#Will expand on this thought later

[iamhumannotamonster2]

Always loving the thought of ghosts/zombies/any undead absolutely terrified of anything that reminds them of their dead.

Bonus points if the phobia is of something common or not scary at all.

[imagine-shenanigans]

thinking about you going up to three broad shouldered men in a bar because your crazy ex/some random creep/etc is following you and you beg them to pretend they know you. You slide into the empty space at the table theyve commandeered and right as the other guy comes up a scary looking big motherfucker with a balaclava and eyeblack slots himself right in next to you. You press yourself into his side when the creep comes up and you call Ghost your boyfriend, and Ghost (as you later learn to call him) grabs your hip possessively, tucking you in closer.

He doesn't let you go, later, when the creep fucks off. Instead, he slips your phone out of your pocket and puts his contact inside. Texts himself and slips it back into your pocket while making eye contact. Blows smoke in your face and snorts when you wave it away, huffing at him and sticking your cute little tongue out at him.

You have fun with the military men that night, Ghost even walks you home to feel safe. You wake up the next day, happy to be safe and sound, and go about your day. Forget all about Ghost for awhile, because he never texts you first.

Weeks later, youre in the middle of your kitchen when he walks in, a copy of your key in his hand. Slots himself in behind you and rests his chin on your head even when you panic and claw at him.

What? He's home now, came home to you, his partner. Just like you wanted, right? You wanted him, now you've got him.

[g-raec]

herobrine

[ofswordsandpens]

Okay compiling my most critical opinions on the pjo show so far (episodes 1 & 2)

The Gods' Conflict, Foreshadowing, & Big Three Kids

The show has seemingly dropped a lot of the foreshadowing and threat regarding the gods impending war over the theft of the lightning bolt. In the book, Percy remarks about how the weather's been inexplicably weird and extreme. When he gets to camp everyone is on pins and needles about something and they don't want to talk about it but its still very present. By the time he's claimed as a son of Poseidon and everyone's like "oh fuck" and then Chiron finally explains to Percy that the gods think he's the lightning thief, everything clicks into place for the reader. It all makes sense why everything seems so wrong... because things are wrong. Meanwhile in the show, that doesn't carry through as much, so the reveal of the conflict between the gods and why that's a big deal falls flat in comparison imo.

They dropped/stalled the foreshadowing of the fates and the cutting of the string. They could very well include this in future episodes, and probably will, but I think the timing of it - Percy seeing this before he even knew he was a demigod - again carries some hefty significance and helped set the foreboding tone of things being wrong even from the beginning.

They did drop Zeus's attack on Percy in the minotaur battle completely, which does disappoint me. In the book, its lightning that blasts the car off the road. In the show, Sally seemingly loses control of the car. That change is pretty significant, because it's again losing the power of RR's foreshadowing in the book. The attack on Percy outside the camp borders was a duel attack from Zeus and Hades.

Finally, I don't like the changes they made to Percy's claiming scene, namely, the reaction from the rest of CHB. Percy being a son of Poseidon is a huge deal. When Percy's claimed, the attitude is very much begrudging reverence paired with genuine fear of what it means and what he represents. In the book, Percy is claimed. People gasp. Everyone kneels. Annabeth says, "This is really not good." In the show, Percy is claimed. People... stand there? Annabeth smiles - she's going to get her quest. The only person who has the most outright negative reaction is Luke. I won't go so far to say this is out of character for Annabeth, but it is focusing on an entirely different aspect of her character in the moment, and what the audience gets from Percy's claiming scene here, the tone, is now different from the book. Basically, the reverence and fear don't really carry across to the show, which I think is important.

The phrase "forbidden child" slaps tho.

2. Gabe's Characterization, Sally's Characterization, & Why the Changes do Make a Difference

I'm going to say this with great care: The show has absolutely depicted an abusive relationship between Sally and Gabe. The show has shown Sally to be a strong woman who would do anything for her child. The show has shown Gabe to be a controlling, toxic man.

What they have depicted in the show does not read like the characters and dynamic in the books.

Book Gabe is a violent, menacing drunk. He is so disgusting and vile that monsters avoid him. This is overwhelmingly apparent from the second Percy gets home in the book, even before he is aware of the physical abuse Sally has been facing. Percy has already been dealing with physical abuse from him, amongst other things (edit to be more specific: this is including verbal, emotional, & financial abuse). I've already spoke to it here, in-depth, so I'll try to keep it short but all of this has not been translated accurately to the screen. (Is this to say that a person must be overtly abusive to be abusive? No. But does this character on-screen feel like Smelly Gabe? No.) These things have shaped Percy (and Sally) in very specific ways. As others have mentioned: Percy cannot stand alcohol. He meets Dionysus and is reminded of his step-father. He gets to Tartarus and the air reminds him of Gabe.... The character on screen, while abusive, does not share this presence at all, and that makes a difference.

