#canon discussions...

[the-wxter-is-fine]

Okay lukewarm take but I need to get it out of my system *hands you old blood-splattered knife that was used to kill nuns* I am tired of the largely agreed upon ideology that James Potter is this sunshine golden people-pleasing emotionally mature kid who is understanding and empathetic and kind and heroic and yada yada. He isn't one of my faves but... He was immature and spoiled goddamn it! He was raised in a LOVING rich pureblood household where throughout his childhood he was probably given everything and anything he broke was fixed using a magical stick. He was just as immature and rash and reckless as Sirius! He certainly didn't have the emotional maturity to understand both sides of Regulus and Sirius' broken relationship at that young age, a headcanon that is shared by a large portion of the fandom and is a basis for Jegulus' blooming relationship in many fics. He would only know Sirius' side and how SIRIUS got hurt by it. Leaving his family, that is. James would HATE Regulus, because he's bigoted pretentious blood-purist stuck-up selfish weak and everything that Sirius tells him he is. James also wouldn't understand that by constantly pursuing Lily he made her uncomfortable, just like he didn't understand that what he did to Snape was borderline harassment. By making James into a sunshine humble boy you are making his character one-dimensional. He was cocky and self-assured and didn't always understand that the things he said or did actually hurt people!

And Regulus? NO ONE gets under James' skin quite like Regulus can. Jegulus is literally the blueprint for enemies to lovers and I mourn the loss everyday. I'm talking glares across the hallways, jibes and insults when they brush shoulders, constant arguments, quidditch rivals, threats to unalive each other all that shit. Tension crackles when they enter a room. If everyone knew Jily would happen someday, no one could ever in their wildest dreams imagine Jegulus.

Now back to just James bc apparently this post is James-centric. I think the aforementioned characterisation of fanon James stems from him being the perfect masculine, similar to the way Lily is seen as the perfect feminine. At the time Joanne wrote the HP book series the ideal trope was straight white hot jock x straight white hot valedictorian - basically straight out of a nineties rom-com. Canon James is handsome, smart, sporty, a bully turned good, a bit of a daredevil and a good father. Canon Lily is also beautiful, also smart, kind, take-no-shit, loyal, and a good mother. Meanwhile fanon James is sunshine, golden, perfect, mature and a people pleaser. All things we like in real men today. To me though it makes him altogether a less compelling character and, like I said, one-dimensional. Let him be awful, and let him become better. It's called character growth.

Personally, I like a Jegulus-leaning James (well, I like a Jegulus-leaning EVERYTHING), who is a bit spiky and rough around the edges from being with Regulus for so long. Who doesn't take shit from people. Like, Lily (more like the ideal of her) can show James the place the world carved out for him, a nice, normal, safe place, but Regulus can make him question everything he thought he knew.

Anyways conclusion: don't ruin potentially excellently written characters like this, be better than the terf that wrote them

[egophiliac]

GET LOVED, IDIOT

GET LOVED SO HARD YOUR KIDS HOLD HANDS AND POWER-OF-LOVE YOU BACK TO LIFE

sorry guys, this is just my brain now. this is going to be the only thing I think about for the next week at least.

oh and also this

FIVE YEARS IN AND IT'S FINALLY CANON 🎉🎉🎉

WE DID IT

[bamsara]

you get no context for this whatsoever

[dumbkitsune]

"Mike cant say 'I love you' to El because he grew up with parents that never said it to eachother and had never showed love towards their kids"

El grew up in a lab that was constantly experimenting with her and she can say it what the fuck are you on about

[lassiesloveoflarping]

[images description: screenshots from Psych episode 06x15 True Grits showing an exchange between Carlton Lassiter and Juliet O'Hara. Lassie: "So when things fall apart with Spencer and you, Marlowe and I have met the perfect person." Jules: "That means that person is in prison and is a woman." Lassie: "Which one of those is a problem?" End ID]

This is actually how I talk to my straight friends too, only relatable thing Lassie has ever said or done

[teyrnacousland]

With a new Dragon Age game out I am once again begging people to stop citing "Project Elvhen" when you're trying to figure out what in game elven phrases and words mean. That's just some thing some guy made up. It's not correct, it's not trying to be, it's fanmade.

