#i love making symbolism shit up

[zvahl]

thinking about how when Garroth gets back from the Irene Dimension he immediately gives himself the task of fixing up the old docks. thinking about how the docks first came about as a direct result of Aphmaus influence on the town originally, her tasking herself out of her own good-will to fix up and serve the first town she stumbled upon and decided to call home. thinking about how garroth says he fell in love with her as soon as he knew she was a good person. thinking about how Aphmau paving streets and renovating villager houses is what made him love her. thinking about how the docks was Their spot, it's where he saw her off and waited for her to come back from all her out-of-town quests, its where they meet up after Donna and Logan's wedding and where Garroth goes to reflect after Zenix's betrayal and is comforted by her. thinking about how Garroth's love for Aph is ultimately an extension of his love for Phoenix Drop and her love for Phoenix Drop is how she shows she loves him. Thinking about when he comes back from the Irene Dimension, after inadvertently leading the town to decay, blaming himself for Aaron's death, and irreparably damaging his relationship with Aphmau his first course of action is to fix up the docks. He's fucked up and the only thing he feels he can do is what Aphmau did so long ago that proved to him she was a worthy lord and a good person: roll up his sleeves and pick up a hammer and nail.

[mikeru6]

merridew if he wasn’t a LOSER

ignore the fact that I spelled his name wrong

[mayasaura]

I see a lot of meta talking about how the John Verses are John telling the story of the leadup to the apocalypse with the most sympathetic biased self-justifying gloss to make it sound like nothing was his fault, and I guess that's why so many readings go for a hardline worst-faith interpretation of them, but.... I don't really see it.

When he tells about how he murdered everyone who had a gun, he could have played up the self-defense angle. He could have claimed he was scared, and he did it to protect everyone. He could have emphasized that he was killing cops, instead of emphasizing the civilians. He could have stuck with the story he told at the time, that he freaked out and made a mistake and hadn't meant to kill them all. He doesn't. He admits to mass murder, and he admits to having done it because he was angry. And he admits to still not regretting it one bit.

The story John tells just doesn't paint him in the best possible light. He does include all of the justifications he used at the time, he does explain why on earth any of this ever seemed like a good idea to anyone, and he does want to be understood, but he doesn't really try to sell it as having been right.

I really don't see the verse chapters as being John's justification. They're his confession. That's why they feel so good to condemn.

[birdiscool]

Slayyyy Light steve sketch *_*

He's a real feathery guy, got a lotta wings (sadly none of them are real...) He has a lot of the same features as Rainbow since yknow, they're clone-brother-lab-baby-whatevers.

Tragic thought I just had while making this: what if the reason behind Light and Rainbow losing their power and becoming sick so often (besides the villains) since the first sighting of Rainbow, when he was so powerful, was because they were separated... like being separated from this whole other part of Rainbow/his powers was causing him to be sick, but since he's become his own person and became a sort of brother to Rainbow they can't just merge back because that would be losing him, so it's either that or light stays sick and eventually dies, killing that part of Rainbows powers as well.

These are the weapons Light uses, he can use them as a vessel for his powers too :3

We mostly see him using ice and snow, and those can reflect light like hell (I AM BLINDED BY WHITE EVERY WINTER). Or maybe he carries prisms and crystals around and weaponizes that. When he shoots his bow into the sky it reflects his light off the clouds :o

I just think of light and I think of it reflecting or refracting around, so I'm basing his powers around that. If only he had them for more than 5 seconds at a time 😔

[bleeding-hart]

some sketches

based on @theicarusconstellation's writing

I keep thinking of details I left out and stuff I need to fix but if I let myself do that I'm going to go insane so we're leaving it at this

Also some Sirius because they're a fucking king and we love them (I very strongly hc them as genderqueer and using any pronouns, but specifically he/they/she/it)

The dress was a bit of a failure but hey it looks like fabric at least I think maybe

[lord-squiggletits]

"Rodimus is a better Prime because it didn't hurt for him to bond with the Matrix while for Optimus it did" headcanon/theory my beloathed.

One day I'm literally gonna snap and make a whole post addressing why what's wrong bc I'm tired of the inaccuracy and tired of ppl not understanding the Point TM of IDW and its version of the Matrix/Primacy and even more tired of people putting down Optimus in favor of Rodimus by essentially arguing that being unworthy means you deserve to be punished/put in pain bc you just weren't good enough to hold the Symbol of Ultimate Authority

[fantasykiri5]

ALRIGHT I HAVE FINISHED FRESHMAN YEAR OF FANTASY HIGH. What the hell. That was awesome I was grinning all the way through that. PLEASE tell me they dried the dragon meat or something there is no way two goblins could have gone through ALL of that before it rotted. Please tell me they cooked it that much raw meat can’t be good for anybody. I’m gonna start season two now. These kids drive me fucking insane

[the-punforgiven]

Idk where I remember reading it but I remember reading somewhere that black knights were a specific class of knight who'd paint over their armor and coat of arms to signify they no longer served a king or lord and while I cannot find any evidence of that being actually true, I'd be lying if I said that idea didn't kind of fuck tbh

[rowanoftheunknown]

I fucking hated the proposal actually

[8thparadox]

for day two of @khazadweek - second age i did not care about rop. i was not planning on watching rop. but then i saw that there were dwarves and i had no other choice. to me disa and durin are the main characters. everything with galadriel and sauron and shit is just b-plot.

[ssaalexblake]

I'm really sick of Thasmin being held to a higher standard than other doctor and companion ships. It's like people like to conveniently forget every other era in this show and make out like most of this is isolated to Thasmin, when in reality Thasmin is actually imo the Most Verbally Explicit doctor x companion ship in all of nu!who, Including the one where the doctor was actually married to the other person.

Like, hate it, whatever, but don't try and act like the other ships of this ilk were masterfully designed love stories where everybody is on the same page and the doctor is honest and open about their feelings, because that's blatantly false. 13 is nigh on unique for her honesty in lotsd.

[fluxedbuds]

o boy new life series cant wait to Stop Watching As Soon As Someone Permadies

[apotelesmaa]

It’s so fucked bc like. Rui never really had friends before especially not any that are as important to him as the rest of wxs so he’s so incredibly unused to basic very human emotions like loving your friends that whenever he indulges these feelings & works towards keeping wxs together he’s like I’m so selfish. As if the rest of wxs doesn’t want to stay together too. Him saying he was greedy for staying w wxs in curtain call (why don’t I want to follow Facts And Logic and pursue my goals why do I feel sad abt leaving my friends) … him saying he’s selfish for getting wxs to go freelance (I believe the implication is that he feels like he’s getting in the way of emu’s dreams as if emu didn’t choose to join them & is very happy to be there) his intense fear of abandonment/being “too much” for his friends -> guilt complex over loving his friends. (Horse on a beach dot jpeg) Man…. I don’t think he comprehends how much wxs values him (& their friendship as a group). Guy who would do anything for his friends shocked to discover they would do anything for him in return.

[homosexual-having-tea]

Hmm they're making a Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes movie. I saw this coming a mile away and I'm still dreading how terribly they're going to misinterpret the book, specifically Lucy's character.

[pepprs]

beaver gnawing on wood noises

[soldier-poet-king]

just had to explain the surrealist art movement and specifically dali’s metamorphosis of narcissus to my mother and it’s 11pm and im too tired for this shit???