#learning to reject

[applejuiz]

Fjord Stone, truly one of the characters of all time… Travis Willingham locked tf in for three straight years and slowly developed one of the most complex and dynamic character arcs in any actual play show and we don’t talk about it nearly enough!!!!!

[collegeboysam]

saxon grooming lochlan to become a sex pest and praising lochy anytime he followed his advice like god's words being whispered into his ear just to be flabbergasted when he wakes up one day to find that puppy of a little brother eagerly humping his leg. you trained that behavior into your impressionable sibling and then left him at the pound when he tried to worship you accordingly to your own indoctrination man

[brown-little-robin]

When Mob exorcises Dimple for the first time, he taps his fingers on Dimple's forehead and says: 僕は最低だ。That gets translated "I'm terrible" or "I'm the worst" in English.

Those are pretty vague words in English, though, so I paused the show to look it up. (took me a hot minute to find the listing for the word 最低, too, which means I'll probably remember it forever, but that's not relevant, lol.) SO. Mob says "boku wa saitei da"— I am 最低. Turns out that "the worst" is a pretty great translation, because it captures both the aspect of "least (lowest in some category)" and "most repugnant" from the original word.

This is awful. Obviously. No 14-year-old should be calling himself that in full honesty. But that's not the point I want to get across:

The exact moment that Mob uses the word 最低 for himself is worth noting! Dimple has just jumped at Mob for a killing blow, proclaiming that in the battle between them, lived battle experience will determine who's the winner. Dimple is judging himself and Mob against each other on a scale of battle skill. The only variable he cares about is power. And when Mob wipes him out, clearly Mob is the winner of their contest. From Dimple's perspective, Mob should be saying he's 最高—saikou, the antonym of saitei, meaning "the best/highest". But Mob is judging himself by a completely different variable—the ability to control himself. That's why he calls himself the worst. It's a moment of self-loathing, yes, but not out of nowhere—he's correcting Dimple and re-contextualizing their fight as a failure on his part, not a victory for anyone.

[stellisketches]

S3 had a lot of terrible writing but lets be real it also had what is possibly the funniest incarnation of garmau that could've happened.

Garroth is 1) the second primary caretaker of Aphmau's children 2) having the most personal and honest interactions with Aph that we've seen in the entire show and 3) almost appears to be living with her??? maybe this is wish fulfillment but in ep 2 Garroth left the guard keep (the only place we've ever seen him live) at night after interrogating Zane which makes me think he was probably living somewhere else. Then I remember both Levin and Zoey's old rooms being vacant and long story short I can totally imagine Garroth just kind of. seamlessly moving in to help Aphmau after Alina was born and without any fanfare or discussion he just fuckin... stays there. It starts out as a friend helping a friend and then it turns into unspoken common law marriage and both of them deny any type of romantic nature to their relationship meanwhile Aphmau is wearing the ring he gave her back in s1 and her two daughters have drawings of a big armored man over their bed with the caption "Best daddy in the world" and no one bats an eye at it.

I can only imagine the whiplash Katelyn felt after being gone so long and coming back to her friends co parenting in the world's healthiest situationship and completely refusing to acknowledge that their is anything different between them.

[kaiserouo]

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[black-and-yellow]

the Animal Jam Present Mic

[paris-rokin]

Hey wait a minute. They put my egg-cracking experience on a card. Wizards was monitoring my internal thoughts on that most holy of evenings and decided to represent that with Vraska. I'm so honored 🥹

[doctorsiren]

he’s mad she ratted him out

[gogodollie]

#datenight

[catcze]

NO BC LISTEN.

WIRO REACTING TO HIS CRUSH/LOVER WEARING A SUIT. LIKE IT FITS THEIR FRAME SO PERFECTLY AND SNUGLY AND WDYM “WHY IS HE LOOKING” OFC HE’S LOOKING LIKE HELLO???

I can’t tell if he would shameless let his eyes roam or would avoid looking at them KDIDKSKSK WIRO BRAINROT IS SO REALL

KAJNSDSA BROOO OMG okokokok something along the lines but 👀

Reblogs are greatly appreciated !!

You're fiddling with the cuffs of your suit as you exit the changing room, a frown on your face. You're nervous— of course you are! It's not often that you're invited to a high-profile, black-tie event like this, and you'd rather not stick out like a sore thumb.

