#adam just killed a guy btw

[flogisto]

big fan of stories that, while undoubtedly being about the power of friendship, acknowledge that the power of incredible violence is just as important

the love was there. the love changed everything. the crowbar helped also

[jewishcissiekj]

Obi-Wan Kenobi (and Anakin Skywalker) by Adam Hughes

[chaoticallyfluffy]

I want more of the JL acting like normal celebrities.

Batman and Chappel Roan working together on a competitive cooking show against teams of Kylie Jenner and Danny Devito, Kanye West and Kesha, Taylor Swift and Superman, etc. They are a surprisingly good team who work together great. They end up winning the whole thing and a bunch of wholesome memes start trending about the two of them adopting you after your awful parents kicked you out. Superman and Taylor Swift are surprisingly a TERRIBLE team. They’re disqualified because they never finished cooking their meals as they were too busy arguing. They are memed to be the parents who kicked you out and desperately need a divorce.

Wonder Woman going on a survivor-like reality show about a bunch of celebrities stuck on an island together and all the contestants are whining about things like “My hair is so frizzy and Chad is SO hot, I don’t want him to see me like this omg” While Diana has already chopped down multiple trees, used the wood to make a cabin for everyone, hunted a wild boar which is currently roasting over a campfire she also made with the leftover sticks and leaves, and cracked the coconuts from the tree. The rest of the show is mostly a normal reality show. The other contestants never have to lift a finger and can peacefully gossip and have drama while being well fed, housed, and hydrated. The only real difference is that every few minute the camera switches to Diana wresting a grizzly bear or catching fish with her bare hands.

The masked singer where there’s a person in a colourful parrot costume singing on stage and everyone has to guess who it is. People have guessed many celebrities like Oliver Queen, Bruce Wayne, or even Lex Luther, but they mostly guessed famous singers because the guy is GOOD and there’s no way he doesn’t sing professionally. He sang songs like “Party in the USA”, “Call Me Maybe” and “Never Gonna Give You Up”. People were going crazy trying to figure out who he is. The time finally comes for the reveal. The man slowly takes off his parrot head and... it’s Batman. The crowd goes wild.

The Flash (Barry) and Green Lantern (Hal) make a podcast and spend the entire time going on long rants about their respective interests. Flash talks about forensic science and chemistry for an hour while GL hums in interest or asks questions every once in a while. After that GL rambles about airplanes and engineering for another hour while Flash enthusiastically nods and adds in related stories every so often. Twitter diagnoses them with autism.

Captain Marvel has a TikTok account where he posts himself trying suggestions from his fans. Some of his most popular videos include him juggling a bunch of chainsaws (perfectly, btw), pranking JL members, bedazzling Mr Minds prison jar with fake crystals and speech bubble stickers that make it look like Mr Mind is saying things like “I’m DUMB”, and his most popular by far, citing The Santa Clause rules to Black Adam and convincing him that since he killed his father technically that makes him his new dad (the horror stopped Black Adam in place mid battle, giving Marvel the perfect opportunity to punch him in the face. The punch has been slo-mo’d and memed to oblivion). His Batman mandated PR team has been begging him to stop for months but in response he posts himself TikTok dancing (terribly) in front of a green screen in the background showing an image of the emails while asking for more suggestions.

If anyone has any ideas like this or fics to recommend plz tell me In the comments, I love the Justice League just casually being celebrities.

[cyberels]

thinking about modern loser!ellie as ur gf :3c

modern!abby version here!!!

requests are open btw please i’ll write for ellie or abby

18+ sfw & nsfw

-> sometimes she’ll send u random ass pictures she finds funny

-> does the thing where she pretends to swerve off the road while she drives cuz it makes you laugh

-> she SPAMS you with tiktoks

-> every time there’s video of an old guy on her fyp that has 2 likes she’ll send it to u and be like “thought this was joel”

-> the guy looks nothing like joel

-> pretends to have a fear of thunder so she can use every thunderstorm as an excuse to cuddle you

-> “babe i’m so scaredddddd please😣😣😣 im shaking”

-> CANNNOT keep secrets from u

-> she’ll plan surprise dates and when you ask where the two of u are going she’s like “…nowhere…”

-> she’ll have to be silent the entire drive because if she speaks she will immediately reveal entire date

-> she HATES cringey pet names

so obviously you call her them all the time

-> she’s in line to buy smth and she’ll ask u for her wallet and u’ll hand it to her and say some shit like “here u go baby snuggle bear🥰”

-> the look she gives you LMFOAODKSLDKDDK

‘😦’

-> literally looks like u just killed her first born

-> does that “i hardly know her!” joke all the time

-> if no one laughs at her jokes she’ll tap on her hand and be like “uh, is this thing on?”

-> she thinks this is peak comedy

-> she’ll find silly things throughout her day that remind her of u

-> she takes pics everytime she sees a heart shaped object and sends it to u

-> absolutely has to get u a little treat or gift when she goes out, candy, flowers, etc. anything u might like she WILL buy

nsfw ‼️ 18+

-> SENDS U STUPID ASS REACTION MEMES AFTER U SEND NUDES

-> omg u and her buy stuff off adam & eve sometimes so she signed up for texts

-> and every time she gets a text she’ll send u a screenshot like “great news babe the butt blaster is 40% off!”

-> when y’all first starting having sex she’d be so awkward 😭😭😭😭 she couldn’t take herself seriously

-> eventually warmed up and started getting more confident

-> ellie williams is a sub i’ll die on this hill

-> but she’ll def try almost anything at least once to see if she likes it

ok that’s all for now love u all

masterlist

[zekeyboy]

currently thinking about this part of the saw script thats just BARELY different from the movie

lawrence’s line in the film is “you have to die.” which implies that he doesn’t have a choice. this is out of their hands. he HAS to do this, there is no other way.

but in the script, where adam is exposed for being passively suicidal, it’s nothing he has to do. it’s something he’s choosing to do, and justifying it as something adam wants, so the blame isn’t entirely on himself.

do you guys think about this? because i do. i’m sick. lawrence keeping it in his head that adam wanted to die and so killing him is an okay option despite his pleads. lawrence slipping for just a moment when adam begs. like okay man whatever it’s over

do you guys enjoy my script overanalysis btw. should i keep posting this stuff. lmk.

