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listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded mfer happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.
#seeing some discourse and im not saying lucy grey didnt know#im saying she never dropped the kind of hints that she knew like she did in the movie#or if she did snow isnt worried about them until he very suddenly is consumed by them#snow is not concerned about whether or not she believed him. of course she did! hes snow!#but then shes gone…. for a while……#and its the sudden immediate drastic unravelling that comes across so clearly in the book#that i knew wouldn’t translate to screen yet still cant help but miss#the hunger games#coriolanus snow#tbosas#lucy gray baird#not a crime or anything just a note that i cannot stop thinking about#the ballad of songbirds and snakes#this is all from memory of reading it quite a while ago. so maybe 3 pages is an exaggeration#but i remember it happening VERY quickly and without much external cause#like we as the reader have no indication as to whether shes nearby or not.#snow has no idea either. he just SUSPECTS. and his suspicion breeds the hatred that has been bubbling inside him all this time#he hates how she undoes him. he hates that he WOULD run away with her if shed let him keep his secrets#and he HATES more than anything that she makes him WANT to tell his secrets#he wants to be vulnerable and reveal the ugly nasty parts about himself and still be loved#but he does not let himself and it is everyone’s downfall#he chooses cruelty bc it is easy and familiar and makes him feel more powerful than the vulnerable give and take that real love requires
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a fantastic commission from @themetalhiro of my Dungeons & Devil Fruits 5e Sniper Marksman, Vinsmoke “Starfall Gunner” Beretta!
it was an absolute treat to work with you, looking forward to the next opportunity to do so!
#one piece oc#dungeons and devil fruits#themetalhiro#other people's art#let it be known that this campaign is EXTREMELY AU mostly because our captain rolled the ‘king of the pirates’ dream#and there is no chance in davy jones’s locker of the daggertooth pirates beating the straw hats in THAT competition#so the daggertooths are basically taking the role of the straw hats in this version of the setting#there’s been a lot of development over the course of the campaign that ultimately led to her being established as a vinsmoke#most of it came about from rolling the Red Raid Suit on a loot table when we were doing a piracy#and bc gunner is the only one who doesn’t have a devil fruit she took the suit#then after she attuned to it the dm remembered that they’re genelocked#so we quickly worked something together behind the scenes#and it was decided that#1. vinsmoke sora has some distant three-eyes ancestry that judge wanted to tap into#2. lineage factor experiments to reactivate the genetic predisposition for the voice of all things resulted in the growth of a third eye#(2a. the third eye is actually attached to the same part of the three-eyed lineage factor as VOAT)#(2b. she has the pointed ears as a little treat for me personally from initial character creation)#3. because of the ‘kill on sight’ order re: three-eyes vinsmoke goji was sent away to be raised away from germa kingdom#beretta was what goji’s adoptive parents renamed her to conceal her true identity and she’s gotten attached to it#4. vinsmoke ichiji isn’t sparking red anymore now he’s sonic purple and he has thunder powers#she’s also trans and spent her timeskip training montage in kama land so iva did her a solid#pre-timeskip i had her presenting as male bc it wasn’t until i had started solidifying her character that i realized estrogen would fix her#but it’s been kind of cool how much easier she’s been to rp since her transition
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Are the people who keep complaining that jason got away with what he did completely unscathed actually okay? Like, did we read the same comics? There's extremely little I can think of that didn't happen to Jason as "punishment"
like why are the people who want him to be punished forever not happy he is already getting punished forever what else do you want
