#defeating the enemy

[buggachat]

Part 187 of my bakery “enemies” au!

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Kofi

[lochlot]

morgwen study

[befuddled-calico-whump]

thinking about a whumpee on a forced march through rough terrain

hands tied in front of them, on foot while their captors are mounted, sleeping out in the open, forced to beg for adequate food and water

maybe they're barefoot, a captured royal in silken robes

maybe they're in a torn suit or soldier's uniform

maybe they were stripped at the start, increasing the exposure to the elements, the humiliation

are they a terrified mess from the beginning, or do they try to endure with dignity? how long before they're stumbling, barely putting one foot in front of the other? how long before they fall?

[deltarunebt]

Meeting (Befriending?) Jevil

So much for an easy first fight.

[semisolidmind]

all hail the king

(this was originally for an ask, but i thought he'd be better on his own)

[arabian-batboy]

Damian continues doing 99% of the work in this event even though he only got 1% of panel-time in it so far.

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts - Wonderland

[general-sleepy]

You know, there's something to be said for the possibility of a Dracula film adaptation that starts with Mina and Lucy in Whitby, with Jonathan's sadventures in the Castle not actually shown onscreen until Mina reads his journal.

Everyone in the audience is already going to know who Dracula is while Jonathan doesn't, so nothing is being lost if Dracula is already established as the antagonist in the narrative. This way the dramatic irony is intentional. Starting in Whitby rather than Transylvania gives more of an opportunity to begin with everything happy and hopeful before things slowly descend into the Horrors.

It would mean that Jonathan can't be the protagonist, which is what I personally prefer. Instead, it would make more sense to either have Mina as the protagonist or really focus on creating an egalitarian ensemble piece. But, at the same time, it would also place focus on the importance of documentation and storytelling that doesn't really come through in a more strictly narrative structure.

Also, there could be a really nifty cold open with Jonathan all fucked up-looking, standing in the window of the Castle about to climb down.

[ace-and-ranty]

The entire series we've been told, over and over, that Galbatorix is stronger than Eragon. It has been really, exhaustively stablished that Galbatorix's power is god-like at this point, and Eragon doesn't stand a spitting chance in hell of overpowering him.

We've also been told he doesn't need to. The key won't be to overpower him, but to outthink him. Eragon has to find something he didn't account for. He has to attack the one way Galbatorix didn't predict.

And it was just, empathy. The one thing Eragon had that Galbatorix didn't. The only way he's better and stronger. Eragon cares about the people who got hurt, and Galbatorix doesn't, so he never thinks to protect himself from their grief.

It was the power of fucking love.

[t4tadrienette]

The tired little saviors of earth and their little broken arms

[chinzhilla]

FIRST KANAPHAN as SAND in ONLY FRIENDS E01

[lexosaurus]

Anytime someone asks me to remove a hat, I put another one on

[shuttershocky]

I keep seeing non-AK players posting the Sankta vs Sarkaz image and I'm going "They don't know the angels are about to get their ass beat by the world's strongest man"

[tswwwit]

How would dipper propose to bill? -without any devious intentions, just pure love 😍

He'd absolutely overthink it to hell and back.

We're talking making notes and charts and a list of Everything That Must Go Right for the Perfect Setup. He's made a list of seventy-three options and eliminated half of them. He's fussed over the ring and has three different options stored in his sock drawer, one in the bottle of shower gel Bill doesn't use, and one up in the rafters. There's an excel file with probabilities for weather and temperature and the mood Bill might be in at that exact moment.

Of course, all these things completely fall apart in the most chaotic manner possible, with a high chance of 'near-death experience' to boot.

Dipper ends up blurting out 'Marry me' after the battle, seizing Bill's hand while his own are all sticky with the blood of their enemies and the survivors groan in anguish in the obliterated wreckage. And it's the most romantic proposal Bill could ever ask for.

[vladdyissues]

DON'T. YOU. TOUCH. HIM.

[legendofzeldasilentprincess]

after knowing the whole story of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, I still can't believe Nintendo really went for the Princess and the Knight trope