[windybluebelles]

Does Captain Marvel have any actually weaknesses? Like, deadly ones?

(I’m talking about when he’s written properly btw, this guy should not be weaker than superman)

Like, I know he can be affected by other magic and there’s that weird magical rock thing that can kill Gods. But both of those are kinda hard to come by, God killing rocks aren’t really gonna be left lying about and he’s almost definitely stronger than the average magic user. He can also obviously just say Shazam and get depowered but it’s kinda hard to force someone to speak when you can’t physically hurt them, also no one really knows about that soooo…

The only people I can imagine being able to beat him would be either Gods, or people who have the same powers as him. And most of them people should already be on his side, and in any case, they’re definitely not of yours.

Yeah, Black Adam hates him, but he’s not gonna help someone else take him down for their stupid biased reasons. His own Gods (and the Wizard) are able to take away his powers but they’re not gonna do it on request, like, no.

In Injustice, Billy dies from Superman holding up Captain Marvel, freezing his mouth shut, and lazer beaming him through the face. And like, sure? I guess that makes sense, since they are equal power levels, and it adds plot to the game so I’m not completely. But since when could Captain Marvel get burned? How is his divinely blessed skin able to get melted through? He’s blessed by gods guys, he has magic literally in his fingertips. Maybe he just didn’t want to hurt his friend? Idk, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me.

Dc and their allergy to making characters stronger than superman

[wonderjanga]

C.C and Marylin Headcannons

Okay, so the other day I saw someone type about their headcannons for Billy. I wanna put my head cannons for him/his parents too cause I’ve been thinking about this for a while.

So as of now, I’ve been playing a bunch of Tomb Raider games. If you’ve played or at least heard of the franchise, you’d know that Lara’s an archeologist. And guess what? C.C. and Marylin are. (Btw am I spelling her name right 😭) So, in my mind. They both grew up in England and then immigrated to the US and met in Fawcett and blah blah blah. Now to the good stuff, you know how Lara exudes utter badassery? You do? Great! So all the heinous, wild, plot armor filled things she did in the newest TR trilogy (Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider) Marylin did all of that. I’m cooking guys I swear, just trust me. Then as for C.C., in my little mind, he’s half Norse and half British. So, you know that one game where Lara wields Mjölnir? (I think it was Tomb Raider Underworld?) He did that. Guys, I swear I’m cooking.

So now, cause Billy in Marvel form looks like their Dad, and Mary in Marvel form looks like Marylin, you gotta wonder what their old archeology buddies are thinking. They’re either not surprised, or they’re like are you flipping kidding me? I can imagine one of their old buddies going up to Billy and being like:

Buddy: “C.C.! You old bastard! How have you been? How’s the wife and kid? Also, quick question, you disappeared for a couple years and didn’t bother reaching out to anyone. You good?”

Billy: *Looks around before flying off cause he has no idea who this person is (he’s too young to remember them)*

I can also imagine the JL with this, specifically Batman. He runs facial recognition on Billy and finds C.C., Bruce is like okay, cool, finally, a clue about that man’s identity, only for him to find pictures, photos, and newspapers from the 40’s and 50’s (I believe in time bubble Fawcett. The Batson’s died in 58 and Billy and Mary were 8 at the time. By the time the time bubble appeared, they would’ve been 10 or 12.) So, Bruce digs a little deeper and finds that C.C. and Marylin have killed a lot of people during their time as archeologists (and they definitely have since I based them off of Lara. Guys, Lara has killed a lot of people.) He also finds out that C.C. and Marylin are dead. So now he’s left confuzzled as to who the heck Billy and Mary are, cause they look exactly like them. Or at least Marvel does and Mary looks like a teenage Marylin, so for all Bruce knows she’s Mary Batson and Marylin is actually dead. But then that raises another question for Bruce, where is Billy? Is he Captain Marvel Jr.? They look similar, but not completely. The whole thing has left Bruce with more questions than answers. It’s also left him looking at The Captain in a newer light. He didn’t think the man had the emotional capacity to have a serious relationship. (He thought he was too childish. Not that my Marvel is, he acts more like a 20 something year old guy instead of a kid) Not only that but now he at least has confirmation that Cap is human… maybe. But I also want to look at this with other heroes! Like Wildcat (the goat) he grew up during the Great Depression and due to his slow aging he was allowed to live all the way up to now. He might’ve seen the Batsons in the paper. He might’ve also read about how their plane went down. I can imagine him being like “Hmm… You’re familiar.”

There’s also Question who I know would be driven up a wall trying to figure out who Billy is, and if not Billy, then he’s trying to figure out where Marvel’s from, cause the Living Lightning is thousands of years old. Yet, he keeps getting led back to an archeologist whose plane fell down in- *gasp* Egypt! Near Kahndaq! *Double gasp* He spirals.

Then there’s also Black Adam, who does his own research on the champion. He finds out the same thing Question did about the plane. The next day he flies over to Fawcett:

Black Adam: “You sniveling worm! What were you doing near Kahndaq?!”

Billy: “Dude, what are you talking about?!”

Black Adam: “You know what I’m talking about, Batson!”

Billy: *Gives him the most horrified look Adam had ever seen on Marvel’s face.*

Oh, and let’s not forget about Ebenezer. Imagine seeing your dead brother, or at least someone that looks like your dead brother, fly around saving people. After everything he did to Billy, I’m sure he was scared shitless(pardon my French). But what I think is worse, is that he’d constantly be waiting for Marvel to do something, only for him to do nothing and just unknowingly leave Ebenezer in suspense for every waking moment. Bonus points if Ebenezer knew about the Lara Croft behavior.

[kinopio-writes]

Hello! Could you write platonic Dad!Adam headcanons? Thank you,

A/N: Lol. Don’t expect too much out of this guy because…it’s Adam. Heavily focused on him rather than the reader, sorry. Also, I might have gone a little overboard with this one because, uh, this was supposed to be only headcanons as you said, and the not-requested ‘drabble’ ended up being a few scenarios with a one-on-one convo with Adam and Sera at the end. 3rd POV and the reader is referred to as they/it, btw. Enjoy.

