#billy: explain

[leporinelou]

steve: you see tommy h got that new shirt? makes him look like a [remembers billy is standing right beside him who steve recently found out is gay and they’re at that stage of ‘just friends’ even though steve keeps getting jealous whenever anyone looks at billy but there’s tunnels full of monsters beneath their feet so he can’t really think about that right now] guy with a new shirt. straight, obviously. ‘cause, like—

billy: jesus fuck just say it

[wolfienation]

"when did agatha realize he's wanda's son?"

in that moment. in that very last moment. excellent face acting by kathryn hahn because you see the second the pieces click into place. what pieces are those?

he's powerful enough to break a spell cast by the scarlet witch. he knew exactly where to find her in westview, which he would know because billy was right there when wanda cast the spell. in this episode he is able to say the name nicholas scratch further confirming rio's statement "that boy isn't yours". and, in that last scene, he very much sounds like a naive hero, which was how agatha viewed wanda for the majority of wandavision. he says he doesn't want to be that kind of witch, he doesn't want to hurt people, he doesn't want to kill anyone to further his own agenda.

and in that last moment, her behavior shifts because he's no longer just this kid she has been looking out for. he's wanda's son.

[ginpotts]

DOCTOR WHO 1.13 ✧ the parting of the ways

Time Lords have this little trick. It's... sort of a way of cheating death. Except... it means I'm gonna change... and I'm not gonna see ya again. Not like this, not with this daft old face.

[moonriselabyrinth]

Obsessed with the idea of Eddie, Jonathan, Tommy, and Billy finding out being obsessed with Steve Harrington was actually not the normal high school experience everyone else at Hawkins high was having. They’re the ones constantly calling him king and being obsessed and the rest of the student body is like “oh yeah, he was the captain of a couple sports teams right? He had cool hair…yeah he seemed cool I guess. Didn’t really notice him outside sports events and like when he threw a party. I think some of the girls liked him cause he was hot.”. Like was he the king of the school or were you just gay for him?

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

I think Duke Thomas should get to give off eldritch horror vibes to all JL-associated magic users. As a treat.

[nyabr0]

whoever decided that billy hargrove calls steve harrington "bambi"...thank you...

[froggerland]

(taps mic) women. lesbians, even.

Charlotte Des Voeux, Theresa Hartnell, Henriette Le Vesconte, Cornelia Hickey and “Betsy” Gibson and my favorite throuple Jane Clark Ross, Jane Fitzjames and Frances Crozier (she gets to keep the name (almost))

[badlyblurry]

After scrolling through a bunch of jokes about Ford learning about 9/11, I thought “he should listen to We Didn’t Start the Fire to catch up.”

then I looked up what years are covered by that song and it’s 1949 to 1989 according to google, so he wouldn’t learn that many new things, but this idea was just too good not to draw.

Guess he’ll have to wait for the Fall Out Boy cover

[thewisewill80sbyers]

This explains the stranger things fandom pretty well I guess

It wasn't even " the 70s " you dumbass, you people don't even know the period of time you're watching 😐

[runraerun]

[maricacarica]

Defending Fugaku because somone has to

One of many thinks I dislike in Naruto fandom is the way Fugaku is treated. He's labeled as abusive and neglectful father even tho he really isn't and they never try to see his perspective.

First of all abusive part, it just isn't true. We never even saw him doing anything to harm Sasuke or Itachi. Like not anything close. Even when Itachi attacked his classmen for suspecting him of Shisui's death. All Fugaku does is scold him, barely rising his voice, and as for what we saw, Itachi had no conquences for that. Even when Itachi came to kill him and Mikoto, Fugaku doesn't put up a fight because he doesn't want to fight his son. He isn't angry, even gives Itachi reassuring words, mind you Itachi came to kill him. Only thing that can be abusive is making him a double agent, on which I will touch in a minute.

As for abusive to Sasuke, he also simply isn't, we never have a scene which implies that. In manga his first scene is Sasuke asking him why is Itachi so cold to him. So Sasuke felt comfortable enough to ask that and complain to him. Fugaku also took time out to help train Sasuke, mind you this was in the middle of coup planning and tension between clan and village were high. Yet he still found a little time for Sasuke. His last words were also about Sasuke, asking Itachi to take care of him.

Now for the neglectful part, this is one I can understand why people think, but people also tend to forget what was Fugaku's position in the moment. He was the clan head of a clan that was already fed up with how village treated. And Uchiha were justified in being angry. So Fugaku had to deal with angry clansmen who were already pissed off. While on other hand he was still clan head, which means he had to deal with complaints from people outside of clan too. Which would make anyone stressed and overworked. Add in the fact clan was literally in the middle of planning a coup. Which makes things about thirty times more complicated. Also add in the fact he was leader of group of people against whom the government was prejudiced.

It was a given he'd be a little distant, wether he wanted or didn't. So yeah in that sense Sasuke was neglected. But as I said earlier, Fugaku didn't really have much choice here. He was a father, but also a political figure. He had to balance his families desires and clans desires. Fugaku would be a bad leader if he threw away all his responsibility to spend time with his family. In this moment Sasuke simply wasn't his biggest priority. I can also imagine Fugaku thought that in the end coup would end up beneficial for Sasuke too, so it would be worth it.

