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there's something about butches reclaiming protectiveness and chivalry from an imposed "caring, nurturing" character associated and often forced upon women. something about how while straight men often try to present as careless as possible, masculinity and care are not only not conflicting in the butch identity, but inherent to it. there's something there.
#I've always been very fiercely protective of my friends and family#and i damn hated the idea of coming across as “motherly” so much#so much that i radically changed the way i interacted in fear of being percieved like some sort of mom friend#my views on this radically shifted since i started meeting butches#it also made me open my eyes to how people (esp femmes and other lesbians) actually see me and percieve me#theres an abyss of difference#and its an interesting thought#butch#butch lesbian#lesbian#butchfemme
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colin: *is angry, feels betrayed and insecure and turned on* also colin:
#polinsated#mygifs*#bridgerton#bridgerton 3x07#bridgerton spoilers#polin spoilers#colin bridgerton#penelope featherington#penelope bridgerton#colin x penelope#polin#polinedit#bridgertonedit#userjamiec#...#i posted this on twitter (never calling it x ugh) and people loved it so here we go#i saw some posts about colin not respecting pen and it prompted these gifs lmao#like bruh this is colin 'my wife' bridgerton....#even angry he's gonna fiercely protect her
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Ariadne Vibes, audio edition
#crisp words on deaf ears#rich red wine thay gushes like a wound#the beating of drums like a frantic heart#pounding on doors like the drums of war#cold to your bones like lying in the dark on a slate floor while you wait for change that never comes#anger that bubbles and seethes#anger thay freezes and hardens#anger that persists in righteous fury#anger as impotent as a candle guttering in a storm#anger as vicious as the storm that tears the land asunder#a voice like butter#smooth and kind#edged and dangerous#soft and warm#joyous and free#fierce and protective#the voice of change#Ariadne#jennifer saint#Kristin Atherton
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What the-?! Sulong?!! That’s impossible! The Moon isn’t even out…!!
#One Piece#opgraphics#Trafalgar Law#Bepo#Blackbeard#Marshall D. Teach#Jesus Burgess#*mine#BEPO RISKING HIS OWN LIFE AND FIERCELY PROTECTING HIS CAPTAIN 😭😭😭#GET THEIR ASS BEPO!!!!!!!#and the first gif on this gifset is purely self-indulgent because for um y'know… reasons 😏
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while reading the books, i remember wei wuxian’s relationship with jin ling hitting me especially hard. i was crying when the whole stabbing thing happened. but i truly adore what becomes of them and do you know why? because jin ling does something the others could never, something miraculous really––he actually unlearns the prejudice he’s been taught to hold against wei wuxian. he meets wwx, full of disdain, slowly learning about who wwx really is and it has nothing to do with wwx’s outward appearance. and when the truth is revealed, the internal warring for jin ling is plainly portrayed and even if he does give in to a hate intermingled with grief that he has internalised towards this one entity (wei wuxian was never a person in his mind, just the ‘killer’ of his parents, a phantom, before the events of the book happened), you can tell his heart has already turned, that it will keep turning and that’s what happens. you have jin ling, an orphaned child, who hated someone whom his mother loved dearly, because that man caused his parents’ death but it is such a commendable thing that wei wuxian was able to create a space in jin ling’s heart and jin ling was able to accept it. it’s the way both jin ling & jiang cheng blame the death of their parents on wwx but only the former was able to see wei wuxian clearly and actually forge a bond of love with him.
it’s the fact that if ANYONE in this story can actually rightfully hold a grudge against wei wuxian, it’s jin ling, but instead this teenager decides that wei wuxian is much too good and that having him as an uncle is lovely, after all.
