#and continues to react

[gothyanki]

Sunngifu/Lödwyn being Extremely Hinged about each other behind the readmore (+ canon-typical violence and body horror)

Lödwyn carries a splinter of living wood from Sunngifu’s face around with her. Sunny has a fragment of Lödwyn’s rib in her belt pouch (rising from the dead didn’t get rid of the hole Maia’s arquebus left). They’re OVER each other, nothing to see here.

[yuukirita]

Prowl's hand name. This one might mean something in real sign language but like I said- I'M MAKING EM UP! gotta think like "what would Bee choose to represent his friends?" So... Eyebrow-horns...

[vaguely-concerned]

thinking about how deeply lucanis' life has been defined by a lack of control of that life -- as he himself points out, even before the ossuary went and carved the headline out again with big bloody letters. of course he reacts badly to losing what little control he did manage to construct for himself even within those circumstances.

(namely: experience has taught him that things (caterina, loss, pain, love, all horribly and indelibly intermingled) will happen to him whether he wants them to or not and there's nothing he can do about that... but he gets to decide what's let in or out of his soul as it happens, even if he has to close it all down and deaden and numb himself out in the process. (even if that means he drifts further and further away from illario, who's been desperately reaching out and trying to keep hold of him until he finally gives up completely and tries to cut the bond all at once when lucanis doesn't seem to reach back anymore.) it's such rare well-observed freeze logic solidly constructed from the bottom up, I'm still so impressed with it.

the way illario seeks constant external means to cope with caterina's abuse and importance in his life -- he can't win her admiration or acceptance or warmth (or like. acknowledgement even, at times :') ), no matter what, so he goes out and finds those things in others and then disdains and dismisses it for how easily and falsely it's won from them. he plots, he conspires, he tries to beat her at her own game however clumsily, he tries. lucanis doesn't try things that way. he's not about 'how do I improve my situation' by nature, he's 'how can I stop this from getting worse'. he avoids, he internalizes, he hunkers down and makes himself nothing until the pain maybe ends. he's fundamentally not a plotter, he's a reacter. an expert assassin pantser, if you will, to illario's clear and stated exasperation fhsak. man I love them. illario says 'get us out of here!!! if you loved me as I love you you'd help me get us out of here before it kills us both', lucanis says 'there is no other place, there's nowhere to go, all we can do is endure. and if it kills us... well, that's just family. that's what love is (the way things are headed I'll die first anyway so it's fine I won't have to face losing you)', and they're equally baffled and hurt by each other's POV. but they're both right, and they're both wrong. there's no 'right' way to deal with caterina's treatment of them, or their situation. the house always wins, if you pardon the expression. house dellamorte still stands and that is what matters to caterina in the end more than anything.

it also fits so well b/c like... their core wounds are that illario is the least favourite and is constantly dismissed, so he has to prove to caterina again and again that he matters. not even that he's worth love or respect or warm regard, but that he's here at all and as such should be considered. he has to shout 'in case u forgot I EXIST!!' at the top of his lungs or else be rendered nothing within the family structure (and himself, because it's all about family, that's all that really matters. in some weird twisted way I think caterina openly declaring him before all the other crows to still be of house dellamorte -- and no one from house dellamorte kneels -- is kind of a victory for him, as much as it's also a furthering of a prison sentence and public humiliation. house dellamorte brainfuckery goes hard.). lucanis is the favourite, and it's the double-edged sword that he gets all the affection and attention but also all the control and impossible expectations. drowning under all of that constant stress and close evaluation, his brain whispers 'I don't exist' to try to escape, to hide and hold on to the deep parts of himself that are crucial to life but not part of the perfect grandson caterina demands of him as the price of her love.)

