#lightning yaps

[doombrulee]

people hate on the problem solverz people hate on the problem solverz so bad and i can sit through (two) seasons of it. it is genuinely a well written and fun show i will defend the problem solverz until the day i DIE but secret mountain fort awesome is from the same time period and i don’t see NEARLY as many people hating on it i tried to watch it the other day. couldn’t sit through a minute of it. the second festro started talking about sum “freaky deeky dance” i was out bro 😭

[incorrect-green-lantern-quotes]

It's always a pleasure to see women succeeding in a male-dominated field...

Justice League Unlimited Issue #1

... Even if it does mean layoffs for the dudes

Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum

[jezyan]

on the way to lessons~

[cerulean-cries]

waking up to the rain gotta be the best feeling ever

[telugxrl13]

i just reread the part of the lightning thief where they both first call each other "seaweed brain" and "wise girl" and damn, the buildup in the show to the nicknames was so much better. i did not remember rick just throwing them around in the books 😭

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

no #1 piper mclean defender here going on a rant !!!

sooo jumping right into it :) her being all "i'm not a stereotypical feminine girl" kinda makes sense considering she's native american and ppl constantly sexualise girls of their culture. also the only female role models she would have had growing up would be women in the film industry and they aren't exactly NOT sexualised by public eyes. her first hand experiences with femininity have always been associated with inferiority and shallowness and surface level beauty.

also even if rick didn't intend for her to be queer from the start, she was VERY comphet lesbian coded. the way she always thought about jason was very reminiscent of when i was young and trying to convince myself i had a crush on this guy. also jason & piper's memories together were literally FAKED by hera. ppl talk about that when expressing admiration for jason but conveniently forget about it when it comes to piper like really?? and did i forget the daddy issues me & piper both share????

that girl had SEVERE insecurities about being incompetent (again, complicated relationship with femininity.. also among the 7) despite probably being the one who's single-handedly saved them from troubles the most number of times out of all the 7.

[where-is-the-angst]

my lil sister is reading the lightning thief for the first time and she’s so cute oml

she thinks percy’s dad is zeus and doesn’t want them to leave the boarding school bc ‘grover and mr brunner are js trying to keep percy safe’ lmao

[opalesscence]

he is a masc lesbian argue with the wall

[mylove-thresher]

brah it looks a bijillion times better irl 💔

[doombrulee]

i miss kaufmo so much 2nd episode w no kaufmo mention im bugging … all jokes aside i loved this episode so much has to be my fav episode so far if not right behind episode 1

[hughesfilm]

pls this is so precious 😭

[hughesyagirl43]

GOALIE PAGE LETS GOOOOO

i’m kind of super proud of how these turned out?? especially Vasy, Ukko, and Levi. these are pretty good for quick sketches with quick coloring. still, there’s always room to improve.

there will definitely be more goalie pages, though. super fun to draw. they’re like a bunch of fun boxes. love it dearly.

[mika-chaos-bean]

⚡Encounter with Farosh⚡

inspiration from a dream I had! the lil person at the bottom is me (at least my best interpretation of what I look like irl)!

(REBLOGS > LIKES)

[glowingwaves]

I will always love the Percy Jackson musical it honestly did the books the most justice(and that’s coming from someone who LOVES the show)

Before listening to the musical, I didn’t like Luke, I didn’t like Annabeth, I didn’t fully understand Percy, Grover was just kinda there… and etc.

But the musical?? It helped me understand these characters even more and LOVE them.

Luke’s part at the end of “Last Day of Summer” is SO special. It literally helped me understand his character SO WELL.

And “My Grand Plan”? Helped me LOVE Annabeth. I didn’t like her all that much at first, but listening to the song helped me understand her character and get her intentions in life.

With “The Tree on The Hill” i was able to realize Grover’s struggles and insecurities.

And just.. everything with Percy. He was written so well.

ANWYAYS YEAH!! I love the musical!:3

[telugxrl13]

luke in his cabin, saying affirmations in the mirror after calling himself "the scumbag who summoned the hellhound" to percy on the iris message

[cheemscakecat]

How I would fix the Star Wars sequels. [Part 1]

I’m planning to read the old legends continuity books for the first time starting this year; so the following ideas are more based on the trilogies. But I have some idea of the sequence of events that happen in the legends continuity too, so there will be similarities.

