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[margindoodles2407]

once again. may's tags must be preserved for future generations

i only set you on fire a little bit. grow up.

[whumpster-dumpster]

Love Character A calling Character B by a name they never use, fueled by emotion - whatever that emotion may be. Calling them by a nickname when they've always used the full name, to help them feel comforted or at ease. Vice versa, angry or panicked full naming makes it clear how serious this is. Characters who always refer to each other by last names getting close enough to be on a first name basis. Revealing they consider the other a parental figure by using a parental term for the first time. Revealing they know the hero or villain's identity by using their civilian name. Any of it, all of it

[al3xand3r245]

Skitter Vs. The Black Knight. AKA. A different sort of Slaughterhouse Nine arc

Rather than the carnage of the Nine, he's slow and methodical. Equally as frustrating to go up against, but in a different way. Gist is he gets called in post-Echidna (He was dealing with some different bullshit at the time), as Tagg is tired of the Undersiders reign. No one likes him, because him showing up means Everyone Has Fucked Up, enough to the point the PRT things "seven dead in miama, twenty missing limbs" is worth the PR cost.

It's still Jack Slash: you're never winning with him. Anyway read a snip i made :]

[swizzlevixen]

Neither.

Turn the AC down ≠ turn the temperature lower BUT ALSO ≠ turn the temperature higher

Turn the [air conditioning] down

Turn the [mechanism which forces air through the ducts] down

Turn [by mechanical action, the amount of air being forced through ducts] down

= less cool air moving through the ducts

= the house gets warmer, so the temperature does get hotter, as a byproduct of reducing the amount of cool air circulating, but it does NOT necessarily mean that you have turned the temperature higher. You could have just reduced the fan speed.

my spouse and i disagree

[mr-cia-adler]

Adler, Woods and Mason in that order

[this-too-shall-bleed]

Fun for the whole family

this Painting is Pissing me off

[leblogreblog]

the fact that he also keeps being shipped with Spamton, one of the smallest lore-relevant characters is even more funny, like

them <3

First meeting >:)

Nobody expects him to be that tall in-person, but you know what they say! TV… subtracts a yard. Or two.

…That IS the saying, isn’t it?

(I did the math with these insane canon heights because I can’t get over this. Why is he that big. Who did this. I’m crying)

[howlingday]

Jean: (Kid, Points at Rin) Eh.

Rin: (Kid, Points at Jean) Eh.

Jean: (Preteen, Points at Rin) Eh!

Rin: (Preteen, Points at Jean) Eh!

Jean: (Teen, Points at Rin, At the urinal) Eh?

Rin: (Teen, Points at Jean, At the urinal) Eh?

Jean/Rin: (Adult, Wedding dress) Eh?!

[sevenassociation]

i don't think i posted this here.

based off this image that was going around because i saw it and immediately thought of him

[writinginthesecrettrees]

Mad At Your Dad? Read On...

Jared's not entirely sure why he contacted the guy.

That's a lie; he knows exactly why.

He came out to his family earlier that summer and after the screaming was done, there were two months of complete silence from everyone. And then his mom had called and informed him that his presence was required at Thanksgiving. Seems Grandma had asked about him and then informed her daughter that "I thought I didn't raise a bigot," and then told the extended family about how his parents had abandoned him "for no good reason" and now Mom and Dad want him to show up and make nice so they stop getting shit from everyone.

Around the lump in his throat, Jared said "I already made other plans," and Mom told him to cancel because family comes first, and Jared said he would but "only if my boyfriend can come. It wouldn't be right to leave him alone just because you decided I'm not shunned anymore." A lie, of course, Jared has been tragically single ever since he figured out he couldn't like girls the way his friends do, but he wanted to see what Mom would say.

"Well, then. Bring him," is apparently what Mom would say, through gritted teeth, and now Jared's stuck. And Chad offered to play boyfriend, because Chad is awesome, but his family knows Chad and would never believe it. But then Chad found this weird post on Craigslist while he was scrolling through the personals and it seemed like a godsend, so Jared had emailed him a phone number and asked him to call if his post was serious.

It was serious, it turned out, and the 28 year old felon turned out to have a voice like smooth whiskey and his name was Jensen and when Jared stuttered out his problem, that smooth whiskey voice turned into a rumbling chuckle that tingled down Jared's spine. "Oh, I'm so in," Jensen said, "and please say we can 'accidentally' get caught sloppy kissin'."

"What if I'm hideous? You shouldn't offer to kiss people you haven't even met."

"Darlin', I'd make out with Dick Cheney to make a homophobe clutch their pearls. And I bet you're a better kisser than ol' Dick."

