#Thoughts about Lesson Learned

[writersbeware]

Fall from Grace

There have been many times in my life when I fell, completely embarrassing myself in the process. Every little kid falls, scraping elbows and knees, but not all land in such a way that her skirt flies up to her hips, exposing panties. I did that too many times to count. One of my worst falls as an adult was on a skiing trip. To begin with, I knew nothing about the sport, and since I don’t like…

[star-struck09]

I know you, so I know when you are hurt, but I cannot help you if you do not allow me to.

[far-away-from-tulsa]

confession time: when i was reading dally’s death scene i was so screwed up from johnny’s death that i read dally as darry the whole time. i full heartedly thought that darry got himself shot up and was SO CONFUSED

[son-of-avraham]

The weirdest thing that I've learned is that there are people (goyim) who thought Fiddler on the Roof was some happy or jolly tale like.

I can't watch Fiddler without having an hours-long panic attack. The music is good, the humor lands, but a happy tale it is not ����😭😭

[tanglepelt]

Dpxdc 178

Just a fun little thought. Danny has a black lantern ring following him. I mean he was? Is?dead. Even if he has already essentially re animated himself in a sense.

Ellie has the white ring following her around for fun. Plus that feels fitting with how the ectoplasm brought her to life. She skipped the whole dying part.

Neither of them have any plans to touch them. Who knows what it will do to them. A sword from the realm can send people to there worst nightmares with a single touch. Nope. No touching random glowing objects ever again.

I can imagine them touching something and it going wrong at least once. Knowing Danny and Ellie. Probably more like at least 10 times before it sunk in. So they now know. Just don’t. No touching for them.

[johnnyshrine]

★ 100 // “The Holy Bible”

[quantumghostart]

the thing about garrus and thane is that they're both hypercompetent and pathetic, my two favourite traits in a man

[i-love-to-draw1]

*Falls on my face [finished finals for the semester] crawls*

I did Chap 6-8

Computer is still in shop, hahaha *sobbing*

Anyways Pencil sketches of LP still *throws*

Chap 6 n 7

The fact Megatron didn't like get it made me cackle. Like xjdbdb [but mood I didn't know a friend was dating another friend of mine back in high-school n I was like HUH!? ok then *thumbs up in confusion*]

THEY ARE SO CUTE AAAA

I was trying out a style for shockwave but I didn't like it. So back to simple style again haha.

But shdh So long jshdb I was grinning so wide when I first read it back then rereading made smile in fondness

Jdbdbd THEY ARE ADORABLE UR HONOR

Part 2 bc I hit my limit sighs

[bonefall]

if rainflower was given a dishonor title, what would it be?

also is mapleshade still killed by crookedstar in the BOTTE?

Definitely something related to animals they disrespect. I don't see him going as far as to hit her with "Cuckoo" but he'd want to center her cruelty and lack of compassion. "Lamprey" makes a fine choice, and there's also a disrespectful word in Clanmew for egg-laying animals that don't care for their young.

But, he would certainly not do it because Rainflower is popular. Hailstar is a smart cat, in spite of how long he spent denying the problem and justifying it (sometimes intellect just makes you better at making excuses). He knows full well that something like that could backfire politically.

There's a portion of the Clan who thinks he was wrong to punish her at all, and more who are in that nebulous state of not being totally sure if his response was justified or not. He took her child and stripped her of all status. If he went further than that, it would look like retribution... which it would be, and in another, more furious Clan, would have appeased the angry mob.

But this Clan isn't furious. The reception is mixed. Hailstar's goal isn't to make a big point, it's to protect Stormkit the way he should have done a long time ago.

The best plan of action is the action that makes this transition go smoothly. Rainflower does not need to wear a name like Lampreypool right now, to draw attention to her, to have the whole Clan be looking at her while she plays the poor, besieged victim of a cruel and unusual leader. She needs to be kept out of power, and away from Shellheart's son as the poor child recovers.

(Also Mapleshade didn't die in the Battle of the True Eclipse! Not in BB and not in canon's The Great Battle either, lmao. She's still around, chilling in the Dark Forest, haunting Applekin.)