Holy sh!t I reread your request again and I don’t know if you meant that the reader is supposed to be the child or fuuuuuuuu—tell me if that’s not what you wanted, I had fun writing this nonetheless.

Words: 727 (not including the bullet points, edited)

Warnings: Very vulgar language, Sex is mentioned, Adam being Adam

———

How Adam would be as a Father (Reader is the child)

• first things first, the only way I can see Adam become a dad was because he accidentally impregnated a chick when she fucking swore that, oh, no, Adam, I’m on birth control. Oh, don’t worry, Adam, you don’t have to finish in my mouth. Oh, no need, Adam, I’ve got it covered. Oh, it’s okay, Adam—yes, this is Adam mocking her

• so imagine his surprise when he found a fucking child at his doorstep crying like a little bitch

• “What the fuck?” was his first reaction

• he’d find a note that said something-something about oh who gives a fuck about her and her sob story about having to leave the child in his care?

• what mattered was—“THAT FUCKING BITCH LIED TO ME!”

• after that whole ordeal, he would sit in his gigantic ass living room, slumping on his couch with arms crossed and grumbling complaints as if he was the child

• the first few weeks he would really just let someone else take care of the kid

• Lute would be the caretaker most of the time since she’s around Adam a lot

• the problem was that she’s an exterminator

• her purpose was to kill sinners and she certainly didn’t have babysitting on her list of skills

• so eventually, the responsibilities would fall back on Adam

• of course, he had attempted to get in contact with the woman

• he came back with nothing

• wait, nothing? Holy shit, he left the baby—

• and, if you’re wondering, I don’t think Heaven has adoption centers or whatnot because everyone is responsible when they’re thinking of having a child

• but, hey, how hard would looking after a child would be?

• probably accidentally dropped the kid once before

• will get mad that he can’t do his guitar solos because they would start to cry even louder

• has probably nearly suffocated it by leaving a pillow in their crib

• doesn’t know how to hold it properly

• eventually got it right by observing some of Heaven’s residents

• thinks he’s the best dad because of it

• speaking of residents, they most likely don’t know that the first man has a child

• dude, you really think he’d be caught dead with a kid?

• nuh-uh

• sometimes forgets he has a kid

• have left it in his—I headcanon—condominium completely unattended sometimes

• so, uh, yeah…not looking good for Adam here

let’s get on with the scenarios, shall we?

———

Adam covered his ears with his silk pillows, trying to muffle the sounds of that brat’s whining.

“Ugh! Shut up, Shut up!” Of course, it didn’t shut up.

He banged his head on the pillow repeatedly, swearing he was going to fucking throw this fucking child off the fuCKING BALCONY IF IT DOESN’T SHUT UP—

He had enough and went over to the crib in the corner of his bedroom, snarling. “Y’know, since your mommy was such a quiet whore you’d expect the brat to act the same. She should’ve been honored that she even got my dick. Mine. And this is how she fucking repays me?” The child in question looked up at their father, their cries coming to an eventual stop as he rambled on and on. “Finally.”

The moment he left their sight, however, they started to cry once more.

“OH MY GOD—”

———

Adam arrived home tired as shit balls.

“Not fucking now, bitch,” he dismissed when they reached for him from their place in the crib as he flopped himself on his king-sized bed. At least it wasn’t crying. Rather, it was babbling and flailing its hands and feet. While it was a nice change, it was still annoying to listen to.

Eventually, he decided to shut it up and lazily dragged himself over to the crib, picking it up in his hands and setting it near his shoulder.

“Ugh, there there. Or whatever.” He idly patted the child’s back, plopping back on his bed.

Surprisingly, the kid soon fell asleep without further complaints, nuzzling into their father’s comfortable robe.

Ugh, rude. It fell asleep before he could bitch about his day as he usually did. Instead, he grumbled his own day to himself, his eyelids growing heavy as time passed by.

Adam later dozed off with the baby in his arms, snoring loudly as his wings wrapped around him and the child in his seldom peaceful slumber.

———

The living room was dark. Heaven’s natural light poured through his open windows and the TV played a movie that was most definitely not suited for young audiences. At least it wasn’t anything sexual. Heaven forbid.

In the midst of the oddly serene environment that is Adam’s residence, holy light flashed from beside his couch and the tall figure of Sera appeared. Adam instantly turned the TV off.

“Adam, pardon my intrusion. You still haven’t submitted your forms and they were due yesterday—” Sera interrupted herself when her eyes landed on the baby next to the first man.

“Sera, what gives? Can’t you see I’m busy? Where’s your sense of privacy? Jeez.”

“Adam, is that a child?” she asked rather accusatorily.

“Ugh, yeah, so what?”

“I didn’t think you would—where’s your wife?” She brushed her hair back behind her shoulder, her brows furrowed. “Um, I figured that after Lilith and Eve—”

“Pshh, you’d think this guy would settle down for anyone? Puh-lease. Imagine a world where you can’t fuck the original dick. Worse than any nightmare you could ever dream of.” Adam averted his gaze as his shoulders tensed up.

“So you care for this child alone? By yourself?” Sera looked more worried than ever, which Adam instantly latched on to.

“Are you doubting me? I started humankind—I know what I’m doing.” He settled his arms on the headrest, legs raising to rest on the coffee table as he gave a lazy shrug.

“How long have you kept this child?”

“What’s with all the questions? Uh, I dunno, more than two months, I guess?”

“What is its name?”

“Oh, uh…” Shit. He didn’t really think about that. He only kept calling it ‘kid��� or ‘brat’. “Adam Jr!” he blurted out the first thing that went through his mind. “Yeah, that’s right, everyone would immediately know that this kid is from me, Adam.”

Sera only narrowed her eyes. “Very well. I’m surprised you managed to keep this hidden from me. The child—”

“Adam Jr.”

“…Adam Jr. seems to be doing fine in your hands. But raising a child is no easy feat, Adam.” She took a deep breath in and closed her eyes momentarily. “We will have our discussion regarding your work tomorrow. Have a good night.”

As the seraphim was engulfed with holy light once more, vanishing as quickly as she came, Adam was left to think if the hassle was really worth this brat.

