I'm just gonna say it again real quick:
Yes!! Iron Man is a tragedy! It has and always has been since the very first appearance in 1963 which describes itself, Tony's life, and legacy, as such.
Tony causes most of his issues himself, he is his biggest villain, a majority of his rogues gallery are caricatures of the worst versions of himself brought to life (when they're not just being racist cuz...60s...). The worst thing about being Tony Stark is that he can't stop being Tony Stark (he tried!!) That is the point.
The majority of pain Tony goes through, is pain he inflicts on himself, whether intentionally or inadvertently. That is the point.
He is not A villain (at least. Not usually. There are...some rough moments and arcs that are. Not great. As there is with any character as old as he is). But he is his own main antagonist.
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Sometime post-game…
Durge: So I’ve got bath salts, scented lotion, essential oils, incense, twelve different types of herbal tea, and a small gong. Gale says this will help us meditate and calm our emotions, so we can heal from our traumatic pasts.
Astarion: Or!— and hear me out on this— let’s forget about all that nonsense and go do crime instead. It’s way more fun, and, I assure you, very therapeutic.
Durge: I don’t know… will— will there be stabbing?
Astarion: Of course, darling!
Durge (dropping everything): Crimes it is!
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It's one thing for Kiita Komagine to be so confused about Black Kaito's deal that even Toshiki Inoue didn't have a real answer for him. It's another, more ridiculous thing of epic proportions when Kouhei Higuchi, the leading actor, admitted he had to rely on vibes throughout filming because he didn't know what was going on in the script half the time
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If you're not reading Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall, you should be. I'm a 100 pages in and in absolute splits. Top-tier British queer comedy. 💀💀
(I'm also convinced the character the protag is trying to hook up with is autistic as hell.)
“No. God no. My mother’s French.”
“Ah. Lucien, then.” He said it perfectly, too, with the half-swallowed softness of the final syllable, smiling at me—the first full smile I’d seen from him, and shocking in its sweetness. “Vraiment? Vous parlez français?”
There’s really no excuse for what happened next. I think maybe I just wanted him to keep smiling at me. Because for some reason I said, “Oui oui. Un peu.”
And then, to my horror, he rattled off God knew what.
Leaving me to scrape the bottom of the barrel of my GCSE French, for which I’d received a D. “Um…um… Je voudrais aller au cinema avec mes amis? Ou est la salle de bain?”
Utterly perplexed, he pointed. So I was obliged to go the bathroom.
When I slunk back, he immediately confronted me with “You don’t speak French at all, do you?”
“No.” I hung my head. “I mean, my mother used both when I was growing up, but I still turned out stubbornly monolingual.”
“Then why didn’t you just say that?”
“I…don’t know. I guess I assumed you didn’t speak French either?”
“Why on earth would I imply I could speak French, when I couldn’t?”
I stuffed a teetering forkful of pie into my mouth. “You’re right. That would be a deranged thing to do.”
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i think the critique of lucanis being referred to as the ‘mage killer’ is so silly. he was given the name while in tevinter,,,hunting venatori,,,basically a mage supremacist group,,the moniker was given to him,,,by citizens of tevinter,,,a country ruled by mages,,,,and he killed 8+ mages,,,yeah he a mage killer SKAJSJ
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...hey, would anyone here be interested in me opening some sketch commissions or something?
medical expenses hit me REALLY hard this month and although I took care of my rent/phone bill already, I basically just. Don't Have Money until my next check lands in 2 weeks >.>
i uh. don't really have a price sheet ready to go since I haven't had my comms open for a while now, but if anyone's interested dm me & we can discuss ideas/prices
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