#actually I think I have an idea what they want#they want a catharsis for their hatred of the character that doesn't trigger empathy for him#hence the exaggeration of the power imbalance between him and tim and mia#because bruce torturing jason doesn't feel right.#helpless little damsel mia getting her revenge for his evil general evilness is far more comfortable#“mia should get to kill jason as a treat” why would you speak about these characters if you do not respect either of them#be serious#vent post#jason todd#red hood#i don't know how to tag this to avoid getting hit with a wave of abuse justification and bad seeing red takes ngl#actually let's be safe#anti batman#anti bruce wayne#anti cassandra cain#anti mia dearden#this is not about any of these people but i do not know how else to “tag properly”#anti duke thomas#maybe?#for that panel about duke saying jason got away unscathed or stg people have been talking about#anyway this take is hilarious to me as someone with an AU where jason gets away without real punishment#not because I think what he did (in the au) is good but because I believe in harm-reduction and healing rather than punishment#like some people are reading comics straight up from another dimension at this point#vent#glitter rants
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sin eater
#sorry its been a minute!!! the horrors. you understand.#anyways yall ready for another gloom tag essay because here we go!!!#im constantly thinking about the ramifications of uzi literally eating cyn and her now being apart of her.#specifically how it impacts uzi mentally. like dgmw i LOVE the silly cyntail shenanigans in fanart (ive also contributed to this) however#when i really think about it in relation to uzi's arc i go crazy insane#uzi is a character who is grasping for control after a lifetime of not having it.#she has no control over how her peers treat her. she has no control over khan neglecting her for reasons that arent her fault.#she quite literally has no control over the solver taking her over and making her do monstrous things against her will#which solidifies her feelings of being a freak monster who everyone was right to outcast and mistreat.#because im Unwell i interpret her calling herself god as a way to convince herself of having control- and to lock away feelings of impurity#if anyone is in control- if anyone is loved and cherished despite any and all wrong doings- its a god.#and that all comes to a head when she eats the heart of cyn thereby destroying the AS- a literal manifestation of a corrupted god- for good#finally taking back control from the entity that had been terrorizing and traumatizing both her and her loved ones. but did she really?#cyn is apart of her now. powerless sure- but that doesnt take away the horrors she wrought previously#and even so- has uzi ever stopped being just a host? do you think shes terrified of cyn regaining power out of the blue?#do you think uzi ever stops feeling like a monster?#“sin eating” was a thing that happened where someone would consume ritual foods to take on the sins of a recently deceased person#thus absolving said deceased person of any sins and putting them onto the sin eater. being a sin eater ensured eternal damnation.#and i just think about that a lot. when applying that (symbolically ofc(somewhat literally. she very much is a cyn eater)) to what uzi did.#“gloom you're reading way too much into this” THE LITTLE GOTH ROBOT. MAKES ME INSANE IN THE HEAD. OK!!!!!#gloom.art#murder drones#murder drones fanart#murder drones uzi#uzi murder drones#uzi doorman#uzi md#md uzi#uzi fanart
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Something I really like about timebomb is that Ekko actually knows what he's getting into.
I'm not really seeing it get talked about but in season 1 they mention that Ekko and the firelights help people addicted to shimmer get off it and lead more fulfilling lives within the community. I should probably rewatch the scene for the exact wording (might be misremembering tbh) but that comment implies A LOT.
First: Ekko's mission is helping people where he can, he would probably try and help Jinx even if he wasn't in love with her
Second: He has experience dealing with severe mental illness as that often goes hand in hand with drug abuse, namely depression/suicidal ideation like what Jinx was exhibiting
Third: He's probably mapped out best course of action FOR dealing with this and has already figured out his own limits/boundaries. Meaning he knew what he was getting into trying to talk Jinx out of suicide, and was thus more equipped to deal with the aftermath
Fourth: He's probably helped ex members of Silco's gang. The firelights seem to have a theme of healing and repairing and recovering, so they've probably also learned to forgive. If they're mission is to rebuild the lanes into a safe space, they can't exclude people they don't like, they have to make room for them. I think they fought Silco out of necessity, and I doubt Jinx would be the first person they help who's killed one of them.