Jared didn't want to get into his (nonexistent) skills as a kisser so they moved on to logistics: things like last names and birthdays and a "how we met" story designed to twist the knife for Jared's parents. And sooner than Jared had expected, he's standing on the curb outside Chad's apartment, waiting for Jensen to pick him up for Thanksgiving.

The van is as old and dirty and airbrushed as Jensen had said, and it lets out a belch of exhaust as he pulls up. Jared's parents will hate it. Jared's grinning as he slides into the passenger seat.

---

Jensen's first look at the kid who's given him a place to go for Thanksgiving is like a punch to the gut. Tall, Jared hadn't mentioned being tall. Slacks and a button-down shirt don't normally do it for Jensen, so it's gotta be the body in those clothes that has his heart beating a bit faster. And then Jared looks up, sees Van Halen (and so what if Jensen named his van, it was a perfect name and practically begging to be used), and grins and it's like sunshine after a thunderstorm.

"What if I'm hideous, he said," Jensen mutters just before Jared opens the door, then grins back at the kid. "Nice to meet you. I'm Jensen, I'll be your long-term boyfriend for the day." That startles a laugh out of Jared. "Any last-minute things I need to know?"

Jared bites his lip. It's adorable. Jensen wants to bite it for him. "Well... I kinda told my grandma about this." He looks up at Jensen through his bangs.

"She's the one who doesn't like bigots, right?"

"Mmhm."

"She cool with it?"

"... she said she's gonna take a ton of pictures."

Jared's fidgeting and Jensen feels for the kid. Coming out's a bitch, even with supportive family, and Jared's family is a little late to the program on that.

"You thought about what you'll call me?"

"I... why wouldn't I just call you Jensen?" Jared asks, clearly bewildered.

Bet the kid's never even been on a real date with a dude. Jensen tries to feel sympathy rather than satisfaction at the thought. "Trust me. Pet names are like... a thousand times more torturous for disapproving parents to sit through. Babe."

Jared wrinkles his nose. "I liked 'darlin' better."

"So do I, baby, but which will your parents hate more?"

"Point." Jared sighs, then gets a look of pure mischief in his eyes. "If we're going by what my parents will hate most, I should call you 'Daddy.'"

"Now you're gettin' it."

---

Jared's almost vibrating with anxiety when they pull up to his parents' house. And thank God for Jensen; if he weren't here, Jared wouldn't even be able to walk to the door. But Jensen is here, pulling him out of the van and lacing their fingers together as they head to the front porch. And they stand there, staring at the door, for a good ten seconds, until Jensen says "Fuck it," and tugs on Jared's hand.

They'd talked about putting on a bit of a show, so Jared's not completely taken by surprise when Jensen's lips land on his. He's just not entirely sure what to do. With anything -- his hands, his lips, his height, and oh! his tongue, because somehow Jensen's managed to part his lips and now Jared has to figure out what to do with an extra tongue crowding into his mouth.

Jensen has a stud in his tongue, and that's a fun discovery that makes Jared's brain short-circuit and solves the problem of what to do with my lips and tongue because the answer is to play with the piercing. It's a good answer, because Jensen is groaning and pulling Jared closer by his belt loops so their bodies are crushed together. And that solves the what do I do with my hands problem because there's nowhere to put them except around Jensen's very broad shoulders. Jensen's arm wraps more securely around Jared's waist, and he pulls back from the kiss to murmur "that's right, baby, just hold on and let me drive" with a playful nip at Jared's ear.

Jared is more than pleased to follow Jensen's direction, whispers "okay, daddy," and smiles at how Jensen groans as he reclaims Jared's lips and lets one hand slide down to squeeze Jared's ass.

And the front door opens.

And the look on Jared's dad's face almost makes up for the fact that they have to stop kissing.

---

It's the best Thanksgiving Jensen has had in a long time, and not just because he was in prison for the last one. Jared is flushed, happy, and relaxed when his dad interrupts their kiss on the front porch. Jensen hadn't known that a human face could get that red, and somehow his face goes purple when Jared introduces Jensen as "Dad, this is dadd... um, I mean, this is Jensen. My boyfriend."

They don't shake hands.

Jared's sister asks them how they met over the turkey, and that lets them pull out the story they made up.

"You tell it, daddy. I barely remember," Jared says, and Jensen's pretty sure he didn't even notice the pet name but everyone else did.

