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on survival

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I don't care about Dungeon Meshi otherwise but "Tallmen" is SUCH an elegant solution to placing humans in a fantasy setting that it's still blowing my mind. Just the term itself is enough to instantly recontextualize humans. They're no longer the default race. They're those big goobers with long legs, striding about all the time. I can so easily envision much more interesting relationships between humans and non-humans because of it. Like perhaps "tallmen" are stereotyped as shepherds by other races because they can watch over their flocks better, or as vagabonds because they are better suited to long travel on foot. And of course, they don't *literally* have to be taller than everybody else, they were just the tallest around whenever the label became the norm, or something like that. I just feel like it's so much better than what I've seen in settings like D&D that go "and humans are the... adaptable, generalist people :)!"

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I feel like we don’t talk about how ICONIC the scene of Percy getting claimed is. Like Annabeth being the first one to put the puzzle together and force him into the creek? All the campers watching in astonishment and horror as his wounds stitch themselves together before their eyes!? THE ENTIRE CAMP KNEELING BEFORE THIS CONFUSED 12 YEAR OLD!? Not to mention the “Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God.” quote!!! Absolutely ICONIC scene, and I need more people to talk about the raw power that scene holds because I’ve been chasing the high of reading that for years now.

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Seeing a lot of new people show up in my notes with like "proship dni" or whatever so RENT LOWERING GUNSHOT: IM AN ADULT WHO DOES NOT CARE IF PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMATIC SHIPS, IM OLD AND BELIEVE TABOO FICTION IS SAFE AND HEALTHY, IM AN OLD MAN WHO THINKS IT'S FINE TO HAVE SHIPS THAT WOULD BE BAD IN REAL LIFE, I BELIEVE IN TABOO KINKS AS HEALING PLACES, I DO NOT DO SHIP DISCOURSE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO WRITE ABOUT BAD THINGS HAPPENING TO GOOD PEOPLE WITHOUT CONDEMNING IT IN THE NARRATIVE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO GET OFF TO MAKE BELIEVE BAD THINGS!!! THANKS

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On conservation and survival

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too weird to love, too scared to die,

too alien to take you home

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i hate it when a ship is so popular fhat you cant go into a character tag without seeing the other guy too... i dont want him. go away

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“We’re gonna teach you how to play catch. It’s a Kent family tradition! And you’re family.”

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I started drawing Dick with his mom and dad taking care of baby Dick after a nightmare... than it kind of went from there.

I imagined they had this big blanket his Mary treasured, but one day, Dick accidentally ripped it. So she cut off the damaged piece, fixed the edges, embroidered it, and turned it into a mini version just for him.

That got me thinking about how confusing everything must’ve been after his parents died, and how much must’ve been lost. I mean, I’m sure Bruce, Alfred, or even Haly’s Circus tried to return his parents’ belongings to him, but realistically, it’s hard to believe nothing got lost in all that chaos.

So… cue the angst.

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DAVID CORENSWET Behind the scenes of Superman (2025)

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Superman (2025) + texts posts

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It's so important to me that Jonathan is so soft in the Superman movie. Jonathan is there asking Lois with worried eyes if their boy is going to be okay. Jonathan is there tearily telling Clark he's proud of him. Jonathan is there recognizing how upset Clark is and coaxing him to talk about it. Jonathan loudly loves his son. There is no guessing game, no question, no room for uncertainty.

And Clark reflects that every day as Superman.

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When Superman bursts into Lex's office and he's like "we finally meet" what???? You hate him so much you've orchestrated a WAR and you stalk the people who comp him FALAFEL and you stole his DNA TO CLONE HIM but you've never actually met??? You're just in a parasocial relationship. With Superman????

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The tragedy of Lyta Hall.

She is a husband-less wife. She is a childless mother. She didn't sign up for any of this. She was a pawn in a feud between gods and Endless. She committed acts of unspeakable cruelty. She is grief mad. She chose wrong, over and over again.She walked the path of revenge through pain and manipulations. She was given a sword she could do nothing with.

And it was all for nothing.

Her husband is long gone. Her son is a stranger, forever changed, partly because of her actions. He speaks of seeing her again, of how he'll need her, of how he is still there.

But no, not really. And she will always know it's her fault.

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“The House of El” / “The House of Wayne” so fucking cool. cannot get over the parallels actually.