Onto the part where he made Itachi a double agent. A lot of things I said prior also applies here. Fugaku in that moment chose prioritising the clan over Itachi, which would make Itachi overwhelmed. And that was bad on Fugaku's part. Let's just make that clear. But it was also understandable for someone in his position. Fugaku couldn't constantly prioritise his children, that would make clan angry at him too, because he would be putting his son's needs above the needs of other Uchiha's. Then you'd have people be angry because in that way it would seem like Fugaku thought his children were more important then other Uchiha children who were, again, being prejudiced against. And that would also make clan against him. So Fugaku here sacrificed Itachi's needs for needs of others. And also, same as for Sasuke, since Itachi would benefit from Coup and wouldn't be double agent anymore, he probably thought it was worth a sacrifice.

Fandom's dislike for Fugaku, let's be honest, comes from the fact he doesn't look like Chico Lachowski or something like that. It's a good example of pretty privilege. I can bet you money he wouldn't be as hated if he looked different. Mikoto is good example, she also supported the coup and had many beliefs same as Fugaku, which is normal since it's her husband. Yet fandom doesn't treat her like Fugaku. Which I believe is mainly because she looks better (not saying that's evrebodys reason). I've seen a lot of people saying Fugaku and Mikoto had arranged marriage. Literally no evidence for that. As I said on my other post, God forbid slightly ugly character is in healthy and loving relationship.

In my conclusion, Fugaku is a flawed man, but a good man. His choices were reasonable enough for position he was in. Even with little screen time you can make him complex. Kishimoto definitely wasted him, like a lot of other characters. But fandom's dislike for him literally only comes from not thinking about his perspective for a second or just simply disliking him for his mouth. He was a flawed father, but not abusive, terrible or willingly neglectful one.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 119

Another divine twitch chat Au? Another divine twitch chat Au. With a bit of a twist. 

Billy would like to say it is in fact not his fault. It’s really not. Who hits someone with magic they obviously don’t know how to use? Well okay maybe he had done that before, but it’s not like he ever did it around other people where they could get hit! 

But someone was an idiot and now he’s here, as his normal ten-year old self kicking his legs while sitting in the Watchtower as the others argued. Apparently the League thinks he’s been de-aged, which is good as his secret isn’t out. 

The uh, issue is that something about the spell might have um, partially manifested the gods- or as he called them the Mediterranean Magic Men, if only because of how annoyed it made Zeus. Now everyone can see the chat that’s usually only visible to him and apparently it’s concerning. 

He doesn’t see how it’s an issue, Zeus has been silenced for the next hour and Hercules has been dying of laughter for the last three. Oh, wait, it might be from Mercury’s constant attempted flirting with Flash. …Or the fact they’re trying to convince him to commit a crime and he’s honestly down for doing so seeing as he’s a homeless ten year old who is down for getting clairvoyance and super speed for the next thirty minutes in exchange…

[wanderingmind867]

Sometimes (whether true or not), I get an indignant anger and depressed feeling, thinking about the cynicism of modern culture. When characters like batman are written as dark and violent, and when money rules all, and when everything is about meanspirited comedy instead of simple love and respect. Where'a the optimism we desperately need? I don't know. Maybe it's everywhere and i'm just missing it. But it more or less feels like innocence dies more and more each year. And by the gods, it should not be this way. I should not be having to get optimism and hope from almost exclusively old tv shows and old music (with some exceptions, like a good majority of Bob's Burgers). But I swear...either i'm 20 and pining for ages i never knew (which could be possible), or i'm depressed and reading cynicism and darkness into everything, but I hate it. We need hope and light and beauty. We need something to make us feel life is worth living. Even if that thing is merely a beautiful blue sky with bright green grass. We just need these things.

This is why characters like Superman and Wonder Woman need a renaissance at DC. Or even Captain Marvel/Shazam. These characters are fun, whimsical, optimistic. They can't be dark. If they're dark, then they're not Superman or Wonder Woman or Captain Marvel. These characters are the embodiment of that old school style of optimism and hope. Wonder Woman was the embodiment of compassion with strength. Captain Marvel is just a kid in an adult body. Superman and his main villain are both humanitarians, of a sort. When your villian is Lex Luthor, then you know things are almost always gonna automatically be somewhat left wing politically, while also being incredibly hopeful. Because Luthor is rich and misguided, but he's not complete evil. The man has a heart. And that alone shows faith in mankind. To have your main villain occasionally do good things...It's a sign that life is good. Life is good, and we should live it.

[harringroveera]

Yup, the tutoring is going great!

[just-ornstein]

Chrysalis or Chrissy for short, the rambunctious daughter of the Mighty Monarch and Council Member Dr. Mrs. The Monarch! And collector of all types of plants and insects…

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Billy likes biting, he likes it a lot, he always did:

When Stu needs braces after the TV incident, the biting became even better. Not only was the teeth digging into his skin, leaving indents and bruises, but so was the metal itself. It left cooler marks and it hurt more. God, Billy likes biting so much more now that Stu has braces