#best python

[flockofteeth]

incredible. LOTR fandom truly NEVER stops giving

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[anbaisai]

well maybe you should help her out, jamil 😤

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

MDZS x Brazil (1985)

(Yes. Real movie dialogue)

[rednightmare18]

It's not even about the vindication of calling a ship, okay. It's that the supposedly anti woke studio wrote about 3 million words of medieval fiction centering the relationship of the two main characters who are in most ways (or in all ways if you follow the obvious canon momentum of the story) meant for each other, as counterparts who help each other survive the great travails of their lives and who challenge/complete the other to become fuller, braver, kinder people. It's so clear these two people are soulmates, platonically or romantically, something observed consistently by the world around them and by themselves.

Except their society (feudalism, Catholicism) dictates that they are intended to be completely incompatible by nature and divine law. Not just for the obvious fact they are both men, but they are separated by what is arguably an even steeper chasm of social class. Their existence even as friends utterly spites, interrupts, and threatens feudal order right down to its theological and philosophical roots. They should not see each other as human and yet.

It's the fact that they do. The fact that the entire story has been about this--that these two protagonists fit together, undeniably, and grow to love each other fiercely (a love that deepens superbly from their knee-jerk playful puppy-friend-love in kcd1 to something selfless and mature by the end of kcd2). And they do so despite the immense opposition by their world, their social circles, their faith, and indeed their fandom.

And yes, it really does fucking matter that all of this culminates into a deep onscreen romantic love (if you get out of the way and allow it to) between two fandom-beloved male main characters (not just side characters rammed in for an optional gay romance but THE main characters of the duology; the "you" as in the player character and your erstwhile dick-jokes bro you have perhaps grudgingly at first been invited as the audience to love) in a historical fiction story that has been wrongly touted by the worst of our contemporaries as the holy grail of cultural conservatism.

Holy shit. Warhorse -- y'all. I'm sorry I doubted you. So few game writers understand how love works and indeed how people work, let alone translate it so well onto the screen.

Calling this an "optional romance" is not technically incorrect, I suppose, because it's true you can opt out and choose to remain platonic friends. But this language feels like a disservice, as if Henry & Hans's romance is a typical RPG wham-bam fanservice makeout with a minor fan fave character who never interacts meaningfully with the player again. Or as if it's a Bioware-style "give this NPC the right gift and do their side quest and you get to see a jankly ugly-bumpin' montage" situation.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is so very much not that. The "main, optional" romance scene in question is just one consummation event of two people who have been growing up and falling in love in front of us over the course of some 200-300 (or god knows how many) hours. The fact these protagonists openly love each other is very much not optional.

This is, sincerely, groundbreaking storytelling in this medium and this genre. How fucking cool that we all got to see it now.

[gingermintpepper]

There are many things people expect from one called 'God of Blood'. Always, the first thought is the blood of war, the blood of violence, the blood of the weak shed for the goals of the strong. Ares doesn't think of the blood of battle at all. When he thinks of blood, he envisions the many tied knots of blood bonds and bonds forged in the blood of battle. Blood sons and blood daughters, blood brothers and battle sisters, blood oaths and blood vengeance - he watches over them all and keeps close each one of these bonds.

One cannot begrudge his displeasure then when he realises he cannot tell Leto's offspring apart just by looking at them.

It was easier when it was just Artemis. Dark hair curled about her shoulders, a fierce mien whenever Father summons her to the mountain, a scattering of bones and blood shed whenever she was disturbed; the eldest child of Leto was a wild thing, sharp toothed with sharper claws always at the ready. There's whispers of her being a twin, of her other half being made to crawl on their belly as penance for their sin of god-slaying but Ares pays it little mind. What twins look alike among their number? Even dog litters are born distinct with all their unique markings inlaid in their fur. Artemis' twin too would be much more than their sister's mirror image.

Pouring over his list now, he wishes anything about Phoebus Apollo was that simple.