#am i waxing poetic about about a nephew and an uncle?? yes yes i am#wwx was wrong; jin ling did inherit traits from jiang yanli including her capacity for love#it’s the way if wwx gives a fuck about gaining anyone’s forgiveness its jin ling’s and that’s what he gets because that’s what he deserves#wei wuxian’s fierce protectiveness of jin ling is beautiful and heartwrenching#it’s the way jin ling actually FLOURISHED when he was spending time with wei wuxian#I CANNOT hejqywhjdjddbakeo#jin ling#wei wuxian#mdzs meta#mdzs#mxtx mdzs#canon jiang cheng
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【TIMESKIP】
I think the Princess of Hell and her devoted knight make a great powerhouse couple
Higher-Res Version: Twitter
#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel fanart#charlie morningstar#vaggie#chaggie#charlie x vaggie#I can see Charlie in the future growing into a devestatingly devilish beauty like her mom Lilith and the beautiful Lucifer Morningstar#phoenixtakaramono#my art#featured#essentially the idea in my head is that a Sinner lands in Hell & a spear is pointed in their direction & Vaggie declares protectively#V: “You are holding audience with the Princess of Hell. Kneel.”#C: Oh you. Such a fierce fiancée/ wife. I'm so lucky. *turns* Hiya! Welcome to Hell. Lemme introduce you to my rehabilitation project :)#all and all they’re both drop dead gorgeous lesbians in love and wifey material & a powerhouse couple
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"Now I'm not saying that we rush into there headlong and start fighting this Light...but...(t)here may be answers there that maybe could break this cycle and stop us from just being...I'm going to appreciate that I'm not in my congregation. I am with my family, and me talking as a member of this family with children on the way, all I want is to keep us safe."
- Thorn Vale, Burrow's End Ep. 3
"But when this conflict happened here, I was lining up a shot and you swept my leg at the last second. 'Cause you were talking, talking, talking and I was like, he hasn't mentioned his kids! He hasn't mentioned that he's gonna be a dad. And I swear to god, Tula was gonna fucking—"
- Brennan Lee Mulligan, Adventuring Party, Ep. 3
#Brennan as stressed but highly competent and fiercely protective moms just hits#Caramelinda Sklonda Sandra Lynn Tula#Burrow's End#Dimension 20#D20#DnD#Tula#Thorn Vale#Brennan Lee Mulligan#Jasper William Cartwright#Adventuring Party#Adventuring Party: Stoatal Recall#Stoatal Recall#op
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continuing bunny!Price saga from this post of Price and my OC...
Guard Dog(or Cat...)
rejected doodles
black panther!Ghost heavily inspired by bressy's design over here
#Price did not expect the stray cat he rescued turn out to be a panther#a clingy and fiercely protective one at that#i gave up trying to color Price#cant art lol#gummmyart#doodle#simon ghost riley#captain john price#priceghost#ghostprice#call of duty#cod#cod mw#call of duty modern warfare#bunny!Price#black panther!Ghost
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"The Everlight is the god that I think the Dawnfather is most worried about, and so sort of sent the aspects of himself that resonate most with her in an effort to sort of support her, support his sister. It felt like something that I wanted to explore. And so, you know when, when father Milo says, "Are you a cleric of the Everlight?" Ayden is. He's a cleric of peace, which is just her domain, not the Dawnfather's."
- @nickmarini on The Dawnchild's connection to The Everlight From "D&D Shines When It Sparks On The Universal Part of Humanity:" Nick Marini Talks Critical Role written by Jenny Melzer
#critical role#Ayden#Nick Marini#downfall#exu downfall#The Everlight#The Dawnfather#I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH OK#I love The Dawnfather and Ayden's fierce protection of The Everlight/Trist#Because if there is no hope no mercy no redemption left in this world#what is it all for?
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Of Warriors and Gods.
#my art#artist of tumblr#tumblr artist#fanart#art#loz fanart#linked universe#hyrule warriors#lu warriors#lu fierce deity#fierce deity#linked universe fanart#I need more fics of fierce deity being a vicious war god pls#I need him terrifying while protecting the chain#lu time#kinda lol#they must just have the most interesting dynamic#a war god and a combat veteran walk into a bar#legend of zelda#colored pencils#traditional art#sketchbook#linkeduniverse
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Astonishing X-Men #13 (2004)
Just Logan being Logan (and Scott totally getting it and approving of it.)
