#and then it. happened. oops

[intotheelliwoods]

POV you find out you are against your bestie in the @tmntaucompetition and you stare at your bestie like this-

TIE THEM.

TIE THEM.

[ryuuna]

when your situationship looks a little too much like her mom—

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x08 - “Killing is a Cycle”

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Vanessa’s thoughts when meeting Abby..

[midaskey]

And remember... don't lose your head!

[az-roser]

“We all have our vices, dear.”

It seems I’ll never escape from Human Alastor… he’s truly got my brain held captive. (not that I mind LOL)

[valkugo]

"You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself." Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

[qsoap]

mama's boy !!

[runecatwrites]

Let’s talk about Warriors and Wild

This was another “weird” pairing that came out of the latest update.

You’d think that the two with no dungeon experience should each be paired with someone more experienced, right? Well, Warriors isn’t really thinking about that. He has a different motive for choosing Wild to team up with, and no, it’s not because he’s “mad” at him. The reason actually reveals a lot about both of their characters, and displays a great deal of character growth on Warriors' part specifically.

Deep dive under the cut!

Okay first off, let’s get something out of the way. Just because Warriors and Wild have no traditional dungeon experience, that doesn’t make them ill-equipped. Warriors has tons of combat experience and is demonstrably very intelligent. And Wild? Sure he didn’t have traditional dungeons in BotW, but you know what he did have? Puzzles. A TON of puzzles. That guy can do puzzles in his sleep. I highly doubt that he’s gonna have trouble with dungeon puzzles once he figures out how to approach them (which won’t take long).

All right, now that we have that cleared up, moving on!

From the very beginning, Wars holds great respect for Wild:

Because at the start of the adventure, Warriors doesn't realize just how different he is from the others. He gets put with a bunch of guys who share his name and his spirit, so of course he thinks his experience isn’t unique. They’re all just like him, right?

Okay, uh, maybe not? But they still can’t be that different, Warriors thinks. Sky is also a knight, and he acts exactly the way Warriors expects a knight to act.

He catches onto plans immediately:

And follows through flawlessly:

It’s not about authority and Sky’s ability to follow orders. It’s about the fact that Sky is on the same page. He went to military school. He has extensive training. He knows what to do and when, with barely any prompting, because he’s been taught to think the same way Warriors thinks. Warriors and Sky work together perfectly because of this:

But with Wild? Warriors is expecting the exact same thing with Wild, a fellow knight, but what he gets from the Champion is far from what he gets with Sky. This is very unexpected for Warriors. He gives what he thinks is a clear directive:

“Clear out the rest” to Warriors and Sky means “get rid of all the little guys so we can focus on the big guy.” Solid strategy. But Wild does not interpret this the same way, because he does not remember his military training and therefore any of the strategy he was taught. “Clear out the rest” just means get rid of everyone to him. And he decides to eliminate the biggest threat first. It’s important to note here that he’s not “defying orders” because his emotions are getting the better of him, or even because he thinks he shouldn't have been given orders. The way he sees it, he is following orders. Warriors said “clear out the rest.” And that’s what Wild’s helping to do. But then afterwards? Warriors is angry!

The plan? What plan? There was no plan! The goal was just to get rid of everyone! Why does it matter if Wild took out the big guy before the little guys?

It’s at this point that Wild realizes he’s done something wrong, but he doesn’t know what he’s done wrong. (Any other neurodivergent folks here? If so, yeah, you know how this feels. I know I do.)

It’s clear through subsequent interactions that Wild genuinely does not understand what the problem is:

He thought he made the right move, but others don’t seem to think so. He’s already emotional, and this is just adding more fuel to the fire. He snaps, starts a fight with Four, and runs off still feeling confused.

Meanwhile, Warriors is also confused. Why didn’t Wild act the way Warriors thought he would? He’s a knight, right? Why did he do what he did, and how did he not understand that his choice of strategy was incorrect after?

And it’s not just Wild that Warriors failed to read correctly; the others are clashing with him too. Case in point, Twilight’s refusal to hang back after being injured:

In the aftermath of the battle, it’s at this point that Warriors makes a realization: he’s the one who made a mistake. He had preconceived expectations of people, and that ended up majorly backfiring on him.

Warriors knows that he can't be a good teammate - and a good leader - if he doesn't understand where his companions are coming from. Again, it's not about authority, it's about being on the same page. Ever since, he has been trying to seek better understanding. Maybe Wild doesn't feel comfortable taking orders from Warriors, and only listens to those he knows well?

But Twilight said, "No he doesn't." Huh. Okay. Well, maybe Warriors can try to get inside Wild's head? Let's try some bantering! These guys love to banter!

Oops. Fumble. That didn't go well. But hey, at least Wild seems to have figured out what he did wrong!

That's a step in the right direction! Okay, they're getting somewhere, Warriors thinks.

But Wild is really down on himself. He now realizes that he misinterpreted a directive that he should have understood. And thinks that Warriors thinks he's stupid, and hates him. (Again, where my neurodivergent peeps at? Yeah. That feeling.)