[scatterbrainedbot]

Hello :D

You're so cool

Anyway have you thought that in your rat sons au Splinter might outlive the boys?

You're very cool :D love your stuff dude

(tw for some blood, light gore, implied overdose (kinda??))

hi copper!!! this is a fantastic question!

so obviously typical irl rats have far shorter lifespans than the average irl tortoise. according to google (yes, be awed by my spectacularly in-depth wealth of research) the average pet rat lives between 2-4 years ish, and the oldest on record lived to be about 7. meanwhile, an African spurred tortoise (Splinter's species) averages more around a 50ish year lifespan in captivity, tho is suspected to possibly exceed 75 or more in the wild.

Now, the mutation does give us a lot of wiggle room for playing with these numbers. For the rat sons boys, id say their natural lifespan probably clocks in at about 45-55 years old? definitely not old by human standards, but not young young either. (though, its also important to note that the boys were exposed to the mutagen just days after being born.)

For Splinter, meanwhile, aging is slightly more complicated. He lived the vast majority of his life as a regular normal African spurred tortoise (well, non-mutated at least. there were perhaps some shenanigans of a more mystical variety going on before he was mutated, but thats a separate matter) He was about 70ish i think? when the boys were born and they were all exposed to the mutagen. so he is already distinctly an old man turtle papa. id guess he'd probably still have another eh lets say 25-30 years after his mutation. he could probably push it a little farther even with some mystic nonsense, but when push comes to shove id say his 'natural' post-mutation lifespan would put his death like a solid decade or two before his sons.

of course, the tricky part of the matter is that theres no way for Splinter to know any of this. theres no way for him to know how the mutation affected them all, or if it even affected them all in the same way. especially since the boys dont show many physical signs of mutation for the first few years, and just kinda look like normal rats, (albeit with a more human sort of intelligence) — what sort of health standard do you hold them to? what if they simply dont show external signs of sickness or old age anymore? how do you actually know if something is wrong?

for a while there Splinter is very worried that one of his babies will just essentially reach the end of their normal rat lifespan, fall and not get up again.

so mostly, he just tries to live in the moment, enjoying whatever time he does have with his little ones, taking each day as a gift <3

still,

that fear

never

really

goes

away.....

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

It's obvious that the reason adrien didn't fall in love with marinette right in the beginning is because he was already in love with ladybug but I think the reason ladybug didn't fall in love with chat noir is because marinette doesn't fall in love as ladybug. The part of season five where the lovesquare reverses has the most episodes where marinette is not ladybug (marichat in elation and lady noire in passion) or where ladybug has forgotten her responsibilities (jubilation).

I haven't seen anyone talking about this and maybe I haven't been around the fandom long enough to see this discussed or maybe it's just too obvious to point out but I thought it was a detail interesting enough to be worth mentioning that marinette doesn't fall in love as ladybug because she's too busy worrying about saving paris.

I've seen some Marichat fics take this approach and I think it's got potential. Marinette is the kind of character who tends to compartmentalize so it makes sense that she'd be all business while Ladybug, putting herself in a mindset that keeps her from falling in love. Unfortunatly, canon doesn't back this read. Marinette falls in love and expresses romantic interest while Ladybug on several occasions. The big one is the end of Strike Back, which is where she starts to fall for Chat Noir in a direct parallel to the original Umbrella scene:

[Image description: screen shots from Origins and Strike Back that show the similarities between the original umbrella scene and the ending of Strike Back]

Same expression, same clap of thunder, same rain, the only thing that's missing is the umbrella. This is very clearly meant to be a rehash of the first time she fell for him. It might take her a while to realize that her feelings have changed, but this is where the change is supposed to happen and it's a scene where she's very much feeling the burden of being Ladybug.

Kuro Neko has similar issues. I have no idea what the writers were doing there, but Ladybug was clearly unable to focus because she found her current partner too attractive even though this was the middle of an akuma fight so she should be in prime Ladybug mode:

[Image description: Ladybug looking happy and being distracted from the fight because she gets to hold onto Catwalker]

Then there's Desperada which was all about Ladybug picking the wrong guy to be the snake because her crush on Adrien was distracting her from the day's akuma. Volpina sees Ladybug almost give up her earrings because she thinks Adrien is in danger. The season four final sees Ladybug let Felix keep the dog miraculous and stick around after his job is done because she thinks he's Adrien, he asks to stick around, and she wants to make him happy. Those are just a few examples. There are other episodes that see Marinette fall out of "Ladybug mode" due to a boy.

