#but wow the implications

[w04hxo]

Some of the diction in these anon polls really show me what horrible human beings some of you are.

[justarandombrit]

I don't know

[wisteriasymphony]

every time a tumblr post mlb rewrite mentions the fact that they're taking out marinette's 'obsessive stalker' characteristics an angel gets run over by a steamroller and fucking dies

[jichanxo]

11/29 Sayo Yasuda is torn in two, and Beatrice is born.

[cometblaster2070]

so i'm going to go fucking insane because for a while this aspect of malenia's character design has been bothering me and making me think I'm seeing things and going fucking crazy.

the aspect in question is malenia's left arm:

when i first saw malenia's arm my first thought was oh okay they're probably just bandages or some sort of wraps.

but then you look a bit closer and like

idk about you (because i might be losing it) but it seems like the mesh of whatever the fuck that is very clearly melded with her skin in a way/it looks like it's going into and then emerging out of her skin (which is HORRIFYING to think of I won't lie).

and once again i thought i was going crazy and seeing things because surely these were just meant to be wraps or bandages like the ones we see in the scene of her fighting radahn right?

and then the thought of the needle came to my mind. along with something malenia says in her cutscene before we fight her.

"my flesh was dull gold"

huh. now isn't that interesting.

this would imply that in order to stall the rot from consuming his sister, miquella made a plan to sew unalloyed gold into malenia's skin using his needle in a last-ditch attempt to save her arm.

(granted it's funnier to imagine he just sticks it in her arm and goes okay great all done! and that's probably the canon way it went but)

the thought of the sheer pain malenia must've gone through during this process, to be honest, and the thought of the guilt miquella must've felt at having to force his sister to endure even more agony just to help her is just sad.

and all of it is done just in an attempt to salvage what they can of her and hope that more can't be taken.

like idk man it is just. haunting me ig??? to think about the fact that this woman, for all her strength and pride and tenacity and sheer determination, is literally slowly, painfully but surely, ROTTING away and her brother, who cares for her and loves her so much, can do nothing else but prolong her pain and misery in an attempt to keep her together to the best of his ability.

he has to take a fucking needle and STITCH her back together, he has to sew unalloyed gold into her flesh to keep her from falling apart because he is so desperate to help her. but he is just. he is never enough. his efforts are never enough and his sister continues to be in pain, and continues to rot despite how he tries and plans and invents. and despite his failed efforts and attempts and plans, she still loves him. she still chooses to follow him. to believe in him and his cause and his promises. no matter what happens to her.

edit: btw when looking at malenia pre-bloom and pre-losing her needle it looks like there's a proper layer/cover/whatever it is around her arm up till her knuckles making it seem like an actual covering or layer on top of her skin and what not, but when we fight her post-bloom and post-losing needle it appears like some of the layers have either flaked or fallen away and that reveals that it's actually meshed with/into her skin, which is an interesting note that she has multiple layers of unalloyed gold caked onto her skin on top of it being sewn into her.

EDIT EDIT: THE FACT THAT IN THE SECOND IMAGE IT LOOKS LIKE PIECES OF FLESH HAVE LITERALLY BEEN GOUGED OUT FROM HER HAND LIKE??? it's better seen (the missing flesh <3) when you get a good look at her eyesockets but like. holy shit man.

[fawn-tongues]

Loop and Mirabelle hours (3am)

[bumblingbabooshka]

The Pon Farr. T'Pring, let him eat you. [Patreon | Commissions]

[tadc-harlequin-au]

forgot I made this a while, WHILE back

[tossawary]

I've seen people say that Cassandra Cain would make a good Batman successor (have not read enough comics to comment, sounds cool, though), which made me think about Terry McGinnis again (I still think longingly about that "Batman Beyond" 3D animated movie pitch) and then about the fusion possibilities. Grizzled 40+ (minimum) Cass as The Bat (HOT) and mouthy teenage punk sidekick Terry kicking ass in this cyberpunk Neo Gotham sounds like a GREAT combo to me, honestly.