[superkitty21]

I just rewatched Ant-Man and the Wasp to remind myself of Ava's backstory for Thunderbolts* fanfiction writing purposes and oh my god from her POV this movie is fucking insane. Literally every single thing she does is justifiable and incredibly empathetic, but the narrative treats her as some some crazy bitch getting in the way of restoring the white leads' wholesome family, oh no 🥺🥺🥺.

So here's Ava's story in the movie: After watching her parents die in front of her (she's literally found standing between their corpses btw), she spends her life as a test subject because she has mysterious quantum shifting powers. This girl is like 8, and has no control over these powers so she can't even consistently hold people and objects. S.H.I.E.L.D. (notably an organization run by Nazi at the time) are the only people trying to solve her quantum shifting thing. But in exchange for their "help" Ava is forced to become an assassin for them and is living in a cage and tested on between black ops missions.

At the start of the movie she's desperate to cure her quantum shifting, which I need to emphasize VIOLENTLY SHREDS EVERY MOLECULE IN HER BODY APART because she's dying. Her only hope for not being eviscerated into nothing is a quantum generator owned by the guy who ruined her dad's career and inadvertently destroyed her life. As she keeps losing the generator she gets more and more desperate. Her magic suit and cage aren't helping solve the agonizing degenerative shredding anymore.

As things ramp up and her death looms closer she considers kidnapping Scott's daughter to get them to hand over the generator. Questionable yes, understandable also yes. But no her foster dad (it's unclear where he was while she was a medical experiment/assassin) CHASTISES her for trying to do anything she can to, ya know, stop dying. When she's on death's door and needs to use the quantum generator at the expense of the life a lady she doesn't even know, her foster dad says, "hey I know you're dying and in excruciating pain, but idk maybe the quantum lady could help and you shouldn't try to save your life" 🥺 👉👈. At this point we have no evidence that Janet could or even would want to help Ava. I mean, her husband and daughter don't give a fuck that Ava's dying in excruciating pain and needs help.

The most horrifying moment in the movie is when in the climax some quantum explosion happens that’s eerily familiar to the one that killed Ava's parents. Hope and Ava are right next to each in the crosshairs and Scott explicitly only saves Hope. It's not a "who should he choose, oh no!" moment. They are literally right next to each other and it wouldn't have cost a second more energy to protect both of them. He just chooses not to. That's your happy go lucky Avenger, Ant-Man! What a great guy 🫠. But don't worry, the "heroes" save Janet. Ava's in the corner dying, but who cares 🤷‍♀️.

Upon returning to the real world Janet, who doesn't know this girl from Adam, looks at Ava actively disintegrating in excruciating pain is the ONLY person in the movie in the last hour to say, "hey, maybe let's help this girl who's dying right in front of us".  Luckily Janet has hand wavy quantum powers so Ava's magically fixed. But we didn't KNOW Janet had quantum powers and there was a way to save them both. We are explicitly told throughout the entire movie that Janet's life was without question more valuable than Ava's. The heroes never expend even a second to question if Ava deserved their help and if not helping her was wrong in any way. No! She was a violent aggressive bully, maliciously trying to destroy our wonderful empathetic heroes' picket fence nuclear family. Look over there, Scott and Hope are having a movie night with his daughter. While cold-hearted Ava is wasting the precious gift Janet generously gave her for petty revenge 😡😡😡.

What's most insane about this movie is I don't think the writers even realize they wrote Hank, Hope and Scott as unimaginably cruel people. It’s q(white) interesting that this was in a movie with a black antagonist and white leads.

[purrpleowl]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned something like this already, but this thought has been on my mind for quite some time;

You know who I wanted to see having a duet with Alastor (song battle style)? Velvette.

Hear me out.

There's something similar between the two songs Alastor interrupts, Stayed Gone and Hell's Greatest Dad, especially when it comes to the duality between Alastor's part and the other person's part. Something that I admit I didn't notice at first, but I saw some people commenting on.

Let's talk about Stayed Gone first: all Vox has to say is that Alastor is old and Vox is new. He uses different words every time (fossil, barely audible, his medium is getting rare...), but that's his only argument. While Alastor attacks right into Vox's insecurities. He says that Vox's content is low quality and inconsistent, he belittles Vox's power, and pokes at the wound that was Alastor refusing to "join Vox's team" (whatever that means, not important for my point here).

In Hell's Greatest Dad, Lucifer talks about how he can be useful to Charlie. How he can give her Champagne fountains & caviar mountains without charging her. Alastor focuses on how his relationship to Charlie is (supposedly) very close. He says he's faithful to her, that he makes her laugh, that they have a special bond... Which is what Charlie values most.

ALL THAT TO SAY that Alastor is very good at reading the room, figuring out what people are on about. Now, what other demon we see that has showed to have those same skills and has used them to her advantage in the show? That's right, Velvette.

With a SINGLE glance, she was able to identify that Carmilla was the one that killed the exorcist because of her facial expressions and body language. And then she proceeded to poke Carmilla and Zestial until one of them snapped.

Also, just like I bet Alastor definitely doesn't believe a single word he's saying to Charlie in Hell's Greatest Dad, he just wanted to get under Lucifer's skin while manipulating Charlie, I highly doubt Velvette was serious about starting an actual war with the angels. She (and the Voys too, probably) had a suspicion that it had been an overlord who did it, and she went and tested the theory.

I just think it would be great to finally see someone publicly call Alastor out on all of his bullshit, and Velvette is (in my opinion, of course) a very good character for the role. Besides being very perceptive and good at reading into people's bullshit (she also does that with Vox when she is introduced btw).

She likes to annoy old people, she probably has some background on Al that Vox possibly provided her while lacking the insecurities that Vox has when it comes to Alastor.

It would be very satisfying (to me at least) to see her call him a coward in his face (because he fled Adam's fight when he got injured), or that he might hate Vox but he definitely loooves the attention because he's an attention whore (bonus points if she uses this specific term just to make him uncomfortable). Or even that he's trying so hard to keep this "ominous mysterious dangerous" persona while he's 1- not that powerful, 2- starting to get emotionally attached to the "good guys".

