#like training claire

[thefictionshelf]

girl help! i want to write fan fiction for a niche web based interactive fiction with maybe a total playtime of 3 hours and 5 character focused scenes.

[seaquestions]

on tuesdays and thursdays, you can find him at the dragon's den.

[kagooleo]

wasn’t able to doodle as much as I'd like to lately from projects (and totally bc I didn’t get absorbed into a rarepair which i may or may not post later) but here’s my take on a hypothetical ancestor for lance on his appreciation week! a grandpa who has a lot of gyarados theming around him 🐉🌊

[lazleylazarus]

weirdly enough, my first Lupin III x Motorcity crossover AU art entry is Rebecca's approximate design in it and an out of context Julie and Claire interaction

both are originally Rebecca's art ask entry, translated into English

[bitchthefuck1]

you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.

There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.

[heartless-curr]

kind of a dumb headcanon BUT i think whenever lance actually has some spare time (arceus knows he rarely has any of that) whenever he's not out and about with one of his Various Kids (kanto trio and johto quartet), i think he likes to knit. Specifically so that he can make stuff for the baby dratini in the dragon's den for the winter + stuff like hats and scarves for his own pokemon team. clair does the nearly the Exact Same Thing (crotcheting instead though), however, unlike lance, who would likely be calm about it being discovered (especially since silver would be the most likely to discover it since dad lance is real in my heart), clair would just Drop Kick the discoverer into oblivion (also likely silver. this time because it's funny)

[tea-of-destiny]

the natural tendency of a layton fan to imagine an au scenario where layton is also running around in some kind of mask

[todayisafridaynight]

We rlly don’t need another majima game 😭 please give other characters a chance he already had the spotlight in 0😔

lord if i speak on goro majima.

[hsslilly-blog]

still about claire's drivers license: i think the information that she's an organ donor is so interesting. not sure if it's a claire thing or a biologist thing (<- talking about my character, that i created with my brain). upon reflection. i think she likes the idea of her guts being inside someone else to be honest. yeah it's a claire thing.

[pcktknife]

I went to the mall the other day and my god was it a sad sight like...everything was gone it was so empty

[geddy-leesbian]

also I enjoy thinking about Chris's POV for my winterserra fic like poor man really did not understand all of the potential outcomes of his actions

[rebornrosess]

THE BEAR: and when i’m back in chicago, i feel it.

[fundielicious-simblr]

(Narrator)

Claire having her last single daughter get engaged definitely added to her good mood that she felt at all her kids and grandkids being in town. She and Ryan (as well as those who Claire manages to ask) have been praying for Celeste in the recent years since her younger siblings have gotten married and started their own families. When Reid came to them to ask for permission, she did shed a few tears of happiness (and relief). She made sure to let facebook know that she's getting to be mother-of-the-bride one last time, and because Reid doesn't have facebook she tagged his mother.

Liked by Celeste Paulson, Macie Collins, and more

Picture 1: A group picture of Ryan, Claire, Celeste, and Reid

Picture 2: A picture of Celeste and Reid after the proposal

Caption: "After much planning, Reid got to propose to our dear Celeste close to Harvestfest weekend! He’s such a wonderful young man that we’ve had the pleasure of getting to know, and we’re excited to welcome him into the family! All of us (but especially Celeste) are over the moon!"

"We’re celebrating over here as well, Celeste is a wonderful girl. You and Ryan raised her up so well! We can’t wait for her to join the family!" - Nikki Robbins, Reid's mother, Celeste's future MIL

"This is the day that every parent prays for! May the Lord bless the happy couple." - Christina Fitzgerald, family friend of the Paulsons

"We’ve already thrown ourselves into wedding planning, can’t wait for another family wedding!" - Valentina Townsend, Claire's oldest daughter.

"So happy for them! Can’t wait to see the ring!" - Andrea McGowan, Newcrest Baptist congregation member

"Thank you everyone! I’m so thankful that the Lord has led me to the love of my life so that we may spend the rest of our lives together!" - Celeste Paulson

[rescuefield-arch1]

"claire doesn't have the same training in fight as chris, leon and jill because they were in the military" mind you she never joined the military but chris sure as fuck knocked off a few things in their apartment teaching her everything he learned

[gibbearish]

it is fun when u comment on a post on reddit and someones like "ummmm look what sub youre in" like no i know. i just think what you said is dumb enough that i'm willing to get downvoted to tell you that

[all-about-the-tea-parties]

Syd and Carmy working to find healthy, if imperfect, ways to tell each other they are sorry and will do better vs Claire saying “don’t ever apologise” thereby setting an unrealistic, if well meaning, standard.

Claire is not an under written character - she is a simply a healthy person colliding into an unhealthy persons life. When she says don’t ever apologise she doesn’t actually mean don’t ever apologise; she means, for this specific thing upon which I deem your transgression minimal or faultless, don’t belittle yourself by apologising for it.

See that’s the problem when a person with healthy boundaries encounters someone who does not have any. When a person who did not grow up with abuse encounters someone who did. They don’t realise that some things *need* to be spelled out, because Carmy never learned the line between something that he does not need to apologise for and something that he should. Carmy grew up feeling that he should apologise for everything. When a person grows up like that, you can’t say things like “don’t apologise ever” when you understand that sentiment is dependent on context - someone like Carmy is then left rudderless.

Claire has spent her whole life knowing how to be a person. She knows what is and is not appropriate. Carmy does not.

And that’s the great divide between them. Claire had no idea she was speaking a language that Carmy has barely begun learning. He has no sense of self, no sense of confidence to base his own boundaries or even desires, and no positive experience to work as a counterpoint to his mother’s teachings.

Claire says don’t ever apologise and Carmy hears a shoe dropping.

Claire is also setting herself up for heartbreak. She established a totally unfair standard on herself to be ever patient and forgiving and Carmy to naturally keep within the confines of life inoffensive and appropriate.

Sometimes it’s not enough to see the good in someone - you have to accept the bad. You have to accept that it’s there and let them know you desire better, and that you’ll even give them the opportunity to rise to the occasion. But you can’t paint them as forever innocent of crime because “you get it”.

It’s just to high of a standard.

Claire and Carmy put each other on pedestals.

Syd and Carmy review each other as equals. They’re honest with their frustrations, they hold each other accountable, they apologise and do better.