. His feelings were justified but his actions were inexcusable.

On the topic of Syanna now. I understand your reasoning for hating her and wishing her dead, but I just can’t agree that the ideal ending is for her to die. Was there an excuse or even a good reason for what she did? No. She crossed so many lines you could call her hatching practice. But. Does she deserve to be killed? I don’t think so either! In my opinion (this is just my opinion; you are not obligated to agree with me), she deserves consequences for her actions, but she also deserves to learn how her actions affected people, and she deserves closure, and being killed by Dettlaff is not a good or satisfying ending for her character. She wasn’t just thrown out of the palace, she was mistreated for her whole childhood and blamed for all of her family’s problems! That’s a lot of weight on a kid. She is acting out of a trauma response and likely has no grasp on what healthy coping looks like. Some of my friends have more sympathy for her because she’s a woman in a misogynistic, witch-hunting society, which I do understand, but it’s not enough for me to forgive her. Her feelings were justified but her actions were inexcusable.

Do you see the dilemma here?

I don’t think either of them deserve death. Dettlaff deserves to heal and remove himself from the horrible situation, and Syanna deserves the chance to be held accountable for what she’s done. Anna Henrietta is valid in her desire to see her sister heal as well, especially because she was one of the perpetrators of Syanna’s horrible upbringing. We also get to interact with Dettlaff and Syanna more personably than we do with Eredin or even Gaunter O’Dimm and Olgierd von Everec! Dettlaff comes to talk to Geralt and apologizes to him, as directly as he can in the present company, and we spend time with Syanna in the Land of a Thousand Fables. They’re both very flawed, human characters, and we get to see multiple sides of them, which is one of the things I love about their storyline.

But again. They’re coming from entirely different places here. Syanna was abused as a child and decided to get a higher vampire to fall in love with her, then staged her own kidnapping to manipulate him into killing people who’d wronged her in the past, even though they weren’t her original abusers and we know Dettlaff wouldn’t kill anyone if he had a choice in the matter. Dettlaff? Well, he killed five men. And then he apologized for it, and said that he was just doing what he was told in order to ensure his lover’s safety. Dettlaff did way less direct harm than Syanna, and was much quicker to take responsibility for it. As far as I remember, Syanna hasn’t apologized for anything she did. So basically, I don’t think she deserves to die, but you’re totally valid in thinking that she does.

However, I will say without a doubt that the ending I will ALWAYS go for is the one where Syanna dies and you let Dettlaff go. It’s the best one in my opinion, but I still don’t like it. Someone else has said before that the point is that none of the endings were actually “good,” but this felt different to me. I wouldn’t say that CDPR is promoting that message, but I do wish that you as the player had more agency in what happens, and I wish there was an ending that actually felt good to get.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about this! It’s one of the things I’m very passionate about in this game, and the reason I’ve started to write a fix-it fic.

If anyone disagrees with what I’ve said, feel free to say so! Just remember to be respectful. :)

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.