#i'm going with fate on this

[kettlefire]

Mr. Mind is a brilliant villain who can face off against beings claimed Champion by Gods. Facing off doesn't always mean winning, in fact he doesn't win rarely at all.

But this time Mr. Mind has a new trick up his sleeve. A ghostly being he tracked down and hired to build him a suit similar to the ghost's own and to hunt down the mighty Shazam. Mr. Mind with Skulker at his side, prepare to defeat the Big Red Cheese once and for all.

Skulker wasn't used to being searched for his fame. Not following his death, not when he turned into a tiny, glowing green booger.

He knew exactly how he looked. It was one of the biggest things he had to deal with in his afterlife. Skulker had died like a hero and lived as the greatest hunter in his time. He died the same way he loved to live, and he had few regrets.

Skulker refused to let the world see him as this insignificant, annoying piece of trash. So he put all the effort he could into his suit. Created something that mirrors his image when he was living.

And no one had been the wiser. Not until that little whelp had destroyed his suit pulled him from the casing like nothing more than an insect.

It had been the catalyst for his need to get that pelt, to take down his foe because Skulker had never met a prey he couldn't best.

Yet, the little dipstick always seemed to one up him. Skulker found his fight waning as the days grew on. His want to take down the whelp ended up dying, and he found himself a little lost.

And then, he met Mister Mind.

Normally, Skulker wouldn't give his time of day to a worm. There was no need to. It was an insignificant thing, just like Skulker felt, no matter how large it was.

But Mr. Mind had searched for him, had put so much effort into finding him, and Skulker figured, why not hear the thing out? Why not see what the fuss was about?

It wasn't often these days that he was seeked out for his skills, his top-tier hunting that everyone seemed to forget, or his ability to craft wonderful tech. Despite being bested by a mere mortal child.

When Mr. Mind had given his proposal, had promised Skulker anything he wanted exchanged, it was a hard deal to pass up. He had been promised the power he needed, the unlimited access to whatever material he might need.

If he ordered a bit extra, put that towards his own pet projects, that didn't matter. Mr. Mind hired him on for a specific task. However long it took Skulker to complete it, it didn't seem to matter.

The sooner, the better, though, so Skulker put full attention into the creation of this suit. He worked hard in making sure everything worked well, and it fit perfecting to Mr. Mind. He totally didn't get Technus' help.

Mr. Mind had been overjoyed when Skulker showed him the final product. Immediately jumping in and going for a test run.

Skulker was equally proud of his creation. It was strange to create something for someone else, especially a worm. Yet, he felt prideful as he watched the suit in action.

All that was left was the showdown. The breaking moment between Mister Mind and this Big Red Cheese, the worm seemed to talk about often.

The Cheeseman seemed like a notorious foe compared to Skulker's little whelp he dealt with. The sight of the magical being was a sight for sore eyes.

A welcomed change.

Skulker was only there for mechanical support, though. He wasn't meant to join in on the fight, not unless Mr. Mind was losing. But even then, the worm had a handful of other tricks up his sleeve.

Skulker hadn't planned to jump, truly. But the magical whelp hand managed to escape him. When Mr. Mind told him to find the man, Skulker didn't refuse.

Managing to track down the magical being in an alleyway a good few blocks away from the initial fight.

At first, Skulker felt pride and joy at the sight of the beaten man. The way he was struggling to even stand straight. Skulker hadn't failed his task, and it was all he could ask for these days.

But when he saw the Big Red Cheese suddenly be struck by a flash of light, he had felt a moment of fear. Specifically, in losing this catch that he was meant to catch.

When the sight switched to a young boy, a child. Something barely the age of the whelp that plagued his thoughts, Skulker couldn't fight. Couldn't bring himself to want to hunt.

It was one thing for him to hunt down a child that did him wrong. It was a completely different thing to attack a child for something that had nothing to do with him.

It hurt Skulker to lower his weapon, where it was aimed at the boy. It was losing a bounty. A task, a mission, a hunt. But he couldn't do this, it struck something deep his core.

Even as he watched the child try and be brave, despite evidently cowering in Skulker's eyes. He let his gun settle by his side, extending his hand towards the boy.

This wasn't that infuriating whelp, and Skulker reminded himself of that as he felt a clammy hand begrudgingly accept his suited hand.

[egophiliac]

Final manifestations for Book 7?

I'm trying REALLY hard not to build up any solid expectations, because I wanna go in ~fresh~! they're already so far away from anything I thought would happen (not in a bad way, I'm just accepting that I'm on Miss Yana's Wild Ride at this point and we're seeing this thing through 'til the end, by gum). so it's nothing too major, but:

they've been handing new crying expressions out like candy lately, I want to see some delicious Malleus tears.

honestly I want everyone to cry buckets. their tears sustain me. the more Silver angst specifically I get the happier I am.