Palpatine died in the Death Star, no cloning, no weird life support machine.

Based on the deaths of Obi Wan, Yoda, and Anakin, it looks like a requirement to become a Jedi force ghost is to accept your passing and let yourself fade in peace. But what about Sith ghosts?

Palpatine was a person who saw his carefully laid out plans come to fruition, reveling in the Empire he built for 20 years. When Luke Skywalker came to fight Vader, he still had a full proof plan. Luke would either succumb to the dark side and kill Vader, giving the Emperor a more promising prodigy, or he’d die and stop being a problem. Vader gave up all hope and was firmly under his boot for decades, he wasn’t supposed to be a risk.

But Anakin came to his senses and killed Palpatine, just when he was finally about to be rid of Skywalker. Inconceivable! Outrageous!

If a Jedi ghost is formed when one is at peace with their fate, a Sith ghost must be formed when one refuses to accept. Clinging to the mortal plane like a noxious vapor, seeking revenge or blood or power.

Palpatine died in that explosion. But his cursed soul remained, lurking around the galaxy plotting his revenge on Skywalker for thwarting him and undoing years of his work.

2. Kylo Ren needed a parent; but the adults in his life were too busy to be the parents he craved.

A rebellion’s work isn’t over just because the Emperor is dead. A power vacuum will form, people will argue over what new Government should replace the old, and how things should be run.

Kylo was force sensitive and a would be target of Han and Leah’s enemies. Sending him to the Jedi order to live with Luke seemed to be a wonderful idea at the time.

And to Luke’s credit, he was a wonderful uncle. But he was also the founding father of the new Jedi Order, someone with many responsibilities and people to look after. He loved his nephew, he did, but he couldn’t be the ideal father figure like Kylo so desperately wanted. His real parents couldn’t visit as much as they wanted.

Then the ghost of an old man arrived, A friendly old man who also knew about the force, but didn’t like uncle Luke very much. Kylo Ren was so happy to finally have a father figure all to himself, he never once questioned the old man’s intentions.

3. Palpatine’s ghost orchestrated Kylo Ren’s hatred of Luke and fall to the dark side.

Luke had sensed that something seemed off, but his vision had been clouded until the Emperor decided he was ready to strike. One can imagine the horrible panic Skywalker was thrown into when Palpatine himself appeared, threatening his nephew and then rushing towards the boy’s room.

Naturally Luke ignited his lightsaber, because he’d almost died to the Emperor’s lightening strikes once, and if any ghost could still summon them it would be the aged old monster himself.

Kylo Ren awoke, and the Emperor changed his appearance to one of a far more sane looking old man. He started accusing Luke of coming into the hut to kill Kylo, insisting the boy run away with him, promising to keep him safe.

“Search his feelings, he’s afraid of you, afraid of what you can do, Kylo! He came here to kill you!”

Skywalker would never think to kill a defenseless child, if he knew they were tempted by the dark he’d try to speak to them about it. Kylo Ren was only a child. He didn’t understand that the fear and resolve Luke was feeling was not fueled by wanting to slay him.

He was afraid of what the Emperor would do to those kids, especially his nephew. There was a difference, but those emotions were easily misread as proof that Palpatine was telling the truth.

Skywalker didn’t get a chance to reassure the poor boy and set things right. The Emperor seized his chance to cloud his senses with illusions and snatch Kylo up. Luke and the rest of the order searched and searched, but they couldn’t locate Kylo Ren.

4. Luke didn’t run away of his own volition and leave Leah to deal with a new Empire; he was exiled by the new Republic.

Losing a child who was under your care, a Senator’s child? The new Republic didn’t take kindly to that. The New Jedi Order was disbanded, and Master Skywalker was exiled despite Han and Leah’s protests.

Even when organized attacks began happening against the fledgling government, the Senate refused to lift Luke’s exile order. But his friends and former students managed to relay information to him about what was happening.

