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[boltlightning]

not watching severance and succession means i log on the day after an episode and everyone is like SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP THEYRE SO INSANE FOR THIS and the image cited is a man in a suit standing still in an otherwise blank, fluorescently-lit hallway. i'm happy for you guys or sorry that happened

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[mistfallengw2]

OC's Background Relationships Ask Game

Send an ask with OC + emoji (or the corresponding text), get a short ramble about the relationship of that OC with the corresponding side/background characters!

🎲 - Biological parents

👑 - Person who raised your OC and/or was important during their formative years

❓ - Estranged family/relatives they've never met

📎 - Siblings/close family

✨ - Children (current or future)

💎 - Chosen family (including warband)

🧸 - Childhood friends

🏆 - Best friends (past, current or future)

💌 - First crush/love

💋 - First kiss

🌹 - First relationship

🌶️ - First intimacy

💍 - Partners (current or future)

💔 - Exes

🍑 - Notable flings

✏️ - Classmates (including other cubs at the fahrar for charr)

⚙️ - Coworkers/boss (krewe/other charr outside of warband)

🐾 - Pets

🔪 - Enemy/nemesis

💢 - Person they can't stand

⚰️ - Someone they lost (not necessarily dead)

🩹 - Someone who was a source of trauma

🗑️ - "It's complicated"

©️ - Bonus: Canon NPC important to them

[Note: doesn't have to be in-depth, and if something is not applicable to an OC, you get to reroll!]

[kizzer55555]

Core Gems

So when a ghost becomes injured, they have a last ditch defense where they retreat into their core. And I mean, injured badly where their body is rip apart to the point they can’t hold a solid form anymore. And they basically go into a hibernation state until they are strong enough to form again.

Ellie, Danny, and Dan are all injured in a final battle against the GIW. The organization was destroyed and the ghosts were safe but the halfas ended up being so injured that they reverted to core form and then went to sleep for a bit. When they woke up, they were still weak but at least recovered enough to gain consciousness. And realize…they are in some kind of auction…in the middle of a heist. It appeared that two furries (one in a bat costume and one in a cat costume) were ducking it out. And they…they were a necklace. All three of them had been turned into a necklace with their cores as gems accompanied by sapphires, pearls, and opals. And frankly gorgeous craftsmanship as the metal was crafted around their cores as if to cradle them and the other gems.

Unfortunately, they were too weak to take a form properly, they could still feel the strain on their bodies. But at least they could still communicate through their auras. Then the cat lady punched a hole in the glass container surrounding them and grabbed their necklace.

However, the bat grabbed the other end and it resulted in a sort of tug-a-war. Meanwhile, Danny, Ellie, and Dan were having a back and form commentary on the situation and what they should do. Completely unheard by the other party.

In the corner of their eye, the three halfas finally noticed a third contender. Some kind of clown who was…hold on…holding a gun?! And it was pointed straight at the two fighting furies who had yet to notice him. The ghosts’ protective instincts went into overdrive and they frantically tried to shout, yell, move. Just do something to warn the two but their cries fell on deaf ears. All they succeeded in doing was faintly glow which immediatly caught the attention of the fighting duo. The two turned to look at the strange necklace but right at that moment, the clown fired and a gunshot rang throughout the auction room. Having no other options, Danny and the others poured every ounce of ectoplasm they had to try and phaseshift, making the two furries intangible as the bullets passed right through them, but in their shock, the two jumped away in opposite directions and accidentally ripped the necklace apart. Gems and pearls went flying and the three cores bounced along the ground.

Luckily, the two finally noticed the clown and went to deal with him and his minions who had appeared. Seemingly putting their fight on hold and forming a temporary truce. The three halfas could only watch as the battle finally wound down, ending with the cops barging into the place and arresting the clown and his grunts, the cat managing to escape with half the scattered gems and pearls from the broken necklace along with a few other jewelry pieces (none of their cores though) and the bat leaving through a skylight.

The auction continued and in the end, despite being broken, their necklace seemed to have caught someone’s interest. A man named Bruce Wayne bought up every piece of the shattered jewelry wear. The auctioneers appeared relived that the item managed to sell in the end and gratefully gave it to him.

