#and he'll never think otherwise

[extraorminary]

Okay but have you ever sat down to contemplate the possibility of Orm ever thinking—no matter how fleeting the thought—that he was partly to blame for Atlanna’s unhappiness? 

I have reasons for this. Hear me out. I’m going to focus on comics!Orm here.

This is a man who grew up witnessing horrifying fights between his parents. He had to watch his mother, who was most likely the only person to ever show him any sort of affection, get beaten by the extremely abusive man she was forced to marry (and then get beaten himself in turn). He grew up with the knowledge that he had a brother, whom he idolized and loved deeply, on the surface world, and you can’t convince me it took long for him to realize his mother had been forced to leave her surface family in order to fulfill her duty to her kingdom—to marry a cruel man she didn’t love in order to have Orm, the heir Atlantis needed.

And it doesn’t matter if Atlanna never did anything that even remotely implied she felt any sort of negative emotion towards him. Pretty sure it was the opposite: if anything, I’d say she doted on him quite a bit. Because even if she wasn’t always the best of mothers in the comics, I have no doubt she loved her son. In fact, nobody can tell me Orm wasn’t a complete mama’s boy as a child. But look me in the eyes and tell me that teenage Orm, left to be a king with no living family left in the entire ocean, never had even the vaguest feelings of shame and guilt at the sudden reminiscence of his mother, badly hurt after a rough encounter with Orvax, glancing at him and forcing a smile with her face bruised and the most exhausted look in her eyes. Tell me that, despite the memory of his mother’s warm embrace and her gentle whispers of how much she loved him and how special he was to her, there wasn’t a small voice in the back of his mind suggesting that every time Atlanna looked at him, she was forced to recall all the times she ever suffered at the hands of Orvax—that she was forced to see Orvax every single time her eyes fell upon him.

Tell me he didn’t grow to believe, and accept as pure fact, that in his mother’s heart he was always second-best. He was his mother’s biggest treasure, sure, but deep down he was convinced that Arthur had claimed ownership over the biggest part of her heart. I’m sure Atlanna would have told him, entirely honest, the complete opposite time and time again every time she mentioned his brother, but it’s also not hard to picture Orm having trouble accepting her words after hours spent ruminating. In his logical mind, it was simple enough: Arthur was the child her heart wanted, born out of love in a union of sweet passion with the love of her life, while Orm was the child her body was forced to have, out of duty and obligation to Atlantis, in a deeply unhappy marriage she’d had no choice in.

And I’m not saying it troubled him. Not always, at least. I’m sure it was difficult to come to terms with it at first; he was probably deeply hurt the first time his brain created the idea during his adolescence. However, with time Orm would have gone from viewing things emotionally to analyzing everything rationally. It is the only way for an Atlantean king to withstand the pressures of the crown without going mad, after all. As a teenager, the idea that he had a role in ruining his mother’s life was an insecurity. As a fully grown adult, it was merely one of the many ugly realities of life. His mother’s torment had begun with the monster she married, and it culminated with the child that finished tying her to Atlantis. And Orm had no choice but to learn how to adapt, to ignore the ache in his chest every time the thought popped up, because otherwise it would have broken him.

And in the end, it all played perfectly into his father’s plans: he wanted to raise a king who would not be affected by something as ridiculous as emotions, and finally he was successful.

[multicolour-ink]

On the topic of peach celebrating holidays, I feel like she'd love valentines day!! Also the idea of Mario getting her a cute valentines card in pink to match her dress is so cute

OOOH Valentines Day 👀

Definitely a day Peach will like the sound of. And one where Mario would get very flustered ^^

He decides to get her a card - just as friends. It's only to show that he cares about and appreciates her as a friend. Definitely not harbouring any feelings that he doesn't even realise yet is genuine love ._.

He gets her the pinkiest card he can find - then immediately gets scared when he hands it over. What if she hates it? What if she doesn't like pink on anything else except her dress? What will she think about the hugging teddies on the front???

Peach giggles and blushes a little, and kisses Mario on the cheek. He goes as pink as the card.

She loves it 🥰

[mustangs-flames]

Mark gave Thatcher the "abandoned puppy eyes" without even meaning to and Thatch fell for it immediately lmao

Mark has that 'sad wet shelter dog' vibe that makes you immediately want to help and take care of him lmao

[fortune-maiden]

Today's theme is overthinking Shi Wudu the Water Tyrant and what his tyranny actually looks like

[alchemistdefective]

Inquiring minds would like to know, if Modern Eri shapeshifts into Reimu, Keine, Flandre, Seiga, etc., does he copy their pussy too?

"..."

"Well, now I'm not doing it."

[dutybcrne]

I like to think Furina was human prior to becoming Archon, send post

[spring-lxcked]

popping in for a lore drop which is just that william having been a Young English Man in america when english bands and such were getting so popular influenced him a ton. like, he's a guy who would have learned a fake american accent but didn't because ppl tend to like his accent. this is a guy who will do something extremely stereotypically english and you have to guess whether it was intentional ( either to be charming or funny ) or Real. 50/50 chance.

[womenaresohot]

I really miss him so much. I want to share space with him I want to hold his hand I want to do laundry and dishes with him so badly. I thought about him as my girlfriend today, so casually, so effortlessly. I'm just.... he just makes me sooooo

[crystal-jellies]

also today is like a day for crushes bc this morning i saw the guy i had a crush on freshman year at a mf denny’s and me being as slick as i am just stared at him for like 4 seconds

[ringchollyandfriends]

This ridiculous (affectionate) little baby boy is 9 months old today ❤️

[rntsuoka]

cant believe i witnessed with my own ears oiks saying "godzilla-hajime" and saying he just wanted to show iwa there are movies other than godzilla.............. frdt are iwaoi canon just say it TELL ME

[nonsupe-a]

a lot of s4 is unknown mostly cause i haven’t gone digging and it’ll probably stay that way but thinking about the fact that shiloh probably has to bury himself deep in all of vought + h0melanders bullshit to burn all ties that could lead to an easy victory for him,   stalling any process as much as he can.   having to deal with all that Nightmare aftermath of half the tower blowing up in wake of s0ldier boy and maeve.   dealing with the congresswoman immediately after.

thinking about how shiloh won’t get to rest any easier in s4.   how much more he’ll give of himself and how he’ll be even more go go go,   playing the sides to his advantage when and where he can for that end goal.

[thasdorah]

but also in honor of dragonflig.ht and remembering stuff I discussed with sb writing wrathion a long time ago, I just think that problematic little dragon would be adopted by alleria so fast like yeah she has a son she loves arator but wrathion??? wrathion is difficult and pushes everyone away and thinks he knows better and also wants to end the void he just like her

[acalculatedfuture]

Incidentally, Calem's aware of the rumor that he only fought Team Flare to attach himself to the image of a savior or to prove he was a strong trainer. His opinion on the matter is that it's pretty damn stupid and that the people who think that way are evidently treating a serious, life-threatening situation like this one as if it was a game where someone can win and take all the credit, something that's very telling about the way they see the world.

[hoodedmenace]

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