#emotion: frown

[spn-speech-bubbles]

[thatsbelievable]

Special thanks to @elder-goblin for suggesting Tonight’s Mood!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

successful bug hunting day!!! in my mind there was a butterfly migration for him to enjoy

[hood-ex]

wait idk anything about the tevis’— why would tommy tevis call dick his son? would you be willing to give a quick rundown

After Dick failed to get himself incarcerated, he became an enforcer for a mob boss named Tommy Tevis. Tommy took Dick in and made him part of his family. Tommy considered him an honorary son and thought very highly of him.

Nightwing (Vol. 2) #107

He even told Dick that everything he had (his home, his reputation, his family, etc.) was Dick's as well. Lynette, Tommy's wife, told Dick that Tommy would let Dick do anything. The whole family loved Dick, including Tommy's 15 year old daughter, Sophia. Sophia actually had a crush on Dick, but Dick acted like an older brother to her, helping her with her homework and such.

While Dick was away from the family for a few days, the cops busted into the Tevis's home. Lynette got killed in the gunfire, Tommy got taken to jail, and Sophia got taken in by the state.

Dick, while mentoring Rose, broke Sophia out of the state home. He got Sophia to help him with the mob. Then, when Chemo fell on Bludhaven, Dick saved Sophia and left her with Amy. When they reunited at the hospital, Dick asked Sophia to leave the mob behind and join a boarding school.

So, yeah, that's Dick's relationship with the Tevis family.

[ambigrueity]

I AM FED MY CROPS ARE WATERED

JP TSUM PART TWO EVENT WHATEVER THE FUCK ITS CALLED GAVE ME THE GREATEST GIFT KNOWN TO MAN.

THE ANGRIEST TREY CLOVER I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

HE HAS THE EVIL SMIRK AND THE SWEAT DROP? THIS MAN IS BARELY HOLDING IT TOGETHER. HES ABOUT TO MAKE TSUM PIE. EVERY DAY WE INCH CLOSER TO THE MAN GETTING UNHINGED, GOING APESHIT, AND GOD WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO SEE THAT.

PLEASE TWST LET HIM GO FERAL! LET HIM GO INSANE!!! LET HIM SWEENY TODD A BITCH!!!!!!!

[gayofthefae]

Oh yeah remember when Finn said Mike was trying to be normal.

What the fuck was that. Because he spent all his time in Hawkins with Eddie freakin “the freak” Munson emphasizing to Lucas how he did not care about being cool.

The only other thing he did all season was try to tell El he....oh

[duawheat]

hunter has like a SUPER DUPER reactive face. manz expressions go CRAZYYYY . this is because he has lived his whole life under a mask and quite literally forgets that people can see him so he is constantly just visibly reacting to things and making the weirdest faces and everyone kinda just . accepts it at some point and find it super endearing

[fanby-fckry]

Me, to myself: Alastor is bad cluster b rep, Alastor is bad cluster b rep, Alastor is

Also me: *accidentally projects my own cluster b symptoms onto him while writing fanfiction*

Me:

Me: Oops

[luciferstit]

I feel like i could write an entire essay about this exchange

[crossdressingdeath]

I really hope that TSatS features Nico and Will having so many issues around being complicit in Octavian's death, and Nico in addition having so many issues around killing Bryce. On Octavian's end these are children complicit in a gruesome death; necessary or no, that sort of thing's going to stick with them! Especially since as far as we see they never tell anyone about it (Nico might have told Dionysus during their therapy sessions, but as far as I can remember that's not confirmed), which means the only people they can discuss the whole thing with is each other. ...Or I guess Michael Kahale—assuming he's still alive post-ToA, since that's not actually confirmed—but I feel like the understanding between him and them is probably that they Do Not Acknowledge It, assuming they ever see each other at all. Anyway. I'm sure being able to share the weight of what they were part of between the two of them would help, but... well, sharing the burden of being a teenager traumatized by your part in a brutal death with another teenager traumatized by their part in said brutal death is only going to do so much. And I feel like more specifically the fact that Will is a healer would make the whole situation so much worse for him; knowingly standing by and letting someone die knowing he could easily save them would be hard for any hero, but for someone who's dedicated to healing people? Yeesh.

And of course on top of that... Bryce's death is a really cool and dramatic scene that goes way harder than I'd expect a children's book to go, but it's also absolutely horrific. Partially because Nico turns him into a ghost with zero sign of hesitation and that is so much, but I feel like for Nico partially because he doesn't remember it. Like, the fact that he has no memory of killing Bryce gets glossed over in BoO, but he turned a guy into a ghost with no hesitation or mercy and he doesn't remember. He was really angry at Bryce for threatening Reyna, and the next thing he knew the guy was dead (and he'd been knocked out for three days). He has no idea how he did it or even what he was thinking at the time! He was either out of control of his own actions or he wanted to kill Bryce, and he has no way of finding out which. That would be a terrifying thought: either he's a willing murderer (while him killing Bryce was to save Reyna and Hedge and I fully agree with it, it was absolutely murder in a way Octavian's death isn't, Bryce was completely powerless and begging for mercy by the end there) or his powers can hijack his body and push him into doing things that he would never do of his own free will, and he'll probably never know which. Which does beg the question of if anything could set him off like that again, which I feel like is something that would weigh on Nico. I'd love to see him admit that he's actually really scared that something will push him over the edge again and either he'll lose control of his powers and kill someone else or (possibly worse) discover that he was in control when he killed Bryce and did it because he wanted to. Now, I don't think Nico could turn someone into a ghost just like that, my theory is that it was only possible in Bryce's case because Bryce was threatening someone he loved using a closely held secret (which Nico understandably took rather personally) and, more importantly, he was halfway faded out of the living world already; I doubt he could've done it if he hadn't been mostly full of darkness already or if he hadn't been overwhelmed with protective fury at the threat to his dear friend. But whether or not Nico knows that is unclear; I can see him being terrified at the very thought that it's possible that he could snap and kill someone again.

