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[aardvaark]

i don’t mind suspending my disbelief for leverage’s person-sized ventilation shafts bc that’s pretty standard for the genre, but that doesn’t mean i won’t laugh a bit at some of the egregiously large vents. particularly in the crowning acheivement job (lev: red s2 finale) because - well just look at this lol! harry and parker, two adults, can kneel side by side in those vents. parker can sit upright.

that museum was made for vent crawling purposes. that’s just an extra room in the museum they forgot to decorate. the leverageverse has a thief union that successfully lobbied for a better working environment. these vents double as a playground for museum-goers’ children. i was crying with laughter thinking about this and harry’s vent crisis was NOT helping me remember that there was a serious heist thing going on lol, i love this show.

[canisalbus]

For your gay little dogs

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[smolcatpilot]

Huevember - Blue!

[filialdisciple]

bingqiu and tangchung clothes swap 🫶

[lightbulb-warning]

crrrringetoberrrrrr day 5: ms paint*

[mossy-rainfrog]

[ID: A traditional ink drawing of OJ Haywood from Nope (2022). He is drawn on blue paper, with off-white paper laid behind his head to create the shape of Jean Jacket. OJ smiles and leans against a rail. His hat's logo reads "Nope!". Behind him, in the looming shape of Jean Jacket, several clouds are sketched, as well as the outline of the Haywood house which is lined entirely in red. A trail of flags hangs from one of the clouds. End ID.]

Eyes on me.

Happy first day of Black History Month!! not exactly the most distant history, but please enjoy Daniel Kaluuya from Nope 👁🏇🏿👁. God I love this movie.

[blackkatdraws]

Love Plague AU Narrator (Black) draw in Magma.

[runefactorynonsense]

Melotober - Day 21 -Night Sky

Sometimes you just need to stop, and breathe

[kaiowut99]

Jaden, how are you holding that

[bestjeanistmonster]

in ur dc au, since sonics still fast is shadow also still a speedster? or no?

Shadow is still very much a speedster and still has his chaos powers too!

But because of his whole plant thing (and the fact he doesn’t wear his air shoes so his feet can touch the earth) he doesn’t go fast that often and he doesn’t feel the need to use those chaos powers either

Cuz of how showy his control over plants is, not a lot of ppl know about his abilities besides that

But that’s not rlly surprising cuz he’s kind of a mystery already, all the villains in Batman’s rouges gallery have some sort of publicly known backstory, in some cases they may be really bare bones information of how they got to be who they are, every villain but Shadow.

There are many theories about his probably convoluted and tragic bad boy backstory but nothing seems to fit, especially considering the fact that there isn’t a record of him existing anywhere.

He just appeared in Gotham one day hell bent on destroying humanity and giving this planet back to nature and no one knows anything else, except maybe the clown prince of crime but with that man’s sanity it’s hard to tell.

[wings-0f-sorrow]

While this is really a headcanon and not actually canon, I have fully convinced myself that Pyrrha can sing and nobody can change my mind. I HAVE THE PROOF TO BACK IIIIIIIIIIIIIT 📣📣📣

It's the only proof I need, but Pyrrha's JP VA can sing :D I put together a bunch of clips of her that I've found (that sound like pyrrha bc her VA has quite a bit of range) so I can share this canon-to-me headcanon of mine in full :-) [oh and let me tell you, getting the clips from Navigatoria was AGONY- its nearing lost media status at this point!! It's sold out everywhere and the only reason I have the clips at all is thanks to the wayback machine, as someone archived the promo video which included the clips from that mini album!! Bless whoever archived it...]

[pickaropoprocks]

Day 29!!

[lionscion]

I Don't Like Sand // TOA Ball 2025 arrival + tracker + ball fit

He was late.

Even if by just a little, nothing would let him forget that it was still late.

The sun's glare hanging a bit too low on the horizon as it lingered in the side of his eye.

The distance between the miles-long procession of carriages and steeds of all breeds finally trickling down, from suffocating to unnervingly breezy.

Distant echoes of music and chatter, floating up from a crowd of lights and fading into earshot just as he bounded over the peak of the final hill.

