#and abandoned entirely...

[melkior]

Did everything for her- left everything, stripped all away of himself to take her sins upon his own name, no matter the cost- an endless holy war... And for what? To be forgotten. Abandoned. ...A scapegoat to protect her from her deepest fears...

why must the guard dog characters unquestioning devotion to their master be born from trust or some shit cant they be manipulated into it. raised into it. brainwashed even

[hinamie]

I'll rip in hands and teeth and take a bite

[morgan-n-cheese-91]

old Obi-Wan is so funny to me because his sass and overall bitchiness is like the last thing he's got and I'm so proud it survived the great depression of his 40s.

[kohi-karasu]

“Akechi!” Morgana screeches with such an intensity that it makes Akira flinch, jumping towards the body and swatting it with his paws, but the man laying face-down on the floor stays unmoving.  God fucking damn it. Akira kneels down at Akechi’s side, turning him on his back — at the very least, there are no visible injuries. 

Chapter 4 of TAOTDD is up!! What happened to Akechi amidst the Jazz Jin case investigation...? 👀

[eddiepeaches]

happy together <3333

[idolomantises]

Rewatching Adventure Time, I can't help but think so much Princess Bubblegum discourse would be non-existent if people actually watched the show to completion instead of randomly hyperfocusing on some of PB's bad deeds.

There's a very bizarre and commonly held belief that Princess Bubblegum did terrible things and got away with it, that nobody held her accountable. When the show makes a point, repeatedly, that Princess Bubblegum is well meaning but deeply flawed, and to some characters, straight up evil.

I see fans point to "The Cooler" a lot as proof that PB is an irredeemable character, and while it is her worst act in the entire show.... I think people forgot that that was the point. Near the end of the episode she stops spying on people in Ooo because it was an invasion of privacy. In another episode she's called out for exploiting some aliens and lets them go. She feels ashamed that her own people are terrified of her. She loses her entire kingdom, and realizes she needs to get her shit together.

I'm pretty critical of shows that are way too lenient on flawed female characters but Princess Bubblegum isn't one of them. She's awesome, and heavily misunderstood.

[violetscanfly]

Out of reach

[ssaltlicker]

Happy pride month specifically to caitlyn kiramman. To have a fandom in shambles because youre a multi-dimensional woman and because you had sex with two other women? Powerful. I love her so much and i appreciate her serving (ay) as a litmus test for this shithole of a fandom

[peace-hunter]

Oh noooo!! Orion Optimus looking at the ghosts that are mentoring him fade away and thinking about D-16 Megatron and he must be thinking about how he keeps making pushing mechs away with his recklessness and loud mouth

god i love when people get things from my art i hadn't even thought about <3

but yes!! you are so right!!! i didn't call too much attention to it because i didn't think it was particular subtle but another reason OP lashed out at the Primes was because he was getting uncomfortably reminded of things Dee used to say to him Before

and honestly?? he's still grieving Dee! he's still hurt and upset at losing his best friend! and he still believes Dee losing it was partially because of him. if he hadn't been so reckless, if he hadn't dragged Dee everywhere, if he hadn't pushed him so much, if he had just "stayed on protocol" maybe he would still have his best friend.

so the Primes unknowingly echoing the very same things he feels are the reason he lost Dee plus the ever growing fear he's going to feel miserably at the task he was given make him lash out in anger and say things he never would've otherwise. it's pain and fear disguised as anger that make him snap like that, not him truly being resentful of their input.

but i hadn't even thought about him being afraid of also pushing the Primes away like he did to Dee! but it makes so much sense now that you've said it!

and in a way, now he's probably afraid he's being even more unfair with the Primes that he was with Dee. at least Dee had the option to leave. at least Dee made it clear he could always cut ties with orion if pushed far enough. but the Primes are bound to him.

their options are to be with him or go back to the Allspark and be cut off from the world. and even then, their sense of duty would probably not allow them to stop trying to help him, if not for him then for their people who they already failed once.

and it's as relieving as it is horrifying to him.

because on one hand he can't help but find some guilty comfort in that at least he can never lose them. everyone else may come and go but at least they will always be with him.

but on the other he's terrified they'll grow to resent him for it. that they'll start seeing it (him) as a burden, a duty they're all but shackled to. that they'll want to leave but unlike Dee they won't be able to. that he'll push them away too but they'll choke on the leash connecting them to him.

he's sooo fine and normal about it i prommy :)

haunted au

[taddymason]

Thinking about this. A lot.

protector jay is so underrated

[hinamie]

i'm exactly as normal about him as I thought I'd be

[whos-the-seme]

"You promised!" Shang Qinghua, despite his efforts, couldn't stop the gasping sobs. "You said you wouldn't leave me behind again! And then you died then and you're dying now and you promised!"

