#Code of Honesty

[drumakun]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62633911/chapters/160327870

Whoever knows this fic, don't talk to me until Chapter 19. Chapter 18 took a toll on me and I'm mentally unstable and broken rn

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i do not remember the plot of scum villain because i read it in 2020 and it feels like a fever dream now so my characterization is entirely based off of the fanon on my dash.

hualian are my favorite but i do feel that bingqiu deserve the win. tgcf is VERY yuri, but svsss has gender as a main theme and both characters keep getting compared to maidens. overall there are more explicit references to women regarding bingqiu.

[cakemoney]

the speed with which brennan/evan decided to not only kill philtrum but to snap his wand to do so felt so satisfying (and hot), but also the way he did it (leaning into influencing the mind, directly shutting down the brain without any fanfare) draws a sharp contrast to the way philtrum chose to use magic, which is... not in an advantageous way given their location, right? if this was about getting them away from her/seizing the magical objects, she could've just as (or, given the rules as we understand them, much more) easily used some mind control/confusion spell to send them walking away. she wasn't casting intelligently given that magic is an extremely scarce resource there and also given that they're on the Mind magic island; she kind of just did exactly the sort of spell that was used to try to kill evan during the game in season 1, which makes sense given aabria's explanation of this being a group of people who would sacrifice anything to maintain their way of life and their sense of self.

and it just adds to the sinister energy to the island; it implies (perhaps unfairly, we have a sample size of one) that even after all this time on the island, they don't know what the island is about and why it costs them so much magic to do the things that used to be easy. they truly have no idea that they're on the fuck with your head island, probably because the island is fucking with their heads to keep them here and keep them hungry for magic and keep them from questioning if they should be living like this and make them spend every drop of magic that they can squeeze out of everything they have and everyone around them. this island is a like a massive parasite living in their minds pushing them to harvest resources that they think is necessary for their survival but is really being surrendered to feed the parasite. fuck man i KNEW the pretty green-grass blue-sky island was going to be the most fucked up one

[the-girl-from-another-place]

Me starting malevolent s4- “seems like this season is going to be more of a lighter romp, maybe the boys will get chased around nyc by the butcher and get into silly shenanigans! This will be a welcome change after the angst in s3 :)

Part 31:

[thebansacredbanned]

Thebes! I would like to know about Untamed Dajie if you're willing!

“So!” Nie Huaisang had seen Xichen-ge fly off as he was feeding the birds from his bedroom window, and had rushed straight to find his sister. “Have you finally managed to set a date for the wedding? Because you’re in the running for world’s longest engagement at this point, and I really… dajie?”

Nie Mingjue is staring straight at the table, at two barely touched cups of tea.

“There isn’t going to be a wedding, a-Sang.” Her voice is dull and emotionless, so far from the sister he knows.

Nie Huaisang clenches his fist. “That bastard. He called it off? I’ll ruin him, I’ll ruin the whole Lan sect for good measure, he can’t treat you like-”

“You won’t touch him, Nie Huaisang.” Dajie never full names him unless she really means it. But if the wedding, after a decade-long engagement, has been called off, and dajie doesn’t blame Lan Xichen…

He moves a few paces closer to the table. “Dajie…”

Dajie is crying. Dajie never cries.

“Why aren’t you crying dajie? Don’t you miss him!”

“If they see me cry the elders will say I’m too weak to lead. They’ll appoint someone else as acting sect leader and they’ll never give it back. How can I honour fuqin then?”

He kneels at her side, pulling a handkerchief out of his sleeve. She takes it, without a word.

“Dajie… what happened? You’ve been looking forward to this for so long.”

“I called it off. It will be better if I can stay with you, to be your advisor. I can’t ask him to wait any longer.” Her voice is steady, bland. It feels almost rehearsed.

“Did Xichen-ge- did Zewu-jun believe that, when you told him?”

Nie Mingjue laughs, hollow and humourless. “Of course not. But he is honourable enough not to push.”

“Dajie, I don’t… you could have been so happy. You love him.” It’s a statement that has never been in question. Nie Huaisang doesn’t remember a time when his dajie wasn’t in love with Xichen-ge, and him with her. It wasn’t so much an arranged marriage, to Nie Huiasang’s understanding, as the pair being introduced at a young age in the hopes that they would get on well.