[rayman-raymania]

Giving some ‘I frew up’ vibes but trust me he’s just bugging Manny for water since he thinks he’s the tallest?? And the only one tall enough to get it?? But only at night

Made that post then dipped sorry y’all 😭 participating in art fight and possibly working two jobs at once soon BUT I myself demand more Raymania content from me myself and I

[daylighteclipsed]

Cloud thinking it’s easy for Tifa to make friends when it’s her insecurities pushing her to please everyone. Tifa thinking Cloud prefers to be alone when it’s his insecurities spurring him to isolate from everyone. Neither of them considering the other could be unhappy because they admire and maybe even envy these qualities in each other, seeing them as strengths.

The “Deep Dive Into the Emerald Sea” poster between them in particular when Cloud confesses he was never happy by himself as a kid… And then again at the end of that conversation, when Cloud says it’s never too late for them to make up for lost time/get to know and understand each other now…

Foreshadowing when they fall into the Lifestream together and see Cloud’s memories from their childhood later.

[krisdreemurrs]

ppl who think season 2 of arcane was nuanced are really funny to me actually

[lottieratworld]

nashatra (aka valencia) was personally invited to visit eunoia (i guess, i didnt rly think thru the scenario too much, just wanted to draw out some thoughts i had abt eunoia)

i think she'd be willing to let nashatra near her central system given some time and further building of their relationship, if she could somehow get her past cielcay's security. however she'd be nervous as hell abt it cause like. thats her room. and thats her. the part of her nobody else rly sees. everybody sees the androids but nobody sees eunoia. like "oh god what if she doesnt like me anymore when she discovers im just a huge server room"

idk tho maybe thats too weird for some roblox game lol

i might draw some more of this scenario later, would at least like to actually show nashatra interacting with eunoia...

[waitineedaname]

anyway happy pride month to these two moments when shen qingqiu decides to strike through his own internal narration specifically when thinking of himself and binghe as girls. which could mean nothing.

[katagawajr]

BORDERLANDS 4- the lore so far

a post compiling all the tidbits from the trailers/descriptions, about everything we know about the story (so far).

wanted to make this post because i may be borderlands' biggest hater, but this new stuff looks really intriguing so far! call me optimistic but i'm definitely interested for now...

(speculation/theorizing involved here. i'm not actually 100% knowledgeable on all the lore but this is just what i'm gathering from it. if it turns out to be true then i called it here first <3)

so here's the timeline we know so far:

-> At the end of Borderlands 3, Elpis is crashing into Pandora. To save everyone (on both places), Lilith flies up and teleports Elpis away. Presumably, just like Sanctuary in BL2, she can't exactly control where it goes.

-> Where it happens to go is the planet of Kairos: a planet hidden in space- it's insinuated that the "protective barrier" surrounding the planet (made of glass?) turned it invisible. Or at least undetectable.

-> This "revealed" Kairos to the universe. Elpis presumably has been pulled in and is now orbiting Kairos.

-> Kairos is currently being controlled by "The Timekeeper." The Timekeeper is not a PERSON, but rather an Eridian Guardian. AKA... A Vault Monster.

-> This is explicitly stated in one of Nyriad's diary entries from BL3. She mentions the Timekeeper by name as an "Eridian Creation," in the likes of Graveward (BL3) and the Traveller (TFTBL). It's also obvious by the images above that it isn't Human- it has robotic limbs, floats, and seemingly harnesses/is connected to the Vault Gate behind it.

-> The Timekeeper is described as a dictator obsessed with Perfect Order, furthering the idea that this hidden planet was in a perfect state of "Order," with only the Timekeeper + its "synthetic" army. Remnants of whatever Eridian Society created it, and hid it away, for whatever reason.