Mirror image did not begin to describe it. The twins were the same height, the same build, had the same colour and texture hair, ate the same raw food and drank the same amount of nectar. There was no difference in how they dressed, no difference in the company they kept, no variance in the weapons they used. There are some days Ares still cannot believe Phoebus will grow into a man and not some nymph with the way his ears have that slender point. He watches them now, sitting together beneath a shady palm and stringing their bows in an uncanny unison and curses because he still cannot tell them apart. What use is his skill in knowing blood when they both have the same damn blood running through their veins? What bond is there to sense when they are tied so tightly together, Ares can scarcely tell brother from sister?

He sighs. Unadorned and completely alone, the only way to know who is who is to speak to them. He'll have to find more ways to tell them apart from a distance. Surely they cannot stay this similar all the rest of their immortal lives.

[butteredsconesfortea]

Happy birthday to the Beatle with the best sense of humour <3 🎂

[seriouslygoodomens]

Please tell me someone gets the reference I'm trying to make in my shitty little drawing? Please excuse it. I haven't draw anything in years and I don't have my computer set up yet to do any digital art. So here, enjoy this terrible rendition of Crowley

[best-character-named-x-poll]

have you done your daily click

[montypythonswine]

I was bored and decided to make a Terry Jones collage featuring my favourite pictures of him using the new Pinterest collage feature

[theharbringerofchaos]

I'm so DONE with the "Beautiful Princess Disorder" thing

Why not Badass Pirate Disorder?? Uh?? And what about Best Pyromancer Disorder???? Brutal Python Disorder???

New names for BPD people!!

[risingsunresistance]

watching stuff slowly come together while you work on it is so fun

[witchering10123]

you can't tell me that the marauders wouldn't have LOVED monty python

[essektheylyss]

me: I have way too much going on, I need a break in which I don't have to think about anything

also me, immediately: for my class TEI exercise I shall choose to encode a page of House of Leaves

[hapigairu]

TOBIN

2 and 15

MY BOY 😭

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Um, everything? No, okay, hm... I would say how caring he is?

His reason for joining the war was to provide for his family who's been struggling to make ends meet. Like, fighting in the war was a big no until Lukas mentions that every soldier gets paid, meaning that he could help his parents, so he accepts to risk his life for their sake. I don't care what anyone says, I'll still find his reason to join the Deliverance to be the most selfless one out of all the villagers'. This isn't present in the English version, but at the end of his B support with Kliff, he's racking his brain to understand what's going on with Kliff and wonders (not as a joke, I should add) if he's in his rebellious phase. Whether or not his assessment is correct, he's trying very hard to understand his friend better and ahhhh...

This is only two examples, but he's just always thinking of his loved ones' well-being (or even those around him in general) and it shows in so many instances <3

Also! In the drama CD, which happens in Rigel, he's showing concern and empathy for the citizens and that moment when he saves a kid's life... If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend it! I'm a sucker for genuinely kind characters and this guy... Man. I love him so much.

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Oh. Haha... I'm not really interested in shipping, but I'll do my best to answer! To be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of any of his popular ships? I loathe Faye x Tobin (he deserves much better imo). And I personally don't view him as gay nor do I find his relationship with Gray and Kliff to be compelling when it comes to romance. However, when it comes to platonic ships (is that how you call it?), I would say Tobin and Python! Tobin's canon class is heavily implied to be archer just like Python and... I'm a sucker for mentor/apprentice relationships, which would fit those two so well imo. An almost overly eager Tobin asking Python to please help him train because he's heard he was one of the best in the army with a Python who would rather take a nap (or something else) than train some loud and naive kid but ultimately comes to appreciate and actually get attached to Tobin (and let's be honest, who wouldn't?)? Sign me up! We also know from the drama CD that Python casually spilled at least some gossip to Tobin about Forsyth, and... I just imagine Tobin wanting to know more about these cool Deliverance veterans and Python just goes into gossip mode and Tobin just... eats it all up lol I wish those two had support conversations... Oh well... That"s what fanfiction is for, right?

Wee bonus:

Because my fanfiction will have Tobin and Sonya in some capacity (still platonically though), have a silly image I made (for a... discussion) with her standing up for him lol

[aturnoftheearth]

not enough sleep and too much happening today yields a day that feels remarkably Fake

[ratpee73]

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