#but tis curious

[the-call-of-the-ocean]

Going mad over Silver being told “The crew will look after you” in the final episode of season two as the crew’s surgeon is about to cut off his leg despite Silver’s repeated pleas that he doesn’t want him to, and part of it may be due to the unbearable pain he’s in, but I don’t think that’s all of it.

Randall died one episode ago. When Billy introduced Silver to him at the beginning of season one, he said that Randall had been injured while in service of this crew and that the crew owed it to him to take care of him despite his infirmity — because of his infirmity. As a disabled man, Randall has no future outside Flint’s crew in the harsh world they live in.

Silver knows this. As we approach the end of season two, he’s slowly becoming a true member of the crew, “I” becomes “we” and “the men” becomes “my men” or “my brothers,” but he can still walk away from them if he chooses to do so. By cutting off his leg, even with the best intentions in the world, the crew is tying him to them more securely than any contract or blood pact to these men and — for the time being — to Flint’s captaincy. His very ability to walk away from them is literally being limited, which we see in the beginning of season three as he struggles with his new wooden leg.

Silver has gained the infinite loyalty of these men at the price of his leg and maybe even of his independence — he can still leave them and try his luck elsewhere, he knows how to make himself useful, but no matter how charismatic he is, the first thing people will probably always see is his wooden leg. He has become Randall. Despite being in the throes of immense pain, I think Silver realized what he was about to lose. Even if a part of him had still been entertaining the possibility that this was just a temporary situation, from this point on, he has no choice but to serve these men to the best of his ability because now they’re in a symbiotic relationship.

It’s a very grim answer to the question his entire season two arc is asking: where does he belong? What is his place in the world? In the end, he who held most of the cards in his hands at one point is not being given a choice: he’s staying here, with this crew, echoing the question Flint asked him earlier in the season — where else in the world would you wake up and matter like this? It’s the only place left in the world where he can matter now. The infinite possibilities have collapsed down to one. The man who wanted everything, who could be anyone, is now forced into a single role and can only play it genuinely.

[dearmyloveleys]

(you may consider the character in any adaptation/novel and include their commonly used weapons.

or imagine you’re in a video game character choosing page scrolling through champions. who will you pick based on character design?)

[andrevasims]

ugh it WAS "LookAtMeNow" grrrrrr

that's all it took, I put LookAtMeNow in my never-remove-ever folder, then I'm unknowingly infecting all my lots with the Super Duper Hug Bug -_- lol

[cute-girls-from-vns-anime-manga]

I REALLY REALLY CANNOT WAIT FOR THE REZE MOVIE GODS I ADORE HER DESIGN!

[adrift-in-thyme]

Is your favorite Link the same one you find relatable? Or are they different? Feel free to share in the tags!

[madebysimblr]

James: Why's that back in here?

Ti: Hmm?

James: I thought Cole had been sleeping through the night.

Ti: He had been. But you being gone over a month-

James: I wasn't gone over a month. You had been gone the week before.

Ti: You were supposed to only be gone a week, too.

James: Plans change.

Ti: Exactly. Including plans with raising our kids. Which if you were home, you would have more of a say in. How about you come down and spend time with them. Work on some signs with Kya-

James: Ti, I was serious about being tired. The jet lag from the city is no joke. I have to be in the office early tomorrow.

Ti: Seriously?? You stayed longer in the city because of work! You should take the rest of the week off! Or better yet, take a sabbatical! Or quit! We have plenty of money, from your parents hotels and my work-

James: We've been over this before! It's not about money. I like having a job. I need to have a job. I need something that's mine.

Ti: [annoyed huff] I understand that, but recently you're acting like your job is your entire life. And if it's not a work trip you're flying off to Mt. Komorebi at the drop of a hat!

James: Takuya was going through something-

Ti: You've barely talked to each other these last few years! All of a sudden what he is going through is more important than being with your family on New Year's Eve!?!?

James: Just because we drifted apart doesn't change that he's like a brother to me.

Ti: Ok. Fine. But I'm your wife.

James: I know. [sighs] I'll take Friday off. Ok?

Ti: That'd be nice. Nicer if your work phone is turned off, too.

James: It will be. Promise.

Ti: Good... I'll have the housekeeper put away the travel crib. You're right, we should try to keep him on track. And I'll leave you to rest a bit... I love you.

James: Thank you. Love you too.

