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Dean Winchester in SUPERNATURAL 6.04 'Weekend at Bobby's'

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A trope that gets to me: 'guard dog' character and their partner who are both fully aware of it and honestly don't care/kind of like it. Someone says "call your guard dog off" and their partner does call them off. That person, their 'guard dog', is someone who is unreservedly, irrefutably loyal to them. Someone undoubtedly dangerous who is willing to kill, to maim, to obey, simply because of their love for one another. There's no manipulation involved— it is loyalty, brutal, dogged loyalty. And it goes both ways.

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Daisy Edgar Jones as Noa FRESH, 2022 Dir. Mimi Cave

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I don’t have any siblings, and my dad died a while back, so… I’m not sure where my mom is, because we don’t talk. FRESH • 2022 dir. Mimi Cave

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A list of my 50 favorite things [2/50] “It’s going to take a while, but eventually, you’re going to learn to accept that things don’t always turn out the way you thought they would.” FRESH 2022 | dir. Mimi Cave

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Daisy Edgar Jones as Noa FRESH, 2022 Dir. Mimi Cave

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STEVE ROGERS Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

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BUCKY BARNES + smiling

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SEBASTIAN STAN ✧ BUCKY BARNES THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, 2021 1×3 — Power Broker

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maddie’s 1k follower celebration: requested by @buckysbarnes 🤍 🍓 AN ACTOR/ACTRESS FROM ANY MOVIE/TV SHOW ✨

SEBASTIAN STAN as BUCKY BARNES CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016) dir. anthony & joe russo

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Hello, Snips. I didn't expect to see you so soon.

ANAKIN SKYWALKER in AHSOKA (S01E04)

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GENERAL ANAKIN SKYWALKER in his The Clone Wars glory

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geto’s death, being written into jjk’s prologue (our beginning), had more weight and “meaning” than gojo’s, who had 236 chapters to finish his character arc.

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Batman Adventures Annual: Study Hall || An Analysis

Released in 1994, the Batman Adventures Annual delved even deeper into the lives of the various rogues of Gotham. One of those stories focuses on the Scarecrow, and it is arguably his most popular tale.

The initial setting is a university classroom. Jonathan–or should I say, Scarecrow is teaching a “special” make-up session. A student–Mr Bromley–is tied up and gagged in the corner. We’ll soon learn why.  In typical monologue fashion, Scarecrow begins to talk about fear and what it means for the human brain. As he’s explaining his methods, he’s also dabbling with some dangerous chemicals. (and thanks to context clues, we know that because of the little skulls inscribed on the bottles. A nice touch if you ask me, if a bit silly) His first experiment proves to be a failure, the vision of rats brought on my the toxin does little the phase Mr. Bromley.

(Interesting to note: this is one of the few comics which showcase fear toxin this way. Normally, Jonathan does not know what his victims are seeing, but here has a chemical compounds that bring forth specific fears)

As Scarecrow gleams over his chemicals as the story shifts into a flashback. Here we see Jonathan Crane locked up in Arkham Asylum. Jonathan is narrating now, and he seems quite forlorn. Someday he’ll be too old to dance with the Dark Knight, what will happen to him them? What has his life lead up to? Was being a villain worth it? These are the questions he asks himself. That’s when he contemplates being a teacher again.

“I had been a teacher once, and often toyed with the idea of returning to the peaceful life of a quiet academician”

Crane sets out to make that dream a reality. He escapes the asylum and with a little clever ingenuity, he forges some documents and changes his name to Irving Diedrich. With these credentials it doesn’t take long for him to get a job as an English professor at a local upstate college.

And as easy as pie, Jonathan was back to teaching. He was enjoying his reprieve from villainy when a special student changed his life. Her name was Molly Randall, Now most of his students were the typical brain dead quarterbacks and preening co-eds, but not Molly. She was different. Molly was the kind of student a teacher comes across once in a lifetime. She was kind and thoughtful, charming and inquisitive, all traits a teacher would adore.

In addition to being her English professor, Crane was also Molly’s counselor. (this means he must’ve been a guidance counselor in addition to being a teacher, I like that the writers included this.) The two of them bonded over their passion for knowledge and they spent many a hours talking and discussing all things creative. These were the same thoughts Crane had long sense banished from his mind, but now he feels invigorated and refreshed, all thanks to one inspiring student.

The comic shifts back to the present as Scarecrow continues to brag about Molly’s accomplishments knowing full well that Bromley didn’t even begin to understand the real Molly. This is where the story starts to get dark.

“To you she was just another pretty face, another evenings amusement”

Thanks to this quote, we know that Bromley has done something deserving of all this punishment. Unfortunately, not even spiders scare the stone cold sportsmen. We’re transitioned into another flashback and Crane is narrating once again. This time we see Molly in Crane’s office, clearly distressed.

Words are exchanged between them, but we as the readers can only infer about what was said. However, we have the narration to clue is in.

“For only an animal would have done what you did to hear”

That one sentence is more then enough. We now know that Molly was in an absolve relationship, something happened and she came to the only man she could trust in that moment. Jonathan Crane. Its important to note that we’re never told exactly what happens. We’re given pretty deliberate hints though. He hit her, she pushed in away. He took advantage of her, Bromley hurt Molly.

Many people would read this is sexual assault, and at the very least it was physical and perhaps even emotional abuse. No matter whits direction you go in, you know Molly is a victim of a monster.

Back in the present, Scarecrow is continuing his experiments on Mr. Bromley Finally, he stumbles upon a positive reaction, this time it’s leeches and Mr. Bromley seems thoroughly terrified of the bloodsucking creatures.

“You’re scared Mr Bromley, just like Molly was when she came crying to me!”

Scarecrow continues to brutalize the young man, and we see a brief glimpse at Bromley’s capture through a two panel flashback. The boy is on the floor, presumable passed out from the horrifying experience when Scarecrow pulls out a huge scythe.  His student has passed his “exams” and now it’s time for graduation.

Just as he’s about to swing the scythe and end the boy’s life, a voice rings out from the shadows. It’s Batman of course, unfortunately he has to show up. (why must he ruin this? I’m on Scarecrow’s side her, he deserves to be offed!) The Dark Knight had been watching Crane for weeks, only to be surprised that he just simply wanted to teach again. Ah, but things are more complicated than that, aren’t they?  The fight is short and Jonathan, suffice to say, was not the victor. The comic ends with Batman narrating.

“I suppose Crane was trying to help Molly the only ways he knew how,, with fear, intimidation and force,  All and all, not that much different from Bromley’s methods. Except Crane always had to decency to wear his mask on the outside”

This story not only gave us a sympathetic Scarecrow, it gave us a villain acting like a hero. Even though he went about it the wrong way, in most eyes people would say his actions were justified. He saved Molly from a monster, even if he acted like the same monster in the process.

This is why Scarecrow is a great villain, often underrated and under appreciated by the fans, he has shown is here that there are lines even the Scarecrow won’t cross. Abuse is abuse, and coming from a man who grew up in an abusive household in some canons, his actions make a lot of sense.

Scarecrow is a monster, there’s no denying that, but at least he stands his ground when comforted with a beast like Bromley. This story shows us that Jonathan Crane, under all that thick burlap skin, still has a heart. He was willing to give up his only chance at teaching to save a student who needed his help.

That is something extraordinary. Not every villain would do what he did.

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How's that for a motive?

SCREAM | 1996 dir. Wes Craven

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Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity. Oppenheimer (2023) dir. Christopher Nolan

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