Bruce had no idea what happened at the auction, but he could have sworn that some of the gems faintly glowed right before he and Selina were shot. If the necklace was some sort of magical item, then he needed to understand exactly what has been brought to Gotham. It was unfortunate that Selena had taken some parts of the necklace but he utilized his vast wealth to make sure all the other parts ended in his possession. Now he would take them back to the mansion for examination.

[justletmescrolll]

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

what is your theory on why the white palace is filled with buzz saws and thorns? i have my own perspective of it and i want to know what other people think ^^

While the jokes about the king spending the kingdoms' funds on buzzsaws are pretty funny,

I don't think the palace was so filled with deadly obstacles in reality.

My theory is that, being in the dream realm the palace was altered by the king's desires/regrets. Either consciously or subconsciously.

In the dream realm, the entire palace is an obstacle course that guards the king's corpse and kingsoul charm. That's obvious out-of-universe, a feature of the game-play. But I like to believe that in-universe it was reconstructed for that exact purpose, too.

The king hid himself away, very much with the intention of staying hidden. And transformed his palace into his personal guard to keep anyone from reaching him.

I do believe that within the real palace, the training grounds contained similar obstacles. But the main palace was probably only guarded by gates and kingsmoulds.

There are a lot of things about the palace in the dream realm that I believe differ from the actual palace that no longer exists.

The entrance to the workshop, for example.

Or the entire nursery room. My theory is that the nursery never existed, and its presence within the dream is to symbolize how important his child and his wife were to him and how deeply he regrets what became of his family.

The path of pain, too, obviously exists only within the dream and is symbolic of his excruciating regret surrounding his relationship with his child.

So yes, imo the buzzsaws and thorns were created within and by the kings mind and are there for the exact reason that they are there from a game-play perspective.

To hide away what remains of the old king.

The king left the world, having failed so completely, having lost his kingdom, his knights, the dreamers, his wife, and his child. Unintentionally condemning his child whom he loved to an eternity of suffering. Having sacrificed millions of others for a hopeless cause.

Of course his final moments were spent running, hiding, completely removing himself from the mortal world, determined to erase himself. The amount of regret and shame that must have been killing him.

And the palace reflects that.

If you're wondering why the obstacles included buzzsaws and thorns specifically,

Again, those likely did exist in reality, just within the training grounds, as obstacles to improve the knights skills.

The thorns specifically were likely products of the white lady. It's clear that she had a great influence on the palace herself.

Still within the dream realm, the amount of thorns was certainly exaggerated by the king's consciousness.

I'm rambling a bit, so I'll finish off my response here.

Ultimately I believe that the white palace in the dream realm is not an accurate representation of what it was like in the mortal world, rather, an extension of the king himself, and greatly affected by his state of mind at the time he hid himself there.

And as always, I'm interested in other people's interpretations. Anyone is free to share their theories with me anytime!

Thanks for the ask <3

[vimflam]

[evilfarmin]

90% of reincarnators quit before they experience love and acceptance. Never give up the grind

suffering 🪰🐶🌿🦊🪨

Check under the cut VVV for my reincarnation thesis analysis :D

thesis is that dog life was the worst actually.

Life 1: classic. We all know how it ends we are all familiar. Life 2: bug's life. Much has been said about how this life was warm and then nothing. We do not actually know how long it was, other than short. This is a fluke. This is a false start. It doesn't..it doesn't mean anything going forward. Next time will Life 3: dog life. This is the most hopeful life to me. He is a beloved little doggy, famous for being the most loyal, most loving, and most beloved pets. I think he was the most happy and content and trusting here. And then he gets eaten?? I think the betrayal in dog life makes it actually the worst life lived you can quote me on that. Life 4: plant life. It is unclear how much awareness plants actually hold. Certainly plants have senses. They know a lot actually and they can do more than you think. A plant with a real life soul is also going to be far more aware than a standard plant. Many plants can also handle a lot more neglect than you might think. I think the big tragedy of this life was how drawn out it was. Exactly how much suffering we are experiencing. Life 5: fox life. The trust from bug life and dog life are all gone. He is a wild animal and has all those wild animal fear of human instincts naturally. Getting sk1nned and turned into a coat is not the worst thing that has ever happened to him but man. Life 6: rock life. At this point. Just tired. Done. Over it. It's not going to get better. There has been no evidence of this and it is time to stop expecting that there will be. He carries this nihilistic hopelessness through his seventh life.

