#you are in HIS element

[hirudou]

            @rimefiles asked:    finally  finding  himself  before  a  safe  jump,  the  hunter  steeled  himself  with  resolute  determination,  imbuing  his  being  with  the  fortitude  necessary  to  accomplish  his  goal.  with  a  flick  of  his  wrist,  he  raised  the  potion  to  his  lips,  downing  it  with  a  mixture  of  apprehension  and  hope.  though  the  potion  allowed  him  to  breathe  underwater,  it  was  not  without  consequence.  the  aftertaste,  bitter  and  pungent,  made  him  tremble  with  an  unknown  feeling,  as  though  he  had  been  transported  to  a  different  plane  of  existence.  however,  he  refused  to  be  deterred,  taking  solace  in  the  fact  that  he  could  now  explore  the  depths  of  the  ocean  with  ease,  without  having  to  rely  on  the  cumbersome  tools  of  fishing.

⠀⠀⠀as  he  delved  deeper  into  the  murky  waters,  his  senses  were  heightened  and  he  felt  an  increasing  sense  of  unease.  was  it  the  noxious  aftertaste  of  the  potion  intensifying,  or  was  there  something  else  lurking  in  the  shadows  underwater?

        for  all  the  intelligence  rook  seemed  to  possess--  he  wasn't  very  clever  was  he?  he's  a  skilled  hunter  on  land,  even  jade  can  acknowledge  his  prowess.  quick  and  adaptable  to  most  situations,  thorough  and  exact.  but  this  is  another  world  entirely.  being  able  to  breathe  here  is  one  meager  step,  like  putting  on  the  appropriate  shoes  before  leaving  your  house.  surely  he  knew  the  same  skillset  would  do  him  little  good  here  right?  subtlety?  stealth?  rook  was,  for  lack  of  a  better  phrase---  

a  fish  out  of  water.  

  jade  already  had  an  inkling  on  what  he  intended  to  do.  and  was  deeply  satisfied,  when  he  felt  the  displacement  of  water.  watching  from  some  distance,  as  the  hunter  took  the  plunge.  slowly  sinking  himself,  before  effortlessly  gliding  closer  to  where  he  knew  he'd  find  him.

  what  should  he  do  hm?  no  potion  lasts  forever--  even  azul's  have  an  expiration.  jade  could  drown  him,  keep  him  there  at  the  bottom,  and  chatter  away  what  time  he  has.  maybe  he'll  drag  him  deeper,  let  water  pressure  do  all  the  work.  or,  simply  enough,  he  could  just  eat  him.  he  wont  do  any  of  this  actually,  explaining  his  disappearance  would  make  the  amusement  he  derives  from  it---  worthless.

  instead  he  waits,  just  out  of  sight,  for  him  to  land  on  the  sea  bed.  there's  an  incline  to  it--  implying  it  goes  further,  deeper.  rook  peers  around  as  best  he  can.  it's  dark  down  here,  the  light  faint  enough  that  he  just  misses  where  jade  is  slowly  swimming  by.  like  a  hawk  circling  a  mouse  in  the  brush.  it's  only  when  rook  seems  confident  enough  to  continue  that  he  closes  the  distance.  tail  curling  into  view,  around  him  in  a  loose  circle.  his  face  tilting  close  to  the  other,  an  uncanny  glow  to  his  left  eye.  

  when  he  speaks(  quite  suddenly  ),  his  voice  sounds  a  bit  distorted,  but  mostly  the  same."  fancy  yourself  a  fisherman  now?  "  coiling  close  enough,  that  the  length  of  jade's  body  knocks  against  his  back.  "  hahaha!  with  these?  "  swimming  low,  reaching  out  with  webbed  hands  to  tug  at  his  legs.  forcing  rook  to  fall  backwards  on  the  eel's  heavy  tail  for  support.  weight  is  different  here,  gravity--  strangely  heavy  and  too  light  at  the  same  time.

  "  you're  lucky  it  was  me  who  found  you.  "  coiling  more  firmly  around  his  fellow  classmate  now.  giving  his  cheek  a  pinch,  and  and a 'reassuring' smile,  all  teeth.  "  anything  else  and  you  might  of  been  fish  food.  "

unprompted / always accepting

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the world of heavy metals, love is denser than hate!

