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bloodybosom · 2 months

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#italian horror #a good offense is a good defense #major hiney #serious ass #butt glory #animal attack #martyrdom #roman coliseum #emanuele taglietti #interspecies

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shmuzzieheart · 6 months

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#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 scout #tf2 soldier #tf2 pyro #tf2 heavy #tf2 demoman #tf2 engineer #tf2 medic #tf2 sniper #tf2 spy #Shmuzzie rambles #personally I'd probably go with defense #all three of them would be pretty chill to hang out with and I think they'd get along well #with offense you've got the possbility of soldier just strangling scout like he usually does and the three of them would be pretty chaotic #I don't know how well support would get along with just the three of them and myself #but defense has good vibes all around :D

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akioukun · 11 months

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If Hawkins was more a hockey midwest town than basketball midwest town

Go Tigers 🐯

#harringrove #billy hargrove #steve harrington #stranger things #anyway those bruises are not coz of the games :)#was thinking dream team defense #but then im losing out on making steve true king and center player #billys defense is just offense #you can tell ive had like two weeks off art #everythings so eugh #not good linework im so sorry #maybe a better version #maybe not #maybe itll disappear

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larachelledrawsfe · 1 year

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Citrinne!!

One shot queen.

#citrinne #fire emblem engage #fe17 #fe engage #fe17 fanart #fire emblem fanart #brodia #my art #i appreciate that she would level up in magic and absolutely nothing else #the best defense is a good offense

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brotherconstant · 1 day

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FOUNDATION | 2x05 | The Sighted and The Seen Welcome, Hari Seldon, Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin of Terminus. You are our guests.

#foundationedit #foundation #foundation apple tv #gaal dornick #salvor hardin #hari seldon #tellem bond #beegifs #lou llobell #jared harris #leah harvey #this was such a great moment/way to highlight their characters.#gaal is so graceful and respectful and precise giving nothing away.#hari made that look so fucking offensive and dismissive jesus christ old man. like elevating yourself to godhood didn't start all this #salvor in her no bullshit defensive mode trying to get a read and failing. but unlike gaal you can read her perfectly #which is good foreshadowing #(plus judging hari bc of course theres time for that)#but whereas salvor is just Really old man gaal looks like she wants to punch him again in front of everyone

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iwritenarrativesandstuff · 1 year

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Idk if this is going to make any sense, but I always feel like there's something missing when I read thoughts about sskk and it really is the impact Kyouka has on them.

Like, a lot of it is "look at the impact Atsushi and Akutagawa have on each other" and "they are so similar at their cores" which is true! And essential for any bsd partner dynamic! But Kyouka also has commonalities - she has Atsushi's general wonder, simple wants and joys, and desire to be helpful and kind, but also Akutagawa's laser focused objectivity, initial lack of questioning orders, and straightforward ruthlessness when required.

But a lot of the external influence on sskk I see mentioned is Dazai and Chuuya's... which I get, because they're the previous double black, but also Chuuya is very minorly involved by proxy only, and while Dazai undeniably is at the heart of sskk conflict (and it's good to analyze in depth!!!), I feel it's understated how much it was actually Kyouka who kickstarted the development between them - Atsushi was brand-new to the Agency, but saving Kyouka cemented his mindset of proving his worth and also gave him someone to look out for - his position became less fragile from that point on and more permanent. Her mix of kindness and darkness also forces Atsushi in the Guild arc to reassess the idea that people are either "good" or "bad". (He's working on this still, but his judgements are becoming much more nuanced than at the beginning.) And as for Akutagawa... I have a lot of thoughts on their dynamic and how I really don't think there's a whole lot of bad blood there anymore after my all-time favourite scene where they fight in Cannibalism arc - but all I will say is that he legitimately thought what he was doing would make her strong enough to survive, and both Kyouka and Atsushi telling him this is wrong, that people can't live being beaten down like that forces him to reassess his own situation in the Hawthorne and Mitchell fight. (He still has a ways to go, but I seriously hope he eventually realizes that his treatment by Dazai was horribly unnecessary and cruel.)

But what's great is that Atsushi and Akutagawa influence her development too! I don't even need to get into Atsushi's: he believes in her potential and sees her as the young girl she is - not a weapon but a person. She starts off pretty much attached to him and only him, but as time goes on, she starts to adopt a more positive mindset and becomes more confident making decisions as a result of his faith in her. With Akutagawa, she is, like Atsushi, forced to reassess others, especially after he tells her he's glad for her having found that will to live. Kyouka is unable to continue fighting him after that, and I get the sense she saw him as a person there, instead of only the man who harmed her. I also find it really interesting that she has no shame or concern about her mindset aligning much more closely with his, to the point where she'll work with him if necessary.

This is a bit of a mess but really it's one long-winded ramble on how I loved these three working together in Dead Apple and would love to see them working and fighting alongside each other again. I know, I know, this is probably not going to happen because it's supposed to be about sskk as a duo but consider:

They are a trio in my heart.