The force revealed to him that the Emperor was using Kylo and others across the galaxy to sabotage the Republic. Refusing to give the rebels what they worked so hard to create, just like he did with the Jedi Order.

Attempting to reenter society in secret, to try and work with Leah and the others failed; he had lost the trust of the wider government and they reacted with hostility when he was found out.

But, Luke also saw that the force was moving against the Emperor’s plans, and that the Jedi were not stomped out. Former pupils of his were still using the force and teaching friends and loved ones about what it was and how it works.

Master Skywalker knew that trying to sneak around the galaxy and rejoin the fight was not going to work; he would only draw attention and resources away from the problem. He wouldn’t regain the Republic’s trust by disobeying them.

But he could go to planets that were hard to find and deeply connected to the force. He could search for the forgotten relics and knowledge of the Old Jedi Order. Luke could train and meditate using old techniques.

5. Old man Skywalker.

Leah was not the only one in the galaxy pointing force sensitives towards Luke. There were many in the struggling Republic who fought to keep the ghost Emperor from grabbing back all his power, and force sensitives were no exception.

Former students of the New Jedi Order often found themselves recommending a visit to some backwater planet where Skywalker was holed up. Sometimes though, it took more than one trip, because the old master was quite a sight to behold.

These young people didn’t understand why their respected friends and mentors held the old hermit in high regard.

When one first saw Skywalker, he seemed like nothing more than a greasy, insane shut in. His robes were stained, and smelled of any number of coolants, fuels, and chemicals. He shambled around with ridiculous looking contraptions on his face and body, always made of rusty junk metal that couldn’t possibly be “tools” like he insisted.

But looks can be deceiving.

Luke Skywalker could navigate in terribly dangerous, rough terrain, places even the locals of these planets shied away from. One by one, skeptical force users followed him out into these wildernesses, not understanding where he was wandering off to or why they should follow.

You’d always be handed at least one of the blasted inventions, and no matter how much you refused and insulted the handiwork and asked why, Luke would insist you wear it. Something about you needing it. Sure old man, sure.

But once you were out in the wilderness, overwhelmed by the dark, or the stink, or the cold, or the heat, once you had to make it across a chasm or cliff, once there were animals or assassins about to attack?

Every single time, those deceptively useless looking tools would turn out to be something brilliant. They’d save you or let you progress when you never could have without them.

But then you’d realize something else; Skywalker didn’t actually have to lug that trinket around. He wasn’t wearing another one on the trip.

For example:

In the absence of the night vision goggles made of old bottles, he’d still be walking through a seemingly endless underground tunnel as if he’d gone that way his whole life and knew every cranny. With considerable more grace than you, and you have the night vision.

”How are you doing that? I was told you arrived here just a few months ago!”

”Oh I did. This is a cave I hadn’t visited yet.”

”That’s impossible.”

”I’m using the force to sense what’s ahead. You’d be surprised how much you can see that way.”

”… Why’d you make the goggles then?”

“Well for one thing, I like to tinker. It can get a little boring being in exile, when I don’t have a project.”

“What sort of project?”

Luke Skywalker did appear to be a crazy old man who liked to play with random scrap; but in reality he was a walking library of all things related to the Jedi. He taught countless new people how to be Jedi and sent them away with relics and texts to share and cherish.

But even though those 14 years of exile were helping his friends and bringing about a new Jedi Order successfully, there was something else Skywalker wanted.

He wanted to save Kylo Ren. But the boy was scarred for life and Luke knew in his heart that Palpatine had been poisoning his mind with lies. Especially since the Jedi were still growing in number and he was still alive.

The students always had the understandable idea of facing Kylo in battle, but they didn’t believe he could be saved. Oftentimes, Luke Skywalker felt like he was the only Jedi in the galaxy who believed a Sith could be reformed. It had always felt that way, even with Obi Wan and Yoda.

He was looking for someone who did want to reach out to Kylo Ren, someone who would try to get him away from the Emperor’s lies and put an end to the uprisings peacefully. If he could have done it himself, he would have. But Kylo still believed that his uncle wanted him dead, and that if he came back they’d have to fight to the death.