ALSO "you'd be powerless without the Vees" sir you can't convince me that 3 very powerful overlords can't beat 1 up. The Vees are powerful on their own but they're more powerful together and Vox's insecurities aside, they all know it. Alastor is alone, he might be friends with Rosie or the Hotel crew, but his pride wouldn't allow him to seek help in battle, or even emotional help.

Also 2.0 there's the fact that he's been gone for 7 years and while Velvette (and us) might have no idea what he's been up to, I bet the Vees have been growing and expanding their power while Alastor is the same since he left.

So yeah, I think she'd be so great on roasting Alastor. I don't know if I'll ever have a song battle between them but I sure think it would be interesting.

[rhiblog]

it is SOOOO clear how much Juliette Lewis leaving Yellowjackets fucked up the plans for the show. WHY bring back Lottie and Van to kill them so unscrupulously only a few episodes later except to fuel Misty and Tai's personal character development. WHY bring back Melissa. WHY have her with that stupid fucking hat on like you don't trust the viewers to recognise her (clearly Misty did!). WHY use Melissa and Van to try and justify the shitty writing choices (Shauna being "wrong" about Adam despite so much being unexplained; young Van saying "that's just how the story goes"). WHY set up the relationship between Lottie and Callie if it hasn't been brought up since. WHY does nothing happen in most episodes (including character development) until the END when any tension gets cut in half by ending it on a cliffhanger. WHY does Hannah suddenly switch up on the only person who knows how to escape by STABBING HIM IN THE FACE. WHY is this likely leading up to Walter being the bad guy. WHY did Van survive so many things to get killed by Melissa of all people. WHY would Melissa kill Van.

this is NOT me getting mad at people dying or being "shocked when the characters on the cannibalism show start eating people" btw I think that Van and Lottie were always going to die by the end of the show! it was just honestly so disrespectful to the characters and actresses for them to die like THAT. I wasnt even sad or mad when Van and Lottie died, I was just annoyed. you can't force a feeling with Radiohead. you gotta earn it.

this show was EMMY. NOMINATED. what the fuck are we even DOING anymore.

[lightningbreath]

regarding abel being in heaven, imo the simplest possibility is that hazbin's adam just died at some point before cain killed abel

and regarding eve, viv has so far consistently depicted arranged marriages in a negative light (e.g. stolas and stella, moxxie and chaz) so her doing the same with eve and adam is certainly a possibility

though if abel's personality is any indication, i do think eve will turn out to be just as kind as him ("like mother like son" kinda thing) while cain will be more like adam and be an asshole like him (though cain might not be evil anymore if eve was a positive influence to him, yes im assuming both eve and cain are in hell)

(btw what are your thoughts on the speaker of god? the new bird lady from the heaven episode leak i mean)

Honestly, I think it would make more sense for Abel to be a "mommy and daddy's golden boy" (the whole issue of Cain's jealousy comes from this). But it would be quite ironic and even interesting if Cain was Adam's "favorite son". Adam has grown a lot in the fandom, and Viv has a habit of shaping her series according to the fans' wishes, for example, Stolas became a "good guy" and one of the protagonists of Helluva Boss due to the great fame of stoliz and Stolas, Vaggie's past was changed to fit the fans' favorite hc, etc.

Sigh... I so wish Adam and Eve were depicted as a couple who have problems but genuinely love each other (something like "Paradise Lost") or that their other children were given a little more prominence.

About the Speaker of God, she seems to me a strange fusion between Mother Mary, the Holy Spirit, Metatron and has the design of one of the antagonists of Zoophobia (a manipulative Angel who had the power to show someone's worst sins, or something like that).

I honestly didn't like how she didn't care about Adam's death and the Exorcists (who died while performing an Exorcism authorized by Sera), or how she ignores that Lute is clearly emotionally shaken and unstable, she only knows how to look at Lute with a look of astonishment (what kind of leader doesn't care about his own?) and keeps patting Sir Pentious on the head without even touching on the topic that Pentious never seemed to feel guilty about his human past and only thought about him at the time of judgment and only because he had been charged. It didn't seem like true remorse, it seemed like he just cried to make people feel sorry (that was the feeling I got). I also hated how Sera and Speaker were quick to demonize the Exorcists, after all, it's not like they were doing a job authorized by the High Seraphim. Anyway, she accepted Pentious' presence very quickly and Sera showed herself to be someone without conviction, after all, Adam only had to ask and she accepted the Exterminations and now it took her less than a day to throw away the Exorcists as if they were broken and worthless objects just for ONE sinner redeemed in 10,000 YEARS.

[erkauberscream]

"sir, there's a christianity in your murdergame" - on religious motifs in End Transmission -part 1/2-

- a christianity? just one?

- just one.

- a singular christianity. a singularity, if you will.

Okay so I finally decided to write down my thoughts on the biblical motifs found in the End Transmission chapter. They mainly come from the Book of Genesis, but you'll have to forgive me for not quoting specific verses, especially since I've no idea which version to use. For context, I grew up Catholic, and thus most of this stuff feels fairly obvious to me. None of this should go into any sort of deep Bible lore, in any case.

I promise it'll all make sense in the end. Huge thanks to my bae @whispy-witch, who brainstormed this thing with me and is currently translating it, my co-player @triopse who's responsible for my obsession with this silly murdergame, and @blue-jacket-blues, who prompted me to finally write baby's first meta.

With that out of the way, let's start with the thing that tipped me off.

1. The Fruit

That's probably the most obvious one - Gabe's first memory in "Existence", the part where he asks if he can eat a fruit he found on Dvarka.

(is2g immediately clear the guy is an engineer and not a biologist. Gabe is like a fucking cat, this clone is gonna land on a new planet, see a fruit, ask "can I eat it?" and not wait for an answer. he probably chews on foil too.) The answer is obviusly no. The fruit is forbidden... at least for now. In the Book of Genesis, first people were allowed to eat everything in the Garden but the fruit of one specific tree and were told eating it would cause their death. The reasoning Gabe receives is similar:

2. The Garden of Eden

Not much to say about this one. The Garden was supposed to be an ideal place for humankind... and boy, the way Dvarka is described sure sounds like a paradise, eh?

