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[turtletoria]

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Being someone who read Under The Red Hood and came out with the firm belief that, for Jason, it's not about killing Joker, it's about Jason wanting proof Batman would choose him over the Joker (bc shelia chose the joker). Makes seeing any other media where it's all about just wanting the Joker dead is a teeny bit frustrating. to be honest

Jason could've killed the Joker himself, really, really easily. Jason kidnaps the Joker before the confrontation. I can't open my comic for a reference right now, but it felt like he had the Joker for quite a bit before the confrontation. He had him. He beat him up with a crowbar. He had every single opportunity to kill the Joker himself, but he didn't because that wasn't his goal. Make no mistake, he did plan for the Joker to be dead by the end of it, but do you see what im trying to say here

Edit: If I knew this post was gonna get 1000+ notes I would've tried to word it better or something, this was a rant I made on the way to the grocery store 😭

It's not about making Batman kill either. When Batman says he won't kill, Jason adjusts and goes, 'Let ME kill the Joker or kill me to stop me' instead. The test is all about Batman choosing him. The whole final confrontation is Jason's first death again. The parent, The Joker, and the explosives. It even ends with Jason unable to move as a bomb goes off right next to him again because the parent didn't choose Jason. And instead tried finding an option that'd benefit them and (consequencely) letting the Joker walk, again, lol, lmao <-in agony

[pilkypills]

I was thinking about what Bofur and Bombur's mother might be like. She's the younger sister of Bifur's father.

I think she's a conscientious and considerate dam that's used to making more out of less and powering through bad circumstances with a smile. Bofur and Bombur's father died while they were still children, leaving her to raise them as a single mother (with Bifur's help, of course). She's worked for most of her life as a cook in a miner's canteen. Her late husband taught her to play the flute, a skill she's passed on to Bofur.

She's kind of thin for a dwarf, a leftover effect of being a sickly child. When Bofur and Bombur were born she was secretly terrified they wouldn't be healthy and, even though they are, she still worries from time to time. She is mostly retired by the time of the Quest, spending most of her time helping Bombur's wife look after her children.

The pet name she uses for Bofur is constructed from the Dwarrow Scholar's technique for creating diminutives, though I can't guarantee I've done it correctly. It means "tiny waterfall", referring to his chatterbox tendencies :)

Bombur's nickname (tiny sparkle) is similar, made and provided by the Dwarrow Scholar in this post here.

[kira-light0-but-i-reblog-stuff]

silly billies :]

I haven't doodled in so long, and this is really bad because it was made in under a minute with like 4 pixels, and it barely looks like them, but their silliness plagues my mind 24/7

[love-3-crimes]

miku miku BEEEEAAAMMMMMM!!!!!

(slight flash warning near the end!!)

[statementlou]

https://www.tumblr.com/louisupdates/754934426217152513/goodbye-faith-in-the-future-world-tour-272024?source=share

did he or did he not lose fans then?

I will answer this because this anon actually brings a concrete question to the table rather than just "hurhur but you're a larrie??" (tell me you can't actually refute any of our points…). Anyway this post shows the decrease in Louis instagram followers between the screenshots taken directly after the release of Faith in the Future in Nov '22, when he changed his bio to promote that album and the tour tickets, and now, when he changed it again to mention the current release. But I'm putting that response under a cut because I'm tired of the actual POINT of all this nonsense getting lost in a sea of made up things people insist are important:

There is no rational argument you can make to say that Louis has less fans now than he did 2, 4, or 6 years ago. You don't need a spreadsheet of details you need to USE YOUR EYES! He has gone from filling theaters to filling arenas and stadiums. His second album made a higher chart position than his first album. His festival has doubled in size EVERY year of its existence. And for that matter: his insta post engagement numbers remain about the same (despite the fact that older posts should have way MORE likes due to having been there longer, even aside from follower counts.) SO WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT HIS INSTA FOLLOWER NUMBER???? Serious question: what does the word "fans" mean if these things aren't what matters? ALL of this quibbling about what he should do to make things better and people can't even see that THINGS AREN'T BAD.

Anyway to address the specific question- (con't......)