Basically given how TSatS seems like it's going to be largely about All The Trauma, it would feel like a huge failure on Rick's part to not go into how being responsible for Octavian's death absolutely would've fucked Will and Nico up, and also how directly killing Bryce absolutely would've fucked Nico up. If I'm remembering right, setting aside Luke's death—Percy and Annabeth supplied the weapon he stabbed himself with, but I wouldn't call them complicit in it the way Will, Nico and Michael are complicit in Octavian's death since it was entirely Luke's decision in the end—Will and Nico (and Michael Kahale but he's not important currently assuming he's even still alive) are the only protagonists knowingly and willingly complicit in another demigod's death, and Nico is the only protagonist to actively kill another demigod! I can accept them not talking about it in ToA, since "Hey, we're super fucked up from the deaths we caused/played a part in and we don't know what to do about that because we're kind of sort of murderers before the age of eighteen and that's really not the sort of thing you just tell people" isn't something to drop on Will's suddenly-sixteen-and-mortal godly father without warning during a serious crisis situation and I can't see anyone they might have told about it off-page spilling the beans without permission either and when it happened Apollo was already in deep shit and so probably not paying a lot of attention to what his kid was doing, so our POV character wouldn't know about it and wouldn't find out (I know he's aware that Octavian's dead, but unless I'm forgetting something—which is. entirely possible, I should reread ToA—he doesn't know the part Will and Nico played in it). But if it doesn't come up at all in the book told entirely from their perspectives, I'm... honestly gonna be pretty pissed!

[icarus-suraki]

"Be brave! Be bold! Be yourself! Show your true self!"

Okay but you need to know that my "true self" and my "employed self" are not necessarily compatible!!!!

[introjis]

Simplest set so far :}} a smile and a frown

[charlieslowartsies]

moved around my art set up and needed to settle into the new space. even tho its across my room, it’s still a process finding the ‘specific’ pose for my tablet and monitor and body to be happy with

all this to say: revived marionette sketchies!

((knight guard au))

[dandelion-wings]

The Barbara-and-Diluc conversation is somehow simultaneously very first-drafty, yet flowing with remarkable ease. My biggest concern had been how to get Diluc concerned about/invested in Barbara and Jean's relationship, but I think it's not actually as big a leap as it seemed like it was going to be?

"Hmmm." Master Diluc keeps looking at her, though his oar-strokes don't falter, steady and straight as he drives them on towards the distant shore of the lake. "I would be more confident if it was only Kaeya. He doesn't always take enough care for his own safety, and I could see him lingering to explore without backup. But I would expect Jean to do the sensible thing and get backup. Moreover, if she had plans with you, I would also expect her to have let you know. That she hasn't is what concerns me." "It's not that strange," Barbara assures him quickly. "She does try to let me know when something comes up, but she can't always do that right away. I do worry a little, sometimes, but I wouldn't have been so worried about this time if Lisa hadn't been worried too." Master Diluc's frown only deepens. "It happens that often?" "She does have a very important job, and without Grand Master Varka here... of course she's busy." "I wouldn't have thought she was *that* busy. I knew she was neglecting herself, but she's always had time for others. Even if it's at her own expense." He's still looking in her direction, but his frown is distant, now, turned inward. Barbara is glad for that, because she *knows* her smile slips for a moment when he says that. She reassembles it quickly. There's no time for her own disappointments, not right now, on such an urgent mission. Not even if Master Diluc has noticed the same thing she has: that for anyone *else*, Jean finds the time, somehow, even if it's only a little, even if it's to her own detriment. They're all second to her duties, but it's only Barbara whom she often can't squeeze in at all. "I don't mind," Barbara says, reminding herself as much as she is assuring him. "As a healer, I have to insist she take some time to herself. If that means we don't get to make up our plans... that's all right." Master Diluc's gaze refocuses on her. "I doubt," he says, a little wryly, "that she's taking any of that time for herself. But that's beside the point." He shakes off the brief glint of humor so quickly that Barbara almost doubts she'd seen it. "It doesn't seem fair for her to make time in her schedule for paperwork and visits to the Dawn Winery, but not for you. Did you have a quarrel?" It *isn't* fair. Hearing that from someone else's lips makes unexpected resentment surge through her, rising almost to her throat before Barbara swallows it back down. Jean's not being unfair; she's only expecting Barbara to remember their upbringing as Gunnhildrs and understand the depths of her duty the way no one else can be expected to. Forcing the unworthy feeling away, Barbara focuses on the strange question Master Diluc had leapt to. ...Or maybe not so strange. Barbara isn't sure exactly what happened between him and Sir Diluc, but she knows their relationship is troubled. Jean has fussed about it now and then when she actually has managed to spend time with Barbara.

[dyke-a-saur-writes]

Idk if this is just me but like, it’s a little wierd seeing people animalize the Na’vi just because they hiss, or have sharper teeth.

Like I know a gesture in Liberia where you snap your teeth at someone while pulling at the corners of your mouth (a way to call someone an asshole).

Māori people use haka (a sort of dance with fierce facial expressions) as a way to display courage.

Some Inuit scrunch their noses up to convey agreement.

Hell, there’s even some sub-Saharan tribes that ritually sharpen their teeth.

My point is that it’s a little odd seeing those features in the Na’vi be used to justify making them purr, go into estrus, among other things. Like yeah their design is loosely based on cats, but that doesn’t feel like a “justification” (idk the word here) or basis to de-“humanize” them even further.

[darabeatha]

headaches so beyond comprehension that it goes past physical pain, this one also hurt ur very soul 👹