Shen Yuan reached for the other, fighting through the darkness and blurriness encroaching his vision. He managed to grasp his best friend's cheek, weak fingers brushing away the falling tears. "I'm sorry--"

"No! You don't get to be sorry," Shang Qinghua tried to sneer but his face crumpled instead. He didn't shake off Shen Yuan's hand. "This is the second time you're leaving. That's all you know how to do, isn't it? All you do is run away!"

"Qinghua--" Shen Yuan tried to say, but began to cough, hand falling away. The pain was unbearable and it was making it difficult to take in air. Shang Qinghua immediately reached out to steady him as Shen Yuan hacked out his lungs. In between each new flare of pain that swam along with every cough, Shen Yuan could make out the mumbles of his best friend.

"I didn't mean it, please, I didn't mean it, please not now, I didn't mean to say that, I'm sorry, please, please..."

This was familiar. The pain, the loss of breath, even his best friend beside him, keeping him upright. All that was missing was the hospital bed and the frantic beeping of machines. No nurses coming to save his ass now in this forest.

Shen Yuan briefly lost consciousness and when he came back to himself, vision clearing a little, he found Shang Qinghua holding his wrist, pouring more qi into him. As if they hadn't already discovered that qi transfers didn't work when the thing taking all of his was the poison of a Soul-Sucking Bewildered-beest. Shang Qinghua could've tried to get him back to the sect but Shen Qingqiu would have been long drained of qi and, most importantly, dead by then. He couldn't fly and transfer qi at the same time.

It only prolonged the inevitable.

"S-stop," he said, weakly pushing at Shang Qinghua's hand. The other ignored him. "You're gonna d-drain yourself. And then you won't be able to get back at all."

"I don't care," Shang Qinghua said. Shen Yuan wondered how long he had lost consciousness for, as the tear tracks on Shang Qinghua's face were now mostly dry. "You promised."

"I know," Shen Yuan didn't apologize again. "But you know it's not gonna work. And I'd rather you return, at least." He could feel his eyelids getting heavy.

Shang Qinghua let go of him only to throw up his hands in anger. Fresh tears were starting to spill down his cheeks again. "So what? I just leave you here to die without even trying?" He balled up his fists. "Typical. You always think that your actions won't affect other people."

Shen Yuan got the sense that Shang Qinghua was referring to something else, but his mind was starting to get too muddy to think of what. Breathing was getting a little harder. A lot harder.

"Qinghua. A-Hua, please listen to me. C-could you come kneel down next to me? Right here." He waited until Shang Qinghua lowered himself a bit, still frowning, before gently placing his forehead against the other peak lord's. "Listen to me, okay? I know I broke my promise again. But you've found me before and I trust you'll find me again." He said between gasps of air.

"A-Yuan--"

"We've met again and again... and we'll keep meeting. I k-know it." Gasp. Cough. "Beyond all ideas of... right and wrong, there's a field." Vision dimming. Grasp slackening. "I'll be... waiting for you... there."

"A-Yuan?"

"..."

"A-Yuan!?"

"..."

A wail broke through the serenity of the forest.

[knox-knocks]

Maybe exy is a little boring to him — but andrew doesn’t just not care about exy, neil notes in the beginning of tfc that he seems to outright resent it. boredom doesn’t bring about resentment. but do you know what does? the idea that a sport you barely give a shit about is the only reason anyone gives a shit about you

[demigods-posts]

while the stables scene is a great example of percabeth's growth as a couple, particularly regarding their switch of roles in who plans for their future. an even better example is when they first told the other they loved them. annabeth, who is a well-respected strategist due to how well she can plan for the future, tells him as quickly as possible before something or someone could take him away from her again. she seized the first opportunity she had free of plan. percy, on the other hand, who is known for his impulsiveness and reckless planning, tells her two books later. not because he wasn't head over heels the entire hoo series. but because he was planning for the right moment. he wanted to wait until he could give her permanence and stability on a silver platter because he knows how much it means to her.

[gaylactic-fire]

I feel like the only difference between the FNAF timeline and the LoZ timeline is that FNAF fans have gaslit themselves into thinking Scott Cawthon is some genius cryptic storyteller. Zelda fans I think at least have the self-awareness to understand the timeline / cohesiveness is an afterthought to Nintendo

[azzymaxxing]

returning to my roots and posting incomprehensible scribbles