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People of Tumblr! I come bearing horrible news, the front lines have been attacked and we have lost contact with the Great Archive!! I fear there will be a famine as our food is depleted by this great attack.

(ao3 is down for maintenance)

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withdrawl :(l

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a birthday surprise from the tracksuit mafia

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i feel like an addict in withdrawl (ao3's down)

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forgot to post this random ass collection of rivals (bucky) doodles that i made yesterday

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so where the fuck is Spider-Man

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matt's greed is something that needs to be studied

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ever see that one duo of friends where your just aggressively shouting at the screen

JUST KISS

that or fuck, either way im fine

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ho legit got shot and casually escaped the hospital and beat ass all while half naked btw

he's a really good lawyer guys

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Fisk is the pettiest bitch ever lmao 😭

"I'd rather have a dead hero then a live vigilante"

oml Fisk shut the hell up, your just sad Matt's beat your ass so many times and hes fucking BLIND

THAT TO HE SAVED YOUR FUCKING LIFE AND YOUR WIFES LIFE

HE HATES OWING PEOPLE THINGS, AND NOW HE OWES MATTHEW MURDOCK SOMETHING!? HELL YEAH HES KILLING THIS BITCH

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Karen gives off MAJOR Natasha Romanoff vibes in the newest episode

same vibe Natasha saying "do I always have to clean up after you boys?" in age of ultron (i think) and Karen just staring both Matt and Frank down before begrudgingly saying "get in"

chat i love them both

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Real lovers get matching bullet holes in the same spot

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matt murdock just became the mayors hero. if fisk was planning on outing him as daredevil (which is unlikely tbh he likes fighting him too much), it would now damage his campaign that vigilantes need to be stopped since daredevil was the one who saved him at an event that the task force was supposed to be leading security at. matt's accidentally just put him in checkmate lol

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I'm lowkey kinda wondering how everyone BUT the hawkeye's are showing up in daredevil

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shinazugawa brothers my beloveds 🫶

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do you have more c technoblade analysis? your thoughts are really well articulated and usually i agree with you

i wasnt there for dsmp stuff so you can talk about anything you’d like

Oh boy, I have a ton of cTechno thoughts all the time, but I feel like I'm bad at pulling them out randomly unless people want to ask/hear about anything specific (which, for the record, I very much embrace; I love cTechno lore questions)

HOWEVER, you're in luck today. Because I did have thoughts this morning!

Specifically, I am thinking once again about cTechno's conversation with cTubbo about the Red Festival during their Saving Michael stream.

Techno's situation during the Red Festival is kind of interesting to me because we know it is a fight Techno would have lost, and thus he decided not to engage with it. We see this as a returning character trait. Techno isn't only a good fighter, he's a smart fighter. He's not reckless.

That is to say, cTechno and ccTechno have both confirmed that in the case of the Red Festival, Techno pulled the trigger on Tubbo (AFTER trying to get out of the situation, dissuade Schlatt of the entire affair, and stall for time so their allies could come help, none of which worked) because he knew that if he refused, then he'd be entering a fight he could not win. He would not have been able to keep Tubbo and himself safe against a crowd of armored and armed people, especially as Tubbo was completely without weapons and armor. The most likely outcome would have been for them both to just be killed anyway, or maybe if they're lucky for one of them to die and the other escape.

And Techno only has one life.

Now, a few characters (mainly cTommy) do believe Techno could have fought his way out of that situation easy-peasy. The problem is that Tommy is in this case wrong. Again, both cTechno and ccTechno confirmed he could not have won, and in fact, we see that Techno's health dropped significantly and he almost died, leaving him to flee, and that is after shooting Tubbo. So yeah, no way would he have made it out with both of their lives intact. (Sadly, some of the fandom also decided to take Tommy's word for it despite cTommy being extremely wrong in this case but that's another post)

Here's why I'm talking about all this. During the Saving Michael stream, Techno apologizes to Tubbo about the events of the Red Festival, but these are the exact words he uses:

"I should have been willing to die for my beliefs back then"

This line still drives me up the wall and makes me chew the isolation /pos. Techno isn't saying he would have survived the Red Festival. He's not saying that he lied about being able to win that fight. HE'S SAYING HE SHOULD HAVE TRIED ANYWAY EVEN IF IT KILLS HIM.

And this comes literally minutes after he admits he only has one life.

Techno's 'belief' in this case is in reference to anarchy, obviously. I could write full dissertations about how Techno's understanding of the concept that is anarchy evolves to be more nuanced and complex throughout the dsmp, and how it is one of my favorite arcs, and why it makes him such a compelling character, but the main point for this post is that Techno got others involved in his cause.

Anarchy is not just Techno's thing anymore. It's the Syndicate's thing. Techno's friends. And one of Techno's defying character traits is that while he's not reckless, he's very much willing to put himself in danger for his friends. So now he feels that he should have put himself in harm's way during the Red Festival because that's what he would do now, after his character development.

He's not apologizing for being unable to save Tubbo - because he still doesn't think he'd be able to, and he's probably right about that. He's apologizing because he has one life and he was unwilling to sacrifice it. But now he is.

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Just saw a GIF of Clint Barton in casual clothes holding a bow and am now convinced that in universe he has the same famous person situation as Tony Hawk. He is completely unrecognized in public unless in the vicinity of That One Object. ‘It’s random middle aged guy.’ He picks up a bow. ‘Holy shit it’s Hawkeye!’