#and i think that's really interesting

[jaqobis]

thinking about how egwene had arcs about letting go of rand at this point in both the books and the show

in the books, rand was always a might-have-been. they cared deeply for one another and were motivated by one another; and in another life (in so many other lives) they would have gotten married and settled down together in emond's field.

when egwene has to go through the arches and deny rand in multiple permutations, it's about rejecting that quiet, normal life. it is about letting go of her feelings for him in some ways, but it's more about accepting (heh) that she is a channeler of the white tower now. she is an aes sedai in training. that possible life with the boy next door is over. egwene in the books is not ta'veren. she is choosing her future rather than being pulled around by the pattern. the spark meant she always had to leave and be properly trained, but it didn't strictly mean she had to commit to full aes sedai training and leaving emond's field for good. she chose that for herself, and for the greater good.

in the show, however, rand is her first love. they were together for a long time. he was probably getting ready to propose! marrying rand was a very salient possible future, one she really had to decide she was ready to let go of when nynaeve offered to train her as a wisdom. she had to leave two rivers under duress, however, and lost that future. importantly, she had to live with the uncertainty of being a potential dragon and then going through the trauma of finding out it was the boy she loves. she went through a very long time of grieving him and regretting not being there for him. when he reappeared in her life, it became critically important that she not "fail" in that way again. she needs to PROTECT HIM so she doesn't LOSE HIM again. she's gonna fight ishamael for him, she's gonna go into the aiel waste for him, she's gonna be STRONGER this time!

only...she is ta'veren. rand is the dragon. and their paths are not the same. she has her own power, she has her own talents, and she is meant for so much more than protecting her first love. she has to let go of this trauma response and accept that he will be in danger, he may even die, and there is nothing she can do about that. that would not be her fault. after being ripped from two rivers, after her horrifying captivity with the seanchan, she understandably wants more control in her life. rand is feeling exactly the same way, with his pushback against moiraine. but egwene cannot control the pattern so that she never feels helpless or never loses rand again. she can't even control his choices, because no one can really decide what their loved ones do.

being there for him and prioritizing him is not enough. because she does want more. because he is making decisions without her input, some of which she really hates (and for good reason). they're growing apart. and the harm egwene is doing herself by trying to deal with her trauma this way is literalized through lanfear's physical and psychological torture in her dreams. egwene is going to have to forgive herself for not going to the eye of the world — or at the very least, she is going to have to make peace with that. she will have to figure out a way forward with her traumas that is not "trying to prevent a specific scenario from ever happening again."

for egwene in the show, letting go of rand is tantamount to accepting that her current coping mechanisms are not working. it's going to free her to make decisions that are more focused on herself and less focused on not feeling a particular way ever again.

[quadrantadvisor]

Alright new Jason Todd headcanons in a dpxdc setting:

Danny is a "liminal" ghost, rather than a "half" ghost. He's alive and dead at the same time. (He's like Jesus Christ (in the church denomination I grew up in), fully ghost and fully human.) Danny, in human form, can go through a ghost shield, because he IS a living human.

Jason, however, is a reanimated corpse. He isn't a ghost, wouldn't have a ghost core, etc, he has a normal human system that runs ON ectoplasm. Jason CANNOT go through a ghost shield, because he is always an ectoplasmic entity. Danny can go through the Fenton Ghost Catcher and be split into a ghost and a human; if Jason went through the ghost catcher, he would straight up die.

(For my purposes I'm gonna say that Jason became an ectoplasmic entity upon his resurrection, but wasn't very stable. Dunking in the Lazarus pit stabilized his system but also poisoned his ectoplasm.)

I do think that Jason could learn certain ghost abilities if he learned to harness his ectoplasm, especially if they detoxed him off the Lazarus waters. He's probably already enhancing his stealth and strength in ways he hasn't really noticed. I think he's held back by the amount of physical matter he's lugging around, so maybe he couldn't fly, but I'm imagining temporary invisibility, or intagibility of like, a limb at a time. Maybe he can't walk through walls, but in a fight he can dodge by instinctively making the targeted part of his body intangible.

[frankierotwinkdeath]

Y’all want Taylor Swift to be gay so bad but you won’t even write femslash about her

[mangozic]

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity

[chloesimaginationthings]

Poppy playtime got a guy worse than William Afton

[forgettable-au]

But that's dessert!

I FINALLY FINISHED THIS THING LET'S GOOO

I hope u all like it

[liimonadas]

so i've been playing a game

[storybook-souls]

listened to the first episode of the severance podcast with adam scott and ben stiller today and i can't stop thinking about this bit they were discussing from the original pilot script where Ms. Cobel invites Mark into her house, has him watch while she tortures her pet rat, and then reveals that the rat is severed and "flips a switch" so the rat starts cozying up to her and acting like a sweet affectionate pet. like. okay! they were really just gonna put it all on the table like that! you're the rat, mark!!!! you and helly and all your friends are the rats, mark!!!! mark!!!!!!!!!!

[crystallized-cheese]

so like imagine Undertale characters but they're all crafts supplies Part Triple (Sans and Papyrus) (Undyne and Alphys) (Frisk and Flowey) (Napstablook and Mettaton)

[voltaical-art]

do you guys ever think about how Wyll is introduced as an archetypal fantasy hero, but then it turns out he’s a warlock, who made a pact with a devil. Do you ever think about how Ansur is described as this fantastical dragon of myth, but then when you find him, he’s turned into an undead monstrosity. Do you think about how when Wyll does the right thing, he is punished to become more monstrous. Do you think about how as Wyll’s warlock powers grow, his spells get more horrific. Do you think about how Ansur was killed by his closest friend. Do think about how Wyll was cast out by the most important person in his life. do you guys ever think about Ansur and Wyll.

[seasononedean]

watching severance is crazy. what if a show had multiple coherent plotlines and also asked questions about what it means to be a person through a truly unique lens that inspires new ethical and philosophical discussions in 2025 when so many of those conversations have been had a million times already. what if personhood and love are inseparable and it is impossible for humans to not form community. how much of you is your memories/how does nature vs nurture come into play in a vacuum? what if that vacuum popped? what if a part of you wanted to go to heaven so you created a new version of yourself? who would you be without the pressures of the outside world?

[voiddragoncat]

I’ve been thinking about Coral Glasses… specifically, how her glasses work and what’s under the coral.. so these are the possibilities I’ve come up with!!

Please please let me know if any of my notes are unreadable!!

I think that my handwriting is decent, but my Basic Illustration teacher seems dead set on constantly telling me to make my writing legible so idk

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[daleespringdraw]

I do not care for Poppy Playtime… I don’t plan to like Poppy Playtime….

BUT….

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I— I kinda like him…. he’s really cute

nvm I hate him now

[lucabyte]

even dogs pass the mirror test

[mangozic]

the wettest of cats

[chloesimaginationthings]

You think FNAF Helpy misses Michael sometimes?