The plan had paid off. They had gotten engaged young, with the intention of waiting until Lan Xichen had reached his majority and taken his rightful place as Lan-zongzhu. And then fuqin died, and the decision was made to allow Nie Mingjue to be acting sect leader until Nie Huaisang came of age. And now Nie Huaisang is twenty one and about to take on the role he was born for, the role he never wanted, but at least his dajie could finally be happy.

“I do.”

“Then why?”

Dajie is silent. He watches as she swallows, dryly. She buries her hands in her lap, takes a deep, shuddering breath. “I’m dying, a-Sang.”

(ask game here)

[soyboysace]

fourteen's small kiss on donna's hand while reassuring her is making me feral btw. like yes, yes, character development. they're showing physical and verbal affection towards those that they love now after years of being a sopping wet, piney, closed off motherfucker. but i still can't get my mind off that one tweet i saw that said that that small gesture really seals the deal in making u see the remnants of their impactful experiences in recent regenerations. this isn't ten all over again. the physical action is so late eleven/twelveclara experience coded with the added benefit of them being consistently verbally vulnerable, honest, and caring (which is something they lacked in in the past in general).

[thegreatgremlingang]

Hot take: If lan wangji listened to Taylor swift he would be a hardcore swiftie and his favorite albums would be lover and speak now

im too hungry and tired and shriveled up to explain why right now bc its a long story

may elaborate later

[papasmistakeria]

MLP Mane Six Elements of Harmony except it's the members of Tally Hall

[mechahero]

//Thinking about the online aspect of Motor City worldbuilding again...

[rt0001]

THESE GFX ARE SOOO SEXY

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[saturnsconstellation]

Effie Potter was the slytherin quidditch queen, who do you think James got it from lol, Fleamont?

[strangerwheelerthings]

Thinking about Nancy's tendency to frequently lie, terribly, and the idea of autistic masking as constant social pressure to lie about yourself. The idea of her conceptualizing interactions with others as a kind of performance with few internal differences between outright lying and being social.

[verdantachillean]

I love watch sitcoms, but I don’t like when a bad character gets caught and admits to it when there’s an easy lie RIGHT THERE

“Was this professional person you talked about, some kid name X”

“No, X is his son, he is also named X, his son is X jr.”

[pojestcusvekolacice]

[ana-cantskywalker]

To the Church of Ezrabine, at Tumblr.

I speak not in any place of authority @jedimandalorian is our illuminated prophet, I am but a simple follower and Sabezraite. I would like to propose a song to be added to our hymnbook of melodies and chants about our beloved ship.

I will now explicate my reasonings for this proposal, starting with the first verse: Wrote a letter to the mountains They never wrote me back I loved the sky so fiercely Still the thunder cracks Gave flowers to the ocean Still, my heart is blue Of all the things I've loved My darling, the best by far is you

It is clear within the first lines of this writing that it is about a girl who has experienced many things, and loved many things, yet her lover holdeth all of her affection, much like the way Sabine puts Ezra over any other things she might care about.

I wished so hard that I could fly My wings just weighed me down I dreamed that I could be a boat But I sailed too far and drowned And oh I wished and longer for These dreams to all come true Of all thе things I've wanted Lover, what I want most is you

Now we see aspirations and dreams, things that were chased after yet never attained, which reminds us of Sabine trying to please her parents and then excel in the Imperial Academy, both of which were futile. At the end, she realizes what she wanted all along was her man.

I lost thе shoes I wore forever Though they were black and cracked Missed trains and planes to get to Places I might never go back I lost my mind along the way Sounds wild but its true

Of all the things I've lost Honey what i miss most is you

And finally, we see yearning for her lover, the same way Sabine pines for Ezra, in a way that no sister pineth after her brother. I believe this song is a true testament to the feelings of Sabine, and believe it should be added to our Holy Hymnbook.

[romances-not-tragedies]

Oh, 'di ba? Nakakaputang ina

Tayo'y lumilipad, at ako'y iniwan mo

Oh, 'di ba? Pinagmukha mo 'kong tanga

Tayo'y lumilipad, at ako'y iniwan mo