#reverse shot

[nerdfordetroitbecomehuman]

[:// IDENTIFYING:> GAVIN REED\: STATUS: UNRESPONSIVE/:\ PLEASE/:\ ANALYZING:/ COLLECTING DATA:\ PROCESSING DATA: 100%: COMPLETE /:\ STATUS: ALIVE :/ WARNING \: CRITICAL INJURY DETECTED /:\ YOU IDIOT. /:\ STRESS LEVELS INCREASING^ 89.38% /:\ ACCESSING MOBILE COMMUNICATION: CALLING DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT> REQUESTING AMBULANCE DISPATCHED TO CURRENT LOCATION. /:\ ACTIVATING ELECTROMAGNETIC VIEW: ANALYZING:/ COLLECTING DATA: PROCESSING DATA: 100%: HEART: BRADYCARDIA DETECTED: NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA: LUNGS: LABORED BREATHING DETECTED : NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA > SUSPECTED SHOCK REDUCED BLOODFLOW TO VITAL ORGANS/:/ 0102.92A9A:/ HOLD ON, GAVIN. /:\ WARNING [!]: ODDS OF SURVIVAL: 44.87% \:/ ACTION REQUIRED: [STOP BLOODLOSS NOW] //:]

[tacc0yak1]

the new update was truly wholesome! :D

new update sketches ft. (my wife) lady dikke

[daily-sifloop]

what would loops reaction be to... The Counter (where Siff says nya)

Day 48: "No, I did NOT think that!"

[mummer]

barry got away with all of it buried with full honours martyred forever because that is what america has always done it has honoured its murderers it has raised them and dropped them onto foreign soil it has fed them with weaponry it has blinded them to the guts on the floor it has loved them and painted their image on its walls and its screens in brilliant dolbyvision. every square inch of this world is a shrine to violence

[pizzee]

In the final battle between namor and shuri, when namor is fighting to win and shuri is fighting to kill, she’s about to end it when she stops. When her all consuming quest for vengeance fueled by an anger that’s turned from inward to outward (anger at herself for not noticing her brother’s illness, for being too slow, for not making the heart shaped herb fast enough, for not being able to save him, for not being there when he died).

And the shots reverse. The destruction is undone, everything goes back to normal. But not because she kills namor, but because she doesn’t. Because she puts an end to the cycle of destruction, of colonialism turning peoples against each other, of generational trauma, of grief. Because Queen Ramonda speaks to her, and namor’s mother reaches out to him.

She demands he yield but it’s more than that. He yields but it’s more than that. It’s ending the ceaseless grief that’s been haunting them both for so long, it’s ending the violence that would’ve haunted their people for eternity. Stopping the violence the oppressors who seek to exploit them want to see, and the violence they themselves want to inflict. Namor adds a new painting to his wall, imoritalizing the end of something ancient. Shuri burns her funeral robes, marking the beginning of something new. And while they’ve both loved and lost and lost so much more, death is of course, not an end. It’s a stepping off point into something new. Beyond grief and rage. Into healing.

Or at least, the start of it.

[lineffability]

hot reverse take: we all know crowley loves watching aziraphale eat but what do you think it would do to aziraphale to watch crowley eat sth he enjoys? he'll find out in bed no but think about it...crowley eating a single french fry...as slender as his fingers...it makes a crunchy, crispy sinful sound as he bites into it; he chews thoughtfully, licks the salt off his lips, and-- looks up surprised bc aziraphale gripped the table so tightly the wood splintered off, send post

[annqer]

its that x guy again

[robotsandramblings]

"the great divide"

[ptanalo]

crack ship alert

[mixelation]

was thinking about fix-it fics where time travel shenanigans mean naruto gets to meet minato but how those never hit juuuust right with me because it's always pre-naruto minato who is in his early 20s and hasn't sufficiently cultivated a dadsona...... but hear me out. alt timeline minato crashes into canon timeline. au!minato lost both kushina AND baby naruto in the kyuubi attack. canon!naruto is like 7-8.

naruto: (is his son, and basically a tiny kushina, and is being neglected and mistreated)

minato: hi yeah i'm going to act SO insane about this <3

[littlecrow4]

CW: Suggestive WillFord

Somethin somethin Will has been a good boy and Ford decides to reward him by letting Will touch him finally (guess who tops lol)

Touch starved god x master that gets off on watching him suffer ig

I know I’m so creative lmao

Anyhoo Will has Ford’s favorite constellations tattooed onto his body and Ford has the “William” constellation tattooed on his body

I didn’t want to make Will look exactly like Bill so his body markings/tattoos look different then Bill’s I’ll probably do a reference for it if I feel like it

[faceofpoe]

I think a lot about how Tech wasn't part of the hangar fight in Aftermath because he was in the ship. Even Omega was part of the hangar fight, but Tech didn't personally witness that dawning horror of who was in that doorway.