[commsroom]

the u.s.s. horrible unending nightmare 💥 (once again from the incredible @hehearse)

[yhwcomeback]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road! bonus:

[canisalbus]

Ok I drew them with silly 'hats' to cover their ears too (Vasco is wearing ear socks)

Machete looks like a jester

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[shorelinnes]

favorite lee know looks (2/?) ↳ superbowl (japanese version)

[phoenixcatch7]

Okay but it's super interesting how

Din = Power = Ganondorf

Naryu = Wisdom = Zelda

Farore = Courage = Link.

Because Din, in the hylian creation myth, created the physical world. Naryu then created the laws - gravity, time, etc. And Farore finally created life - plants and people.

Din created the body, naryu the mind, Farore the soul.

And the triforce and its wielders so perfectly reflect that.

Ganon is physical power, he is big and intimidating and he breaks things. He is cunning and determined, but that's not what he focuses on. He is might makes right.

Zelda is wisdom and cleverness. She is stall tactics and information and team work. She is a powerful mage with a spine of steel, but that's not how she'll win. She is the pen being mightier than the sword.

Link is courage and persistence. He is the wild card sneaking behind enemy ranks, always moving, plunging into terrifying situations head first. He's a phenomenal fighter with a keen wit, but that's not what will get him through his challenges. He is bravery not being the absence of fear but the triumph over it.

They sit in perfect parallels to each other.

And ganon is reborn through his body - his resurrection is immortality. No matter how low he is cast, as long as he has a body he can claw his way back. He can cling to his power, build it ever higher.

Zelda is reborn through the magic of her bloodline. It's the accumulated knowledge handed down for generations, the unique power she must master, the skills she must develop to survive and get her kingdom out the other side intact. Even her name, the knowledge of herself, is handed down from all the way from the very first. Her ancestors knowledge of her future presence, her stability, is what gives her the edge.

Link is reborn in spirit. He is not bound by flesh or blood. Just like his wanderlust soul he can reappear in any time or place. His variation, his unpredictability, is exactly how he fights. It's what makes him so hard to pin down.

Ganons need to build strength means he can't chase after link. Links impulsiveness means zelda can outwit him. Zeldas stationary predictability means she's an easy target for ganon.

But the other direction?

Fire melts ice, ice redirects lightning, lightning burns fire.

And that's the very essence of the triforce.

[crustycrackhead]

I got possessed dude, did a line of flour— some crazy shit anyways… Swampcat

Swampcat, Kremy Lecroux x Morning Frost

They both find each other interesting like anatomy wise, drastically different, some “lemme examine you 🤓☝️”

Kremy slowly blinks and Frost gets flustered… that’s the good shit to me man. Purring, Bellows… I SHOOT THEM TWO WITH MY AMERICAN GUN

[poirott]

Poirot + ruthlessness AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT (1989 - 2013)

"And he is ruthless, ruthless with those who commit crime. And they will be brought to justice." - David Suchet, BFI Q&A, Nov 12 2013

[afterthelambs]

Goro Akechi is for the girls and the gays because he perfectly encapsulates the clinical insanity of being a teenage girl going through puberty. The underhanded compliments? The threats so subtle no one can actually complain? The pleasant composure hiding feral gremlin rage? Simultaneously admiring and envying your gay crush? He's like if Regina George could kill people

[stars-obsession-pit]

Danny Phantom was not used to fighting magic users. Ghosts, yes. But humans with powers? No.

So when a cult managed to successfully summon and bind him, he lacked the knowledge of how to stop them.

And they tore him apart.

His core was broken into pieces, each one then implanted into one of the most loyal cult members (or potentially sold off to another person to use…) to grant them a portion of Phantom’s many powers.

However, the cult didn’t entirely know what they were doing either. You see, it turns out that shattering Danny’s core in that manner didn’t truly end him. His soul still persisted, still refused to die even as it was trapped amongst the disparate shards. Though each individual piece lacked the strength of mind or power to affect their hosts, they would gradually forge themselves together anew should they ever be gathered back together.