-> Elpis crashing into Kairos, and breaking the barrier, has enraged the Timekeeper, who's planet is now visible to the galaxy. And a big hole in the ceiling of it's house. Damn.

-> It's confirmed there's a few years' time-skip between the crashing of Elpis and the start of the game. The SCAVS of Elpis (and bandits of Pandora most likely, however they hitched a ride) have now made their way to the surface of Kairos and are causing mayhem. They seem way more mechanical in nature than the last time we saw Elpis, but similar vibes. Very tech-y, robotic, etc. -> These bandits become their own faction known as "The Rippers," and their leader is a robot lady named Callis.

-> Queen Callis is shown in the trailer to ALSO be not human (robot? something else? Kairos's influence, or Elpis tech? who knows.) But apparently she also has the power to control the bandits, through their masks. She puts the masks on them and their eyes turn red, matching hers. So it's possible she's just mind controlling every bandit.

-> Anyways, it's a "robo-bandit" VS. "synthetic Eridian" civil war deal. The Timekeeper appears to be attempting to subjugate the entire planet again, especially based on all the "break free" wording of the teaser descriptions. Whether you're fighting WITH Callis's army or just as a third party, it appears the Vault Hunters are from Elpis (or, were on Elpis when it got yoinked at the very least). And they're trying to escape this planet. -> The last description does mention "cast of characters, new AND old," so it remains to be seen in what capacity old characters are involved. It IS a time-skip, so maybe Sanctuary finally tracked down Lilith's whereabouts and she's stranded on Elpis. Maybe Ava is an adult now and leading the Crimson Raiders. Maybe the whole "Timekeeper" business means there will be timeline fuckery- pulling alternate timeline versions of old characters, bringing back dead ones, who knows.

-> (I'M PERSONALLY INCLINED TO BELIEVE that Sasha and Fiona will also play a role in this game? Because New Tales called specific attention to Sasha being in a different part of the galaxy unable to be found (hidden planet? wink wink?), and Fiona's talk of Sasha's anahatium pocketwatch, with the etched phrase "TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS.")

-> (Who knows if that is true, or what that really means. Just speculation here. I miss Sasha and Fiona, and they've been hyped up with BL3 Echoes, New Tales stuff, and even their own book. Give us the two best Borderlands characters back please.)

-> Last thing as an aside, it DOES show that we will be getting a Siren VH again. So she either needs to have Steele's unknown power, the Leech power, or some secret third thing. Maybe she isn't a real siren at all. The device on her arm could either be a way to REPLICATE a siren's power (like Anu, making her a "fake siren") or possibly as a way to enhance/contain the Leech power, like Tyreen alludes to in BL3. Interested to find out.

TLDR: we're finally getting the Eridian War plotline! They didn't forget guys! AND it directly involves Elpis, like the game where we first learned about the Eridian War!

Synthetic "Eridian" army led by a Vault Guardian/Monster, THE TIMEKEEPER, vs. the robotic bandit army, the Rippers, led by QUEEN CALLIS. Time-skip again (intrigued to see how long this time. It's canonically been at LEAST two years since BL3.) New + Old characters. New Eridian planet, like Nekrotafeyo. 4 New VH's, either FROM Elpis, or wayward travelers who accidentally crashed onto Kairos.

“Early 2025” gameplay reveal, unspecified 2025 release date.

[quietwingsinthesky]

like for instance. i can’t stop thinking about this specific detail. but it’s stated repeatedly that Narnia is, inherently, a land of talking beasts (among other mythical creatures). but everyone agrees that the only kings of Narnia should and must be human men. which, on the surface, is in reference to the bit in the bible where Adam’s told he’s to rule over the beasts. but the beasts of Narnia are intelligent on the level of men, are the natural people of this land, and the only way men can rule it is to literally come in from other worlds. something that the talking beasts of Narnia are ever so accepting of and grateful for, because lion jesus bade it be so.

which is. cs lewis did you invent an entire fictional world and then immediately colonize it. mr lewis answer me.