These all might be a bit of a stretch but I think it really fits. Beyond that, it shows that Ekko can ACTUALLY help Jinx. As much as unconditional love can do, Ekko has the tools for Jinx's recovery and a path ready for her. He also probably knows that her "healthy" will look different from AU Powder's "healthy." On top of that, I expect he knows how to respect her even in the middle of psychotic breaks and won't agitate her already frail mental state
#if you would like to (respectfully) disagree with me I'll GLADLY talk with you. I can think of nothing but Arcane atm#timebomb#ekko arcane#putting it in the tags bc I want to let people agree with my timebomb takes without having to listen to my other ship opinions#uh on that note I have some Caitlyn and Vi opinions that go a bit hand in hand with this#but I think that in contrast Caitlyn and Vi are mutually self destructive#see neither of them seem to make the others mental health... better.#Vi is desperate and needs love wherever she can get it#and Caitlyn... I'm not sure. I have a hard time reading her but a lot of the vibes I get off her feel like she just likes having the power#over vi#I KNOW THAT'S A STRONG CLAIM#hear me out#Vi in her search for unconditional love does a lot of enabling#a good example is when Caitlyn arrests that henchman in episode 3(?)#Vi is VISIBLY uncomfortable with that and for good reason!#Caitlyn just locked someone up for life for... nothing?#kinda like Marcus did to her (yes Marcus was trying to protect her but I doubt that's how Vi sees it)#but Vi doesn't voice this or push Caitlyn on it#instead she asks Caitlyn not to change#not great communication on Vi's part#but also indicative of how little their values align#and how little Caitlyn actually considers Vi and her problems and history#Caitlyn doesn't help Vi heal and she turns on Vi the second Vi stops enabling her and letting Caitlyn do as she thinks is best#neither of them are ready to deal with the others problems or communicate well#again. willing to discuss this. my opinions are swayable.#I just personally found Caitlyn made the most sense and was most compelling when she was going down facist dictator path#sure she could be more but I don't think the show ever really transitioned her away from that#you can see it in the way she treats Maddy#hhhhhh I should go to bed rather than spill every last thought I've ever had
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Imogen Temult, Exaltant Hope of the Red Storm
Heroes and Monsters by Penny & Sparrow // Critical Role Campaign 3
#thinking about the 4sd where laura was talking about how all the hells titles are good but imogens sounds like it has a double meaning#that shes the storm's hope rather than just the intended a hope that comes from the storm.#and all of imogens 'i am the storm' esque responses#something something what does it mean to turn away from the storm when the storm is inextricable from who you are on both a psychological#and metaphysical level. how do you turn away from your fate when its already in your veins#imogen answers: you don't! you take it into you. and i think that's fun!#me holding imogen's arc in my hands so I can look away from the context it exists in: this is wonderful#critical role#imogen temult#cr3#bell's hells#predathos#liliana temult#also god. i really miss fcg and imogen. not only was fcg the only witness to a lot of imogen's most significant moments of internal conflic#he was also often the only one that could successfully get her to elaborate on vague claims she would make about how she feels about#the moon and the storm and their fight and all her fear and her willingness to be scared and still do the Right thing even if it risks her#life. and I remember how much fcg's presence was often imogen's impetutus to take seriously that the gods matter to people. because imogen#was the first and often the loudest one to insist fcg had a soul. but it wasn't until the magic of the everlight through pike and their#realization of a meaning through the changebringer that fcg really began to value themself. and she saw how much the gods really could be#this powerful and good force in a person's life beyond just granting them magic. and it led to her often pushing back against (thought ofte#in over delicate and tentative ways) ashton's claims against the gods. but fcg is gone and he died for the hells. and imogen doesn't have#that ever present reminder amongst the storm that the choices she makes will echo out farther than the people she cares about.#also just. they were besties 2 me. they bullied each other but also put the most effort into both challenging and understanding each other.#actually. now thinking about it. fcg and imogen had maybe the most illustrative dynamic of what bh could've been and failed to be. alas ala#cr spoilers#my post#long post#web weaving#web weave#cr edit