He knew all that. The furious pace of Týr's gallop shouted it with each blistering stomp against the ground, each clump of dirt dug up and kicked from the well-trodden path. Repeated over and over, as he tore down the final stretch of road to the swaying palms below.

And yet still the first thing out of the master of ceremonies' mouth when Ares arrived, still just clear enough to clip his ear as he snatched the bracelet from the proffered hand he sped right past, was simply:

"--late, aren't you?"

((Tracker + Fit info below cut))

The Fit

((So this year, as is being rp'd out with Rosado rn, Ares didn't know wtf to do for a beach ball outfit and the venue change blindsided him. So he decided to let Rosado guide him on how to dress and this is the result:

Sorry for the blurriness idk why it's doing that but ANYWAY, first I want yall to picture this outfit above primarily, but the pants and shoes are more like in this pic here (minus that trailing thing wrapped around it) :

And then the shirt he is wearing is a bit longer and has ruffles on the v neck. More like light and spaced wavy ruffles not anything heavy or grandiose/clumped together. Loose open ruffle if that makes sense? Closest example is like those ruffle shirts from medieval times like this kinda???

And then of course we cannot forget the traditional Jugdrali waist sash so he's wearing one of those. His looks like his dad's but just a tad less long, but does have that jeweled part weaved in and dangling under there on the side. It is also red instead of black.

And then for the rest of his colors it's all in his classic colors. Both jackets black with all the trimmings and tassels in gold and white. White shirt. Black pants and boots. The dangly necklace thing is golden. V neck is nice and big also btw to show off the chest and also his Brand of Hodr.

And there u go.

I was originally gonna go with a sleeveless doublet with poofy white sleeve shirt and merge it with what Rai said Rosado would suggest above but then I realized it does not work in my head like I want AND I think it is better/more fun to lean more into Rosado's suggestion anyway and see what kinda feedback trusting the fae man gets him at the ball. More in the spirit of the thread. So yeah. Everyone say ty Rai and Rosadooo.))

Tracker Stuff

Ares' Charm: Seashell‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Charms Collected:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Seashell:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Starfish:‎ ‎ ‎

Anchor:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Turtle:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Lewyn,

Pearl:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Raven,

Birthday Gift: A so-called 'special kind' of...butter. For maintaining Fauntleroy's...very bizarre 'lance' that smells strongly of yeast...

Ares did not question it any further.

[a-sad-mage]

"Sad Mage, you fool, Dr. Blakk can't be a feminist he's-" [gets smacked with a pan]

"Silence heathen, you know not my reasons!"

♤

First, to quote a fic i read

"Im a businessman, not a monster" - Dr. Thaddius Blakk

And i have never agreed more.

Blakk is a horrible guy with little to no redeeming qualities, but here's the thing-

He's not like, a major d¡cƙ either.

Sure, he's a jerk to a lot of his employees, but he's not outright crule either.

Remember, Thaddius Blakk was once a traumatized kid who was to claw his way to the top. And probably witnessed a punch of messed up crap while Viggo Dare was still in charge.

And FYI a true feminist cares about men's problems

Blakk is equally himself to just about everyone he meets, you know what your getting into when you get involved with a guy like him.

Blakk does not care if you are man, woman human, elf, Moleinoid, Cave Troll, have money, or are a poor orphan on the street - all the man cares about is whether or not you're useful.

Feminism, at its core, is equality for women and men. To be on equal footing in every possible way. No discrimination. Just equal rights and equal fights.

[This next bit is kinda a tangent, tbh but i feel like it helps explain my 'Blakk genuinely dose not care' mindset]

Hell, he tried to convince Eli he wasn't all that bad when they first met, and had it not been for Burpy and the suddenly showing the young Shane that Ghoul Slug, Blakk might have convinced Eli he wasn't a threat had things just played out differently.

Blakk didn't officially become Eli's antagonist until Eli declined any sort of 'professional relationship' with him and then declare 'war' in episode 3. Because at that moment before being turned down, Eli Shane, was useful in some capacity. Even if that usefulness would have involved a lot of manipulation.

On top of that, he doesn't undermine Trixie either. While he may not personally know her name, he knows enough that Trixie Sting is an obstacle and a threat. And treats her as such.

