#re: parallels

[roseverdict]

huh. if i had a nickel for every time a fandom hyperfixation had some old creep that has:

delusions of grandeur

an obsession with molding the only other(s) like him into mini-hims (and discarding them if they prove unmoldable)

cloning a guy he is convinced Should™ be on his side (but is not above murdering the OG) for a hobby

murdering the clones he made for a hobby

too much power at his disposal (most definitely acquired through unsavory means)

seriously who put these fruit loops in power over the masses

a portal to another dimension in their secret lab

shapeshifting abilities

canonically gotten smacked flat by something or someone unfathomably dangerous

dark twists to the story revealed regarding or during a time travel episode

Control Issues™

mad science

"Friend(s)" On The Other Side™

a holier-than-thou accent

manipulative tendencies up the wazoo

little to no regard for anyone but himself

a secondary form with inhuman speed, strength, etc

a Distinguished Gray Ponytail

then i would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

in conclusion luz should dress up as danny phantom and hunter should be dani for their next hallowe-

[mizgnomer]

Good Omens - Season 1 and Season 2 - Parallel Posters (click for larger images)

[miralyk]

5 am doodle of a 3-fingered guy

[reunitedinterlude]

slaps (1, 2, 3)

[megamyceted]

LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER 1 / ?? "think of it as just, like, walking through someody else's memories." resident evil village, 2021 & resident evil village: shadows of rose, 2022

[iridescentscarecrow]

there's something so human and compelling to asa's wants. a grappling with her fear of being perceived in her clumsiness but then that raw sense of being acknowledged, her little grin. she's so real it hurts.

[raccooncitycafe]

Resident Evil 6 / Resident Evil Vendetta

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

Jonathan: No piteous cry or agonised entreaty would make the men below look at me let alone hear my plea to be liberated from this monster's prison!

Seward: This guy I locked up does nothing all day but study bugs - so I'm gonna study him like a bug! How about that?!

[sapphiceloise]

Each Bridgerton sibling is like a mirror of each other...

Daphne & Anthony: Authorative, Lots of Expectations, Certainly born leaders in some way, with a soft heart. Literally the Older Siblings™. Their love matches are certainly not without vexing each other and taking the rise out of one another. There's fire in there somewhere.

Benedict & Eloise: Creative, Intelligent/Artistic pursuit, Ache for Freedom, Open-Minded. They just have the feels and they're so gay, so help them. They feel so much in the most passionate way whether it be their pursuit of knowledge or artistic expression, and when that hurts them — they become lost/unsure. (Eloise trying to fit in, Benedict stopping his art etc.).

Colin & Francesca: Sensitive (but not in a meek way), Quiet sometimes, Observant, sometimes ???? (That's mostly Colin). The Kindest Siblings™. Literally simply cute in affectionate gestures. Probably Friends to Lovers could be their signature trope. Falls in love immediately (i.e. Marina & John) but with their true loves it's a slow burn.

Gregory & Hyacinth: Perceptive, mischievious, full of life, and still young as of this writing. They are the seers of the Family, they just know things unknowingly and are definitely right with the love matches lol. They also definitely believe in love matches like their older sibling's success of love in the marriage mart.

[jupiterlandings]

“Who do you think you are?

Ha ha ha, bless your soul!

You really think you're in control?

I think you're crazy!

I think you're crazy,

I think you're crazy…

Just like me”

Dracula Aesthetics:

Dr John Seward & Mr RM Renfield

[sersi]

I grew up in apocalypses, Loki. I've lived through enough of them to know that sometimes it's okay to destroy something. If... If there's a hope you can replace that thing with something better.

[keshetchai]

Btw the reason gentile pagans are fixated with Lilith is because she is the parallel to their fixation with "Lucifer," or "Satan," as a means of deconstructing their fucked up relationship with Christianity and Christian theology, and the internalized terrible garbage they picked up from Christian normativity, even if they weren't previously practicing Christians.

Lucifer/Satan gets to replace Jesus/God (the representation of XYZ Christian theologies they have issues with) and Lilith gets to replace Eve (the representation of XYZ Christian theologies relating to women that they have issues with).

The replacements represent - to some extent - themselves. They choose means of interpreting these characters that specifically make them into people who were unfairly victimized (within Christian theology) and marginalized, and who were ultimately "right." Or more "powerful," or ultimately more sympathetic/human/compassionate.

It's a fantasy wherein they get to validate their own frustration/pain/feeling of exclusion or powerlessness/treatment of being seen as an "ungodly" or "bad" person, and then make that person who typifies those things in their mind as the real hero, regardless of how doing that affects other people, or even if it makes sense.

It's actually very transparent when you think about it. I can almost guarantee Lilith would hold almost no sway to any of them if she wasn't explicitly mentioned as a counterpoint to Eve.

[julielilac]

1x03 // 2x06

[suntails]

surprise visitor to a gargoyle walk

[megamyceted]

LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER 2 / ?? "think of it as just, like, walking through someody else's memories." resident evil 7, 2017 / resident evil village, 2021 / resident evil village: shadows of rose, 2022

[fauvester]

nicktoonsunite's tigerghost haunting my brain