#hello little prince

[tiger-balm]

post-game interview | senators @ flyers | march 2nd 2024

[coatl-cuddles]

Hello, Sky? Yes, I'd like to order three (3) doomed, self-fullfilling prophecy princes? Thank youuu

[chiscribbs]

"That has to mean something, right? It can't just be a coincidence that it happened twice! Oh, sweet, sweet confirmation!"

Don has chanced upon an exciting revelation at the TMNT AU Competition! (feat. @beannary's The Little Prince AU)

Grown Apart AU: [Premise/Concept Art] [General tag]

***Note: This takes place sometime after the fight (which is still currently going on). Also, yes - Donnie "lost" his name tag at some point...and April.***

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[nebulousfishgills]

BRYNDEN RIVERS MY MAN

[drawballa]

Shield & Shelter - Chapter 10 (5/6)

READ FULL COMIC: HERE

[kittiewales]

wow his hand was fully on her ass

[sleepyheadnat]

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

Lonesome Dreams – Lord Huron

14.3 Billion Years – Andrew Prahlow / Outer Wilds

The Lament of Eustace Scrubb – The Oh Hellos

Da Vida, O Melhor – Projeto Sola

to Asteroid B-612 – sasakure.UK (part. lasah)

The Mortal Boy King – The Paper Kites

Mischievous Alchemy – Amos Roddy & ToyTree / Kingdom Two Crowns

Alfyn, the Apothecary – Yasunori Nishiki / OCTOPATH TRAVELER

サニーボーイ・ラプソディ – toe

Paint – The Paper Kites

Cherry Lake – Paper Mario: Color Splash

Priscilla – Sea Wolf

In The Wind – Lord Huron

Feel – Lies of P

saudade, saudade – MARO

Harpy Hare – Yaelokre

Thus Always To Tyrants – The Oh Hellos

Someone To You – BANNERS

Grand Escape – RADWIMPS

Caledonia – Celtic Woman

Big Sky, MT – The Arcadian Wild

7 P.M. – Animal Crossing: New Leaf

[wimbledon2008]

so i just finished the captive prince series about a week ago and am rereading it now. just finished the hello lover scene and honestly im still so confused over what's going on in laurent's head lmao like??

was he previously compartmentalizing his resentment so well that real feelings developed, but now he finally has a chance to truly let his anger out, he's locking down the positive feelings?

was he being truthful about manipulating damen the whole time (highly unlikely to me)? or was the cruelty in and of itself a play, either to push damen away despite not actually wanting to, or some other convoluted reason? bc damen really would have done anything he asked, trying to outmaneuver him like that was unnecessary.

my first theory feels the most right to me, and he just needed more time to process and purge his desire for revenge but idk im a taurus and very akielon coded. i love laurent but i do not understand that man lol

okay, disclaimer, i haven't read the books in quite some time so this probably isn't the fullest or deepest analysis. i welcome any additions or corrections from those who are better at meta than me <3

so the hello lover scene is incredibly complex and nuanced, a standard of pacat's writing that makes his works so infinitely re-readable. based on my personal understanding of the scene, there are a few key things that help to explain why laurent behaves the way he does in the tent scene:

1. laurent needs damen and the akielons to win against his uncle, which he very much wants to do. charcy didn't go how he'd originally planned, and he knows damen is pissed about it and probably thinks the worst of laurent right now - that he intentionally abandoned the akielons at charcy for his own purposes. so laurent is being manipulative; he is trying to outmaneuver damen. because what damen says is true: laurent has no allies, no friends, he's ruined his reputation by aligning himself with akielos, etc. we as the readers know that damen cares deeply for laurent and wouldn't just abandon him, and if laurent simply explained what happened and asked damen to help him, damen wouldn't hesitate to stay at his side. but laurent doesn't think damen has any reason to trust him, so laurent can't trust damen either. so instead of being honest, he chooses to be cold-blooded, to assert control over the situation and force damen's hand to ensure that the alliance he worked so hard to establish stays intact. he could've just asked, but this is laurent, and there are other factors at play, such as the fact that

2. laurent is already in love with damen by the tent scene, or at least most of the way there. but laurent can no longer pretend damen is anyone other than the person who killed his brother. damen walks into that tent as prince damianos, in full akielon regalia, covered in blood, with a sword. laurent has been doing some aggressive compartmentalizing, especially in order to have allowed himself to sleep with damen. who killed his brother, which was the inciting incident that made laurent's life a living hell. laurent has not forgiven damen for auguste, and he's having to really confront that hatred and anger for maybe the first time since the first book. and laurent is also punishing himself for caring for and sleeping with damen, his brother's killer. can you even imagine? it's better not to. laurent probably hates himself as much as he hates damianos in that moment. so he shoves all those glimmering, positive feelings down because he wants to hurt damen, and himself too. and none of this is particularly rational because

3. laurent is very upset at the beginning of king's rising. this is an understatement. he's still reeling from nicaise's death, which he blames himself for, he's losing damen, the only person he trusted, he was recently stabbed, and everything is spiraling out of his tightly held control. and when laurent is upset he's cruel. he's not at his best in the tent scene. he's clinging to his own self-preservation, and he's making it up as he goes along because whatever his original plan was got blown to hell, which is clear because he's saying shit that doesn't even make sense. see, e.g., this post about him allegedly enduring damen's "fumbling attentions" to win a battle he didn't even know about at the time. while laurent is being cold and ruthless to secure his position as best he can (see no. 1), he's also acting from a place of emotion instead of strict rationality, which is how he typically operates, and how he prefers to act. he's on the defensive, he's deeply confused and unable to cope with all of his conflicting feelings about damen, and he's lashing out - protecting himself before damen can hurt him first. and then damen literally sticks his thumb in his stab wound. basically: our boy laurent's going through it in a major way.

going back and re-reading your message i realize i've essentially just reiterated everything you initially said but with a lot of extra words. so i guess the long and short of it is: you're right. honestly there are so many ways to interpret the tent scene and everything else laurent says and does, which is what makes him so fascinating! so thanks for giving me the opportunity to dive back into his psyche for a little while <3

[mandaloriandragontrainer]

FYI I’m so glad they gave Callum a pair of broad shoulders and defined chest and back. Rayla is so lucky.

That little boy she left behind is now a whole man. Good for her.

[bestworstcase]

once was not enough they had to strand the old man blind in a desert twice.

[worstloki]

Thor: Repeat after me! Always be kind to yourself! Children: Always be kind to yourself! Thor: Always stand up for yourself! Children: Always stand up for yourself!! Thor: Always escalate minor disagreements into life-changing violence! Children: Always escalate-- Loki: I think children should stop listening to you

[bethrnoora]

all things considered, seems like a pretty okay date

[lee-luca]

Cactus earrings 🌵

[princess-unipeg]

Some of my favorite webtoon comics 2

[captainkaseykirk]

Sometimes I reblog my own posts when I follow a new person with cool content in an effort to signal “hello yes I am also very insane about this we should be friends” in case they look at my account. Like a mating call but in a platonic way.

[thousand-winters]

I cannot make sweets in this house because my cats get so disappointed about not getting to eat any.