#day 1: guilt

[sunlight-shunlight]

me staring into the distance:

so the evanuris/blight situation is that: solas managed to, at the height of his power + with all his ancient elf besties helping, seal them into the black city and make the veil. and this took so much out of him that he was basically comatose for 5000 years. ok fine.

but then in vg, his initial plan was to put them in a different jail, while the veil is still up (despite that weakening all magic significantly and making it difficult to even access the black city). and then he wants to tear down the veil afterwards, presumably expecting to still be awake to do so. despite not having his original orb or his ancient elf besties anymore? so it doesn't particularly make sense in general. similar to how he described what he wanted to do with the orb, you'd expect him to take out the veil first and then reseal/move the jail?

(and then he wanted to put them into a Regret Prison when he is the ONLY one out of that entire situation who feels any regrets... 😭)

then his more ambiguous-sounding veil removal motives of being depressed about elves/spirits and unable to see the modern world as worthy of existence... become almost irrelevant. bc it's kind of necessary for him to Do Something? or else everyone fully dies of turbo blight when the archdemons die and the black city inevitably opens?

but then no one really mentions the looming catastrophe of the blight part, and they handwave it at the end, and all act like he's being very unreasonable. which he is! but only bc they made him dumber than a rock and weirdly inconsistent in his capabilities, not bc his motivations were actually proven to be wrong. aaaaa.

[eaterofdust]

Behold! A mild comparison/rant on Snotlout from the first movie, and his latest adaptation. I apologize for any error and the lack of visuals, though hope this is enjoyable, nonetheless.

Now, starting off simple with dragon training. In the original, the teens are quick to scatter, with Snotlout specifically having the unique path of running right rather than the left all the other teens take. In the Live Action, however, he simply backs up- though seems to shield Hiccup slightly judging by how his hand is outstretched to the only path Hiccup could take. Interestingly, it doesn't seem like Live Action Snotlout stepped forward when/if questioning Gobber as he's no closer to the camera than Astrid.

When entering the arena, he lacks the enthusiasm of his animated counterpart, seemingly furthering the idea that the riders were dragon sympathizers rather than the reality of what canon implies to us: Snotlout wants to kill a dragon because it is why he was spawned in the very first place, but upon seeing a dragon save Hiccup* from the Monstrous Nightmare (aka. the dragon that only Stoick and Gobber are ever shown to fight)- something he's very clearly stressed by judging by how he climbs the bars when Hookfang attacks.

When Hiccup is revealed however, the difference is most notable; Live Action Snotlout appears nearly disgusted at the sight of the heir, whereas the Animated Snotlout glances him up and down incredulously, starting to smile when Gobber begins the lesson.

Considering this, there is an inferable trait of Live Action Snotlout that differs from Animated Snotlout is that he seems to genuinely dislike Hiccup- which combined with his supposed "be cool" mindset serves as evidence for him actually going out of his way to bully Hiccup. This is far different from Animated Snotlout whom actually does the opposite: go as far out of his way as possible to make sure Hiccup stays away from him (think his jibes and moving so that Hiccup can't sit with them). This is given motive by Spitelout: status is all he cares about and if Snotlout were to hang up with Hiccup, he'd effectively telling his dad to screw off.

Live Action Snotlout prioritizes being seen as cool by his peers, Animated Snotlout prioritises surviving living with his father.

Both Snotlout's are a product to their environment, but environments seemingly different to each other. Both wants fame, power, recognition-

One to be "cool" and one to cope with the fact that deep down he knows his father is willing to leave him once the moment arrives. Sure, he's delusional, he thinks that his father knows best for everything and that all the injury he gets he must deserve for something he's done, but that doesn't mean he isn't scared of his father, doesn't know that his childhood is one unusually* unpleasant.