There's also the issue that Marinette's crush on Chat Noir is painted as something of a rebound or her avoiding her true feelings (aka her love for Adrien) because she's scared after the events of the season four final. That's why she falls for Chat Noir and gets over him pretty quickly. Passion, the episode that first sees her talk about the crush with Alya, has this rather damning dialogue:

Marinette: Because of my feelings for [Adrien], Shadow Moth stole fifteen Miraculous from me. (points at drawings of Cat Noir in different poses, surrounded by roses and sparkles) That's why loving Cat Noir is a good idea. Cat Noir is cute, very handsome, super confident, doesn't even put pressure on me anymore, and, turns out, he's really cool. And on top of that, he's in love with me, so it's perfect! Alya: Uh, he's in love with Ladybug. Marinette: And we both know that means the same thing. Alya: But he doesn't. And you can't tell him. Marinette, you find yourself a new, unavailable crush just when Adrien seems really interested in you. Don't tell me that's a coincidence. Aren't you running away from your real feelings? Just a little?

Miraculous is big on show don't tell and Alya is one of their favorite mouthpieces for telling. While I don't think the message is clear on a first watch, once you know how it all plays out and which side gets together, you realize that this was the writers telling us what's going on. That's why they repeat this message in Elation in case you missed it in Passion:

Alya: You mean, you as Ladybug? You said it yourself a hundred times: Cat Noir and Ladybug just can’t work. You’d end up blabbing your secret identities to each other, Monarch would find out and your Miraculous would go “bye-bye”. Marinette: Just because you couldn’t keep your secret from Nino when you’re both superheroes doesn’t mean I can’t do it with Cat Noir! Alya: Hey! Who gave us both a Miraculous at the same time? And if you love a superhero, you’re gonna want to know who's behind the mask. How else are you supposed to live a legit love story? Marinette: Well, right now, I would take the mask, and I wouldn’t care what’s underneath! Alya: You're lying to yourself anyway, you’re in love with Adrien. Marinette: I'm not lying to myself and I know exactly how I feel. Alya: Right, which explains the pics of Adrien plastered all over your wall.

And the end of this episode is Marinette giving up on Chat Noir while Plagg assures Adrien that Marinette will love him again:

Plagg: What you loved once, you’re gonna love again! Look, for centuries, I neglected the baked cheeses I used to love, and now... Adrien: You love them again! That means Marinette could fall for me again someday! Thank you, Plagg! You’re the best!

And the episode after that is Kwami's Choice where Marinette finally accepts her "true" feelings for Adrien.

I'm other words, the message of the Chat Noir crush arc was that Marinette was trying to avoid her crush on Adrien now that he was finally paying attention to her. The arc was about her reaching a point where she could be with him. It was not her actually falling for Chat Noir even though - story wise - her feelings switching makes infinitely more sense than Adrien's feelings switching, but when has Miraculous ever gone the logical route?

[star-struck09]

Oh, how grateful I am to have the ability to know you.

[meredithbeckham]

win the fight, save your life.

[son-of-avraham]

One of the classes I'm taking is History of Early Civilization and I'm really looking forward to week four when our schedule says we'll be covering Mesopotamia and Judaism. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that it will be good 😭

The funny thing is that we're also covering early xtianity and the schedule mentions that we'll need a copy of the Bible. Of which I don't have. So I'll have to use an online alternative. I used to have a copy, but as you can tell, I don't read it and don't particularly want to keep it

[clarisse-doodles]

Cass + ballet 🩰 (ft. supportive siblings and good dad Bruce)

I love the idea of Cass enjoying dance. It's an outlet that allows her to express herself without words, and I think she would enjoy the highly technical aspect of ballet combined with its storytelling and emotional side. and as a former dancer I always have fun imagining my fav characters do ballet :)

[akkivee]