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viktor prev 🤖
#i forgot 2 flip the canvas back but his mole is on the correct side i prommy .. first time ive ever kept it accurate lol#im chipping away at ths sooo slowly …#unimaginable number of drafts and im just opting 4 the most simplistic one instead#umm fav viktor moments . his im from the undercity remark & slapping jayces hand away. lets gooooooooo#or that scene of him mel and jayce at the table where hes fiddling w jinxs bomb i like tht whole exchange#when he transforms into the machine herald#when he transforms in2 the machine herald (2)#ans when he transforms into the machine herald😁 THE FACE SPLIT IS JUST SOOO FRWAKING COOL#wht else . guys can i be honest can i be brave and honest w u all. hated the sky plot . hated#the scene of him crying over her i was like scratching my neck n pulling at my collar like u guys seein this … 🧍#the story never developed sky enough to make her death impactful#she only exists in the context of viktor and how she can further his story or personify his emotions ykwim . boringg#i think the timeline is such a big issue 4 arcane writing in general bc#they try to pass off their quasifriendship as something genuine bc theyre partners or have known each other for years#supposedly but they dont show it let alone say it . like i cant tell u the amt of times i saw something after watching that was like#oh this timeskip was a year or seven years or idk and aside from the obvious timeskip we see w charas aging up in s1#or the montage once cait takes power its just not . discussed . rmbr after the arcane anomaly ambessa was like theyve been missing for 6#months or something and if you didnt hear that one throwaway comment u would just be like wht is going on#all that to say they want you to believe they have a strong foundation 2 make her death and later reunion meaningful but they dont give you#anything to actually Feel it#so . MY TWO CENTS !!!!!!!!!!!ok#sorry im blowing up the tags in ths random post that never asked for this 💔#lg doodles#arcane#viktor#well ok bc im going on and on i will say . i thought singed was pretty interesting in the show but never rly cared for him#until i played him in aram n im like oh so ths guy is awesome actually#HAHHAAH#dude and b4 they got rid of the hectech chests i pulled his arcane skin . bsooo much fun#i also played jinx for the first time and now i understand why ppl like her gameplay so much . soo smooth w it like she feels soo polished
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I have many feelings about this finale that I must process but can I just say, absolute beautiful tomfoolery that Liandrin is now 2-0 on “Nynaeve is self-blocked/won’t channel? AES SEDAI HATE THIS ONE TRICK-” *proceeds to attack Nynaeve*
Methods? Terrible. Results? Yes.
#Liandrin ‘I want to see you become so powerful no one can take it away from you not even me’ Guirale#wot show spoilers#You know damn well Liandrin doesn’t want Nynaeve dead#otherwise all of season 2 is moot and I refuse to believe that#Liandrin: oh you’re blocked? Here let me help *drowns you*#but literally she could have actually ended it the way she’s now killed SO many people#but she didn’t#she knew Nynaeve could survive#she still calls her ‘the most powerful channeler in a thousand years’ you KNOW#you KNOW she wants Nynaeve to live#she was waiting by the water to see if she would come up#if she wanted Nynaeve actually dead she would have just walked away entirely right away#I REFUSE TO BELIEVE LIANDRIN DOESNT STILL HAVE A WEAK SPOT FOR NYNAEVE#liandrin guirale#kate fleetwood#liandrin sedai#LISTEN THIS FINALE WAS AWFUL FOR ME I NEED SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO
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Drawing more of the squishy guys because I can't stop actually help
(Godot is a trans woman here! Her pronouns are she/her ;])
(Alsooooo @okartichoke have MORE Mia !!!)
#ace attorney#my art#dahlia hawthorne#sister iris#mia fey#godot ace attorney#maybe someday I'll. actually make a girldot post and post properly the time she compelled me to do digitial painting#(which i dont do)#but for now im just gonna keep talking about her with no explanation i guess#wdym godot has always been a woman don't you know?#edit: also gonna add that girldot does have facial hair still snd that is because she is not constrained by gender norms#and she is too powerful#and also it makes her gorgeous and would be a crime to take away
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Razz tells Mara that Etheria chose her to be She-Ra.
We see that it chooses Adora too, even after she loses the sword.
Which sort of begs the question, in an "evil Adora" AU, wouldn't Etheria just take She-Ra back the moment she stops acting in the planet's best interests?
