#paladin james…

[visionsynth]

Oh my love will you ever draw Q bond again…….. peas

HAHA yes!!!! i actually rewatched the entire of craigbond last week ….. he is fresh in my mind i promise

[c00kieknight]

The ideal ship dynamic is a tall, gorgeous, talented brunette with a disregard for social cues, who stands apart even among their own people, and a slightly traumatized Chris Pine

[stoat-party]

Fallout + Text Posts pt. 2

Pt. 1 Pt. 3

[nukaposting]

i think it's about time we had a sexyman poll for the fallout side of tumblr. above is a list of all the fallout sexymen i could think of; if you think i missed anyone, i probably did want to add them, but polls only have ten answer slots. i may make a part 2 if there are enough characters left over, then pit the winners against each other in a final poll.

cast your vote, and may the best sexyman win.

[torveiglyart]

Continuation of the BlackPaladin! Lance AU. Keith is in for quite the surprise…

[tiabwwtws-art]

A Champion

[discordiansamba]

concept where Keith abruptly turns Galra while he's still at the Garrison, except he has a roommate. That roommate is Kinkade. This somehow results in three out of the four (future) MFE pilots trying to smuggle Keith out of the Garrison, all while trying to doge both James and Shiro for two entirely different reasons.

kinkade, furiously texting rizavi: sos. keith's purple.

rizavi: what the fuck

kinkade: I don't know!!! Can you cover for him? You've got your first class together.

[eridanidreams]

WIP Wednesday

Tagging: @bearlytolerant, @silurisanguine, @aro-pancake, @fangbangerghoul, @atonalginger, @aislingdmdt, @fshenkoescape, @ninjaofnaps, @lisa-and-shadow, @a-cosmic-elf, @thatsgoodsquishy0, @hockeydemon42, @fomagranfalloon @violenceandviolets, and @artemis-crimson

Y'all know the score, post if you've got 'em, and if not, just enjoy!

from stars through my fingers like grains of sand

The remains of lunch were scattered across the table. Knowing how even a short dogfight could take it out of someone, Sam had flat refused to let Cait cook. Wasn't like she hadn't already prepared a week's worth of meals already; all he had to do was reheat a few. "I'm telling you," Cora repeated patiently, "we all need secret identities. The sidekick always has a name related to the hero."

"So what are you," Sam teased. "Insectikid?"

"Young Mantis!" Cora countered.

"Too derivative," Sam chuckled. "The Spiderette? The Caterpillar?"

"Da-ad!" Cora gave him an exasperated look while Cait sat back quietly and smiled. "Mantises don't come from caterpillars."

"So what do they come from?" she asked logically.

"Nymphs," Cait offered.

Sam shook his head. "Nope, vetoing that one right now." His daughter was too young to be 'nymph' anything.

Cait tilted her head, thinking, while Sam and Cora tossed even more ridiculous names back and forth—and not just for her. "I don't need a name," he argued. "I'm not the sidekick."

"The fearless partner," Cait murmured, low and amused.

"Auuuugh! Dad, that's not how it works! If you're the partner of the Mantis, you can't be just you! You might blow her cover, or someone could use you to get to her!" Cora got up and was pacing back and forth, throwing her hands around in a twelve-year-old frenzy.

"If I might?" Cait was turning something over in her hands, and she had a wry smile on her face. "I think I can solve both these conundrums." She looked over at Cora. "For you? The Phasmid. Phasmids are related to mantises, but sneakier."

"Ooooh, I know what those are!" Cora enthused. "They're ambush predators that look like other things, like leaves and sticks and flowers!"

"Or in your case, a twelve-year-old girl," Sam teased. "Waiting to strike against any unwary library or bookstore that might pass her way."

"I LOVE IT!" Cora bounced over and gave Cait a hug. Cait, for her part, seemed to be getting used to Cora's adolescent enthusiasm, and returned it less awkwardly than usual. "So what's that?" Cora pointed at the thing Cait was fiddling with.

"Something I found in one of the abandoned bases we were exploring," Cait said, laying it on the table. It was a hand-written card; on yellowing paper, it read:

MERC FOR HIRE HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL SSCOM: 1957PDIN

Sam looked down at it, then back up at Cait, raising an eyebrow. "Seriously?" He'd been a fan of the classic vids as a kid, of course, had thrilled to the adventures of Josh Randall, Agents James West and Artemus Gordon, and—of course—Paladin.

She shrugged. "Aren't you always telling me to go big or go home? Besides, we've resurrected one legend today, why not two?"

Sam felt a slow smile cross his face. "I do cut a dashing figure in black…" He slapped the table in sudden decision. "All right. Let's do it. The Mantis and Paladin, partners in anti-crime."

"And me!" Cora piped up.

"And our fearless sidekick the Phasmid," he agreed. Drink packs were awkward for making a toast, but they managed to slosh them together anyway. "May all our victories be as sweet," Sam declared.

[unofficialadamtaurus]

Huh. Agreed with that fight's outcome, but *not* a fair chunk of the writeup's details. Mainly: given how he *physically* struggled with Watts' beanpole ass, Jim just ain't outmuscling Yang or Adam "ragdolled my tetherballed ex like a line drive" Taurus, and the threat level of combat-rated prosthetics strikes me as oversold-at best they seem to roughly match an aura-endowed person's meat limbs, and mayyybe the lack of nerves helps a smidge. Basically: Adam sweep unless Jim brought a Paladin.

Yeah, Ironwood's strength is definitely variable in the show. One-handing a beowolf, stopping a charging Manticore(?) in its tracks...and then Watts poses up a notable challenge. Personally I want to subscribe to the superhuman strength end of the spectrum.