(let's all agree to ignore the way Toba Landing map looks in-game. maybe the Entity fucked it up, bc this shithole is far from how I'd imagine heaven on Earth)

3. The "Eve"

tldr Eve was tempted to eat forbidden fruit, which resulted in humankind knowing right from wrong, good from evil, and being banished from the Garden - to the dangerous outside world.

Guess which little freak gets to be Dvarka's Eve...

Hux gaining sentience can be easily interpreted as an Eve allegory - though in this case it happens by accident, by him touching an alien crystal in ancient temple. (The fact that was specifically a temple feels meaningful as well.)

He gains knowledge about the meaning of death and, what's more important, he's able to judge his own actions, describing them as "clearing - no, destroying" the remnants of ancient civilization.

This may be a reach but my qpr (who hates horror and know all the dbd stuff only from me by proxy, the poor thing) pointed out the fact that the first thing Adam and Eve did after consuming the fruit of knowledge was to cover their naked bodies...

...similar to Hux' whole quest of creating himself a new body.

What also feels important to notice is that Eve was created to serve Adam - much like co-bots were constructed to serve humans.

And talking about Mr First Dude...

4. The "Adam"

So with all this in mind, you may ask: where's Adam in this methaphor? And I think I may have an answer.

Eve shares the fruit of knowledge with her husband. Only one person beside Hux had a contact with the alien crystal... and it was through Hux's data.

This person was Gabriel.

(btw it's funny that to this point Gabe was only trying to stop Hux through non-violent means, even after seeing him holding Sarah's fucking head. All it takes is one look at some alien code and our boy Soma is fighting for his life while also trying to kill the murderbot with fire. That's growth, baby!)

Anyway that's all for now. I decided to leave the last bonus point for the next time, as it's not connected that much to the Book of Genesis. I'll probably write part 2 in a few days or so.

[gaytwirights]

what do you think of Eve Zvezda and Ma?

VERY late reply because some sentences were reused in an assignment and I needed to wait until I got my grades to post this because I don't want to get got for plagiarism

Anyway Eve and Ma omg

Starting with Eve,

Yes, she did terrible things and I would never dream of erasing that from her. But also at the end of the day she would never have done those things if she wasn't manipulated down that path to begin with

And then, she got manipulated into a romantic relationship with Adam. And yes, the Venom didn't work on her, but the fact still remains that Adam initially only began dating her because he planned to use her. Drugs or not, their relationship began as Adam manipulating Eve. It probably only got easier for him after the raid on Nemu, when Eve had NO ONE ELSE on her side

Look at her before she met Adam. She was Eve Zvezda, the Witch of Nemu, protecting her village from Apocalypse. Hell, even when she agreed to join Project MA and become Queen, it was shown that she wanted to use her power to enact positive change in sectors that she knew the government mostly turned a blind eye to. It was exactly what you'd expect of a humble village girl who's had to hear witness to government incompetency and thus decided to take matters into her own hands. She wanted to be good!!

And then, when Eve had no one, other than Adam and their children, she experienced a miscarriage

Now, to be fair, I do have my issues on the OSS novels (I think it was a waste for Gammon Octo to reincarnate into, essentially, another fucking Gammon Octo), I really like the idea of her own hypnosis powers working on herself

And that's a real defense mechanism, fitting for an Inheritor of Levia. It's denial, and in my notes, I literally put "Nemesis Sudou when she👍"

And then, she killed a human being, which is an incredibly distressing thing to do

Eve was put in a terrible position, and when she (understandably) broke down, the world called her a sinner

EXCEPT, here's the thing:

Original Sin is more than just disobeying God out of Pride

Original Sin is not an act. It's a state of weakness. Let us not forget that Eve was tempted by the Serpent. She fell for the trick, but she was manipulated

Original Sin comprises two parts: Originating Sin and Originated Sin

Originating Sin was the original act of disobedience, the weakness of Adam and Eve

Originated Sin is the one that the following humans were born with, a natural inclination to evil (aka concupiscence). As such, it is the duty of people to choose to be kind to each other

(Shout out to Saint Augustine of Hippo, and my shitass Augustinian school that made me insane)

Now, the whole concupiscence thing seems to parallel the idea of HERS, in that it is something that you are born with, a natural inclination to take and hurt and destroy, yet still something that does not inherently* make you a bad person

(*btw being unbaptized (aka uncleansed from Original Sin is grounds for you to go to Hell, and also iirc all HERs go to the Hellish Yard)

ANYWAY what I was getting to is this:

Eve Zvezda is not the only parallel to the Biblical Eve

Seth Twiright also parallels the Biblical Eve

Personally, I would compare it to how both Adam Moonlit and Michaela Arklow are parallels to the Serpent of Eden

(side note I am NEVER letting people forget about HERS = Concupiscence. Let it be my brand idc I'm the dragonmask and concupiscence guy and I'm proud of it)

Anyway, back to Evillious

Eve always had a choice. Mikulia chose to kill her son. Margarita chose to distill Gift. Neo Eve chose to follow through with the Re_Birthday that trapped her and her family (+ Gammon Octo) in a time loop

She made those choices, and I could never take that away from her. However, that doesn't erase the fact that she would never have made those choices if she wasn't first put into a fucked up situation

Mothy put it best when he wrote "I was already broken long ago, I wanted to destroy everything"

(side note: yes, I know that mothy is Buddhist and all matters of sin are written from that specific viewpoint. But as a guy who has been going through Catholic school since they were 5, I think my 13 years of ingrained Catholicism knowledge could provide a fun and interesting view)

As for Ma, gosh, where to even begin,,,

As for Ma, smash

Ma's actions are complex, and difficult to analyze. She is a very controversial character, and with good reason -- she has done many terrible things, but it was all with the intention of preserving her own life.

If an action was done out of desperation, then no matter how selfish and destructive the action may be, how accountable can she truly be held?

If Ma undertook those actions, not because she had a desire to harm people, but because they were necessary for her continued survival, then how responsible is she truly?

Ma is easily one of my favorites. I’m a massive Envy, Grath, and OSS girlie foreverrrr, and I really loved Ma. Easily one of the top villains ever

I love that she did terrible things, not only because of hashtag women’s wrongs, but also because I feel it was truly the best way to show the point of her character

The point being that Ma is someone so innately separate from the human experience, but also with one of the most human stories in the series--

Now, the definition of 'human' can get fuzzy. What qualifies an action as 'human'? What makes a character 'human'? What sets 'humans' apart? What makes humans so special?