Edit: To emphasize once more, I am not saying that the show has not depicted a realistic portrayal of abuse. It has (verbal, emotional, & financial so far). It has also distinctly changed the tone and Gabe's presence from the book, to the extent that it no longer feels like the same character and that does have a rippling effect on the dynamics he shares with both Sally and Percy.

3. The Lack of Annabeth

Annabeth in the show is just like... really not as present as she is in the book so far, and I'm just kinda like, why lol?

Annabeth in the books is already way more involved in Percy's life. She was in the infirmary feeding Percy ambrosia after the attack (ulterior quest motives lol), she's the one who lead Percy around camp and re-explained godly parentage to him - and its a moment where she's very sincere with him, and even trying to help him! Instead these moments are given to Chiron and Luke, which I do get the merit of, but still, these were her moments!

Annabeth in the books had already surmised that the gods were fighting, something was stolen, and the something bad was going to happen, all before Percy had even been claimed. And she shared that with him! Again, the loss of foreshadowing and little bonding moments has me :(

I'm a little worried how they're going to deal with her crush on Luke because its pretty central to her character in the books! It helps Luke to manipulate her and also keeps her from admitting he's done something wrong. Also, it was very sweet and funny reading her get flustered - It drove home the point that she was just a kid with a crush that she didn't know how to handle. But in the show Luke spoke to her and I was expecting there to be some sort of reaction to it and there just... wasn't? (This is not something I'm laying at Leah's feet btw! Only the writers/directors!) We're only two episodes in tho so maybe we'll see it some more moving forward.

4. The Minotaur Battle

Again, I've already spoken about this in depth here but !!

The lack of Zeus's lightning strike, them all coming to a standstill and just chatting instead of running for their lives, Grover being awake and just sort of off to the side watching the fight, Sally being like "Promise Me Grover Swear it"... it all just doesn't ring right to me

I wanted more panic, more terror, more urgency. Higher stakes. I wanted Grover unconscious, I wanted to see Percy drag him into camp, and I wanted to see more of Percy's grief alongside his rage. Like the book did.

The pacing in the show here, and just overall, is weird

5. Other Stuff

Mrs. Dodds fight kind of fell flat too. It was honestly too sudden and Percy killing her in the show seemed even more accidental than in the book lol. Like, accidental impalement vs intentional swing of the sword.

They really had show Grover throw Percy to the wolves and not just gaslight him, but low-key have a part in getting him expelled? Not sure how I feel about it tbh.

More New York. I wish we had gotten the part of Percy taking the bus home with Grover included cause like? Him ditching Grover was funny, but it would have been the perfect opportunity to show Percy traveling through New York and establish it has his home. Shots of him looking at the city, walking the streets, interacting with people near his building.. yeah.

More Montauk too tbh. Like more shots of him and Sally on the beach rather than just the cabin.

Nectar and Ambrosia! Unless I missed it, which I might have, why have we still not gotten an onscreen depiction of it yet lmao.

[dayurno]

robin cross and kevin day parallels actually go so crazy. they both spent their formative years in a basement underground with exy-obsessed captors. they both saw exy as freedom. they both were isolated even within the foxes’ group of outcasts. they were both under andrew’s protection. it cost kevin jean to leave the nest and it cost robin another girl’s life to escape her kidnapper. robin carried her racquet with her to self-soothe and kevin restrings the net of his when he’s anxious. they’re even bird coded

[marimeeko]

Thought of Izuku falling from the sky and Katsuki catching him and them clinging to each other as they land/hit the ground.

Izuku starting to process everything and saying that he couldn't save Tomura but he may have reached Tenko? Also btw I think I'm quirkless, now, Kacchan, OFA is gone, I let it go...

Katsuki soothing him in an adrenaline high, breathy way, you did your best, you did your best, you're still a hero Izuku, you're the best GD hero around...

And then as everyone in 1a starts to descend on them in celebration, Katsuki literally fucking growling at them to give Izuku some space and some air, DONT FUCKING CROWD HIM!

And someone (probably Kirishima or Kaminari) complaining that HES THE ONE holding Izuku so desperately as if he'd disappear.

Katsuki telling that person to fuck off and squeezing his grip on Izuku as Izuku clings to him.

