#but honestly... can't blame him

[bonjourxrenae]

No I'm sorry I can't get over this

When Yugi first meets Ryou in the manga, he already looks interested, but in a way that's sort of thoughtful, like: "Ryou Bakura... wonder if we'll be friends :)"

But s0 decided to make that expression look EVEN MORE WISTFUL AND DREAMY, I CAN ALMOST HEAR HIM SIGHING LONGINGLY FROM HERE

[cheeseburger443]

"I've got my eyes on you..."

[vaguely-concerned]

I really really like that lucanis reaches the 'there must be some way through this' realization 'off camera', so to speak, while presumably looking at rook explaining the situation to spite. it just. hits right. he gets that moment to himself after 'this place is a nightmare, why would I want to stay here' to come back into focus, to gather himself and think it through in peace, outside of the demands of anyone’s gaze (including the player’s!), while rook takes care of spite’s confusion and urgency and distress as he can’t himself in this shattered state. they're inside his soul, but he still gets that moment of privacy, with rook and spite there and supporting but not intruding. idk there's just something so good and right-feeling about it. rook's presence in lucanis' mind at its most vulnerable and frozen could have felt SO invasive if the quest wasn't written as skillfully as it is, and I get skeeved out by that kind of thing incredibly easily so it's a testament to how well it's done that it always feels safe and supportive. lucanis has had both his bodily and psychological (slash spiritual/existential) integrity and autonomy violated so brutally and repeatedly, and having even the way the camera perceives him here grant him the dignity and respect and privacy of soul he hasn’t experienced in a long time… it’s a whole thing huh. No wonder it’s taken me a while to put it into words lol 

(also what a contrast to what solas and rook have got going on, and what a sly way to slide the point of comparison in there to build to the thematic whole. the solas version of this IS of course wildly invasive and skeeves me out but in the intended delighted horror movie way. solas, too, was let into someone’s soul through the cracks in the wake of a traumatic event, and he IMMEDIATELY sought to turn it to his own benefit and use that trauma as a weapon against them fhdsja I’m sorry but it’s just such a character-revealing instinct for him to act on without hesitation and I love how terrible he is, it’s all so unforgivably premeditated and consistent.

rook acting out of the desire to make sure lucanis is ok vs. solas going ‘well. When life gives you oops killed my friend, make dead friend poisoned lemonade and make his loved ones drink it. this sunk cost fallacy isn’t going to perpetuate itself’ is such a neat contrast and it’s not in your face about it but it’s still there, deep and solid down in the thematic narrative. rook doesn’t do anything to or in lucanis’ mind, really — they negotiate their way through the layers of defense and are let through, and they help him make the whole thing more explicable, but they never exert any force or go rooting around for anything that doesn’t present itself to them first. solas goes about gathering ammo for when he's going to nothing personel kid this person from like the first moment fhdskh doesn't waste a second before he's on that gaslight gatekeep girlboss grind. the fact that the game goes out of its way to show there IS a respectful, non-selfish and kind version of this process makes what solas is doing even more deliciously awful (glee) and rook and lucanis’ relationship (platonic, romantic, whatever it might be in any given playthrough) all the more moving to me)

[loveridden1999]

i love these two so much it's honestly nauseating

[luhwithah]

I need someone to look at me the same way Emily looks at Hotch

[ineffablelara]

I've been trying to picture Loki confessing to Mobius and I simply can't 😭

I think he'd be traumatized after what happened with silvie and the fear of ruining his friendship with Mobius would get in the way of his desire to confess

Bc he was so honest about his feelings with her, and things couldn't have gone more wrong, now whenever she's near him she's cold and distant, she said he "appeared out of nowhere to ruin her life" in ep 3 and even though he didn't react to that in the scene I'm sure he felt it in his heart

He was honest and now she hates him and pushes him away, making clear there's no space for him in her life, what if he fears opening up to Mobius only for things to get weird between them?

Of course he wouldn't react in the same way she did, but what if things change forever and he loses his best friend, the person he's the most comfortable with in the whole world?

