#Redux

[thatgoddamngingerundercut]

Agust D - Daechwita (redux)

[elstabler]

the way he holds her hand with both of his and kisses her tenderly while his eyes never leave hers…he’s been a man in love since all those years ago

[smallcloisville]

He was soo ready to outrun him 😂😂

[loafbud]

my dream self 💭

[loganslowdown4]

If Virgil was in Putting Others First:

Virgil: *appears* SHIT Sorry I’m late I—

Roman: *identity crisis*

Patton: *giant frog*

Thomas: *knocked out*

Virgil: WHY IS DECEIT HERE??

Janus: That’s your question??

[culkinzzz]

rory culkin in black mirror (2023)

[diaswarriorcats]

[junglejim4322]

Tbh I think we need another year of realizing things

[veliseraptor]

Redux | The Untamed/MDZS

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Summary:

Xue Yang gets sick. He handles it with all the grace and good temper anyone would imagine.

Notes:

If I say "I think I've hit my stride a little bit!" then I'm immediately going to regret it, but, you know. The writing has been going a bit better lately. I might even finish this fic in the next year or so! (A wild notion I should not commit to.) Thank you to everyone who has been reading and commenting on this work as it goes along; it may be a labor of love for me but your love gives me more power for the labor part. Like little video game buffs. And as always, to @ameliarating: this fic wouldn't be what it is without her, and neither would I. A note that this chapter contains slightly more explicit description of present, ongoing child abuse than previous chapters have. Please be aware.

[tranzgenderdude]

[whiteisnewpurplart]

[thatgoddamngingerundercut]

Memories 2016 - Blood Sweat & Tears MV Making Story cr. 0613data Suga and Jimin (redux)

[scullivanbiddle]

Shout-out to the cutie scientist dude in Redux. Solid nerd chemistry with Scullz.

Also 'blazing hot probe' lol

[smallcloisville]

"What are your goals?"

Clark Kent you pure soul 🥹🥹🌸🌸✨✨

[royalrebelpropaganda]

whatever you do don’t think about a “they all sign” AU where briar has to sleep for one hundred years. don’t think about apple leaving out a spot for her at her wedding and don’t think about faybelle being listless with fulfillment and don’t think about her brothers missing her and don’t think about the fact that when she wakes up she will try to find her brothers and she will find their grandchildren, who are older than her.

[loganslowdown4]

‘I thought I was your hero’

‘You are!’

Incoming Long Roman Theory…

❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍

Rewatching POF and Roman’s struggle with questioning what cThomas really believes based on what Janus implied made me realize something about how we look at the word ‘HERO’ in Roman’s vocabulary. I don’t think Roman has ever meant ‘hero’ in the swashbuckling, saving people, fighting villains, heroic sense (even though he acts like it and I’m sure casts himself that way in the imagination). WHAT HE ACTUALLY MEANS when Roman asked if he is a HERO, is if he is still the FACE or embodiment of how Thomas presents himself as a ‘hero’ in real life: aka a morally upstanding person.

In POF, Patton and Roman discuss why we have morals and how we use them to do good in the world. It is important to note that this episode was mainly a discussion between Patton and Roman for a reason: because if Patton is the moral BRAIN behind all Thomas’ decisions, then Roman is the FACE of all the moral decisions Patton makes. He follows Patton’s lead and acts as the ‘hero’ (and this is what the ego really does). So as the ‘FACE’ of Thomas, any actions taken means Roman is the one getting all the praise first hand, but is also taking the brunt of the criticisms too. For example, when Thomas went to that musical audition and forgot the words to the music, Roman hid. He was a ‘bruised ego’, getting the brunt of the criticism (or what he thought was worse than actually was). Roman has called himself a knight, a warrior, and a big reason why is that he faces all ‘battles’ of Thomas’ head on. It’s not just for the charming fairytale fanciful aesthetic (maybe it started that way). But I believe Roman’s character has developed into this complexity.

Roman’s role is to protect Thomas not only from objective criticisms, but also from failures of a moral decision. It explains why it was Roman who ultimately made the call to go to the wedding and not the callback. Even though Patton lost that debate in the courtroom, Roman knew that the morally correct decision was always to go support Thomas’ friends. He stood up and was the hero Patton and Thomas needed, despite any other disagreements or backlash. He knew that there was risk in this decision either way and it took a lot of strength to make that choice.

Here, Roman, saying that it was his fault for making the decision difficult to go to the wedding or callback, shows his willingness to take the brunt of any criticism, ultimately being the hero. He’s a drama king for real, but Thomas knew it wasn’t Roman’s fault for making the decision hard or even making the decision in the first place, and said so. Still, Roman tries because if it helps makes Thomas feel better, he’s willing to do it.

Another thing I need to point out: Roman getting upset when Patton said when doing anything charitable or morally correct, you can’t take ANYTHING away from it, including self-satisfaction or PRIDE. Roman is literally Thomas’ PRIDE and EGO. Denying Roman his pride, when he is constantly working to keep all of them safe from criticism, means he’s not allowed to be at all satified by the GOOD MORAL WORK he does do. It’s no wonder it felt unfair to him.

Finally, when Janus criticized the moral standard that Patton and Roman are trying to have Thomas live up to, Roman was personally offended. He has been doing his best to show the world that Thomas is a good person (which he is).

Here, when Roman is questioning how selfish Thomas will be before he feels ‘satisfied’ he says ‘you’ll have us believe that that time will never come’ which means that doing ANYTHING morally good, even the bare minimum, will deserve a reward, self-satifaction and more selfish time spent. This change in moral trajectory goes against what Roman has worked so hard for, following Patton’s lead and making those sacrifices. At the end, Patton’s main goal was changed to keep Thomas happy, which looked like he basically gave up and switched allegiance to Janus’ new plan. Does this mean Janus is the new ‘face’ of how Thomas presents himself and not Roman? THIS is why Roman left like he did; it felt like a betrayal.

There’s a lot unresolved and a lot that Thomas has to work out with Roman. But ultimately, Roman will always be a hero. He’ll be Thomas’ hero. Because he’s the one that makes Thomas a hero to everyone else. Time will tell and we shall see!