At this point, this becomes more opinion, but I imagine that such is why he leans so hard into being what his father wants. It gets him food, it gets him affection and yet he never gets love. He's weak, too weak, so he needs to prove that he's not the worst by fighting fights he knows he'll win- to retreat from a fight is a sign of weakness, of losing the battle. If he must smother the guilt, the affection he feels, then it is simply to do as his father wants, it is to ensure he gets a "well done son, I'm proud". Perhaps if he pretends he only cares for what his father does, that he has none of the wild thoughts Hiccup has always had that his father hates so, his father will finally tell him he loves him?

And then there's dragons. He is to be like Hiccup- and so he leads the dragon riders until Hiccup awakens. He can't play the facade for long, and as soon as Berk realises he provides so very little, not even the leader his father desires of him, he's hated. He returns to his roots, for Berk is still a land of Vikings, and he knows it'll get him back the praise, back to being the second best-

It doesn't. Nobody likes him, no matter how he tries, so he decides to hate them back. His loyalty keeps him from betrayal, but is it not sweet vengeance to force them to pay for life giving water, to leech them of their wealth? It is immoral, and yet wealth is power, and his father has always taught him to aim high no matter if by playing clean or dirty.

* Spelling error correction

[airbus-a350]

the self control it takes not to be a huge bitch about art challenges in front of an audience who loves them is commendable. i should be commended

[stilesinwonderland]

Day was finally able to have his freakout after all this time and I am thrilled for him!!!

[kawoid]

sleep deprived

[lowkeyivory]

Reginald: "Do you hate me?"

Young five: "I... uhm.."

Reginald: "I'm trying so hard to be a good father, but it seems that no matter what I do, you never appreciate it. I can't help but feel a little hurt. Would you be happier with a different father?"

Young five: "..."

[m-a-r-i--c-h-a-t]

mari hasn't wanted to share bad news about gabriel with adrien since the very beginning...

(s1, the bubbler, 2015)

[jamescarstairs]

yeah forcing someone with severe anxiety and possible ocd to do a first aid course is gonna do wonders for that person

[ohsweetflips]

somewhere on this blog there is a post that goes something like "what if i just start identifying as nonbinary and don't tell anyone and still go by she/her" and that needs to be marked as the day that pandora's box opened

[yeonban]

I feel like the best way to describe Tobias' activities today is just. This

[cosmik-homo]

The thing is half the reason eighteen even lets missy2 around is because he's lowkey someone she Can hurt. Like- yeah, first off he's someone who she's way less Likely to hurt- not just a fellow time lord, not just someone who's intelligence and competence she respects. but the master. Cockroach of a being. She hardly thinks he's going to allow himself to go down with her next metaphorical or literal shipwreck, when it will come to it. He'll get out of dodge- [SHE DOESN'T KNOW.]

But also. If she does fuck up his life. If she gets him killed or something worse or just. Hurts his feelings to a degree she can't usually bear wven contemplating allowing, to a degree she won't allow anyone to get too close to her out of fear of reaching again-

Well. Then. He's wiped civilizations for the hang of it. She'll never Mess Up or Do Wrong as much as him, sooo.

[nyandela-catalogue]

just putting it out there that we don’t support Alex Kister (and we haven’t for a couple years now).

just because we exist and post TMC-like stuff isn’t anything to do with them, and it never had anything to do with them, and it never will.

that’s all else i will say about this.

-Mark📕

edit:

no it’s not. uh yeah so basically we dont support some stuff they’ve said in the past, but the bullshit that’s been dealt to them has been disgusting and transmisogynistic.

-Adam📹

second edit:

WE WERE FUCKING RIGHT. I BET YOU ANONS FEEL RIDICULOUS NOW.

-Jonah🤘

[nade2308]

“Bad dreams are ghosts of our fears and worries, haunting us while we sleep.” 

― Maria V. Snyder

Part 1 || Part 2

Ao3 link here

@whumptober

@thethistlegirl

[scare-ard--sleigh]

idk man i know we're supposed to believe that oz is lying to sofia about working with her but i think it would have been like an easy 2-3 years before he actually killed her/put her in arkham if she went along with it : (

[miserye]

maybe i should start going to therapy