#a third bickering

[ygdrassilbuthot]

i pity the telepath who looks in my head.

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

in paralleling cyrus and naphis's rapport in cyno's story quest 2 with alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in a parade of providence, i have a speculation i thought was interesting in terms of the implicit, and now explicit, ways concern is shown, although of course i'm aware that these two relationships are entirely separate, but it's interesting to note the similarities between them

in a parade of providence, alhaitham's concern over kaveh's actions in the second round of the interdarshan championship is demonstrated in the close-up of him with the ellipses '...' as he is shown to visibly search kaveh's disposition after faruzan comments on kaveh's 'tribulations' in the desert. this close-up shot is contextualised as concern in the following scene where kaveh recounts what alhaitham said to him after he informed alhaitham of his fainting in the desert in the second round

due to kaveh's misconception of alhaitham, he interprets alhaitham's words as critique of his abilities as a scholar and a senior, although paimon in the same scene makes the same observations as alhaitham which is interpreted by kaveh as concern

as alhaitham isn't present here, having left to question sachin's son in order to provide kaveh closure regarding his father's disappearance into the desert (which is discussed here), this concern is not made explicit in surface text, and has to be interpreted through other characters' dialogue and visual cues, such as the close-up of alhaitham after faruzan comments on kaveh's tribulations

with the subsequent improvement of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in cyno's story quest 2, i noted that cyrus and naphis' rapport steps up to replace this bickering, which is most prominently seen in cyrus's return from the desert after his near death at the hands of the temple of silence

naphis can be seen to make similar observations to cyrus as alhaitham does to kaveh in regards to the age, supposed held knowledge and inner wisdom being incongruous with their respective actions and problem-solving abilities, with both cyrus and kaveh in turn questioning naphis' and alhaitham's lack of regard to titles and established relationships of 'colleague' 'classmate' and 'upperclassman'

given these similarities in naphis' and alhaitham's remonstrance of cyrus and kaveh respectively, it's interesting that when using nahida's mind reading skill on naphis, he explicitly states his concern of cyrus's wellbeing, and considers an alternative scenario in which the danger could have been avoided - which is where parallels can be drawn between alhaitham immediately leaving kaveh to investigate sachin's son in order to continue researching into sachin's potential influence over kaveh's father, which ultimately led to his demise, potentially alleviating kaveh's guilt and allowing him to better prioritise himself

in this sense, naphis' behaviour in reference to cyrus can be seen to parallel that of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in previous events and story quests. as opposed to the perceived toxicity of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship when comparing the execution of these two respective rapports, with naphis's critical attitude towards cyrus being founded on an unspoken concern, it also parallels, and confirms, that alhaitham's past actions and words towards kaveh similarly stem from concern of kaveh's self-detriment - which also extends to kaveh's treatment of alhaitham in retaliation, as he was unable to see these supposed critiques as concern prior to the ending of a parade of providence

[mariocki]

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)

"Come children, Uncle Alan's going to curdle your blood."

"Uncle Alan already does. Turns my stomach, too."

[devilsrecreation]

WELL GUYS IT’S FINALLY HERE

After months of writer’s block and procrastination, I finally finished my most recent TLG mini-fic!

[wisefoxluminary]

Dean and Castiel fighting over the wheel in a nutshell

Clip is from Madagascar

[scolopendramorsitans]

Ham the Bolivian Ram and his new frenemy Jam the Bolivian Ram 🐏

[shorlinesorrows]

qpr jean and neil. that's all i'm gonna say.

do you see my vision?

[margindoodles2407]

so here's the deal guys. in the past week i reread my way through prisoner of azkaban, goblet of fire, order of the phoenix, and half-blood prince. i am currently halfway through deathly hallows. and as i was eleven the last time i seriously read harry potter. i forgot that it allows me to unlock secret shrimp emotions that humans aren't normally capable of feeling

[izloveshorses]

day one in paris (if their hotel had a pool)

[skullboysfinale]

[iwriteasfotini]

“Who wants a game of exploding snap?” Peter said.

“No, no games!” Sirius snapped.

Peter looked dejected and frowned at Sirius. Had their group always been this confrontational? 

“We need to go over the animagus plan and divvy out preparation tasks.”

“What! You know how to do it? Why didn’t you mention it in your letters?” said Peter.

“Of course, this you know how to do, but the other stuff . . .” Remus said under his breath. 

Sirius glared at him again. 

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[claitea]

wait there's people who genuinely despise carmine.... i get she makes a bad first impression i didnt like her at first either but did you. play the rest of the dlc or

[cern1cal0]

we'll grow out of it, surely

[fantastic-mr-corvid]

Thinking about how Conficcare is always bugging Muro about his smoking and Muro is always bugging Conficcare about his drinking. Fucking hypocrites the both of them<3

[obstinaterixatrix]

I dreamt that I told dad a star was out to get me and he said ‘don’t worry I will help you’ and I drew out the star that was out to get me which was like. a giant space starfish looking thing. and dream-dad said ‘that’s not a star, that’s an eldritch abomination’. applying logic to dreams, I think dream-dad thought I meant the stars (fate) was out to get me, not a giant alien thing. also, ooc for dad to say ‘eldritch’ it would’ve been more convincing if he just said ‘abomination’.

[sqlmn]

OC RNG stuff.

-Lucinda is engaged to the oldest prince in a family of nine where there are 8 brothers and then the youngest is the only girl. She adores her future husband. -Ink Blot is a really dumb mage who acts as a street performer using fake magic despite being an actual mage. He just wants to be the center of attention. -Ruby and Luce are from the same plot (thank you RNG I love the dream wardens). They're part of different pairs and basically just patrol to keep dreams in check. Ruby and Luce also don't really meet each other in canon. Their routes don't overlap but they both interact with the main duo which is Colette and Marcus. (Ruby wants to beat Marcus up while Luce wants to kiss Marcus for what it matters.)