Ti leaves, James pulls out his work phone

Messages To: Cortes LLC James: Made it home, safe and sound. James: I'll be away from my phone on Friday :P so don't worry if I don't answer. I'm sure you're going to be busy. Take care of yourself, baby. I miss you already💕 Cortes LLC: Ok! Miss you too.

[asleepinawell]

there are waaaaay too many options for a tumblr poll, but I'm curious, which ffxiv zone is your absolute LEAST favorite? which zone fills you with blinding rage whenever you teleport there? which zone do you wish bahamut had blasted into non-existence?

and sure, why not, what's your favorite?

comments/replies/tags welcomed for responses!

[thorinoakenbutt]

Also we have our second surname for Rook!! How exciting

[knight-king-ler69]

Imagine getting your body into the best shape of your life only to be reduced to an embarrassingly ticklish toy, someone’s play thing… lifting all that weight in the gym only for two verve soft women to weaken every muscle fiber in your body

[sewerdad]

The Emperor: “you enjoyed me”

Orpheus: “ YOU FORNICATED WITH A MINDFLAYER”

Me:

Lae’zel, Karlach, and Shadowheart:

[emblazons]

WARNING: FFVII spoilers + ship talk—scroll if you want to skip, because I am simply commentating my own gaming experience & not trying to start a war in the comments

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It’s the way I’m DESPERATELY trying to play FFVII with an openness to Cloud and Aerith because I know it means so much to so many people—and yet even when I go to YouTube and watch alt versions of mandatory scenes I cannot fathom how people are missing the subtext of “Aerith knows and acknowledges Tifa is so much more than Cloud’s friend even as she wants his attention because she doesn’t know if he’s really himself, has been extremely lonely since Zack left + knows somewhere she’s going to die for herself” ☠️

Like I am 3000% for FF ships that have a lot of groundwork but aren’t primary canon, because Square is notorious for building true chemistry between people who are not ever canonically romantic (hello Phoenixflare) but…it’s getting kind of absurd to see how many people are denying the subtext of Aerith as secondary to Tifa solely because they love their ship.

Perfect example: the scene where Aerith goes up on the Nebelheim water tower (a place wholly and entirely tied to Cloud and Tifa’s ongoing relatonship) and asks Cloud about his town…only for us to get this:

As someone who just consumes media generally…the whole subtext of the scene is clearly that Aerith trying to 1) pull Cloud’s actual memories up from the mind muck he’s going through (something she and Tifa both do repeatedly) and 2) remind Cloud of the side of him that inherently has always had a whole ass crush on his childhood best friend to help jog his memory.

Sure, it reads as a cute moment between them if you want that…but if you’re paying attention to the purpose of the scene itself and what’s being said (verbally and subtextually)…it’s astronomically clear this is a Cloud x Tifa recognition delivered to the audience through a Cloud/Aerith moment…and this happens repeatedly ☠️

And then…immediately after having her be upset that she doesn’t have someone the way Cloud has Tifa, and asking to be alone? I…I just. Like it’s so hard to be here in the middle of a war about “optional scenes” when shit that happens to everyone happens just like this 😭

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

Smh Haitani's with those long coats just to be different

They wanna stand out more!

[ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask]

Bad news everbody! I ended up with two new clone based rarepairs.

[kojitheopossum]

Idk if this was asked already but what was the inspiration that started this whole au?

I thought of it early may which definitely helped get siren on the mind (especially after I drew ethubs specifically as merpeople)

It's hard to pin down exactly what led me there? I come up with 1-2 new aus every few weeks so I'm never bored, and I think up a ton more random short scene ideas that are really just "hey what if that happened?" I think I mentioned before that the ending was the first thing created for the story, cause I just thought wouldn't that be fucked up. Then I couldn't stop thinking about that stupid aquarium so i figured out the rest of it blah blah here we are.

I've had other aus that have escaped my brain and got concept art but I felt siren's song especially would work as a comic (shoutout my industrial revolution demon hunting au I love it but it would've only worked as a fic)

[piosplayhouse]

Guy yuri finals is bingqiu versus hualian I'm sorry tgcfers but there is a correct answer to this and if you still want to give hualian a chance I'd better only see ONE, maximum, piece of propaganda about how "they're yuri because the 800 years of yearning!" Some of us yurists believe in UHAULING and HARD PHYSICAL GIRLSEX