SILVER!!!! 👏 VANROUGE!!!! 👏

just let him have this. the poor boy's been through so much. let him have his big "I'm proud of you, son" moment with Lilia.

I'm 100% expecting Grim's arc (and probably whatever's going on with Crowley) to be its own episode, but a nice hook to leave us hanging on would be good!

a nice hook though, please, I don't think I can take another "Grim is attacking us! now wait eight months to find out what happens :)" cliffhanger...

some Meleanor? as a treat? just a little bit, a tiny quick flashback or something, please Twst I just, I just want to see her again. let her have a little ghost cameo like Dawnathan Knight got. Lilia and his kids are all having their big group hug or whatever and she can gently fade in to be all like

(turning asks off until I'm done playing, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE Y'ALL)

[gingermintpepper]

I think, perhaps one of the funniest things to come from EPIC popularising the Odyssey is that now a ton of people think Poseidon wanted to kill Odysseus.

In the Odyssey, Poseidon has no intention of killing Odysseus. In fact, part of the whole reason Zeus lets Poseidon do whatever he wants even though he thinks Odysseus is rad and should get to kiss his wife is explicitly because Poseidon had no intentions of killing Odysseus. Poseidon wanted to pay back the suffering/inconvenience blinding Polyphemus would have caused. It's a really abstract thing tbh. How do you pay back someone permanently disabling your son? Poseidon's solution was just to amputate Odysseus from his other half; i.e. Penelope. The end game was never murder, it was always an endurance race.

(Od. Book 1: Zeus reassuring Athena that he is not, in fact, a part of Odysseus Hater-Nation. Trans. Robert Fagles)

Also, for those wondering if there's any sort of in text reason for why Poseidon wasn't around in God Games - at the time in the Odyssey when Athena petitions Zeus to let Odysseus leave Calypso's island, Poseidon was -checks notes- on vacation in Ethiopia. Yep. He left to Ethiopia for a festival and thusly was very much absent for Athena's whole "please let Ody go? Please? 🥺" request.

(Od. Book 1: While Odysseus was suffering, Poseidon went to party in the east)

I am begging y'all to read the Odyssey. It's a comedy for everyone except Odysseus and Penelope who are, in fact, suffering 24/7 365.

[benevolenterrancy]

poor Liu Qingge is really going through it in the succubus extra, he just had to go and get a crush on the most oblivious man alive

"Younger than me... we had a rocky start... completely devoted.... often together.... saved each other..... peerless beauty..... outstanding talent.... noble blood.... totally in love with me...... Wow what a weird love fortune! Definitely doesn't match anyone in my life!" says Shen Qingqiu while actively sitting next to one of the two men it perfectly describes

[anyfire]

we should all kill ourselves idk

[krazieka2]

big things happening on my twitter rn

[a-compass-without-a-needle]

This is what happened after 3.1 isn't it?

[lesovyart]

Civil Bresinga is the single most funniest character in all of ROTE and he’s not even trying to be

[14dayswithyou]

Kiara has been banned from the library???

WHAT DID GIRLYPOP DO 😭‼️There are several other patrons with disgustingly unacceptable behavior — just look at the stains on the shelves and carpet! I demand to speak with the manager RIGHT THIS SECOND!!☝️

FREE HERRRR

/silly

Kiara set her sibling up on a date with Teo, so now she's unfortunately doomed to— *comically loud sound of books falling down a staircase* —which then leads to the unfortunate set of events involving Elanor during Day— *Conan's absurdly loud dad sneeze can be heard from his office* —Oh!! And also, if Teo is kept alive, then in Day T— *sounds of someone blowing up the employee lounge again* —So in saying all of that, Kiara has been banned on account of— *who tf is operating a forklift inside the library????* —...But what's this about stains on the shelves?? ^^

[onaperduamedee]

Ever since the episode and the showrunner's Q&A I'm seized with fits of roiling indignation because the point is that she survives.

She survives the Tower breaking, she survives losing her warder, she survives interrogation and torture, she survives the worst fate a channeler can experience, she survives losing her status, her community, her peers' respect, she survives losing a reason to live since there is no way she can accomplish what she set out to do 20 years ago.

AND YET.

The point is that she survives.

[rochenn]

Imagine being into SW and medieval epics and falling for the cunty old swashbuckler in BOTH. Hagen!Dooku for my little soul <3

(outfit and pose entirely stolen from Fritz Lang's 1924 Nibelungen silent film. it's free on youtube btw. if you even care. it goes stupid hard)

[ohno-elrond]

𝔰𝔞𝔲𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔩𝔰

↳ betrayal at forodwaith: 1x01 vs 2x01

[missholoska]

me, a little over 2 years ago:

me now:

whoops

[chiropteracupola]

Things will be different in the new year...

[sunlit-mess]

I can only take so much, but lately, they have replaced my reflection. And realize I'm just as bad as them.

[miraku39]

casual morgan commish!