#idk i just see some of these AUs where evil She-Ra is ruthlessly slashing and burning the planet#and wonder why would Etheria allow that when we know she canonically gets the She-Ra powers at the planet's discretion?#could be interesting to imagine like brainwashed Horde!SheRa riding high thinking she's winning and then whoops she loses she-ra#because the planet puts her into time out#and this wouldn't work bc of the She-ra to First Ones connection#but it could especially be interesting if Etheria could then grant the She-Ra form to someone else in the meantime#like pick a new champion#like imagine glimmer gets it for a brief while bc she's fighting for the rebellion and then she crosses a line and loses it too#Etheria taking away its toys the minute you piss it off#Petty Etheria AU#ooo but wait imagine how cool if there's a moment where Catra realizes Adora goes to far and tries to stop her#and they are fighting and then CATRA gets the She-Ra powers#Adora would feel so betrayed on many levels it would be so tasty#anyway these are some random thoughts I'm going to go draw now#shera#spop#she ra
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Okay hear me out (again)
But bliss Zero au but…that’s not actually Zero but instead is a part of the mother elf that didn’t get corrupted by Weil and was sealed in Zero’s body to protect her from Weil’s influence.
So when Ciel brought Zero back it wasn’t the Zero that she was hoped it was Mother elf who had to PRETEND to be Zero for her sake. Over the course of the story Ciel starts ti notice the inconsistencies between the Zero that she heard of and the “Zero” that’s been working with the resistance…
Learning that that ISNT Zero and the Mother Elf is just trying her best but isn’t a lil bit afraid to be mischievous.
Bonus points if we include the Resistance!Phantom Au
I feel like it be a funny silly goofy and a lil too weird hahahahahahhahah
#Megaman zero#bliss zero#but it isn’t#rockman zero#mmz ciel#mmz#LISTEN#It would of made sense if Zero sealed himself away to protect the uncursed part of the mother elf#maybe the events of Zero 2 would of been her reclaiming her lost power#maybe the real Zero is aware but took a backseat for his Daughter to take stage#Ciel is not having a good time
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So obvious and so tragic upon rewatch that El’s arc has always been about exploring the world and discovering herself and not about using her powers to be a weapon. Every flashback she has regarding her powers are a nightmare for her. But she looks longingly at pictures of Nancy growing up as a normal girl and having a best friend. She explores small things like the La-Z-Boy and the phone and the TV as wistful music plays. When she sacrifices herself at the end to save her friends it’s supposed to be tragic. That isn’t the ending she’s supposed to have.
#but also not in favor of stripping her of her powers because that would be taking away her agency and identity#but instead giving her a roadmap of life and allowing her to choose what she wants#shes supposed to live and become the girl she wants to be#NOT die as a weapon#el hopper#stranger things
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雁回时 The Glory ep. 18 // 30
#雁回时#the glory#asiandramanet#asiandramasource#dailyasiandramas#cdramasource#cdramagifs#cdramanet#dramasource#gifshistorical#cdrama#chen duling#jielin's edits#my posts#it's friday and finally getting around to making this... pls i downloaded 5gb episodes for this which took hours#ofc yhs is far from the story hlht is. and cxt's take on patriarchal figures tend to be more simplistic#like. zhy and her dad's relationship is not meant to be complicated at all. she doesn't really struggle with her hatred for him#and zsy's evilness comes from a very believable place but he's not a complex character. he's almost an caricatural villain#it's all in favour of focusing entirely on his female characters and their relationships with each other. which is fine#even if i would have loved something greyer / less black & white with their relationship#but i still like thinking of hlht/yhs being in conversation of its father/child narratives. there can be smth meaningful#(-> literally the highest honour i can give to yhs come on...)#the door motif is literally there... the threshold of the grounds that trap them inside together.#the father chose to close the door on the child. and one day the child will hold the power to the door and deny their fathers#can't think of a better way for zsy to meet his end but for his own daughter - who he had left betrayed and devastated out in the snow#as he sought refuge in his own home as a coward - to lock him up and trap him in that same home where he had also similarly trapped#many other women - and left him to his own devices (be murdered/have his murder instigated by those women)#otoh she gets to walk away from this house.#the sheer craziness also that the manor is literally named 幽居. 10/10#that ep 18 ending scene THE PEAK...
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I know I've been on about this for a while now and I'm being a hater but you're telling me SydCarmy was "always meant to be platonic" even though there are two seasons of writing making use of tried-and-true explicitly romantic tropes, themes and writing signals, and SydLuca is going to be romantic because...he was nice to her on screen for a few minutes?
