#it exists and doesn't at the same time

[milksugarjams]

Sherlock Holmes 3

(part 2 of ?)

Of course Holmes has a big case lined up already. And of course Watson is dutifully ignoring him. He big mad.

"You would benefit from exercise, Watson. Look at Gladstone, lying there like a dying elephant. You two could be related."

"We both get plenty of exercise, Holmes."

"Debatable. Certainly not for the mind."

Watson stares out the window in front of his typewriter like it's a camera on The Office. You just know he wants to go, but he still big mad. "No."

"No?"

"No."

Holmes' eye twitches. He knocks a picture frame off a side table in passing, pretending it was an accident. The glass breaks.

Watson glares at the man, who's starting to look more like a pouting cat. "That is my mother-in-law."

"She's dead, and you never met her."

The kids are sitting in an armchair in Watson's office watching the proceedings. They're making notes. The eldest thinks this will all make up the next book.

Then Mary walks in, "Time for school, come on." The children sigh and say goodbye, following their mother out.

Watson raises an eyebrow at Holmes once they're alone. "Maybe you should go with them," he says, "since you insist on behaving like a child."

Holmes calmly narrows his eyes. The wheels are visibly turning in his head. What's he thinking?

[mobius-m-mobius]

- H OF H PLAYBOOK, anne carson (insp/Loki version)

[bacchuschucklefuck]

theme of laura | theme of laura II

[luguangs]

We are alive. And we will continue living. So long as you remain by my side.

[psychopomp-namine]

the way everyone has a dislike in their profile that actually says something integral about their character. lu guang doesn't like plans getting messed up, cheng xiaoshi dislikes loneliness, xia fei with owing favors, vein with lying...

and then you have liu xiao, who dislikes... cilantro. and fish mint.

(shakes fist) (putting him in a glass jar and shaking vigorously) learn to be vulnerable!! tell me something about yourself!! I guess him liking movies lines up with the theater metaphors, and there's him liking chess, but that. doesn't count methinks

[serpentface]

This was going to be a panel of a little comic but I got too invested in drawing minute background details so, here.

[beneathsilverstars]

been thinking about the differences between SASASAP and ISAT lately. because looking just at ISAT and the two hats ending, you'd think loop went through the exact same house as our siffrin, but looking at SASASAP, it's different. it's mixed up. it's obviously a condensed prototype.

but. that doesn't have to mean it's a different universe entirely.

maybe that's just what happens after a thousand loops.

the house warped in act 5. siffrin lost their shit and the house got changed and corrupted, far past its baseline king uncanniness. so it wouldn't be too out-of-the-question for it to be able to warp in more subtle ways as well, due to a more subtle breakdown.

like a jpeg uploaded and downloaded a thousand times, siffrin changed, and the loops changed. over a thousand loops of efficiency, the house got more efficient. rooms combining. items moving. data compressing. and of course, run in a changed house, the script changed as well. it did so slowly, one bit at a time, over a thousand loops of zoned-out half-listening – and by the time siffrin would have noticed each difference, they were already used to it. (and in the moments that they did look at a room that was less familiar than it should be and realize that they had no idea where to find the key, well. that's just classic siffrin, isn't it.)

through sheer repetition, siffrin was corrupted, and the loops and the house along with them. all purpose lost, all signals distorted, until finally they couldn't recognize the meaning in any of it. it was all noise and despair.

so they made a wish. and the loop restarted. not just a reboot, but something more complete.

the data was backed up onto a star – a guide, a warning, a reference – and the loops were factory reset. and for the first time in a thousand loops, siffrin woke up to a clear mind and the crisp sound of birdsong.

[cobra-creampuff]

the fact that they made it illegal to make ads louder than programs on tv in 2010 but haven't updated it to apply the same regulation to streaming. who do i have to call.

[winterlsoldier]

Anyone else ever think too much about the fact that Caspian never had any privacy throughout his life? No significant memories that were his and his alone, no secrets to keep, nothing kept safely between himself and the people closest to him. The first time he walked, the first time he talked, every holiday, every hobby, every worry he's shared with his parents, every time he's confided in the people who he's meant to be able to trust the most, every moment of his life has been documented, shared around, picked apart and analysed by people who have absolutely no right knowing him that much and that intimately

[shrews-art]

The child queen of a world born anew!! What will she do!

[spadaaces]

Thinking about Akiren and his hometown…. I like to think/headcanon that he doesn’t hate it there. There is a strange sort of comfort being there at times, but it’s not really.. Home anymore. Same with his parents - my hc is that they’re pretty average (he goes through So Much shit all the time I think he deserves a Little bit of normalcy in his life lol). They’re nice and they care for him, but after living in Tokyo for a year and everything that happened that year, there’s this weird gap now.