I think a lot about how what seems to disquiet lucanis the most post-ossuary (as it would anyone with that psychological makeup) is the dissolving of internal boundaries and control he's been relying on, which is part of what spite symbolizes. his anger and reactivity has seceded from the union to the point of personification as a little guy (a little guy he resents and fears for his unpredictability and invasions into regions of his psyche he wishes to stay frozen and barren, and yet cares about deeply, loves! and also constantly dismisses and frequently helplessly lets down unless he's helped to learn to do otherwise. does this remind you of another relationship in his life, perhaps. it makes me feel nuts to think about the illario/spite parallels thanks for asking), and now that little guy is out there running the show freely the moment he glances away or closes his eyes. literal nightmare scenario I feel for him so deeply. so much of his coping is predicated on being able to Not do or feel or want certain things, and that's out the window now, Spite has Opinions. Spite refuses to stay wisely in place even if that place is hell on the logic that if you move you could find yourself in a place that's even worse, somehow. Spite actually wants to experience the world, however fucked up and scarring the way he arrived here, not just endure it. Spite means he has to face that maybe illario wasn't wrong all those years, at the same time as having to admit and face what illario has done to him, and figure out what to do about any of it.

anyway. mary kirby ma'am that's some good fucking metaphor work. thank you, and sorry about all the shit that happened

[canisalbus]

Happy birthday!!!

Unfortunately I haven't drawn anything in a while because of my lack of motivation and downfall of my grades, but since it's your birthday I decided to put myself to work

This is like my 3rd time using paint and I think it's easy to notice considering the drawing isn't really the best but it's fine!

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[mikami1992]

The headache and the ringing of his phone was what woke Bruce up… without seeing anything (the light only increased the pain) he groped for his phone from the floor next to the bed…

"Father, how could you do such a crazy thing…" the angry voice of his son was the first thing he heard when he answered the phone…

"Damian, I don't understand you, what madness?"….

"The one you committed yesterday and now…"

a noise on the other side of the bed was what finally woke Bruce up… and it was what he saw in his hand when he turned to see what he was doing that allowed him to understand what madness Damian was talking about…

…. he had gotten married drunk…

[wardensantoineandevka]

personally, if everyone wants to focus so intensely on companion romances and approach thinking about these games like they're dating sims this badly, I think Bioware should introduce MORE emotionally-motivated "unfair" hard lock-outs because that's how many dating sims work

[sukibenders]

Me, watching some YJS fans justify what Shauna did to Mari by using clips of Mari and Jackie giggling in s1 (normal teenage girl things), or Mari speaking the truth and trying to take Jackie's jacket (even though it was the middle of winter and the group were already sharing clothes), with said fans saying that they've would've done worse to Mari in response, acting like that makes them any better:

[kiegotakami]

I’m not responding to the person who said this directly because I’m not trying to get in an argument this late when I have to work in the morning, but saying “they didn’t know what to do with bix all season” is to believe this would mean you did not think there was anything interesting or valuable about her storyline, that there was nothing interesting said about war, about how women and refugees are treated, about sacrifice, about faith and hope. having a child is not a failure of writing for her character. I’m not arguing about whether or not this is the most compelling direction they could have taken her, rather that I relate it to katniss’ (thg) ability to overcome and heal. I feel that we knew bix believed that her sacrifice would be worth it if she could commit to it, and that by some sense of the force or by hope she knew she was right.

[hisbucky]

Eddie: Listen up, Tommy. This question is going to be the most important question of our fucking friendship. In fact, if you answer wrongly, I will end this friendship without hesitation. Tommy: Good morning to you too, Eddie. Coffee? Eddie, steals the coffee: Listen closely. Buck in crop tops and booty shorts. Tommy, freezes: *Tommy.exe needs a reboot* Eddie, beams: Exactly. You get it, my man!