One of the concepts we learn in Catholic school is Human Freedom

Human Freedom is more than simply acting in whatever way one pleases -- it is also about considering others "instead of yielding to caprice".

In a nutshell, humans are special because they are free to choose to do good.

In other words, one of the things that makes humans special is that they have a choice in their actions and their morality.

She wanted to prove her existence, to find her identity, to escape death

Did Ma have a choice when she had to go to desperate measures just to prove her own existence?

Was Ma ever given the opportunity to be a 'human'?

In a universe where you’re the only one without an immortal soul, where you’re the only one who can truly die, wouldn’t you be terrified?

That is the core of Ma, the only person who can never get a second chance, a woman who was only given one life and proceeded to spend it trying to avoid her own death

She’s one of the best examples of a villain that I have ever seen, committing unforgivable acts that make you hate her, while still being sympathetic enough that you understand why she did it

I would never dream of ignoring what she did to Gallerian. Obviously, that was insanely shitty of her, and no normal person would stand for that sort of thing in real life. In fact, I personally believe that those sort of people deserve to be taken out back and shot

But in fiction, and particularly, with a character like Ma, you can see why she had to do that. You can see how desperate she is to prove her own existence

Obviously, she did terrible things, but I still can’t help but feel sorry for her

She just wanted to prove her own existence

Teleologically - starting from the end and reasoning back, explaining things based on their end purpose

Ontologically - investigating the nature of existence, aiming to discover the foundational building blocks of the world and characterize reality as a whole in its most general aspects

Cosmologically - in a way that involves or relates to religious or spiritual theories about the nature and origin of the universe

Deontologically - judging the morality of an action based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action

In the end, Ma was nothing more than an abomination of an Irregular, a being that was too ‘pure’ to die, a ghost of Malice

She achieved the immortal soul that others were born with, but in doing so, she had to erase the person who used to be Ma

And I could bring up the Ship of Theseus as well -- when Ma first absorbed a Demon (Rahab Barisol), did she stop being the same person? She arguably functions under the same consciousness, but then again, Elluka Clockworker also shared a continuous stream of memory with Elluka Chirclatia, and they are most definitely separate characters. Was it because Ma’s replacement of herself was more gradual?

Did Ma stop being ‘Ma’ when she expelled the Souls of Levia and Irina? What about when she was a being of pure evil, latching on to Riliane’s Soul? What about after Seth let her fall to her death?

What even is Ma?

She doesn’t quite know either.

Isn’t that pitiful?

[peasthedumb]

K, let’s talk about my self indulgent headcanons about Adam. Also kinda more like Psychoanalysis? Is that the right word? I’m no professional I’m just making this up

Ps: I’m not saying I think any of this is canon or correct. It’s what I’ve chosen to derive because I want him to be a sympathisable train wreck rather than just a train wreck I don’t like liking.

But let’s be real, this guy definitely has so many issues. Humans are social beings, relying heavily on friends, parents and partners, and general interaction. This guy was literally spawned in- no real involved parental figures or childhood for guidance, was the first human so had NO social interaction, and the first person he got (Lilith) who was meant to be his wife left him. (And did Eve too? That part is muddy for me but she sure as hell doesn’t seem to be with him right now.)

Obv not putting shit on Lilith and Eve, who the hell would stay with him, but even if it was justified, who’s saying that can’t fuck with someone who has so little human interaction in the first place.

All this to say: yk how he’s a complete asshole the whole time? He’s probably REALLY emotionally incapable/uneducated from his ‘youth’.

Also no way having no active mom or dad figures hasn’t given him issues.

And in that ep with the trial. Ik it’s expected, but his behaviour with the people in heaven is SO different. Particularly to sera. A) he actually respects her orders (in his own way), and B) in the trial, did you see the way he was checking in on her for approval. I’m taking that and I’m running away with it, do you know how insecure I’ve decided he is? Tied in with the whole no parents plus wife leaving, this guy probably craves approval from anyone he respects. And then beats the shit out of the ones he doesn’t (the sinners) just for some sense of control. Plus he probably gets praise from sera for it.

Another point I saw somewhere on Pinterest I also like which fits in with him having no parental roles. He might see sera sorta as a mother? I mean, female, older that him who commands greater respect and authority, and gives him his orders etc etc. He probably subconsciously latched on- I imagine him like that clingy toddler following her around all day tugging on her wings to ask if he did a good job.

With all this I think we got the bad end of the stick In the show cause killing sinners is where he offloads all of whatever he’s not addressing. Heaven is where we get to see him with his emotional blockades exept for him craving praise and being a lil pathetic man.

And he an Lute are cool. I feel like she’s the only person he’s had in his life who’s actually a friend to him, nothing sinister or based on authority or romance, and I honestly….dont think he’s emotionally capable enough to realise that. I mean, they literally spent every waking hour of every day together and do everything together, but he probably still thinks it’s strictly professional and there’s no way they’re friends. I think he at least realises in the end- did you see how he smiles at her? Something was going on there. And whilst I prefer not to, I do really see the ship to the extent I can’t ignore it, but it would be nice to see just some plain old evil buddies with valued platonic bonds.

All of this ignores Abel btw, I have no idea what that’s gonna bring to the table and I’ll address it when it comes, but not rn.

My dumbass was surprised that the man who started humanity had a child. Like, ofc he does. He started humanity. He just seems like he’s never met a real life woman , let alone is a father.

[maladaptivedaydreamerlala]

To expand on my post here, about Gale, and how he became a blueprint for a certain type of character. I talk about the traits that were taken to create this character type and how they've been amplified, but I want to go a bit farther into the ranking.

As to my ranking of Least Bad to The Worst it goes:

Gale Hawthorne, Adam Kent, Dain Aetos, Maylen Orestsev.

Here is my reasoning and analysis on the varying levels of the traits noted in the previous post and why I think some of these characters are better/more redeemable, and don't deserve as much hate as opposed to others who deserve a lot more hate.