[gomzdrawfr]

Henlo Gomz 👁️👁️ I'm going to commit a crime—

How would Raven feel or react, when someone (Han) gives her their homemade food.. it's nasi goreng or something, idk— (but they washed the rice with soap.. yes it's their first time cooking 👉👈 but she didn't know that..)

She didn't know that but she'll find out about it and look at Han with disgust and anger

Will pick up a slipper and drag him over the kitchen and ask them to RINSE the rice again, and she'll teach him to endure the pain of rinsing it more than 6 times until the rinsed water is no longer muddy and is clear

"Inilah cara betul, faham? tak faham buat lagi, I tak kisah kalau nak nangis ke nak patah tangan, buat lagi"

[oysters-aint-for-me]

*full title does not fit: "a dog took my face and gave me a better face to change the world: the celeste cunningham story"

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[yakopi]

MLB Secret organisation part 3: Who is in the Organisation

For the reason why I link the Secret Organisation with the 12 Olympians, look at my previous posts about this topic.

What you mainly need to know is that I connected 12 symbols to 12 Olympians, and that the 3 members that we know off even thematically fit the Olympian counterpart. Now we are going to look to possible other members.

There is a TLDR at the end.

For my previous posts:

Part 1: Musing about the structure of the Secret Organisation: https://www.tumblr.com/yakopi/782198191169880064/part-1-thoughts-about-the-mlb-secret-society?source=share

Part 2: Link between the Secret Organisation and the 12 Olympians:

On to the post:

Initially, I considered how the show would handle a twelve-member (plus minions) evil organization, which can say much about who will be a bad guy.

After five seasons, we’ve only had two confirmed members (Gabriel and Nathalie), a third that’s almost certain (Tomoe), and introduced on the back of someone already established (Mr. Sancoeur). This means the show still needs to explicitly confirm Tomoe, flesh out Mr. Sancoeur as a standalone character, and then introduce at least eight more members, all of whom need development to feel impactful.

To do that properly, the show would either need to:

Stretch this arc over multiple seasons,

Connect new members to existing characters (as mr. Sancoeur was connected to Nathalie),

Or focus on just one or two while reducing the rest to shallow filler characters—making the twelve-member concept feel more like a shallow reference than a meaningful structure.

And that last one would be especially... disappointing.

Alternatively, maybe many of these characters have already been introduced, like Tomoe. Right under our noses this whole time.

One character that immediately comes to mind is Audrey Bourgeois. Personally, I wouldn’t be thrilled to see her on screen again, but she’s been given a disproportionate amount of screen time and narrative focus if her only role is to introduce Zoé or explore Chloé's character. This is because Zoé is now essentially a reoccuring background character and Chloé has seemingly been written out of the “main civilian antagonist” role. So just being their mom should not garner Audrey so much attention of the show.

And yet Audrey, compared to other parents of background characters, received more development than necessary just to be labeled a “bad person and worse mother.” The only with similar disproportional screentime for their perceived role was Tomoe, before it became clear she was in cahoots with Gabe/the Secret Society.

So for Audrey to also be part of the Secret Organisation would not be weird.

Her only significant connection outside her family is to Gabriel, and he was part of this organisation. She made him the fashionista he is today, quoting the show.

Could she already have been a part of this group and introduced Gabe? Perhaps that is how Gabe and Emilie met each other. Perhaps the symbol of the eye, associated with Hera, a goddess who wasn’t exactly known for her compassion towards children, is her designation.

That still leaves the question why Gabe AND Nathalie act so dismissive towards Audrey, someone presumably more senior and powerfull? Is it an act to avoid weird questions? Dit Gabe feel empowered due to his alliance with Tomoe? Did Audrey do something (see theories about this later)?