Wriothesley, who sits comfortably in a plush armchair, has been invited before though. But time and time again he's turned down the invites with some of the most ludicrous excuses. 'A monster is attacking the fortress' is one of his most used ones, closely followed by 'a bird shat on the shoulder of my suit.' But you wonder why he's accepted this time, despite his distaste for the limelight. Well, you shrug, pocketing the thought for later. At least you won't be going alone.

"What do you think?" You pose the question to him, still frowning as you look down at yourself. Did you look okay? Was the fit alright? Did this color wash you out? You had splurged on this (well. Wriothesley splurged on this, technically. He had said it's a gift) and had the suit custom-done, so it should fit your measurements to an exact, but... you frown, not able to shake off the nerves.

And it doesn't help that Wriothesley hasn't said anything since you've stepped out, either. Merely stares at you, eyes roaming your figure. Even at your question, he acts like he hadn't even heard it. Does the suit look that bad?

"Wrio?"

That seems to reach him, and he blinks, finally registering that he's been staring at you— and that you've begun to stare back.

"Oh, uh. Yeah, it looks nice on you. The tailor did a very good job," he says, glancing away, hoping you don't see the red tinge to his cheeks or his ears.

"Really?" You ask, evaluating yourself in the mirror with a frown. "I don't know. I feel like I look like a mess."

"if you look like a mess, then I dread to think what I look like," he says, glancing at you for a second, getting an eyeful of you in that damn good suit, and feels his mouth dry up again. Wriothesley turns his eyes to the corner of the room, finding the fake palm plant there incredibly interesting. Barely more interesting than you. In that very flattering suit. It emphasizes your body very well, he thinks. Makes him see just enough of you while still leaving some to the imagination. And the color you chose for it... red and black, to match what he'll wear, you said. He sighs, troubled, because just the mere memory of it has his heart racing and his palms sweating.

You keep criticizing your reflection for a while longer, and it takes just enough time for Wriothesley to work up the self-control to look your way. "You look good," he says at last. Then clears his throat. His face feels hot. "Better than good, even. You don't have anything to worry about, I promise."

It placates you, because you finally give your own reflection a rest. You back away from the mirror, humming. "If you say so. Thank you, Wrio," you tell him, flashing him a small, shy smile just before you back up into the changing room once more to take it off.

Once you're out of the vicinity, Wriothesley drops his head into his palms, groaning softly.

if he's this much of a mess around you at a fitting, he wonders how much of a fool he could make himself at the actual event.

[demaparbat-hp]

crawling up the walls over zuko kyosho makeup concept uGH

Bit of a sneak peek!!!

In this AU, Zuko is sort of an unofficial warrior. He wears face paint, but the style is mixed with that of a river spirit from home. He has a headband engraved with the character for fire. He fights, sometimes with the fans, sometimes with the niuweidao. Armor? Sure, but does it come in black and red?

There's definitely some Kyoshi influence in his life, but he's still Zuko. And that's something I love about him.

[holychopshopgalaxy]

The thing about the bs ending is that it’s fundamentally artistic . I think to believe the flint dead ending requires a deliberate degree of cynicism that’s in conflict thematically with the story as a whole, and even if you disregard all that, main character has an entire exit speech to summarize it which approaches 4th wall. But, if that’s what you choose to do then ok, because the story is not explicitly asking the audience to come to a specific conclusion, but I do think it is asking them to question why they come to the conclusion they do. Which is what effective art is supposed to do. The ambiguity is there to make you interrogate yourself.

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

things we learn about scully in s1

she has a godson (and she told his mother that she thinks mulder is cute)

she did her residency in forensic medicine

she's good with dogs and is naturally drawn to all kinds of animals (even evil-looking monkeys)

she wants to keep her christmas tree up all year because her father always made her take it down as soon as the holiday was over

(and she was never positive that her father, who was in the navy and involved in the cuban blockade, was truly proud of her, because she joined the FBI instead of becoming a full-time doctor like he had wanted)

((and he didn't say "i love you" the last time he spoke to her. ouch))

when she was 14, she stole one of her mother's cigarettes, which she thought was disgusting, but she wanted to do something Forbidden for once

she once forgot her own birthday (which is february 23rd) when she was studying for her exams

she has a little cat sign on her apartment door <3

when challenged by the preacher's kid, she refused to deny the power of God; she was raised catholic, and remembers that "God never lets the devil steal the show"

(she's almost always wearing a cross necklace, even while declaring that she considers science sacred)

((and yes, her favorite movie is the exorcist))

she took some biology courses on bugs and is now going to tell you some bug facts

she has two brothers, one younger and one older

her dad- with whom she did not have the greatest of relationships- nicknamed her "starbuck"

(he called her this after the steady and rational first mate character from moby dick; all the more cruel when you consider he pushed her aside for joining the FBI rather than doing the "logical" thing, becoming a doctor. to cast her in a role of the dutiful daughter without her permission and then create a conditional sense of love is just. so mean. it's a miracle she didn't turn out as emotionally repressed as he did)

[shannonsketches]

Do you think Vegeta was attracted to bulma when they were all planet namek?

