#They are both betrayed by their fathers

[chloesimaginationthings]

The tragedy of being William Afton’s daughter in FNAF..

[druidonity2]

A lost little king, seeking advice from all corners of Azeroth, finds himself searching for this 'Loa of Kings'. He is surprised when he finds it's someone he's met before...

[prideprejudce]

AU Reds Poster: Alicent joins Rhaenrya as her advisor and wife after escaping her father's influence.

She escapes Kings Landing with Helaena and her grandchildren just in time. Unfortunately, her father has already sunk his teeth into her two sons who are ready to fight for their right to the iron throne. How will Alicent choose between her family and her beloved Rhaenyra when the time comes?

[maegalkarven]

I keep thinking about Durge, who, even after defying Bhaal, is never truly free from their father's legacy.

Because yes, the Urge is gone, the cursed blood of Bhaal doesn't call to them anymore. But body remembers, even if mind doesn't. Body knows what it did, it knows what it was created for. It's instinctual, bone-deep reflexes of a person raised to be the perfect murderer. It's little twitches and how easily opponents fall: foes and former allies alike.

It's small glimpses of the past, because mind doesn't remember, but the body DOES. It's the eerie familiarity of darkest corners of Baldur's Gate, it's people recognizing Durge on the streets, people they don't remember but who remember THEM.

It's the feeling of being haunted by your own self.

It's the body of Ketheric, the bloody mess left of Orin, Gortash's lifeless frame. It's the knowledge you're the last one, what this tragic story of conquer started with you and ends with you.

It's the feeling of emptiness where bubbling joy once was, the blood on the blade what brings no feelings. It's being charming, or kind, or honest, or gentle, or honorable, but at the end of the day still being the best in the art of murder - and who are they if not Bhaal's unholy blade?

Godless and fatherless, struggling to reimagine themselves.

Especially when memories come; they never return fully, never in the whole picture. But glimpses, the shards of existence what was once theirs cut deeper than any ritual blade would.

I keep thinking about Durge weighted down by the grief of the world, guilt of the world.

Alone: without a god, a father, a sister, a partner (Gortash, bc these two were absolutely insane for each other).

Alone and with whole life ahead; lost and confused and with hands bloodied.

Hero, people call them. They don't feel like a hero.

[babaroqa]

i really don't understand how anyone who loves jude can hate taryn. i mean they're cut from the same cloth. they are both consumed by desire, by want, by longing, and both do cruel things to get to where they want because they feel like they're less, they both feel like they constantly have to prove their worth to everyone around them. they're also both haunted by the murder of their parents and their actions are shaped by that huge event, it's only that jude focuses on aspect of it that is the fact of the brutal murder and taryn focuses on the love that caused it all to happen.

[cienie-isengardu]

Bi-Han/Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

Asharat: What kind of son betrays his father? Bi-Han: One who sees his father's time has passed.

Kuai Liang/Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)

Sub-Zero: Come and join the Lin Kuei. Jade: Outworld needs me, Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero: Do not let loyalty stunt your growth. 

Frost in Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)

Jax: Thought the Lin Kuei were like family? Frost: Family only ever held me back.

BONUS: NOOB SAIBOT in Mortal Kombat (2019)

Noob Saibot: What did I always tell you? Sub-Zero: To never trust anyone. Noob Saibot: Least of all family.

[thechosenanubis]

Sarah and Rufus are actually symbolism of the paths Victor could've taken in his life, in this essay I will-

[monsterfuckermilligan]

i’m sure this has been said before but when adam and michael are talking in the bunker about the possibility of michael’s dad being a grade a asshole, there’s something so so so important to me about how adam points out michael’s hypocrisy.

ADAM: Point is…. Parents keep secrets. Does it hurt to ask the question?

MICHAEL: Yes! It would mean I doubt him. The good son; the favorite doubts his father.

ADAM: You still care about that? After he left you in the cage?

this matters because michael was JUST criticizing sam and dean for leaving adam and how he is in unable to trust them. he doubts them because of their actions.