If Audrey is indeed the fourth member, a pattern begins to form: they're all wealthy, terrible parents who for one reason or another have (laid new) roots in Paris.

This aligns with my previous comparison of the secret society to the Olympians—gods from all corners of the world who congregated on Mount Olympus, or in this case… Paris.

So, who else could fit?

Potential Members of the Secret Organization

To investigate further, I looked at all parents in the show, and focused on those who are pretty bad (excluding known suspects: Gabriel, Tomoe, Audrey, and Mr. Sancoeur). Those in positions of power are suspicious, and any potential Olympian references would be serious contenders.

I made a few assumptions—most notably that Dupont is a school for the elite. Gabriel would certainly send Adrien to Paris's best school, which can afford a former Olympian as a coach and includes the children of top-tier bakers, a hotel chef, a museum director, and the mayor himself. Either these students have scholarships or very wealthy parents.

Possible Candidates:

Mrs. Kurtzberg: Neglectful and controlling of Nathaniel, an architect—clear reference to Athena. This also implies that Mr. Kurtzberg could be, as an artist, Apollo.

Bob Roth: Terrible father to XY. A skilled music thief aligns with Hermes, who famously stole Apollo’s lyre. Present at the Diamond ball

And finally:

Colt Fathom

You would pressume he would not be in contention, as he is a dead. True, he does not love his family, and is rich. But dead. Or is he… First of all, he is named, which is rare in a show where most parents are not named if not necessary. Only Emilie shared this level of narrative significance despite being pressumed dead… because she was not. This might mean Colt is alive—and that would be very interesting. Especially if he fills the role of Dionysus, a god associated with death and rebirth.

In Gabriel’s final letter to Adrien, he hints Nathalie may survive even though he won’t. He must believe a cure for the Peacock's side effects exists.

Why would he think that, unless he’d seen it happen? There are only three known cases of a Peacock cursing a wielder:

Emilie wasn’t cured.

Nathalie was dying.

(Technically a fourth someone had to be cursed to make Kagami, presumably Tomoe’s husband, however nothing is confirmed. However if you want to count it: Mr. Tsurugi is also dead.)

But Colt, Colt we have only heard from Felix that he is dead. However, for a secret organisation, faking death is not difficult. He could have been cured.

That would explain why the organisation trusted Gabriel: the organisation has the cure so Gabe didn’t need the wish to cure Emilie. He just needed to wish for the better world they al wanted and Emilie would be cured by the organisation. Win-Win for everyone.

However, if Gabe failed, he knew that Emilie would not be resurrected, so Adrien would have to take over. Why? Why would an organisation want a teenager take over instead of a grown woman? Perhaps they want to use Emilie again as blackmail for Adrien? Perhaps they do not trust Emilie? Perhaps Gabe knows that Colt is jealous of him and Emilie and would never allow Emilie to be resurrected out of spite.

Perhaps that is why Gabe and Nathalie hate Audrey. Despite all her power, she would not revive Emilie.

Either way, the Organisation probably knows something about magic and how to use it, and that is why Gabe was confident that Nathalie, a daughter of a member of this organisation, would be saved… even as just a tool.

Which brings us to an even darker theory in part 4: mind-wiping.

TLDR: Secret Organisation has two requirements; 1) rich/powerful and 2) shitty parents, mirroring their inspiration the Olympians. They even lift shitty parents out of the grave if shitty enough. The magic men probably can do more then necromancy as a party trick.

[002yb]

While Roy would argue that the leaky faucet in their apartment adds to its ramshackle, rustic charm, Jason doesn't share the sentiment. The persistent dripping is white noise to Roy, but for Jason it's an irritant. It's a reminder of home and a childhood Jason would rather forget - a too small apartment that was rundown and falling apart, all stained surfaces and broken fixtures because no one cared to take care of anything. Jason doesn't want to live like that again. It's why Jason does so much to keep the place up despite Roy's absence because it's not just a safe house - it's their home.