Maybe he tries to confess one day, only for his words to get stuck in his throat, Mobius is looking confused as hell and Loki just decides to pull him closer, give him a hug and maybe a little kiss on the forehead, looking him in the eyes and telling Mobius that he's really grateful to have him in his life, then he leaves and Mobius is a complete mess, unsure what to make of that whole situation

And he never confesses his feelings either, because he doesn't dare hope that Loki reciprocates it, because he's more than happy with staying by his side, spending time with him, sharing all the little moments he can with that beautiful god he calls his friend

And the two dumbasses keep yearning for each other bc they're too scared of being honest about their feelings, Loki's been so hurt before, it makes sense that he'd be more cautious now, but he'd 100% stare lovingly at Mobius while his little human is distracted with something, feeling warm from all the love inside him, and Mobius would do the same with Loki, feeling incredibly lucky to have him in his life

[theramblingvoid]

I'll be honest I never really gave Tim a second thought on my first listen through, but on a relisten I've realized that yeah actually that's me. That would be me. I too would get really frustrated and angry and make a million bad sarcastic jokes if I was trapped in The Office That Makes You Die Badly and could do nothing but wait around to die badly in the office. And also still had to fill out timesheets. I mayhaps would also lose my composure just a little actually.

[queenie-ofthe-void]

WIP Weekend WIP Snip Share!

Didn't have time to do any WIP games this weekend, but here's a bit I've written for my Steddie (-Jonathan) fic. Because I thought, "huh, you know what this steddie angst fic needs? A Stobin fight."

Enjoy (or... you know)

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Context: As Robin finally convinced Steve to tell Eddie how he feels, they're shocked when they go back to the party and find Jonathan and Eddie making out on the couch.

“Everyone’s gone home,” Robin consoles, tone grating against his skin. He doesn’t need her pity, or anyone else’s. Besides, Steve wouldn’t even be in this mess if it wasn’t for her. Meddling in his love life has never worked out for Steve in the past, and he doesn’t understand why he convinced himself it would be different this time just because it was Robin.

Because why would anyone, let alone someone like Eddie, be interested in dating Steve Harrington, King of Assholes and Jocks. Compared to someone like Jonathan, someone who is so clearly a better match for Eddie, Steve brings nothing to the table.

He laments himself for believing anything she ever said about how Eddie apparently looks at him when his head’s turned, or how he always goes out of his way to make Steve laugh. None of it was real. It was all just lies. Bullshit.

“Then why are you still here?” It’s colder than he meant. Steve can already feel the crown sliding back into place. It’s sickening how much he misses it, an old, awful comfort he worked so hard to shed. And yet, it feels so fucking good to wear it again. 

If only it wasn’t Robin.

Heavy silence weighs against him. It’s not the response he expected. People always have a reaction when they meet King Steve– whether it’s disdain from the kids he tormented, pride from his asshole friends, or disappointment from people like Nancy. 

Steve still hasn’t turned around, his back to the door Robin had come through to find him. The inability to read her eats at his nerves. He denies the sharp urge to look at her– to consume and study every twitch of her mouth, every crinkle of her eyes– to know what she’s thinking right now. But that would mean giving her the same opportunity which is something Steve can absolutely not allow her.

The crown is a cold comfort if yet still a bit ill fitting. It’s been too long since Steve’s had to wield it as a sword and shield to fend off the people closest to him. He’s forgotten how. It wobbles on his head no matter how hard he clings to it. The heat of shame still stings behind his eyes. Steve hates it. So he clings to the anger, if he can’t cling to anything else.

He’s ripped from his seething by a firm hand on his shoulder. Robin’s next to him now, appearing almost out of nowhere. Steve wonders how long the silence lingered, if she said anything to him as he was stuck in the swirl of ruminating thoughts.

“Steve, look at me.”

Brushing her hand off his shoulder, Steve storms across the kitchen. She can’t look at him, she can’t see him. He can’t talk to her with all the shit clogging his throat. It’s all bubbling up inside him, the way it always does, thoughts and feelings he can’t name or pin down long enough to examine, not that he’d ever want to in the first place. Robin needs to leave before it bursts from him like a monster crawling through a hole in the ceiling, ready to hurt anyone in its path. Like a stupid, bigoted boy willing to throw a punch in an alleyway.

“Get the fuck out of my house.”

[whywoulditho]

i think a lot about tsukkiyama just living in their own world. tsukkiyama who come to and back from school together every single day. tsukkiyama who silently laugh at each others jokes not realizing people are looking at them. tsukkiyama who eat lunch on the roof where no one else can bother them. tsukkiyama who spend their breaks listening to music sharing one crappy pair of earphones. tsukkiyama who have inside jokes and gossip about everyone else in the class. tsukkiyama who can communicate with a few meaningful glances from across the room. tsukkiyama who can only talk about movies and shows they watched together, or books they exchanged and anytime someone else tries to join in their conversation kei looks at them with his patented annoyed look and tadashi just stops talking while they both wait for the other party to leave. they're just. obsessed with each other to the point they don't care about anyone or anything else. it's not even healthy but they're okay with it

[eyebulb]