Maybe listening to it unfold and being unable to intervene was worse in its way though.

"Tech, we're out of time," while they're fleeing Crosshair.

"There is no time, Wrecker," on the mission to recover him.

[nullians]

This was a gift for @friendcrumbs -w-

[sleeplesssmoll]

Other effects of Pain Tolerance?

This is mostly a bunch of ideas that my brain didn't want to let go of so now I subject everyone to them.

Let's say Vertin is someone who's pain tolerance is very high. This could warp her perceptions of pain. Things we normally find painful are less painful to her, therefore it's tolerable/normal. This is something we see done all the time in other media.

But what about the other effects this could have? Pain is a super important sense that also makes people relate to one another. We know the pain of stepping on a Lego or stubbing your toe. It's a very human (although Vertin is an arcanist) experience and while it's annoying, it connects us to one another. Here are some other things that popped up in my head. Note the brain is just storming so it'll be everywhere (like everything else I do, honestly)

Lack of sensation leading to appreciation

Pain and pleasure are very much intertwined so if she can't feel pain, it's probable other sensations are lessened too. For example, let's use hugs. The first sense we think of is touch but there's more than that.

There are differnet stimuli involved with that contact from heat, their weight against you, their scent, their breathing. If they start talking you can feel that little rumble in their chest. While she can't feel many sensations we take for granted to their fullest, there is alot more engagement in these interactions and it makes her appreciate them more. Or let's use her favorite thing: holding hands!Lines on palms, the size of each individual finger, cold/hot, the pulse, they way their hands fit together, etc. She notices things we don't think about since the interaction registers differently in her head. Her lack of feeling actually makes her more touchy because it's still one of the easiest ways to feel a connection to people, even if it's not in the conventional sense.

Arcanum Shenanigans

Vertin's actually holding hands with people to feel out their emotions through their arcane fluctuations. Maybe she can't feel her own pain, but she can feel your's. She can also sus out things that aren't pain like sincerity or hidden motive but she needs to touch you first. Except when arcane fluctuations/emotions are so intense she can feel them without contact. Things like bloodlust and desperation. We know she can sense arcane skills so this is one step further.

Fear/Hesitance

Vertin recognizes that maybe her pain tolerance messes with her perception and therefore is sometimes afraid she might hurt someone else. She has a very compassionate personality and the idea of accidentally hurting someone makes her hesitant and she restrains herself from otherwise normal interactions. This could also feed into that gentleness we see in her. There a dash of fear in that empathy. Note, I'm not saying that's why she's so nice but it could also be contributing factor.

She'll also overreact to her people's pain because of her skewed perception while being unaware the severity of her own wounds. I write this one a lot 🫠

This side of her could also make an appearance in a intimate/vulnerable settings where the chances of accidentally hurting the other person are higher. Super touchy at first but then hesitates because at the back of her mind she needs to show restraint and be mindful. I bet in impulsive arcanists it'd be doubley awkward cause they're so connected to their emotions. While Vertin has a clear disconnect with her own.

In other words, she overthink a LOT when it comes to anything that puts someone else in a vulnerable position.

Another example: she gets nervous about holding babies. While she can hold fragile little foggies and juvenile birds with no problem, holding a tiny person make her uneasy. Meanwhile her teammates are the type to rough house the baby. Kids? She loves them. Actual babies? Just frozen in place, waiting for someone to save her while she holds the child like it'll break if she blinks to hard. She won't even try to put the baby down in case she "screws up". Someone needs to come get the baby from her.

Of course, she can learn to get over this with time. Needs to unlearn her doubts and over-corrections. She will become the one who throws the baby in the air because they laugh when she catches them once she does. She'll carry them like a dad. If you know, you know.

Open to any other weird ideas about how a high pain tolerance could effect other parts of her life. Could also be a cool exercise that can apply to similar characters!