"Sure thing, babe. So, I'm a line cook at this dive bar..." Jensen launches into the tale of clocking out and going to get a drink and having 6'4" of sloppy drunk fall all over him. And how Jared was loudly telling the whole bar about how his parents hated him because he wanted a dick in his ass. Jared's grandma cackled at that, so Jensen winks at the old broad and continues on: "and my baby boy's just about the prettiest boy in all Texas, so of course I took him out to my van."

Jared's brother just might throw a punch. "You didn't even take him home?"

"Well, I was kinda between places right now, but I got a nice air mattress in the back of Van Halen. Real cozy."

"Don't worry, Jeff," Jared breaks in, eyes so innocent Jensen would believe anything he said. "We moved in with Chad the next day." He turns to Jensen. "Or was it the day after?"

The shovel talk Jensen gets from Jared's siblings between dinner and pie is scarier than anything he faced in prison.

---

The silence in the van as Jensen drives Jared back to Chad's is sleepy and comfortable until Jensen suddenly says, "So you gotta talk to your brother about me."

"Hmmm?"

"I'm serious, Jay. I think he's planning my murder. And your sister's gonna be his alibi."

"Please. Jeff's a teddy bear."

"To his little brother, yeah. To his little brother's supposedly homeless felon boyfriend? Not so much. You gotta talk to him!"

Jared laughs. Jensen wants to hear that laugh every day forever.

"Okay, daddy. I'll call Jeff in the morning. Tell him it was all fake."

"Good. I'd like him to not hate me when I take you out for real."

[buckyismysafehaven]

My friend Karu looks so much like Leighton it’s crazy

GOSSIP GIRL 5.03, The Jewel of Denial

[basilbunnycreachers]

Shadamy Week 2025 Day Two: Undercover!

TFW you have to impersonate the prince of your country after he’s kidnapped so that nobody knows he’s gone, but then his fiancée who you’re trying to fool turns out to be the prettiest girl you’ve seen in your life. Stay strong, Shadow🫡

I took a lot of inspiration from Barbie Princess and the Pauper and from Shadow’s beta design, Terios, for this! I wasn’t initially happy with this piece but it ended up better than I thought it would - I especially had a lot of fun trying to make it obvious that that’s Shadow and not Sonic, while still making them look similar enough to fool people.

(Prince Sonic’s probably out vibing with the Chaotix right now - they’re not exactly the greatest kidnappers in the world)

@shadowxamyweek

[al3xand3r245]

Aura Farming.

Anyway. All this Black Knight dicussion makes me think of what he'd be like. Probably just as intolerable as Jack, but a slightly different flavour. He's a glorified attack dog, considering how he's discussed in that vision. They talk about sicing him on people. That is not the language you use when talking about a well adjusted person. If we assume his backstory is the same, i go with the take that after triggering, or killing King, he got grabbed by a burgeoning Protectorate (Wardens here, technically.), and press ganged into the Wards. Still just as homicidal, but also in a situation where he's on a proverbial leash, and can probably see a psychologist.

Still petty and spiteful and shallow, but his worse impulses get channeled into violence against acceptable targets. I think he'd be a bit easier to get along with, mostly because he has to behave himself around some folks. But still deeply irritating. Guy who shows up, and you know he's going to be just. petty and shitty the whole time, but you have to tolerate him because he's going to figure out how to deal with whatever thorn is in the wardens side.

He keeps breaking into horrible monologues every time they set him on a threat, but he keeps killing the threats, so they have to tolerate his pagentry.

[thisdastampdoesnotexist]

[al3xand3r245]

Do not show his ass Earth Aleph's The Dark Knight he will be intolerable about it.

I noticed that a lot of people missed a small reference WB made about Jack Slash

So Jack Slash is obviously and purposely a Joker reference, meant to play into the fact that despite just being a homicidal clown, Joker is treated as a big bad player in the cape game (I personally find that incredibly dumb moment of him being so “crazy” that he is immune to Martian Manhunter mind powers to be the most memorable).

In Jack’s case, despite having a generally mid power (can project the edge of his blades as far as he can see), the fact that his Shard can boss other Shards around means that he’s always on top and cannot be defeated by Parahumans in a fight, so they need to use normal humans to defeat him.

The Joker and Jack Slash stuff is all well and good… until you remember there are 2 Jack Slashes.

Some of you might know what I mean, but for those who don’t, Eden’s/Contessa’s Interlude gave us an alternate timeline that shows us a heroic Jack Slash:

- Interlude 29 Worm

The Black Knight is Jack Slash, a member of the Wardens.

Jack Slash is a Dark Knight. A caped crusader with peak human skills that lets him hang with the big leagues.

He’s fucking Batman.