Meanwhile, things are becoming clearer to Warriors. Not only does he realize that he shouldn't have viewed his teammates through his own preconceived notions, but for the first time, he also realizes just how different his experience was from everyone else's:

He realizes he's got a LOT of learning to do. His discordance with Wild is proof of that. But Wild has never been in a dungeon either. Maybe this is their chance to connect? Warriors tries once again to get inside Wild's head. Maybe he can try to understand why Wild isn't approaching this dungeon the way Warriors would:

Aaaaand Wild froze up. Dang it. Warriors isn't getting anything. He really needs to figure out what's going wrong here so they can work together. It's for both of their benefit, and the group's benefit as a whole. They need to get on the same page so that they can not only fight together, but be good friends to each other. And when the opportunity arises to team up one-on-one, Warriors jumps at it! This is the perfect opportunity, he thinks!

But right now? Wild doesn't realize that. He thinks that Warriors is mad at him. Warriors is NOT mad at him. Warriors is trying to learn, to better himself, and to forge a connection.

And I believe that even though it's been a bumpy road, we're going to see some amazing growth between Warriors and Wild in the future.

[duckysprouts]

so like, alice can see the future? and ed can read minds…?

[platypus-brained]

Maybe I’m reaching but this implies that the bio dad either left or passed shortly after Phineas was born.

From what we’ve seen, yes I agree it’s implied he “left or passed”

Phineas and Candace’s bio Dad, along with Ferb’s bio Mom, have been a topic of discussion and debate in the fandom for years! I’ve seen many headcanons/theories and even fanart about it before

Personally, I theorize Phineas and Candace’s bio Dad passed away unexpectedly BEFORE Phineas was born↓

Keep in mind this episode where the boys get “busted” was Perry’s dream but it’s the only time we see Linda introduce young Candace to her new baby brother and there's no “Dad” in sight

I theorized that Candace is about five years old in this photo (→ age theory post here ←) and again there’s just the three of them! We know Phineas has a Summer birthday (with no confirmed date) and that this family portrait was supposedly taken on the first day of Summer

Linda: “Now you know how every year we take a family photo on the first day of Summer?”

Then Linda eventually married Lawrence on June 15th and they lived happily ever after!

(In case you were wondering, I also believe Ferb’s bio Mom likely passed away, resulting in Lawrence and Ferb moving to Danville for a fresh start but that’s also speculation and I won’t get into it here)

Another factor I’ve thought about is that when Linda occasionally sees Phineas and Ferb’s inventions (even if it’s not "canon" or she is unaware it was built by them) she usually gets angry, freaks out, or calls it unsafe/dangerous! This could be due to what might’ve happened to her “first husband”

Perhaps he was an engineer who died from something he built/worked on? But we don’t know! This is just a theory/speculation but it could explain why Linda wouldn’t immediately approve of Phineas and Ferb’s inventions unlike Lawrence (→ my video compilation on that here ←)

It might also be part of why Candace tries to bust her brothers for building potentially dangerous inventions. There have been times when she outright says this like in the AT2D movie

Candace: “Oh, great and powerful Mysterious Force. I know you are just trying to protect my brothers, but I am simply trying to protect them too from their dangerous inventions. Show yourself so that I may reason with you!”

And there are times she waits for things to get “dangerous” before calling Mom like in “Happy Birthday, Isabella”

Candace: “Waiting for things to get dangerous, so I can call my Mom to come bust the boys.”

My final piece of evidence is that Candace apparently felt “very lonely” as an only child before Phineas was born and this could be because of a missing/absent “bio Dad”

Linda isn’t the most attentive Mom to her teenage daughter (but she still loves her don’t get me wrong!) and if she was a single mother for a period of time while young Candace was growing up it would explain some things like why she loves Ducky Momo so much

The song “Ducky Momo is my friend” shows young Candace doing everything with her Ducky Momo plushie after an off-screen Linda gifts it to her. Since then Candace has been a “lifelong Ducky Momo fan” according to her own words. She might not have felt this strong emotional attachment if something hadn't happened to her unknown biological Dad...

Also just want to say the Doofenshmirtz theory has been repeatedly debunked!!! A "bio Dad" was only ever briefly mentioned in the Star Wars special but that’s not canon to the original show

Phineas: “Oh, this is Ferb. He's our step-brother.”

Candace: “Mom remarried? What happened to Dad?”

Phineas: “Funny story actually. He—” (Death Star explodes)

Additionally, the show's creators have officially stated in the past that the topic isn't important to the overall story↓

But let’s not forget Candace has many episodes bonding with Lawrence! He's Phineas and Candace's real Dad in every way that actually matters!

Thanks for the ask!🩵

[xxplastic-cubexx]

thought of a beautiful woman today

[synthwavecryptid]

mods are asleep, post tender old men

[az-roser]

“Be careful who you give your heart to, my dear.”

OH HELLO…. It’s been a minute since I’ve posted.

And even longer since I’ve fed the children with some Human Alastor 🖤🔪

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[cable-salamdr]

I think you folks like this yuri so here is my delivery of more (I NEED to think of a better shipname for these two sorry my heart yearns for noun ship names or anything along those lines)

((Ignore that I still don’t know how to format art posts sometimes))

[dietmimo]

Plant boi be planting. 🌱