Which is why when Roy comes home and is greeted with that steady drip, he grimaces. The leaky faucet is something Roy promised to fix months ago and promptly forgets about between so many other responsibilities, but he resolves himself in that moment: today is the day.

Guilt and shame are strong motivators and Roy feels an ample amount of both if only because the place looks as good as it does. Everything is clean and smells fresh in a way that makes Roy feel at ease and yet here he's left Jason to suffer with a faulty sink.

The old saying of, 'happy wife, happy life,' crosses Roy's mind and while they're not married, Roy resolves that he needs to do better by his partner. If not out of love, then certainly because Roy isn't sure he could withstand being at the forefront of Jason's provoked ire.

It's not a hard task. Challenged as Roy likes to be, he finds enjoyment in the straightforward nature of the problem and the clear steps needed to resolve it. Compared to the other work he does, it's mindless and it's something of a relief.

That he's going to get brownie points with Jason is an added bonus.

Jason, who walks into their apartment that's been empty for months while Roy has been tied up with Justice League missions and bureaucracy to find his partner on his back, crowded into the cabinet beneath their sink finally making right on his promise to fix the damn plumbing. Jason, who sees Roy following through and preens about it because the poor kid is all crossed wires and fucked up associations about the men in his life taking care of shit like this. Jason, who comes home and straddles Roy's hips like he's done so often in the past, casual and alluring - the menace.

It takes all of Roy's willpower not to react. For as often as Jason tries to seduce Roy, Roy has been painstakingly mindful to not take advantage. Making Jason happy and flirting around is one thing; letting him believe he has to pay Roy back for fulfilling a promise Roy made months ago and forgot about is another.

"You gonna help?" Roy asks instead.

"Depends on the plumbing." Jason quips, grinding his ass back against Roy to tease him and-

Bang!

It feels good until it doesn't. Roy sees stars for too many reasons and all he can think is that this was karma coming to bite his ass for 1) not fixing the sink sooner and 2) being tempted by the vixen that is Jason Todd.

The weight on his pelvis is gone in an instant and Roy groans in disappointment. Just because he won't come on to Jason doesn't mean that he doesn't enjoy when Jason tries to seduce him. It's his guilty pleasure, fuck!

"Shit, are you okay?" Jason asks through an incredulous laugh, dragging Roy out from beneath the sink by his calves. Roy goes easy, one hand to the bump on his head from hitting the pipes beneath the sink. Jason looks both embarrassed and sheepish and Roy can't say the kid has ever looked more gorgeous than in that moment, hovering over Roy with cool fingers pressed to the swelling bump just beneath the edge of Roy's hat. "My bad," Jason snickers, knocking his knuckles just shy of the hurt.

Roy makes a face at him and, just to tease, torments him with a lighthearted taunt: "Kiss it better?"

The mood has come and gone though, so all Jason gives Roy is a smirk and a pointed kiss to his own hand before he smacks it over Roy's head.

"Maybe after you finish with the sink." Jason says, gesturing to the broken pipe, courtesy of Roy's forehead. Roy turns his attention to it, lips pursed because wow, fuck. That's another trip to the store.

"Since it's your fault-" Roy says and Jason scoffs. Still, when Roy holds out his hand, Jason hoists him up. Roy smiles at him, easy as anything, "-come get the parts with me."

Roy loves the work he does. He's happy to do it, but he's missed this; he's glad to be home.

[eossa]

Hanami

Theme 16 by @eossa

A responsive theme with full support for both NPF and legacy type posts. Closer design-wise to the very original version of Hanami, rather than the revamp. Contained single-column layout, various extras (e.g. dark mode, toggle navigation, updates tab).

Preview here. | Read guide here.

Get the code: Here, here, or here.

[0x1000]

I AM GOING TO FUCKING PASS OUT

[spotaus]

Quick doodle of ec-4o!Dust wearing this fun hat w/ bunny ears I got my hands on the other day!

[izzyhandsy]

BREAKING: man who voted for the “People Getting Their Toes Cut Off Party” gets his toes cut off

(gif from @blairpfaff)