#I’m going to bite and kill

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

it’s really fucking funny my mom points fingers and diagnoses the people I grew up with but as soon as it’s about me she goes fucking silent

[silverhalla]

Back at it again with another theory: What if Lucanis’ betrayal wasn’t a betrayal at all?

(obviously, spoilers below the cut)

During The Wigmaker Job, we have some dialogue between Illario and Lucanis about their position within both the Crows and the Dellamorte family. Illario wants Caterina to step down so he can take the coveted First Talon spot. Lucanis reassures him that his time is coming, to which Illario makes a snide comment about whether his cousin would ever go against their grandmother’s wishes. When they continue the conversation after the job, Illario states that Lucanis is the potential heir, that he’s her favorite, and that he’s unlikely to say no to her. Lucanis doesn’t argue, only insists that he doesn’t want to be First Talon, and that he hopes she’ll see reason before that. It’s mentioned again in Eight Little Talons - Caterina favors Lucanis. It’s well-known enough among the Crows that Viago and Teia discuss it in front of her (not on purpose, but she doesn’t deny it). He’s her prodigy through and through.

In the opening scene for the Lucanis quest in Veilguard, Caterina is poised, as you’d expect of the First Talon. She’s certain that the body they buried wasn’t her grandson, that it had been altered with blood magic. She doesn’t pose it as a theory, though: she poses it as a fact. It could, of course, merely be her confidence, but there’s another very unusual aspect to the scene – everyone else discusses how Lucanis was clearly betrayed, that someone must have sold him out in order for the Venatori to capture him. Caterina is the only one in that room who never speaks on it. She doesn’t ask for justice, doesn’t mention vengeance, never acknowledges that her grandson was sold out by someone he trusted – perhaps because he wasn’t. 

What if, when Caterina comes to him with a plan, with an impossible request, he’s still her favorite prodigal grandchild, and he still does whatever she asks? She’s had him tortured before as a child, has tortured and starved and beaten him herself before, because it makes him stronger and more resistant to it in the future. He says in The Wigmaker Job that he used to hate her for it, but now he understands. He justifies it. All Crows justify it, because they have to - if they don’t, then the cruelty wasn’t for survival’s sake, and their suffering meant nothing. Perhaps he doesn’t even question it. When Caterina tells him that she has a job for him, he takes it. 

What if the contract has a caveat? Sure, Calivan must die by his hand by the end of it, a little treat for a job well done, but what if his primary mission is reconnaissance, is discovery? The Venatori are using blood magic to torture and corrupt prisoners. It would behoove the Crows to find out what it entails and how to resist it, before it’s turned back on them. It would have to be someone so deeply, unabashedly loyal to her that when she asked them to infiltrate a Venatori prison, expecting torture at best, their own death at worst, they’d take the job anyway, no questions asked - someone Caterina can trust, certainly, but also someone who has never once said no to her.

And Lucanis has always been a loyal grandson. 

[jasombee]

Oh my god. I’m going to be sick. SICK I say.

They are so vile for these parallels. I hate. Everything about this is—

Do you see this shit? What is taking place here?

THE KILLING KIND IS ABOUT THE GRIEF AND MADNESS THAT COMES WITH DEATH AND LOSS AND IN WORLDS COLLIDE THE LOVE HE WANTED FOR SO LONG FINALLY FOUND HIM

CAN YOU FUCKING HEAR ME

[soup-me-beloved]

On god why am I experiencing a world ending period the MORNING of my big day of exams

[toosharpteeth]

trying so hard not to split right now and it feels like scrabbling my way down a cliffside, desperate to grab onto a branch or ANYTHING

[lovefulls]

“Carry-on bags must be checked before security for a fee starting at $35. If you bring a carry-on bag to the gate that won't fit under the seat, you need to pay a $65 fee to check it." united airlines count your fucking days

[lesbianjackies]

…

*starts violently sobbing*

[cuteniaarts]

Me, six-ish hours ago: Yeah, I had the idea for an Avatar Suiren AU pretty much as long as Suiren herself existed, but idk if I'm ever gonna develop it, it's really hard to upkeep interest for it on my own...

Me, as soon as the concept of Suiren and Vaatu bullying Raava together popped into my head while I was typing out that long ass post: Fuck it, new strain of brain fungus acquired–

(Also yeah traditional art being posted for the first time since... 2020, probably. Don't have the spoons to transfer this to digital rn, maybe I will at some point and I'll do a fuckass Spirit World background or smth. We'll see)

First time drawing Vaatu so don't make fun of me, but honestly he's such a funky little guy and rather fun to draw. You just get that main shape down and then go nuts with the frills :) But also, credit where credit is due, scrolling through the Vaatu tag on @shadelorde’s blog really helped, so thank you for that 😊 And I really had no idea what to do with Suiren’s design here, I think I’ve used up all my character design juices on the nine previous iterations of her that exist, so for now she’s in a random dress with her hair down. I’ll probably alter it if I ever do a proper design for her in this verse

[mookybear12404]

Everyday I wake up. And have to write another paper

[t4tstarvingdog]

having to stand firm in the decision not to spend money when high is perhaps more torturous than what that guy Jesus went through

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

I am so mad

[housewifebuck]

Who up and wanna take me out back and shoot me rn

[abba-enthusiast]

Why are groceries so expensiiiiiiiiive

[lykrynos]

can you say hi to me it's me xolotl

xolotl

[riverside-lavender]

guys my bunny is so cute i might start crying over her. again.

[zibah-ho]

yeah I’m sorry I know I’m not so much about comics at the minute but I just saw the most flop take re jayson and d!ck I’m about read every issue they badly referenced in that shitty post so I can insert panels when I call them an idiot