#astonishing x men#wolverine#logan howlett#scott summers#scogan#cyclops#the x-brats#beast#hank mccoy#Like I hate whedon so much#but oh man this is perfect Logan#loving the kids fiercely in the way he knows how to#protecting his babies by training them
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return of my legend of zelda au…. haha. i've been wanting to draw more for so long but i've been so busy studying! here's link and zelda discovering a strange temple together (this dungeon is point 8 on the map, but i decided to switch the places of point 7 and 8 so this would actually be the 7th dungeon)
(loz idea masterpost)
#legend of zelda#loz#loz au#link#zelda#link is jared 19#zelda stays in the village most of the game because she fiercely wants to protect it#but this time she just HAD to come along. for research purposes (her curiosity would kill her otherwise)#ALSO SORRY FOR MY HANDWRITING THIS WAS MEANT TO BE A 5 MINUTE SCRIBBLE
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I know we probably have talked about this extensively by now but I just really love how Lucius angrily talked back at fucking Blackbeard for being a dick to Stede in the treasure hunt, fully aware that he might kill him for it. I hope we get to see more of this side of Lucius in S2, I hope he comes back angry. I hope he's the one doing the Kubrick stare at Blackbeard this time.
#lucius and stede are so fierce when it comes to protecting the people they care for and they need to realize this#they need to accept that they are in fact cool as hell#i admire them so much#ofmd#our flag means death
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not Fifteen embodying what Twelve stood for when he said laugh hard, run fast, be kind.
#throwing up at how much of twelve i see in fifteen#i know you can say that for any combination of doctor because theyre all still one person#but my gosh the gravitas and silliness and fiercely protective attitude that fifteen has is screaming what twelve grew into with Bill#i quite like to think twelve being the start of that regeneration cycle and ending their time on those words gave precedent#to every incarnation after him to follow those words#doctor who#dw#fifteenth doctor#ncuti gatwa#twelfth doctor#peter capaldi
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as a 16th century clergyman what does machete think of the printing press
I think by the time he was born the printing press had been around for almost a century and a half, so I'd reckon the society as a whole was largely past it's initial novelty and controversy. Machete himself is bookish and nerdy, he's very invested in gathering knowledge about various topics and trying to piece together a good picture of how the world works. Getting access to reading material would be a lot harder if every book was still copied individually by hand. His standards are pretty high though, there's a lot of poorly translated, shoddily printed and flimsily bound books around and he's prone to scrunching his nose at them.
#his relationship with faith is kind of fraught and unhealthy#but as a top ranking cleric he's nonetheless fiercely protective of the church's interests that's his job#the reformation and the invention of the printing press enabled people to start spreading bootleg vernacular translations of the bible#suddenly folks had a chance to read the holy book in a language they could understand (if you were lucky enough to be literate at least)#this was a big deal remember it used to be only in latin and essentially gatekept by priests#not to mention you could now buy a copy of your own the cost of books had crashed they weren't necessarily rare luxury items anymore#you don't just go and cut out the middleman that's not how this is supposed to work#distressing times in the catholic church#answered#anonymous
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Ghost Clothes
There were many enough posts on how deliberately and meticulously the costume designers approached the wardrobe choices for the characters.
What I want to talk about is a different thing - how clothes matter inside the show. Namely, the ghost clothes.
It's less prominent with Charles, so I'll mostly talk about Edwin.
Let's start with the fact that none of their clothing exists in a living world. It's not physical, otherwise people would have seen a pair of costumes flying around like with that jar. So I believe their clothes is being deliberately manifested.