Izuku silently sobbing into Katsuki and not being able to tell which emotion the tears are from, because there are just so many.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

The more I think about BSD’s pre-story Great War, the more I think it’s just intended to be a setting or backdrop for the characters/world and not something that’s going to get overly elaborated on later

[jerseymuppet]

The way Gerard writes is so interesting. They love reusing the same themes and motifs over and over again but because of slight changes or complete tonal shifts nothing really ever sounds the same. A great example of this would be desert song and famous last words. Once you strip them back to their barest forms it becomes very apparent the songs are the same. They tell the exact same story through different perspectives. One was written and performed by Gerard at his lowest and it shows; it’s resigned, desolate and so so exhausted. With Gerard’s drunken sobbing over simple, stripped back instrumentals, the atmosphere is a somber one. It’s giving up. It’s resigning yourself to a fate you always saw in your rear view but prayed would never catch up to you. It’s looking your killer in the eye and saying just get it over with. Famous last words on the other hand is about Mikey at his worst. Its angry, frustrated, and yet still overflowing with hope and with love. It’s I did this for you, and you can’t leave me I won’t survive it, and I need you to want to stay. Idk I think it’s really…. Something

[heck-star]

I may or may not feel a bit sorry for her…

[delusionalbitchinthehouse]

Why am I thinking about how the ghouls sit ? Anyway here are my headcanons :

Sunshine likes to sit cross-legged, especially on furniture that isn't meant to be sat on. The coffee table, the kitchen counter, a dresser, even the fridge on rare occasions, you name it.

Swiss slouches a lot. It drives everyone crazy because he takes so much space, half laying on the couch, arms thrown on the headrest, legs spread wide. He doesn't even realize he does it until someone points it out, it's literaly his default position.

Okay, I have a very specific vision for Alpha. Whenever he sits in something that has armrests, he throws one of his leg over one of said armrests, which leaves him basically manspreading the day away. It exasperates Pebble for some reasons. Though Alpha really doesn't do it on purpose most of the time, he does get a kick out of spying the reactions it gets (Omega hates that he finds it stupidly attractive)

Speaking of Omega, that ghoul hates sitting. He'd much rather lay down, even if that means staying on the floor during movie night because he's not about to keep the whole couch for himself. When he does sit, he tends to be a bit stiff, back ramrod straight, tension in his shoulders. He doesn't really know why, it's just how it is.

Ifrit loves to have his legs thrown over someone's lap, he's a very physically affectionate ghoul so it soothes him. Or he'll have someone sitting on his lap and tangle his legs with theirs.

Phantom sits with at least one of his knees drawn up to his chest, tail often wound around him. It makes him feel safe, even more so when someone holds him as he does it.

Dew often has one leg folded under him while sitting, the other hanging off the couch/chair or whatever. Every once in a while, he'll switch legs so that they don't get numb.

[phantom-of-the-501st]

I'm really hoping that we get future projects with Echo in because I'm not totally happy with this being the end of his story. Wrecker, Crosshair and Hunter living a relatively chill life to old age feels like enough of an ending, even if we don't see the true end point of their story.

But Echo going back to the Rebellion doesn't feel like a conclusion. He's done that multiple times since S2 so it doesn't feel like an end. And without a mention in the epilogue it feels like his story has just been left ongoing. I really hope they go back to him at some point

[noroamenial]

I want to see Raphael end up so desperate and in love with Tav he just can’t deny it. I want to see him forward and wanting and yearning. Like how satisfying would it be??? So satisfying!!

I want to finally see him begrudgingly and almost liberated as he accepts his feelings. And I want to see his realization that he has to do something about them now.

[harbingersecho]

[the-mononoke-facade]

Thinking about Kayo's fear in Umi Bozu again and what it means for her character

How the fear of missing out she rattled off was an idealized version of the general life path that's open to her as a young peasant woman of her time, and that she is probably scared of missing out on that ideal, but not in the sense of not getting married at all, but in the sense of doing that whole song and dance but ending up trapped in a marriage to a terrible man, or giving birth to children who are going to get caught up in the cycles of violence she was abruptly made aware of with the fall of the Sakai clan (either as the one doing the violence or the one suffering under it, or both, creating a monster regardless)

How, if Kayo's meant to be taken as a character with her eyes to the future, that the bakeneko incident shook her certainty in it in a way that she had never had a reason to question before, having her beliefs of being a fairly ordinary person rattled to see what atrocities the "ordinary people" around her helped to commit, atrocities that very well might never have come to light without the divine intervention that was the mononoke and the medicine vendor coming to slay it

Anyway, just contemplating Kayo tonight

[1-800-suck-my-clit]

Okay, but buck is such a passenger princess. Like every time we see clegan in the car together, bucky is always the one driving. But john doesn't hate it. In fact, he loves it. Just drivibg around base, and gale is sitting their so pretty he js has to parade him around everywhere they go. And its not as if Gale dosent want/know how to drive its just that bucky never lets him always using excuses like "you just finished a mission, your hands look a little off today, i thibk your tired" etc. Also because of my observation (🤓☝🏾) in my last post, bucky for sure places his hand on Bucks lap, and sometimes when Buck gets anxious or bored, he plays and traces veins on John's hand.

[butch-chastity]

my most useless headcanon: rich is colorblind

plus, what gamora would look like via richie vision: