#many thoughts tonight.

[mysterycitrus]

dick + duke + cass fic about detectivisms and building a legacy and the role of bruce wayne in gotham……. yes or yes

[the-ipre]

On a scale from ‘sacrificing him to a devil’ to ‘trapping him in your town with a Clever Test’ to ‘betraying the cause you were made to enact in a desperate attempt to save him’ how well are you handling your gay crush on Edwin Payne

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

im always reminded of that one tweet that explained, the power of dictatorships is less about enforcing laws and being successful in censoring the shit out of you, but about enforcing the most ridiculous shit on earth, mud-stuck-on-wall degree of shit, the kind everyone with two braincells is aware is shit and ridiculous and hysterical, and enforcing it succesfully. its not about whether a state truly believes in their policies or their mission, its not even about whether they believe (and care about) that the public, the citizens, believe it. its about enforcing, and enforcing it successfully. its about the fact that they know you know and can still do it. thats the power.

[sharpjay217]

I wonder if one reason that Mumbo and Tommy, unlikely duo that they are, get along so well is because Mumbo knows what it’s like to be a kid with a chance to impress his heroes.

Mumbo was also a teenager when he joined the server that made his career.

He also grew up surrounded by his heroes and getting to call them peers.

He knows what it’s like to grow and change alongside the medium that defined you.

Neither of them are kids anymore. Both of them grew up alongside a silly little block game, playing alongside the people who inspired them, calling them friends. Starting out as the group kid and then growing up.

And I can’t help but imagine that Mumbo sees a lot of himself in Tommy.

[forzathunder]

"I have many fears, most of them about Lucrezia." — Cesare Borgia (The Borgias, 2011-2013) + hints of insecurity

that she adores someone that much / if she will reject his dark nature and act of love and violence as Ursula did / if he truly is not part of her desires / that she easily forgets him

[the0retically]

Thinking about Chip being asked what his last name is after an introduction and him pausing for a moment, not because he doesn’t have one, but because he can’t decide if he should say James, Rose, Lafayette, Ferin, or Tidestrider. And in that moment he knows he’s loved and has a family and belongs somewhere, not by any arbitrary means, but because he’s wanted and loved and cared for

[gin-juice-tonic]

I think i've said before, but i really do make all these silly trans comics because i felt like i didnt have much out there to connect to (and I spent a LOT of time looking!), and I wanted more

so i really am glad you guys connect with them too

[starvels]

y'all think steve's tits bounce real good when someone fucks him ?

[muchanmocha]

According to the information released about the segyein, Guardian Shine respects Mizi's choice in whether or not she wants to participate in Alien Stage. Looking at this tidbit again, new questions popped up for me. More specifically — one question.

Why didn't Sua convince Mizi not to participate?

Alright let's back up a bit.

What do we know about Alien Stage and its relationship with the Anakt Garden kids?

From the magazine interview and old stream commentary, we know they've been brainwashed from childhood to believe participation in Alien Stage is an honor. They're fully aware that losing means death, but that itself is taught to be yet another privilege.

Mizi vs Sua, Ivan, and Till

It's generally accepted that among our cast, Mizi is the most sheltered one — the one shielded the most from the horrific side of the post-alien apocalypse world, whereas due to the abuse from their respective guardians, Sua, Ivan, and Till do not have such a rosy outlook.

Sua and Ivan in particular appear to be jaded and much more in tune with their place in this system. So if they didn't buy into the propaganda, if they were fully aware of the implications of death and the worthlessness of receiving such an "honor" on stage, why didn't they convince Mizi to step out of it?

Ivan's reason is easy — simply, why would he?

But Sua? Why... wouldn't she? Surely she would want Mizi to avoid Alien Stage at all costs, when she is not as naive as to believe they'd be able to tie all the way to the finals?

Let's take another look at Sua's interview responses.

Sua and Mizi both share a dream, and in a world as small and enclosed as theirs, that dream is enough to be their everything.

Mizi may have had a chance to opt out of AS, but Sua doesn't. Her guardian, Nigeh, has always intended for her to participate, going as far as to build up her fanbase before Season 50 even started to tip the odds in favor of her victory. Sua has been prepared her whole life for Alien Stage, whether it ends in her victory, or her death.

She goes in knowing her life will likely end there.

Perhaps it was to indulge in the one selfishness of her short life — in the dream she and Mizi cherished above all.

Perhaps it was because she has absolute, unshakable confidence in Mizi taking the throne of Season 50 for herself.

Perhaps it was because a small part of her believed in Mizi's optimism — that they really can make it to the top together.

I think all of these possibilities are valid interpretations of what may have gone on inside Sua.

But here's a thought —

Sua, like Mizi, was unfamiliar with the true nature of death.

Sua's loss was Mizi's first, intimate encounter with death. Death was supposed to be a glorious thing, a blessed thing on Alien Stage.

It is not.

It's gruesome, and ugly, and she can still feel the hot blood splatter on her.

Anakt Garden is toted as a kindergarten that can provide your pet-humans with the perfect environment to thrive, looking after your pet-human's health not only physically, but psychologically!

Sua, like Mizi, has been raised in such a curated environment. Even under Nigeh's care, she was simply one of many dolled up pet-humans. Whether she was taking lessons in Anakt Garden, or left to sit in the corner in her ill-fitting doll outfit, we have not seen any opportunities for Sua to come in contact with "death." (Ivan, on the other hand, came from the slums. He may be the only one of the four who was intimately acquainted with death.)

Hence, I propose — Mizi was not the only one who went in without actually grasping the concept. Perhaps Sua too, while having an inkling of what's to come, did not truly understand what death entails either.

(But yeah possibility number 1263 why Sua didn't tell Mizi not to do the murder survival show)

[karofsky]

the thing is too, like... it's so clear what they're doing. every episode it's "if nandor finds out, he is going to kill you." every single character is emphasizing this, and guillermo himself keeps speaking about how hard it is to deal with this reality. they keep reminding us of that axe hanging over guillermo's head on purpose, and the purpose is... nandor is not going to do it.

and that's a relief on one hand, but also I'm prepared for the worst fucking heartbreak.

he's not going to kill guillermo; he loves guillermo more than anyone and anything. he can't kill guillermo. but that's why it's going to hurt so bad when all of this comes out. guillermo drove a stake into their relationship that cannot be removed. guillermo betrayed and humiliated nandor, while nandor strung him along for selfish reasons. whether or not nandor knows already or if he really is going to find out all at once, they can never go back. the whole household is permanently changed because of guillermo, both because of his general existence the last decade and a half, and now because of this choice.

so it's just... insane to think that the real axe we are waiting for is the one that's like, where do they go from here. not even just nandermo, but everyone. nandor's not going to kill guillermo, but then what do they do?

[raphaerolo]

Art Wip Game

@artisticallyill you asked about the Battle Cody & Obi so here it is

This one is definitely a bad name. While technically accurate, it's not the defining thing about this. Battle Cody & Obi is the name of my drawing that is my Codywan FMAB AU. Truly the title says nothing, and idk what i was thinking when i named the drawing but it's my fmab au

Here's it is so far:

In this au, the jedi are the state alchemists, Obi-Wan is a general and a state alchemist and a highly revered one but I don't know what his alchemy specialization is yet. Cody is his right hand who watches his back and has several big guns and people are scared of him.

I imagine this drawing to be them fighting Maul, who would absolutely just set a bunch of things on fire, not even with alchemy but with straight up matches cuz he's petty like that and Cody and Obi-Wan are trapped by the fire and waiting to see where he strikes next.

When I was ideating this, I realized that their dynamic is already pretty similar to Mustang and Hawkeye, especially with the "we can't date cuz you're my superior officer/subordinate" and the "i will flirt with others as a tactical move but it's fake and the real adoration only comes out with you"

Find wip game post here

[racetheskies]

the karasuno third-years mean so much to me bc they waited so long to be with a team that would get them to nationals and they finally got to go in their final year before graduating and they got to go with this team of crazy passionate and ambitious people with such great team chemistry and it's so incredible to see that they get to go out on the court at nationals because the whole reason they went to karasuno is because they saw them play at nationals

[arohuacheng]

imagining the story from pei ming's perspective is rlly funny i think. this god from all that time ago ascends again (you were there for the first two times) and immediately waltzes into a situation that fucks something up for your descendant (putting both of your reputations on the line, messing up how hard your descendant worked to become a god and how hard you worked to ensure that he would have that chance) and then refuses to let you smooth the situation out and on TOP of that your friend's little sister (who hates you and who you are trying to look out for by request of your friend) is on your case about it too. so you've gotta work all that out and then like. you chill for a little bit (still kind of upset about your descendant) until your friend undergoes a heavenly calamity. and then in the space of like A Day the god from earlier shows up again with a fucking ghost king, your friend dies, the little sister you're supposed to be looking out for disappears, and everything just kinda goes to shit. so you're like. grieving. trying to process everything. until your OTHER close friend goes off the fucking rails with the spirit of that guy she murdered, and then you get called out to the spooky ghost mountain where you're confronted with the girl whose death YOU were essentially responsible for and have never really come to terms with, and then like. you just kind of hang out with these gay people until everything resolves itself. fight some ghosts. fight the heavenly emperor. get your friend to stop being evil for a little while so she can fix the filing systems. and then you just have to keep being the god of love i guess

[failyaoi]

Liu Kang shouldn't hold back anymore he should just kill everyone

[stellocchia]

I think Killer would really enjoy community theater.

Killer struggles properly dealing with and understanding his own emotions, so I think that getting to act them out while putting a certain distance between himself and them (because the story isn't his no matter how much it may resonate with him) could serve him well.

Plus, with community theater he doesn't have to worry about massive crowds and performing perfectly, so I think it would work better for him than something more professional. He's already been in the spotlight enough while working as Nightmare's right hand man.

Also, I think having some kind of creative outlet would be good for him. He needs something that is entirely detached from the violence and strict utilitarianism he was used to when he got treated as a tool.

I think Color would encourage it.

I don't think he would be the one to get the idea. I like the idea of Killer seeing a small performance and being absolutely enamoured with it. So much so that it's clear he'd like to be up there on the stage. He wouldn't ask because he'd be afraid of judgment for wanting to try and do something so frivolous when there are so many AUs to help and so much damage to undo, but it would be obvious to anyone that knows him that he'd want that.

I think Color would go check it out himself so he can show Killer that it's alright in a way that he'll understand. Because if Color thinks it's worth "wasting time" on something like this, well, maybe it is.

Perhaps they'd do it together at the start, but I don't really think it would be Color's passion long term. Perhaps if Dust is there and it's one of those AUs where MTT have escaped Nightmare together, he'd join. I don't think he'd be as passionate about it as Killer is, but he'd definitely find some catharsis in it. It could be a good way for him to work through his guilt.

Also, this could be a great way for both Killer and Dust to find friends outside of the small circle they're either trauma bonded with or fully reliant on for emotional support. And that's rather important as well

[nuppu-nuppu]

You know when you wanna desperately make new friends but the mortifying fear of being perceived by other people is too much to handle and what if I am actually just too shy for the rest of my life and nobody will ever know that under this timid and awkward exterior is a fucked up sweetie pie who just wants to share life experiences with people they care about