[thefloatingwriter]

Abt victors being complex - that's why my personal unpopular headcanon is that most of them didn't have positive feelings about Katniss or Peeta. Because let's be real for a moment, even if you're the nicest person in the world or the most broken and beaten down by the Capitol and the Games: you would think "why wasn't I enough? Why didnt people care enough about me to riot? Why do I have to go through this hell again? Why did they get to break the rules?" And tbh, KP's naivety as victors, from that perspective, would be absolutely grating, they never really seem to Get It until its too late and everyone else has to pay for their mistakes.

yes!!! this!!!! you get it!!!!!

katniss and peeta never had to go through the normal Victor Experience with the pain of mentoring or victor prostitution or the companionship within the victors. they just don’t Get It, like you said. and that’s not their fault!! the capitol shows these people hanging off capitol citizens arms, oohing and awing at everything in their path every year, fully convincing everyone that the victors are happy. that they want to be here, away from their home and families hanging off of strange men and women’s arms. they depict the perfect victors, who smile and wave and sign autographs. victors like chaff and haymitch get about five seconds of screen time before being pushed aside because they’re not interesting, they’re not the focus, they’re not complying with the image we are depicting. they don’t conform with the images we are showing to our citizens.

i truly believe that there was no way all of the victors liked katniss and peeta. actually, i don’t think many of the victors liked katniss and peeta. as in, there was probably like two that genuinely liked them. and also, from their perspective, these are the reason they’re going back into the arena!! none of the victors wanted to do that!!!

we really need more complex victors representation in this fandom…

[dennisboobs]

7x10 // How Mac Got Fat

↳ Charlie & Dennis + getting high together

[quibbs126]

You know something a bit funny to me, Animated Optimus is supposed to be a relatively young Optimus, like Transformers One Optimus

And yet it’s been confirmed that TFA Optimus is over 1000 years old, and that was when the whole Arachna Seven incident happened, so he’s likely even older

Meanwhile Transformers One Optimus isn’t even 50

Hell, 50 years is exactly how long the Animated crew was in stasis, and didn’t seem to really be that long for anyone, in or out of it

Like the TF One guys are young even compared to the young (ish) bots in other continuities

[tategaminu]

What if when his (and Rayla's) baby is born, Callum promises he will be the best father in the world? 🥹🥹🥹

[chasedeys]

https://www.tumblr.com/chasedeys/768303211057725440/jj-koc

Ja’Marr to Joe after the Saints game ❤️😭

ALSO TRUE tried finding a clip but :'))

couldn't find the actual clip of the interview :( so enjoy this lovelyyyyy tiktok edit that i had bookmarked <3

loookkkkk at ja'marr's faceeeeeee, the smiles (!!! ja'marr's wide and a little embarrassed and joe?? looking fond as fuck and like so proud?? a little 'i know right' enoughhhhh) when they mentioned his fucking JERSEY, when joe started touching his shoulder and yapping about him right in front of him jesusssss his smile slowly dropping and listening very carefully and his eyes!!! yeah 😭 couldn't look at each other in the face at all btw lol

oh and since the og post made me think of koc/jj specifically -> i think one of the differences between joemarr flirting and kocjj flirting is like. how koc and jj got that shit down to an art form they have 0 (zero) shame about being all up in each others faces about it hence the numerous, numerous mic'ed up moments between them. while joemarr, despite the six fucking years they have with each other, are still weirdly shy about being idk straight up flirty and complimenting each other right to the other's faces?? like no doubt they can talk the other up in front of the media without a single shame but like this saints interview they just would not stare at the other at all even when joe was talking about him (the hand waving around trying to pat at ja'marr too 😭) he didn't stare at ja'marr at all and ja'marr looked down and sort of through his peripheral vision in the end but like barely like boys please....please......

[shhhsoftnwet]

Who are you harassing this time, team leader Shin?

[qoldenskies]

The boys getting CC!Donnie cute clothes as a gift

they'd have no idea how to coordinate his wardrobe because they do not have the eye for fashion that donnie does, so i feel like this would come in the form of having to be extremely eagle-eyed about everything he so much as Glances at for more than a split second because when they asked him he got Weirdddd. he had fun when they got trapped by hypno though which is probably where the idea came from in the first place