And after Red Hood killed several of the cult’s members, that process began. Their shards, now freed, transferred to the vigilante, instinctively latching onto his proto-core. Though still not yet whole enough to form a truly conscious fragment of Danny, they are enough to start to nudge Hood in the right direction (bolstered in effectiveness by Jason’s connection to death)

Jason can feel it deep within his soul. There’s something more to this cult’s powers than just normal magic, and he has a growing need to find out what that is. To stop them. To burn them all down and dig their secrets from the ashes.

[eezygreeny]

rayman 1 redraws

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

It's all fun and games until...

[Commission for @dontheckinswear]

[preposterousjams]

My opinion on the Latino Jason Todd headcanon

While I do understand ppl's criticism of the latino Jason todd headcanon and how its kind of racist to make the kid with parents with drug problems as the latino one, to me its more of a reclamation BECAUSE of DC's racism.

Read any 80s/90s batman issue that covers gang violence and drugs, most if not ALL of the criminals are poc; black people and latinos visibly make up the majority in the poorer neighbourhoods in Gotham. Aside from the caricaturist way they r drawn/speak, its not THAT weird cause its a reflection of irl big cities where immigrants and marginalised ppl are often forced to live in such situations, (like most of my dominican family lives in the bronx... it aint racist to say dominicans tend to flock there), BUT...the weird part is when the second a sympathetic character comes from that area, he's white and has a name thats "too fancy for the streets".

Obviously, Jason was created to look like the old robin, so I can't say that the whole "diamond in the rough" situation was purposely a tad bit racist, but its still a lil weird (especially with bruce's comment).

If Jason were a part of the overwhelming demographic in his area, the good-kid-in-a-bad-area trope has less connotations. DC is currently trying to fix this trope is by making crime alley whiter, which isn't bad but they could've just yk... humanised the non-white residents.

I also feel like the messed up way Jason was treated post-death is what makes him so relatable to latino readers. His tragic story of dying while trying to save his only living relative is turned into a lesson for newer vigilantes. Jason's particular disdain for abusers on a few occasions was twisted (by both writers and characters) into him always being dumb, reckless, cocky, angry and disobedient, always violent, never having been able to get over his upbringing. None of those things were true (he was a normal level of reckless and cocky like every other robin, not more), but its an easier narrative to digest compared to how it was in reality; a kid who worked so hard and loved even harder, died to save a woman who couldn't care less about his existence. He was an emotional AND smart kid who wanted so bad to help others get better but was remembered as too emotional (in a bad way).

THIS is the reality for many latino diasporas in day to day life; Theres no question that Latino culture is passionate and emotive, but people from other cultures assume that it is followed by instead of logical. both can coexist. emotion does not mean u have no logic. Emotions can be irrational but they aren't inherently that way, and I wouldn't say that the moments where Jason lashed out as a teenager were irrational (in og runs, not rewrites post red hood), they were mostly done to protect someone (going crazy on abusers, disobeying batman to save sheila, that time he got into a fight at school to defend his friend).

A lot of euro-centric culture is OBSESSED with the idea that rationality is separate from feelings and emotions, but not crying at a funeral doesn't mean you're better than those who do. Emotions are the basis of human ethics and morals, they define the way we interact as a collective and ignoring them does not mean they are not there. Theres no winner to a contest of who can feel the less. And the way Jason's emotions are treated (pre-rh, hes definitely unhinged afterwards lol) is so in line with how white culture tends to punish those who aren't ashamed to feel.

I TOTES UNDERSTAND that some ppl who headcanon Jason as latino are doing it for the complete opposite of reasons, like "oh here some angry emotional guy with druggie parents, haha must be latino". Its weird. I dont like it. And its only brought up so he can swear in spanish in some rlly bad text post where his emotions are getting out. But to me there's so much potential for metanarrative and commentary on how latinos are treated in media that can be exemplified through the way his character is treated. Being latino would add SO MUCH DEPTH to his character and his dynamic with the others.

[glass-noodle]

the emperor and his favourite 🌿 (based on the story of hadrian and antinous)

History says that the Roman emperor become enamored with (read: couldn’t get rid of) a young Greek man, who became his closest companion and confidant. All who knew them referred to him as “the emperor’s favourite”.

After the young man’s mysterious, untimely death, the emperor’s grief was said to have shook the heavens. Cities, temples, and even religions were erected in his honor. Their story continues to be remembered today as a love that transcended time and circumstance.

bonus:

close ups!!!

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.