#the fighting style approach could also be really interesting. sskk relies on atsushi as offense and akutagawa as defense #but this often leaves akutagawa more vulnerable #kyouka is perfectly equipped to be the 'midfielder' in a sense #also if anyone has any good fic recs with these three working together i would love to see it #also also kyouka and akutagawa foil characters real #this whole thing might be one reason why i was a bit disappointed about kyouka's role in beast tbh... like it made sense but also #i think more could've been done with her #but that's a whole different thing that i don't really want to get into #anyways let's analyze all these characters together because foiling abounds:#atsushi lucy sigma tachihara kyouka akutagawa #also they should all hang out i think.#bsd #bsd atsushi #bsd akutagawa #bsd kyouka #shin soukoku #sskk #potentially it could be kyouka who comes across vampire akutagawa and that would be a very interesting confrontation.#fingers crossed because i am fascinated by their dynamic

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dykedvonte · 13 days

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I like to think Benny got that gun from House when they all came to the strip and that House tried to make a big deal of it and what it meant with all its engravings and symbolism. But Benny being a wasteland we just saw if as another weapon.

He never really mentions it in canon, no attachments or acknowledgements to how good it is as a weapon. He just uses it because it’s the brand, a part of his image. Maria, despite carrying the visage of the women who carried/birthed the prophet, is merely used by a man to kill what can be considered the Mojave’s messiah.

#the opening scene of fallout is like just Easter and the courier is Jesus #Benny could be Judas but is interesting that Benny rarely has a really good thing to say about whatever house has given him #without something else negative behind it #also he is a melee build using a pistol I like to think he’s a sorta bad aim cause he’d rather just beat you with the gun or pistol whip #someone cause like of all things it’s rather hard to retrain a defense mechanism so if he’s used to hand to hand combat he has to like #not think to shoot first and rather hit or charge cause he’s rather offensive in combat #fallout #fallout new vegas #benny gecko #benny fnv #thinking of this because of a mooties post <3

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derangedthots · 5 months

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mindlessly scrolled through tiktok today and saw a rhaewin edit of harwin saving rhaenyra during her and laenor's wedding feast + harwin beating up criston (set to the 'i need a big boy' sound) anyway my thoughts immediately turned to jace's kingship and i went

"jace enters a room but the first thing ppl see is joffrey's shadow and the first thing they hear is the sound of aegon iii's armor"

basically joffrey most closely inherits harwin's sheer mass+height meanwhile aeggie grew up to be part of jace's kingsguard (also #justiceforjoffreyvelaryoncommanderofthecitywatch)

#jacaerys velaryon #joffrey velaryon #aegon iii targaryen #king jacaerys targaryen first of his name #hotd thoughts #rhaewin #best believe NONE of them play abt jace's safety #i'm a big fan of mad dog joffrey #bc yknow harwin's build on a boy DAEMON raised??🤭🤭#the flavor is simply too good #also a big fan of calm and collected but no less protective aegon iii #when jace is threatened joff plays offense while aeg plays defense basically #and they're always together #my precious middle children🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻#hotd headcanon

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sluttylittlewaste · 19 days

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Does anyone else remember how during ACoC people kept trying to prove that Caramelinda was somehow in on [redacted's] betrayal and was actually evil? And do we all remember how many times Brennan had to say "No, she's not evil or Bad or anything, she's just a woman who is trying really hard to make the best decisions she can with the information she has in the heinous circumstances she's in"??? Do we remember Brennan having to tell the Bad Kids that Zayne Darkshadow isn't just some cringefail fucking edgelord but a child who suffered greatly in his life and then DIED?

Does anyone else remember Kalina literally having to snap her own neck to get the Bad Kids to realize that she might not be just *blanket evil*?

I feel like I'm seeing something very similar happening with Porter and Kipperlily and I really hope Brennan once again subverts the idea that just because a character is antagonistic they are inherently Bad or Evil.

Also, just a reminder Protagonist = main character Antagonist = person opposing/challenging the main character

These terms do not possess a moral assignation.

#To be clear this is not about the Intrepid Heroes and how they play the game #This is fully about how easy it is while playing DnD to forget being the main character makes it really easy to assume opposition = malice #and to make character judgments based on whether or not NPCs or nice/helpful/frienldly/agreeable #even though time and time again it has been proven that the nicest people in the world can be the most nefarious #also in the specific case of Fantasy High #they are all so good at playing teens and really leaning into the defensive/reactive/emotional aspect of that #a lot like Ruby in ACoC #there's also something very high school about responding to a person disliking you with extreme defensiveness #rather than simply understanding that sometimes that just...happens #and that people can come to and act based on conclusions about you without all of the information #in the exact same way that you can #but it feels more personal and offensive because you are living in your own head and know your reasons for doing things #so it becomes a flat dichotomy of nice person = good #rude person = bad #and it takes a lot of growth and perspective to know things aren't that flat in most situations #Aabria is actually really good at subverting that manner of thinking #both as a DM and a PC #d20 fhjy #dimension 20 #fhjy #if i die #let me die #thoughts #a crown of candy #acoc spoilers #fhjy spoilers

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shitty-old-guard-deaths · 8 months

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defending my thesis today y'all!

#quynh: defending? what kinda armour are u wearing?#andy: best defense is a good offense. throw rocks at em #sogd

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vonaegiremblem · 5 months

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It was really funny watching some people on twitter who were playing Super Mario RPG for the first time wondering why Geno was the character people always brought up from the game when Mallow has more screen time. The answer is simply that Geno, both from a design and mechanics perspective, appealed more to the demographic that Super Mario RPG was aimed at. To an audience of predominantly young boys, Geno is an objectively cooler character