NO- HE DID NOT LOSE FANS. HE LOST SOME INSTA FOLLOWERS. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. As I said above, literally what does it mean to lose fans if that number change coincides with him having higher sales, more audience members, and higher engagement than ever before? Whatever he lost ISN'T FANS. I wouldn't be surprised if a significant factor was something like a bot purge, but also yes: I'm sure a lot of casuals followed him around the time of his big album release and later unfollowed him. That's extremely normal because that's how casual engagement works, and why the definition of fan really matters. Louis and his team understand this and have referenced it repeatedly, talking about how lucky he is to have *us* specifically, to have the kind of dedicated fanbase he has, to have the KIND of fans he does who will allow him to do what HE wants. @dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram named the issue of depth vs breadth with regard to fans a long time ago, and pointed out why having DEPTH is so much more important. It's like this- artists who are on top 40 radio have more numbers on things like insta follows, and for a time on sales and tickets. But those aren't FANS- they're people with a casual interest. And as soon as that person isn't being forced in their ears 10x a day, those people lose interest and stop supporting them, stop buying stuff and unfollow, and those artists end up doing the 'opener on the jingle ball' circuit rather than their own tours. One Direction as a whole, and Louis maybe most of all or near to at this point, have something MUCH MORE VALUABLE than that- DEPTH FANS. Louis has fans who will support him even if he takes years to release music, or stops parading around with a pretend girlfriend to stay in the headlines at least once a month, or completely changes his image and genre, and that is UNHEARD OF. It's ASTONISHING and worth SO MUCH MORE. And they get that! THAT is why he always bragging about us, why industry people he works with are always so agog about us, why he will do anything for US- not for randos. He is also growing his breadth- and it's OBVIOUSLY WORKING whatever his follower counts are, but that is always going to be secondary to doing things for THE FANDOM because that is his sustainable business model. That is what keeps him onstage and reaching number one. And not coincidentally, the things they do are also working to grow that- much more valuable- commodity. So the fact that that's exactly what these chuckleheads complain about- that he does things that are just fandom facing or serving rather than everything being aimed at recruiting casual fans- does nothing but betray how completely they, unlike Louis and his team, misunderstand the actual drivers of his (actual, existing, happening) success. Luckily for Louis, he and his team rely on their own data harvesting (they do a LOT of it) and growth metrics (they're off the charts) rather than the smug assumptions of random (mostly quite new to this) fans and the few bitter people leading the complaining about everything Louis does.

[tomwaterbabies]

genuinely obsessed with this scene. Romeo KingOfPuppets spends the whole game up until this point desperately trying to communicate with you- all of it amounting to countless failed attempts. every messenger cut down. every word indecipherable to pinocchio who only hears, at the time, garbled nonsense. by the time you arive to strike down the king of puppets he has one final attempt which takes the form of a puppet show. like that's what his desperate final attempt looks like. incredible

[lesbiansanemi]

Currently trying not to vomit over the fact that I essentially just lost almost a thousand dollars brb

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I'm a few pages in and this is the best storyline literally ever why have I not seen any mention of this.

[ridgystasis]

that single tweet from johnny yong bosch is about to ruin my life until april cause before they had my curiosity but now they have my attention

[mikey-darinstar]

Hey this may sound intrusive, but what happened to your ao3 account? I can’t seem to find any of your fics? Are you still interested in writing fics in the future or are you going to start making fics here?

You're all groovy!! I changed my ao3 name!! It's this now🎉

And no, I'm not planning on...like ditching fanfiction- if anything i have way to much planned! I even have some stories i need to add here- but I've been...busy and get distracted from ideas and lot-

I tend to make ao3 fics- and then move them here if that makes sense tho! And again, don't worry it wasn't a bad question or anything, I just changed my URL and forgot to tell folks!

Also if it makes you feel any better- I have a lot of fics planned, plus some chapter updates, and just lots! Lot going on in my silly little mind~ but in the meantime there's a good amount to read on my ao3!! ....until I love it over here- this includes older fics to some degree....

[avixthecat]

MEPAD SHIMEJI!!

[desire-mona]

i fucking hate fedex with all my heart

[peppermintpegis]

netflix one piece live action feels a little like fanfic in that it makes sure it hits all the important notes but doesnt do all the work to make them hit which works in fic where the reader is supposed to bring all the emotional story investment from the original but doesnt work in a multi million adaptation that is supposed to be able to stand on its own or even serve as an intro to the series. it even does this in service to have more koby and helmeppo gay moments in this essay i w

[tewwor]

buck wild, am i right? ( accepting ) — @sorrowsick

The last chapter starts as it always does. By the folly of those too curious, too blind or trusting, to the conniving nature of his ilk. All it takes is a well timed accident, a whisper of sweet nothings or few, and the next meal is hooked. Straddled upon the broad sway of his back, secured in a way that's inescapable and dawns terror, desperation, and even acceptance.

It's all just shit luck, he'd tell them, through the crooked cut of more human, more appealing lips or the split of a more equine maw. Unsurprisingly, most of his half-assed, watered down means of consolation is ignored. Hard to fault them while he ferries each victim to their final destination. Worse yet, sometimes he negs them on. Tells them to plead louder — that maybe, just maybe, someone, some god, will hear them. And sometimes, they do on that last breath; a smattering of bubbles that barely breaks the surface.

Such is the case just after flesh and skin is stripped of bone. A meal well had, but temporarily soured upon reemerging. Now, Aurelio doesn't really know who appeared at his murky doorstep, i.e., the banks of that lake he ambles out of, but he doesn't really need to. Doesn't even need to spark a single thought to know something's off. Strange in a way that keys the ignition of a more primal awareness his kind attunes to. Kelpies are, after all, animals themselves.

"Fine night this is, huh?" Casual, conversational in the way a brook babbles at midday. Misplaced, perhaps, coming from someone in his current state — sopping wet, wild eyed, pale hair choked with aquatic weeds. "You from around these parts?"

[termagax]

re: "good girl" i think they say it once randomly as a joke and its just one of those things that gets him wayyy more than they expected it would. so now its their secret weapon and they use it very sparingly and every single time he gets super embarrassed about it but it works ill tell you what.