Akiren went through so much in the span of that year and he changed a lot during that year. We obviously don’t know too much about pre-game Akiren, but it seems like he’s always had this strong conviction, but acted more reserved than he actually is, similar to how he keeps his head down when he’s put on probation. And then he does not only awaken to his persona and is able to rip of that mask both figuratively and literally, but he finds a place where he can truly start being himself. He finds people who also discover themselves and grow alongside him, and makes him stronger - and he finds people he truly belongs with. And despite all the shit they had to go through, it’s also some of the most fun he’s ever had and these people are so special to him and they understand him and he them and -

And then he has to go back home. And he knows they’re gonna miss each other, but also that he’ll see them again. And it is a little nice to be back, it’s peaceful for a change and at least he has Morgana with him. But it’s a bit too peaceful. There’s not the buzz of the city anymore, he’s not used to it being so quiet - he’s not used to having so few people around him anymore. The town is the same, his parents are the same, but he isn’t. And it feels weird cause nothing is necessarily wrong or bad there, he’s just so. Out of place. He’s a completely different person but no one in this town knows that. And so it’s really easy to slip back to how he’s always acted when he’s there. Because this isn’t where his real self is supposed to be.

Then summer rolls around, and he travels back to Tokyo and all his friends are there to welcome him and Morgana back and it finally feels like he can breathe again. Like he’s finally back where he belongs and he’s able to be his full honest self.

He’s home.

[happywitchesofnewdi]

"Happy Pride Month, gender is fake!"

-Sora & Izumi apparently

[mikodrawnnarratives]

in stars and time spoilers

you know what would be kinda funny to me? sloopify shadow milk cookie.

THROW THE FOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE INTO THE TIMELOOP ENOUGH TO BECOME SHADOWMILK AND RE-MEET HIMSELF

or just make them meet ig, but timelooping them too is funny

[calypsolemon]

haven't even watched monstrosity yet bc i came home from work with a massive migraine today but i hope to god lego sees a huge positive reaction and looks to continue funding more mature 2d animated side stuff with ninjago. I obviously accept that it's a children's show and i like the main show as-is but it's really nice to also see stuff catering to its older audience, particularly since so many people "grew up" with the series.

[rmbunnie]

I like Batman. I like Batman as a character. I like Bruce Wayne. But it is very unserious when people act like Jason Todd, or maybe Damian, the robins as a whole, or any one writer, or any specific story arc, is singlehandedly corrupting Bruce’s character into an severe and inflexible colleague and distant, emotionally-unavailable father. Because even if he hadn't consistently been a questionable, loving yet unhealthy AT BEST father figure in the majority of his appearances since the early 80s (and I do mean to Dick, to Cass (actually shaping her into his image in Batgirl 2000 at the cost of her social development and autonomy ISNT good,) a BAD mentor to Steph, not even getting into Helena, like truly it’s not all about Jason?) The first well-written book that comes to mind where his morality is at its worst imo? That’s Wonder Woman: Hiketeia. No robins, no batfamily, just Bruce putting aside Wonder Woman’s input and the context of the situation and chasing down a girl who killed the men responsible for trafficking, assaulting, and killing her baby sister, to the point where it ends with her jumping off a cliff.

And the thing is I still like reading him in Hiketeia, because he fills the role he needs to fill in that story well, his actions align with his wordview even if it’s taken to the extreme in an uncharitable way, and he keeps my attention. I just think it’s goofy how some of us on here look at the guy who’s big character trait is being a hard-to-know, stubborn, and condescending control freak who puts other people's emotions on the wayside in favor of his mission prolifically, and go “all he did was LOVE TOO MUCH! His mean kids and associates and teammates are PUNISHING HIM for LOVING with his BIG BIG HEART and it’s tainting the narrative!” And you could say “well Hiketeia doesn't count, Greg Rucka is just a hater!” (though I certainly wouldn’t.) But when the issue is Damian entertaining the idea of leaving the family business, and before that it’s Red Hood stepping on toes, and then, wait, before that it’s Green Arrow and Wonder Woman, and then Huntress, and then oh wait we can’t think about the weird patch with Nightwing where their relationship was super rocky, and then Jason but before he died, and of course the Green Lanterns are basically treated like punching bags for him to do something awesome then- Like maybe if it’s a consistent pattern spanning what, 20, 30 years now? The issue isn’t Damian or Red Hood alone, or PKJ or Greg Rucka or Judd Winick or Marv Wolfman + George Perez or even Jim Starlin being a hater, but your blorbo just having extremely well-documented character flaws?

[zincbot]

i'm a huge huge fan of the dynamics and story that's present in the dreemur's divorce in deltarune. what a core for a story to be built around.