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[delurkr]

Dennis and his first wife Dot in 1978

Two things: Dot is an Ashley Voom-adjacent model and has a place on that family tree (I believe @108garys will elaborate in the notes). Also, Dennis's shirt is his now 6+ years old "Joyful Dead" graphic tee he was pictured wearing in the band poster secret, which I'm making a point of because of the Canadian Clarke AU lore below

"You've hardly changed a bit!" is a comment I imagine Dennis heard a lot in 1978 when he returns to the United States and to the people he once knew well. I sort of think of the late 1970s as his factory reset era, when, for several reasons, he's making an effort to reinstate his old personal identity after losing his grip on a lot of the things he thought made him himself.

Dot, a Canadian college student who is the chic popular kind of personality he's always admired, is one of those reasons. She and Dennis were set up to meet each other by a mutual acquaintance in Toronto in 1974, but they didn't hit it off right then. The complicated circumstances that had been molding Dennis in Canada didn't match her "bad boy" preference or his own image of himself. But after the failed Blackwood experiment and his return to Toronto in 1975, Dennis is lonely, enough to overlook any sign that his circumstances had matured him past the simple role he inhabited when he was younger, so he reintroduces himself to her as her type of man and, as they both believe, his authentic self.

Of course that kind of misjudgment can't last, but it only surfaces after they quickly marry in 1976. In 1977, Dennis is no longer in danger of being arrested if he returns to the United States. He holds off until Dot graduates college in 1978, and then he convinces her to follow him back to his home country so he can try to pick up with his old life where he left off. She resents the move, however, and many things have changed during the six years he was gone. It's increasingly evident that the two of them are not on the same page, which, combined with problems arising from immature relationship skills on both sides, causes them to decide their relationship was a mistake. They mutually agree to divorce in 1980 and try to make a clean break from each other's lives. (This particular development can look different in branch AUs).

[pookapufferfish]

[pyrus-salicifolia]

“Normal” test results are not the relief people think they are. When you wake up in pain and continue to be in pain for hours every day and your tests come back normal you don’t stop being in pain.

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[isjasz]

[Ready for a new game?]

day 11 definitelynottober - heart in your fist & week 1 weeklyhermittober - beginnings

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IM SO READY LETSGO SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW LIFE SERIES💥💥💥💥💥💥

[sadagios]

drew all the lifers in my style before the year ends ! took a while but i had so much fun :> Original template by @/xmaruu11

[oyabun-draws]

my lesbian werewolf oc >>>>>

[cryptidmickle]

Amnesia au smilk outfits!! maybe i'll talk about the details/notes i have of them later

see the drip in motion <3

[noodles-and-tea]

Just some more thoughts on that jayvik dbh au

[delicourse]

Snake Year

[wuntrum]

what if a femme robot liked it when her butch creator performed routine maintenance tasks on her (in a sexual way) (and they were both girls)? i guess you'll have to read my new (free) comic to find out!!

[inkskinned]

i'm a little afraid to go to pride this year. many of us are, a little. sitting around our tapas and video games, the silence that hangs over the discord server. it feels different, we say.

we're privileged. the community that came before us laid the groundwork so i could be raised in a different world, and i will never forget their sacrifices and dedication. they gave us this: a pride that feels like community and celebration and joy. i remember the first few times i went to a queer event - i'd been raised so catholic. feeling safe like that, for the first time... it saved my life. i go to pride to celebrate that feeling - my people, laughing. out in the sun, the way we couldn't have been even 25 years ago. that feeling: no wonder we call it "pride."

who am i to be afraid anyway. there are parts of the world where people are doing much better work than i am. but it's just: i felt at home there, you know? and this year feels different. we are waiting on the dam to break. last year, at boston pride, there was a whole gaggle of sign-holders shouting about jesus. you walk around them and try not to let it get to you.

this year, i'm going to DC's pride with my girlfriend. google sends me concerns about if it's safe to exist in trump's america, if World Pride is a bigass target on all of us. every article uses the words "safety concerns" many, many times. three days ago i witnessed a shooting.

even straight people keep telling me - people are weird lately. sometimes we blame it on Covid and sometimes we blame it on the full moon. but i do remember a time before this, right. it's not just that people are more comfortable being rude. it's this strange, outwards violence. a comfort in being cruel.

it's a big hole to fall down anyway. it's not like they're going to do anything to make pride safe, not really. i don't want a police presence as the solution. and what if this is just fearmongering! what if this is just to get us to stop attending our own events! what if everything is actually fine, and i'm just freaked out by the stated intentions of our president!

and what if i'm just listening to things that are being said. what if i'm weighing the shape and size of this america accurately.

my mother calls me. she's been getting the articles too. i assure her i'll be careful, but i put the phone down and stare at it. i'm going to go to pride. other people made it safe for me, it is my duty and my honor to show up for my community. the only thing we've ever had was each other. it was always an act of bravery. being ourselves is brave.

but i am afraid. i lay out my outfit and i kiss my girlfriend. i cut my nails and clean up my undercut. i hold her hand and hang the sunset flag. the sound of this america feels different. like a volcano trembling. i will love her and i will love being queer and i will sing over the noise of it.

but ... still. in the back of my mind. that feeling, like something terrible has been shifted. like somewhere in the night - they remembered we're different.

[arcade-confetti]

Being someone who read Under The Red Hood and came out with the firm belief that, for Jason, it's not about killing Joker, it's about Jason wanting proof Batman would choose him over the Joker (bc shelia chose the joker). Makes seeing any other media where it's all about just wanting the Joker dead is a teeny bit frustrating. to be honest

Jason could've killed the Joker himself, really, really easily. Jason kidnaps the Joker before the confrontation. I can't open my comic for a reference right now, but it felt like he had the Joker for quite a bit before the confrontation. He had him. He beat him up with a crowbar. He had every single opportunity to kill the Joker himself, but he didn't because that wasn't his goal. Make no mistake, he did plan for the Joker to be dead by the end of it, but do you see what im trying to say here

Edit: If I knew this post was gonna get 1000+ notes I would've tried to word it better or something, this was a rant I made on the way to the grocery store 😭

It's not about making Batman kill either. When Batman says he won't kill, Jason adjusts and goes, 'Let ME kill the Joker or kill me to stop me' instead. The test is all about Batman choosing him. The whole final confrontation is Jason's first death again. The parent, The Joker, and the explosives. It even ends with Jason unable to move as a bomb goes off right next to him again because the parent didn't choose Jason. And instead tried finding an option that'd benefit them and (consequencely) letting the Joker walk, again, lol, lmao <-in agony

[ctrlzxoo]

ROUND 7: amongst a sea of green, is a glimpse of snow

Bonus: happy end(?)

[cirrus-grey]

[extravagav]

Too🤨 many?? Too🤨🤨🤨 many dudes????? How many dudes are there normally sanji?🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