Good Alternatives:

Bitter Gossamer's Elvhen Cipher (it is literally amazing! I highly recommend this one) Katiebour's Best Guess at Elvhen (very outdated, but still a good resource!) Dragon Age Wiki's Elven Language Page

[angeloftuesdayy]

I just want to point out, that

in the episode about the supernatural convention, an agenda item at the convention was "the homoerotic subtext in supernatural".

mind you, the books ended with Dean going to hell (it was said in this very episode) , so Cas was NOT introduced yet.

hence the 'homoerotic tension' they want to discuss can only be about Sam and Dean.

just putting that out there...

(not to forget the gay Sam and Dean cosplayers that are a couple and Dean smiling afterwards to himself when he was at the car, waiting for Sam)

[pagliaccis-clown]

[ we are young - we meet for the first time - we look up and find - we've never had it any better ]

sorry for posting non canon art about side characters with a total of 7 non-consecutive minutes screen time do you still think im cool

also flat colours !!!!

[hood-ex]

Dick's crazy because if you're stuck in a room with him, and you're like, "How do we get out?" Dick will just be like, "One second." And he'll start banging on his chest, making choking and hacking noises, and he'll spit out a little laser into his palm, and he'll nonchalantly be like, "Here," while wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

[freyadragonlord]

What Han Yoojin thinks his life is like:

What Han Yoojin's life is actually like:

[egophiliac]

Hi it's just to let you know that the official romanization of Revaan's name is Raverne ! Also they have romanized Baul's name to Baur !

Twst coming back at us again with the least expected romanization! thank you everybody (oh god my inbox) (no it's great, I literally asked for this and the reactions have been INCREDIBLE, thank you all!)

I do like Raverne though, I think it's got a nice fancy sound to it! (I had kinda suspected it was going to be an R instead of an L, so the fact that it's SO close to Laverne except for that is hilarious to me personally.) and Dragoneye Duke is honestly probably the best translation for his title, I wasn't envying the localizers that one. :') Baur instead of Baul I was NOT expecting, but in retrospect I think his name's supposed to be a reference to the Bauru crocodile, so that actually makes way more sense!

someone else also said Meleanor has become Maleanor, which is the REALLY weird one to me, because I was so surprised it was written as Mel instead of Mal in the first place?! oh god no I can't decide which one I like better. 😭 (I wonder if they might change it to Mal...they have made romanization changes before) (like I remember House of Distraction being corrected to House of Destruction in Playful Land) (I did check and she's still Mel for now, but I dunno, they might Mal her up and some point and save me from having to make a decision about which one to use) (HECK I CAN'T DECIDE)

uhhhh thank you for letting me ramble about anime names, let's just say MONOGRAMMED SWEATERS FOR EVERYONE

[doodlejoltik]

cryptidchu 🚪

and now for something a little bit different! I usually see Rei as the protag, but I've recently been thinking about him as the professor's assistant, too, and his backstory.

[some stuff below the cut!]

before the survey corps was formed, he was part of the supply corps, so he had experience crafting items, going out into the field, and sneaking around wild Pokemon (though not so much engaging with or confronting them). this is part of why he was recruited for the new division.

also, it's probably standard protocol for them to carry around a few Pokeballs to relocate low level mons that have gotten into places they shouldn't. but often these are released pretty soon, and it's not so common to have them as your partners. as the diamond clan would put it, though, times are changing...

[malpractisnt]

Just thinking about how every prank between them is like a love letter dipped in emotional sabotage, signed with a smirk and sent with the full knowledge that revenge will inevitably follow.

[arthursfuckinghat]

Thinking about how Hosea gave Arthur the raven black shire, how Hosea said it was a brute, a bastard, and mean.

But after you've bonded with the horse, you'll find that it's one of the sweetest and bravest horse you've ever had.

In a similar vein, I think about how Hosea said that Arthur was a brute, dumb, and not that intelligent.

But then again, Hosea knows that it's just an act that Arthur puts on, he knows that Arthur has a heart and cares deeply.

In the same way that the shire revealed its true nature with time and care, so did Arthur. Beneath the harsh exterior, Hosea always saw the true goodness in Arthur.

[pinkysberg]

what do u fucking mean obsessive androgynous vampire x yearning catholic monk existed in a canon setting and none of u told me. worse yet, do any of u even KNOW???