I like the idea and I think it’s more romantic to say yes, but realistically I’d imagine he didn’t give her much thought. He was around her very briefly (harhar), and he spent most of that time murdering Zarbon.

He might’ve noted her as easy on the eyes at least, but he had a lot of very intense things on his mind at the time, and I think he was really only thinking about getting the dragon balls before Freeza did.

Bulma, however, has been Considering a man since he left Earth,

and then learned his bite is real nasty but he’s not as evil as he could be,

And then invited him to move in with her.

But Namek did give us an underrated little Drift Compatible Vegebul treat I always forget about

Same strat! Chapters apart and miles away from each other, two clever bitches shake hands.

[bronanlynch]

sometimes I go on twitter (first mistake. never do this) and see people talking abt how char is so evil for "abandoning" haman and I'm just like. ok but he didn't do that? when they see each other again during zeta it's specifically established that he was sent away from axis in order to gather intelligence on the earthsphere (mineva says "I commend you on your years of intelligence work," haman says "I sent you to observe the earthsphere")* and it reads to me from the way char & haman interact that we are seeing the rift between them happen onscreen during ep 33

and sure, we have him talking a little bit abt not trusting her before she shows up bc he's been away for so long and doesn't know what her current goals are, but he does go into those negotiations willing to consider working with her at first, and when she talks to him she's expecting him to fall in line and Imo you see her sense of betrayal when she realizes that she's not in control of him (when he gets upset with her for how she's using mineva, she says "I believe perhaps it is you who has had a change of heart" which to me implies that she thought he was on her side until that moment and is now realizing that he is not, and then when he tries to kill her she says "so you are betraying us" which again is what you say to someone whom you did think was on your side up until that point**)

which then leads to the bit later on when the aeug does agree to work with her and she makes char beg and bow to her, as a way of reasserting her control over him even temporarily, bc to her, she is the de facto leader of neo zeon and therefore he is hers to command, and she's still pissed abt finding out that he won't answer to her or support the moves that she's making. it's not abt some supposed years-old abandonment, it's abt what she perceives as his current disobedience & betrayal

*and people love to argue that he should have stayed to lead axis anyway and that he's a bad person for not doing that and it's like. well first of all see previous. and second of all, yes, someone did need to lead axis and build a version of neo zeon that wasn't fascist, but someone also needed to be in the earthsphere to resist the growing authoritarianism of the federation, he can't be in two places at once, and he picked the task that he thought he was better suited for because he has more experience as a soldier than as a politician. and maybe that was the wrong choice and it definitely had Consequences but it's an understandable choice for him to make at that point and Imo certainly doesn't make him evil or selfish or cowardly

**her mistake (and tbh the mistake most people make when dealing with char - this is also what amuro & bright do, and kycilia, and tbh in many ways even garma) is that he will work with anyone in service of his actual aims, and people mistake that for him working for them. and frequently that will mean that he is allied with someone until either their goals change or until the situation changes such that he no longer considers working together to be the best way to reach his goals. other than his pivot from "revenge on the zabis for killing my father and co-opting both his philosophy and his political movement for their own gain" to "humanity needs to be able to reach their potential as newtypes in order to stop both the destruction of earth's environment and the exploitation & oppression of the people in space" (which tbh isn't so much a hard pivot as it is a reframing that shifts his priorities to the big picture) it's generally not actually that char is the one that changes and more that other people change around him and then wonder why he's not on their side anymore (thinking abt bright in cca being like "we were working with char to fight against the federation, why is he our enemy now, what changed" and it's like. Idk bright think abt what you just said and who you're currently working for)

[sarafangirlart]

Oh, so not only is Oenomaus putting Hippodamia’s life at risk by making her ride with a stranger and also risk a chariot accident, BUT HE ALSO THROWS SPEARS AT HER SUITOR WHILE SHE’S STANDING NEXT TO HIM! Is he not worried that he’ll miss? Is he not worried that if he did strike down the suitor the horses would keep going and Hippodamia could get badly hurt??? He really doesn’t gaf about his daughter.