Like I said, it's simpler with Charles: his clothing doesn't change much in general and remains mostly as what he was wearing when he died (he took off some because it was cold and soaked through but it still imprinted on his memory and mind). It's mostly just the colour of his polo that changes to reflect his emotional state.
But that's how I came to this whole train of thought because with Edwin it's much more interesting.
Because he doesn't wear what he died in. I'm not even sure it's his school uniform. Sure it has indications of "this is a young man and a student" but all in all doesn't look like a uniform to me. So Edwin chooses it very, very deliberately.
I wonder if he stumbled out of Hell wearing just the same night pajamas he had on when he was sacrificed - maybe just cleaner because it wasn't dirty or bloody back then and that's how he should have remembered it. Or maybe it remained dirty and bloody because Edwin didn't remember much of his life before Hell at that point, all the horrors being too fresh in his mind.
This look is defenseless. It's meant to be worn while asleep - the most vulnerable time. Edwin wore it when he was the most helpless and powerless - while being dragged from the bed and sacrificed. It's also a reminder of his time of torture in hell. It's also plain white - colour of purity - as a sacrifice - but also death. And, moreover, it's PLAIN. It has no distinguishing features. There's no Edwin in it, Edwin is being erased with all the torture. Lastly, this is something - just another thing - Edwin had no control over in Hell, it stayed there by default.
So I BET the first thing he did after pulling his thoughts together in living world was to change that fucking nightwear into something that was him. As an act of regaining himself and control over what was going on with his existence.
After he found out he could do that and how, of course. I wonder if he met other ghosts or just ended up back in school and stayed there for a while.
So no wonder Edwin is so thorough with what he wears. This is him - his armor, yes, but also undeniably and glaringly HIM. His existence, his way of it, his freedom and will, his choice.
Of course it reflects his attitude and relationship with others. With Charles Edwin has no issue with shrugging off both the jacket and the vest, leaving only the shirt - and even it has its sleeves rolled up and collar unbuttoned when he's ears deep in some research or problem-solving mode. Edwin is this comfortable with Charles, we all know that.
With Crystal it's always a full buttoned-up mode or I didn't make a mental note if it was otherwise some time. Hit me up if it was!
With Niko it's mostly a jacket off - which is a considerable step towards trust and comfort.
Anyway, these are little details.
And now imagine ending up back in Hell, but also back in that nightwear. Stripped off everything he was trying so hard to keep. A similar thing happens when he's taken by Esther. No freedom, no choice, no will of his own, no Edwin. Just a soul, a toy, an energy source.
The costume Edwin picked for himself as more or less default one comes back immediately once he and Charles stumble back into the living world. Notice this - he was wearing a different attire when he was dragged to hell.
Edwin regains everything - himself, his freedom, his connections.
Also I'm not sure how to interpret the gesture, but once the Night Nurse's boss proclaims that DBDA can exist as is further and they are let off the hook (although not off the leash), Edwin pats his jacket from top to bottom. I thought it might have been connected to his notebook and episode 4, but it also may be just that - "I'm still here, in one piece, and still me". His clothes is a proof of his freedom of will.
Lastly, there was another case apart from the main two when this is reflected. The girl who took her life because of two jocks - her ghost was wearing a sport suit. At first I couldn't understand why, it was clearly not what she died in (or, well, unlikely). But sport has been the most important thing in her life - her goal, her pride. No wonder that's what she chose to appear in.
UPD. Oh I've just remembered about the Cat King, another example of a character who goes through a variety of costumes. If my pov on Edwin's approach to clothing is correct, his words to the CK in the 8th episode make so much more sense. They really are alike - not just in loneliness.
#dead boy detectives#edwin payne#charles rowland#I'm also a control freak because ADHD autism (very likely) and anxiety#so the topic of agency freedom and control is deeply personal to me; I'm fiercely protective of these#so yeah I FELT that aspect of Edwin's character#the creators just went and made up the most relatable character ever huh
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