Gale: I actually think Gale gets a lot more hate than is just. Especially when compared to his counterparts, don't his list. He was a good person but had toxic traits. He wasn't the right person for Katniss, though, and I think he and Katniss had thought for so long that they would just be together cause there was nothing else in life, that it took them both a while to shake free of that mindset.

Also, Gale is the mouthpiece that Collins uses to show us the majority of the district's thoughts. And in the first two books, he's not really that bad, except when his jealousy of Peata goes a little overboard. It's in Mockingjay that things start to get worse. Back to my list of traits, he is a dutiful soldier who is blinded to the nuances of war. He only sees the black and white. He gets angry with Katniss when she pushes back against this mentality and is not understanding of her trauma, or only understanding to a degree. And I think we forget that he, too, mourned Prim. Katniss and Gale were kinda like family (which is another reason their ship was weird), and he looked after them when she was gone. Prim was already like a little sister to him. This si kinda what he's always talking about, where is "won up" on Peata. With Prim's death, he was indirectly responsible for it. He made an attack plan that he never knew would be used, but it was, and it got Prim killed. It was in design a sinister attack plot that preyed on sympathy. The real thing that makes me angry about it is how he reacts to Katniss about it, saying, "I've lost you." Even though I think this line is more him just coming to terms and accepting he lost his best friend, too, it wasn't the time, bud. Gale is basically he boyfriend that is super close and gets along better with the whole family than with the girlfriend. He definitely has his toxic moments, but overall, I don't think he deserves as much hate as he gets. (Also I think the movies kinda made him a bit more of an asshole.)

Adam: Adam Kent from Shatter Me is, for most of the series, an asshole (sorry). But he does have reasons for his behavior, which don't excuse how he treats Julluiette in books 2 and 3. The amount of emotional manipulation, gaslighting, and guilt-tripping is insane! Even once they've broken up, he is still insanely possessive of her. AND then he tells her that he would rather she was dead then be with another guy! (she was sucidial for years btw) Like excuse me, but fuck you!

I really didn't think there was any way to redeem him, and he hasn't been entirely in my mind. Adam was a kid who was horribly abused by his father, lost his mother at a young age, and had to care for his younger brother, was inlisted into the army, and was almost killed by his secret brother, then accidentally gets roped into joining a rebellion by his friend. Book two and three he is just a class A douchebag for the entirety of both. Upon books four and five, we can slowly see him start to change, and then in book six, he just goes and does something stupid again. But we can see him starting to grow up in the novellas and in the snippets of the new book. It doesn't excuse its actions, but we can see it trying at least. I appreciate that the author had him recognize his horrible behavior and try to learn and start doing better. (And it seems that by the next book she's publishing, he's been able to grow and heal, and he and Juliette or on good terms??) He's still not off the hook in my book, though.

Dain Aetos: I've only read the first book in this series. Again, we see all of the traits that I mentioned before; all these love interests have an extreme level of possessiveness and almost an patronizing sense. Dain chooses to betray his friendship over and over again, and almost gets his best friend killed, because he refuses to reshape his way of thinking. He doesn't trust Violet and constantly crosses her personal boundaries over and over, violating her mind. Yet he expects Violet to understand and still care about him and frankly he is just annoying and extremely emotionally abusive. If someone doesn't have the decency to respect the boundaries of your own mind all while considering you a friend, they are, in fact (guess what) not a friend.

And lastly, we get to Maylen Oretsev, the single most toxic character I have ever read.

Mal displays all of these traits: codependency, gaslighting, guilt-tripping, emotional abuse, possessiveness, jealousy, (and the perfect soldier trait.

Mal starts out okay, but only okay. In the first book he has little interest in Alina as more then a friend, and honestly not much at that either, she's more his connection to an old life.

When he discovers she's a Grisha, he is very taken aback and feels betrayed for some reason. The next time we see hi is the winterfete in which he is a complete asshole to Alina. He is angry and yells at her, slut shames her, is pissed off that she's health and not being tortured. In book two, his behavior is on a level that even straight-up villains in books usually aren't on. Every scene he is in, he is emotionally abusing Alina, guilt-tripping her, and making her feel bad about herself and everything she's doing.

He gets pissed off when she doesnt want to get physical with him and makes fun of her for it before leaving her, and gojng a sleeping with someone else. He then later accuses her of cheating on him. He is incredibly passive and controlling of her, her choices, and is constantly making comments and trying to dictate her mind and even what she wears.

It is so insanely toxic to a level none of these other characters show. In the third final book, the author does a complete 180 to try to fix her mistake, and Mal is left as a very hollow character. Seeing as his inly personalty for the last two books was being an asshoel when she took that away he didn't have any personality left and what we got was a soogy cardboard character, who barley talks to alina, when he does its a fifty fifty between moping and trying to act heroic, and then SOMEHOW the end up "happily ever after."

(It should also be mentioned that Mal is incredibly bigoted toward Grisha, and states multiple times that he wants to "carve out" Alina's powers, which for Grisha are like a piece of your body, your lungs, or soul. This is again why if Alina had kept her powers, it never would have worked, and she never should have stayed with someone who all they ever did was tear them down instead of build them up. Every scene with Mal, especially in S&S, you can see the emotional drain on Alina, that is not the kinda person you marry.)

Yes Mal was an orphan, yes he grew up in a war torn world, and was inlisted in the army. So was almost every other character in the entire series and yet they do not act this way.

I think what makes Mal an even worse character is that so many people from in the books to the fando do not hold him accountable for his actions, even though he is the single handdidly the most toxic character (not even love interest just character) I have ever read.

So yeah thats a bit of the breakdown, I could go into more detail, but I think I did enough. And if you wan tot look at the list of traits I analyzed you can go see my previous posts.

I think that these characters to me are such red flags because these are the kind of toxic people you will find in real life. The chances of you finding a dark shadow lord you want to rule the world in are rather unlikely. The chances of you having someone pretend to be your friend only to manipulate and abuse you, gaslight and guilt-trip you into being in a relationship are very likely, and these are the types of people to do it.

I also waana add that after looking at all of these I hope we can all see that, yes, Gale was the first, he is by far the best of the "bad" he's not even remotely on the same level as some of these other characters, he simply began the trend. Authors used the "traits" to build there own mini "Gales" but just make them way way worse.

So sorry, Gale.