MICHAEL: You’re asking me to trust you. You who doomed me, you who let Lucifer walk free while your own brother sat in Hell.

in turn, adam is pointing out that clearly michael has a line for his family members and it’s been crossed by michael’s own, so why is his dad any different than sam or dean? what makes michael different than adam? why does his dad get to betray and abandon him and still get michael’s trust and loyalty? why is michael expendable?

he’s really tapping into michael’s beliefs that were just established to us as the audience at the diner. (ie: family sometimes hurts you and just because they’re blood relatives or ‘family’ doesn’t mean they have your best interests at heart. sometimes there are things more important than family, sometimes walking away from your family is freedom) and he’s holding michael to the same standard he’s set for the winchesters.

side note: another thing i enjoy about this interaction is that adam is being gentle, although it 100% appears as if they’ve had this conversation before since he literally rolls his eyes, and not to mention that michael is an archangel. he could easily be mean or not even care about his feelings or michael could not even take his opinion into account and do what he wants. but despite everything, adam asks for michael to listen to him, and he does. and in turn adam appeals to him with logic and reasoning, because he’s overall a very rational and strategic being that’s simply been groomed from the get go in his dad’s weird cult. adam appeals to his emotions in a way that’s familiar. they share this experience. adam knows michael is protective of him and that it’s easy for michael to hate sam and dean for the same things his dad has done. but michael’s own lack of self worth that was drilled into him by his dad for aeons is being challenged, and it’s uncomfortable for him, but adam doesn’t back down and he helps get through to him. it’s really a great scene. this post wasn’t meant to be so long but yeah i have lots of thoughts about this short interaction!

[unnecessarybeltbuckles]

still makes me laugh

[wesavegotham]

The different parts of Gotham War not lining up at all in terms of plot, character motivation and characterization is bad enough, but now that DC is suddenly trying to explain when other titles like Detective Comics and Batman and Robin are taking place in relation to Gotham War it gets even worse because now all of these storylines make so much less sense too.

[morallygreykoifsh]

(Mightget some hate for this but...)

What if I compared Rhaenyra to Cersei hmm?

Even better what if I compared Alicent to Jamie

What if I did

What if I did

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Afton kids got interesting coping mechanisms

[prettyboykatsuki]

arthur morgan is so eldest daughter coded GOD

[six-improbable-things]

Oh my god, I can't with this fucking dnd campaign. (/pos)

Warren, the gunslinger who Rook is quite close with and almost views as a father figure fucking died during today's session. PERMANENTLY. As in "truly dead and never coming back". (It's been planned for months, apparently.)

And he died saving Rook (which wasn't planned but worked out perfectly). Rook had just died (temporarily), and was on a piece of ledge that was about to crumble and fall. So Warren runs over there, pushes Rook onto stable ground, and uses his magical tarot card he's had for months to revive Rook.

The ground breaks out from under him and he falls, along with both of the bad guys we're fighting. He knows both of them can teleport, etc. so he uses a bomb that he has with him and blows the three of them up.

His last words? (before he fell) "I have to get Rook." 😭😭😭

My poor baby boy who already feels SO incredibly guilty over causing the party pain (bc of the Sigmar mess) and already hates himself SO much, now is utterly convinced that he is 100% responsible for Warren's death. Not only bc Warren died to save him, but also because if Rook hadn't befriended Sigmar, none of this would have happened.

But now, the core member of the party, the one everyone looked up to and loved and trusted more than anyone else -- the one Rook looked up to and trusted more than anyone else -- is dead.

I already wrote Rook's "eulogy" for next session's funeral, and dear god, I've written some depressing shit, but I think this takes the cake. I could write an ESSAY about what I chose to say in that eulogy, and why it hurts more than the party will ever even know.

[diredeliverance]

Thinking again about how Asperia's fall was all born out of care and gentleness and allowing himself to feel like a Real Person for just a little while. Lingering a just a little too long on the threshold of the ordinary world and being cast out into it without warning. She reached for the semblance of safety, of joy, and it betrayed her.

[theautistichalflinghole]

Listen, am I happy that you now get to rule the world with your SO and be evil together? Of course, evil couple takeover for astarion and minthy romancers, especially when they egged you on to do so, makes much more sense. However do I miss the tragedy of a characters who thought they were finally free and powerful being ultimately betrayed by the one they loved? Having thier love become corrupted and warped into something cruel as thier lover perpetuates thier own cycle of violence and abuse? Yes absolutely

Also yes I know this change is old but I've been busy ok