And probably made sure his henchmen knew as much.

Then there's Dana

He went out of his way to higher one of the best Highered Marks just to track Dana down, get his blaster back, and get rid of her. Blakk, could easily not care about something like a Blaster, Blakk Industries makes them for crying out loud, he probably has a collection of them! But he goes out of his way to get that one Blaster back from Dana, and then make an example of her. Even went as far as to show up in-person to make sure.

A thing, he wouldn't do just for anyone.

Blakk's fits are rated E for Everyone

The man does not care who you are, prove yourself useful, he'll pull the strings to get you on his side, prove to be a nuisance, and you'll be dealt with accordingly regardless of who you are.

Hence me HCing the man as a Feminist.

You can stand on business, have upstanding morals, all while still being a horrible individual.

It's like Odalia from TOH. She doesn't care, Amity is into girls, she just doesn't like Luz and the rest of her daughters friends because 'their beneath them', and she wants to rule over the Demon Realm.

Same thing with Emperor Belos/Philip. The guy grew up during the era of witch hunts, yet two of his most trusted individuals were women(or female identifying). While he was going to ultimately pull off the biggest witch extermination in history, he didn't care who was working for him, as long as they were useful and fulfilled a purpose. He doesn't underestimate Luz for being a girl, just young and nieve, before getting bitch slapped with the reality this human is more resourceful then he was.

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Now to touch on something @mrros-e my brain rot buddy in crime mentions in the tags.

How Blakk being a Feminist effects his relationship with whomever Tads mom was.

Jokes on you, friend, because i hc Tad is an oops, baby.

Yeah, that's right, Blakk had a fling with a lady, and she got knocked up and didn't tell Blakk sht

I don't know where the idea of Blakk having to have been married or even a committed relationship to have a baby spawned from, but with as much networking that guy probably had to do while building up Blakk Industries it's safe to assume he met ppl and had a few casual flings.

One of which resulted in Tad.

(And this is not me discrediting/bashing the hc of Blakk having a wife/romance partner, I think its an interesting concept and adds onto Blakk still being a human even though he may act like a monster, a concept i very much so like and will champion because i love complex villains like Blakk. But for the sake of this particular narrative and the limited clues given in cannon, lets pretend otherwise)

The woman, somehow leaving Slugterra and to the Surface, is a plot whole (let's be real, it is). But ignoring it, and just assume the lady was a Surface dweller who would sneak down to Slugterra for fun, and met Blakk by chance.

And when she did realize she was pregnant, she had a choice, and at first she wanted to tell Blakk, he was the baby's father after all, but by then Blakk had developed his reputation, and when she tried some probably thought she was after his money or something.

You know, because people suck.

So by the time Blakk learned of the pregnancy, the Lady had returned to the Surface and swore off coming down to Slugterra ever again. (For reasons)

Blakk probably tried to track her down, but was stumped because there where no records of her ever exiting in Slugterra, and then he remembered bits of their conversations, and how it sounded like she wasn't from Slugterra but the mythical world above.

Thus, his obsession with Shane Secrets begins.

I have a completely different post in my drafts I'm working on, but it relates to this a bit, and the gist of it is, Blakk would have support the woman who was pregnant and any decisions she made, but also given Tad everything he didn't have as a kid.

Again, absolutely horrible individuals can have completely, perfectly normal morals and standards. You can have a monster, give them a humanizing trate, and still be irredeemable.

Dr. Thaddius Blakk is a villain of the highest degree, but he has standards damn it.

This was an incoherent rant of a Mage in desperate need of sleep

Peace ♤

[rawliverandgoronspice]

given that seems to be the new popular take in the fandom at large since totk got out: let the record show that I'll gladly let myself get repeatedly manipulated by the wind waker speech and be foolishly moved by its implications over rejecting space for humanity and vulnerability in the monstrous and the dispossessed, and then feeling weirdly smug about severing that fleeting attempt at connection and deem it obviously insincere

[greencloakedfae]

I'm so soft for nell and sofia cuddling in bed but also those shifts/shirts they'd be wearing are their underwear and are easy access. And I just think a well placed knee or hand would be a great addition to the situation