I don't even care if people ship SydLuca, or if they just prefer it, but you can't honestly tell me that you believe Carmy was always meant to be a friend but Luca is an obvious love interest.
Just because Syd and Carmy haven't kissed or confessed their love to each other doesn't mean that isn't very obviously the direction this show is going. The Bear has already shown you who is endgame. It has shown you every episode of the show so far.
Honestly I really don't think The Bear fanbase understands this show or cares about these characters or the story being told here, which is unfortunate because this show is shockingly well-written in comparison to most shows right now, and we should be so grateful for it but all we're doing is complaining that the writers led us on by not making a ship canon fast enough. It's just. Sad.
#The Bear#SydCarmy#I was like a casual fan of this show two days ago#and now seeing how little respect this show gets from it's fanbase I'm losing my mind#I mean I shipped SydCarmy before anyway but now it means so much to me#it means so much to see such a realistic and purposefully well paced romance take place#so many shows portray romantic relationships and their beginnings in ways that just don't really happen in real life#and this show very purposefully said no. These are characters who are strangers. who are working together. Who are in a tense environment#and each of them has problems - one of them the type of problems that makes developing new relationships pretty difficult#these two would not get together right away. It would take a long time. And there would be ups and downs.#And even when that's the case. Even if when it takes a long time and doesn't go smoothly and is hard -#it can still be beautiful. It can still be romantic. It can still happen and here's how#and I'm just so inspired genuinely. It is so difficult to write romance without being cliche and so difficult to write it in a way that#could actually happen in real life and I really do hope I can write something half as good some day#and then to know so many people have no appreciation for it at all#because they prefer the shows that have characters make eye contact a few times and then confess their love for each other like#it's just fucking sad. So sad that so few people have any appreciation for good writing especially the difficult of romance writing#like I really just don't even know what to tell you. In real life these two would not have confessed to each other yet. They would not have#kissed yet. They would not have even realized they have feelings for each other yet because those feelings would still be developing#and I also want to point out that given the disparity in power between Syd and Carmy in season 1 it wouldn't have been healthy for them to#get together much sooner. He was her boss. He was also her idol. Before they can even get together that needs to be balanced out.#And then on top of that don't you see the value in Carmy realizing the dream girl he's romanticized in his head - Claire - isn't actually#what he wants? Don't you see the beauty in him being disillusioned from that? And realizing that Syd is what he wants?#Don't you see the beauty in Syd having an idealized vision of what Carmy The Great Chef is like realizing she was wrong and that he's human#and flawed and then realizing - she loves him anyway? She loves him more for not being on a pedestal and for having his flaws?#Are you telling me that even thinking about this doesn't move you? Doesn't make your heart ache a little?#And again - ship and let ship - but what is Luca? What is Luca if not just what she was hoping Carmy would be when she wen to The Beef?#What is he if not just another man who she has not seen under pressure yet? Not seen reliving trauma yet? Not been her boss yet?#It's easy to look at him and think he's better than Carmy - and that's the point. That's the point The Bear is making.#It is easy to want someone you don't know. It's hard to want to someone you do know. But that's what love requires and that's the point
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The closet is glass
#gelatinous art#I like to think Durple would give Raddy a chance despite her attitude and eventually becomes close friends with her#And is the first person Raddy comes out to#Or I guess first Sprunki she comes out to lol#I need her to have something good for once in her life PLEASE#Transfeminine Raddy is canon in my heart#You cannot take her away from me#Also she’d survive horror mode because her transgender swagger is too powerful#Sprunki#sprunki fanart#Sprunki Raddy#Sprunki Durple
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#mini rant but i still hate that they never gave peridot her limb extensions back#they were basically like her prosthetics and she found it difficult to function without them#also amethyst trying to take away the one thing that provided her comfort because„ yeah that just came off as ableism too#both these girls deserved better#they would be besties if they ever met#spop#she ra and the princesses of power#entrapta#spop entrapta#peridot#steven universe#su#su peridot#as much as i love entrapta i would choose peridot here#she's one of my favourite characters of all time
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