The Cause and Effect of Stolas' actions throughout the show. This is mostly for peeps who claim he never gets consequences. - Stolas being playfully sexy (in his head) turns out to be degrading. Leading to Blitz pulling away, feeding his preconceived notion that Stolas is just a kinky royal prick who wants to feel "dirty". Stolas' attempts at bonding and spending time with him is forever tainted by this and in Ozzie's this is brought to light. It also has further effect up until Apology Tour. (Sure, Blitz has his fair share of issues that also leads to this but part of it is because of those instances when Stolas acted in a way that fit Blitz' view of him). Stolas is continuously hurt by this.. which is why he's so scared of giving Blitz the crystal. Also starting their relationship as a transaction didn't really lay down good groundwork either. - Openly flirting with your new fling while still married and in front of your daughter.. being continuously neglectful towards her despite not meaning to. Leading to several instances in which Octavia feels replaced and forgotten. We see this several different times when Octavia is in an episode. And even though they kinda made up, it kept happening and eventually Octavia pulled away completely in Sinsmas. (Seeing stars was more cus of the divorce and all but they're all tied and shit) With this I'd like to include a thing he did that he thought was for the best but still bit him in the ass. - Shielding your daughter from the mess of your family and circumstances of her birth, your mental health and relationship with her mother. This was all in good faith.. He wanted her to have a better life than he had. To be able to be a kid and be loved. But.. it still gave him consequences in him looking like the ultimate shithead when he tried to chase his own happiness for once in his life. For Stolas, being w. Blitz and asking for a divorce was long overdue and good things for him. For Octavia it looked like a selfish dick who wanted to run away from his family. Not being open with her made him look like the ultimate bad guy. Speaking of Cheating. While Stella's treatment of Stolas is NOT justified (I get that she's in a shitty situation but it wasn't Stolas fault and choosing to take it out on him makes her shitty still). Him cheating on her with an imp of all creatures led to her treatment of him to escalate. It seems like she at least kept most ill treatment behind closed doors before since Octavia seems to correlate her behaviour to Stolas cheating. Plus now there's an assassin involved.. only for fun, mind you. Stella just want to torment him. And more recently -Lending out a powerful artifact illegally just because you have a crush on the guy. Ended up biting them both in the ass when the wrong person found out. Not that they were particularly careful about it tbh. Stolas ended up taking the full blame.. but it was definitely a stupid thing to do and it had direct consequences. And Stolas was the one with the responsibility there. All this to say.. It wasn't just this episode that ended Stolas in trouble because of his actions. I've seen a lot of people shouting "finally" as if this man hasn't had a miserable time throughout most of the show. People act as if he isn't aware of his wrongdoings even though he constantly mention how HE was the one in the wrong. He realized in Ozzie's that he'd treated Blitz the wrong way.. and that the deal was fucked up (not because Blitz thought so, mind you. I stand by that) and tried to rectify it by getting the crystal and giving Blitz a choice. And not calling him on the full moon nights anymore. Even while hurt and feeling rejected he still thinks that HE's the one who missed something and who messed up. He blames himself for the way Octavia feels about him too. He never even put the blame on Stella to her.. And more recently.. his words in Sinsmas "I caused ALL of this".. Just saying.

[darklight-owl]

I think what bothers me about Beastars season 3 is how it's almost scared to have its characters fuck up...?

I'm mostly thinking about the scene where Melon and Legoshi meet. In the anime Legoshi catches up to him and is then shot by Melon because Yahya didn't make it in time. But in the manga Legoshi and Yahya do catch and manage to cuff him. But when Yahya leaves to call for backup, Melon and Legoshi start to talk and Legoshi lets him go. And THEN he gets shot with his own gun. It's a good way to establish Melon as a very manipulative, clever and remorseless character but also shows an interesting dynamic: Legoshi sees his mother in Melon. He sees his future child in Melon. And because of that he HAS to save Melon. Because he won't be able to live with himself if he can't.

But I think the anime cut that because they were worried people would go "why did Legoshi let Melon go is he stupid?" and they wanted to keep Legoshi's uwu pure wolf boy can do no wrong image he had going for him. Anyway. More proof that show writers should not be allowed to have twitter.

[zykamiliah]

sinbad legend of the seven seas remains a classic, not only for being the one movie to have eris but ALSO because it's the one movie where one character is in happy unrequited love with his runaway best friend

[beck-nightengale]

He's a little directionally challenged, but he's got the spirit. 😔

[panevanbuckley]

pls max's immediate reaction to that crash being to laugh. he's just like us fr 😭

[lukolabrainrot]

I can't tell you HOW HARD I laughed the first time I watched this 😂😂

[zoomclown]

Warren Godby brings lunchables to work.

That's it that's the post.