Even if we put the prosthetics at about the level of aura-enhanced fleshy bits, I still think Ironwood is strong and smart enough to counter Adam for a while. But yeah, I see the fight bending towards Adam. His semblance and agility are just too good.

[heckcareoxytwit]

The profiles of the characters in Deadpool roleplaying game book

Deadpool role-plays the Marvel Universe #1, 2024

[jarnes]

We need more GAY MEN IN CAMO

[queerloquial]

increasingly settling into just. not watching the rest of c3. like im Extremely Tired of the way that BH is approaching- and continually *not* approaching- the entire thing. when the moon plot came in i thought the campaign was finally getting enjoyable but i can't sit through several more months of. this

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

I love the angst of a one sided pining a character who is in love with another but knows that the person they are in love with will never share their affections and having to accept it

I headcanon that Star Paladin Cross is one of these characters

She was in love with Catherine but knew she could never be with her because Catherine was with James

While she did consider James a friend and escorted him and The LW to Megaton and was saddened by his death there was a small part of Cross that resented James for marrying Catherine

She took Catherine's death incredibly hard

The reason why I think Cross cares so much for The LW and even willing to betray The Brotherhood for them which is what she does in River's story is not because they are James' kid but because they are Catherine's kid

Unlike James Cross has no problem with telling The LW about Catherine and The LW can tell with the way Cross talks about her that there are obviously feelings she has for Catherine and she still has them

In my headcanon she talks about Catherine being proud of The LW instead of James and while I do think that James would be proud I think Cross would want The LW to know that Catherine is proud of them too

[blue-cheeseinmyoffwhites]

RWBY Watts’ Allusion

Arthur Watts has been a very entertaining villain in the show. Making his official debut in Volume 4, Watts was one of the first new faces we’ve seen in the new era of RWBY. There are still some slight unknowns behind his character, so I will be doing my usual research on fairy tales/stories to see if one will align with Watts and make his motives a little more clear. 

Based on my findings, I believe Arthur Watts is actually based on Jiminy Cricket, the talking cricket from the story of Pinnochio.

Jiminy Cricket served as the conscience of Pinnochio, a toy puppet, and influenced him to be a good person to earn his humanity. In a previous analysis, I claimed that toys and puppets in fairy tales translate into robots in RWBY (Penny/Pinocchio) {Link Below}. So if toys are robots, then whoever Jiminy Cricket is in this story must be good with getting in the minds of robots. Enter Watts. He is an Atlesian Scientist who specializes in robot technology, having part in creating the Paladins, Penny, Mantle Security, etc.

He was also aware of how to hack into these systems, getting into the “minds” of the robots/technology and putting viruses in them to influence them. With Penny, his allusion is especially evident, implementing a virus (bug/insect/cricket) in Penny to get her conscience under his control. This is in a way an evil version of Pinnochio & Jiminy’s relationship where instead of good things, Jiminy is influencing Pinnochio to do bad things.

Ironwood is based on the Tin Woodman, a man who was cursed by a witch to slowly lose his humanity and became a tin figure. In a way, it is kind of a reverse telling of Pinocchio. We know that Pietro (Gepetto) is Ironwood’s top scientist, specializing in mechanical surgery, (Yang’s arm, Penny, etc.) So it can be inferred that he is the one who built Ironwood’s half body, which would make Ironwood Pinocchio #2. Only this time it’s the more Grimm version. Pinnochio fights with his conscience and squashes the cricket. This was translated into RWBY as Ironwood fighting Watts, having a “fight with his conscience” as he is losing his humanity (figuratively & literally), descending into madness from Salem, the witch. 

His rivalry with Cinder can also be supported. If Watts is the representation of consciousness, then Cinder is his perfect enemy. Cuz she’s literally insane. That’s why he's always teasing her. Watts (Jiminy) is now the conscience of Cinder, and he’s trying to tell her to make better decisions, but because Cinder is turning into a monster, she remains ignorant to his advice. In the original Pinocchio, after the cricket calls him a woodhead, the boy squashes him. This translates into how Watts calls her a “bloody migraine”, which later results in Cinder killing him, killing her conscience as she descends into Grimm madness. Jiminy Cricket has failed to teach Pinocchio #3 right from wrong and they lose their humanity (Donkey/Grimm Arm).

And what about Salem? Why is this guy even associated with her? Well, Jiminy was appointed to be Pinnochio’s conscience by the Blue Fairy, so Salem (who ALSO represents Cinder’s Blue Fairy Godmother) alludes to her in reference to Watts. 

Watts’ page on the RWBY wiki claims that he is based off of John Watson from the Sherlock Holmes series. While this is true in some parts of his aesthetic (his English accent and outfit), his design also throws some nods to Jiminy Cricket, with his tailcoat, slim body, & umbrella (a very present item for Watts in Volume 7). Also, his aura color and eyes are green.

[pandagirl45]

Tony is a bard fairy

Steve is a paladin lion who consistently has a gay panic about rhodey

Rhodey is a mage orc

Bucky is a rogue ghost (banshee??)

Natasha is a shadow assassin

Clint archer (love you clint but you get basic human or bird)

Bruce is the shifter weapon/potion maker

DND class act, they are messy and chaotic.

Also, because I was thinking the last time I mentioned DND.

Steve would try to defend a frog while he slowly lose his armor to melting spit from said frog. (Totally not a ploy to get rhodey to save him pfft) Tony trying to serenade the grumpy ghost rogue.

[mirandaranda]

took you for a working boy by @pukner

do you like your slow burn fics with a side of weird but cozy horror, a secret radio show, mutual aid, elite platonic soulmates stobin, a gender crisis, the most hilarious supporting cast, and tender, heartwarming yearning and affection?? well you will so read this. also me and my fandom besties are ridiculous and have been giving each other book reports on our fave fics so you can check that out i guess 😂