#th: responsive

[yudol-skorbi]

a friend

[emily-e-draws]

something something jumping on that twitter trend

[zephyrine-gale]

ZEPHYRINE IS A EPIC FAAN

SO what are your favorite songs in the sagas of epic???

luck runs out, puppeteer, wouldn't you like, thunder bringer, the challenge, wyfilwma! ramblings will be in the tags ajkdjg

my favorite character is hermes I love his silly horse laugh if i had to draw him rq he'd probably look like this in my style

[codenamethebird]

In my last Hades ramblings, I was discussing in a broader sense how I'm hoping to see fragmenting of Melinoe's allies as Prometheus sways many of the mortals (or mortal adjacent) to his side. I mentioned Icarus very briefly in that mortal group because his dialogue in response to finding out Prometheus is their enemy is him being quite confused by that. Which I mentioned it mostly to highlight the trend of reactions from mortals basically all going "wait our favorite dude is fighting against us... huh", not because I genuinely thought Icarus would turn against Melinoe.

But I've ruminated on Icarus more, as well as got some more dialogue from him and about him in game, and found an interesting trend.

Icarus is a character on borrowed time. It comes up constantly (I recently got Circe's dialogue on it), that he's only allowed to fly freely as he does while the gates of Hades are open. Once they defeat Chronos, and everything goes back to "normal," he will be shoved back in the underworld, never to fly again.

Icarus' whole thing is that he was raised in a prison, was allowed to fly freely for a beautiful moment, before daring to fly a bit too high, and then went tumbling to his death. And then upon his death, he was constrained to a different prison. And in a more metaphorical sense, he's shackled to his shitty dad's legacy too.

Of course Icarus recognizes that if Chronos is defeated he'll be trapped again. That the skies he loves will be once more a faded memory, but chooses to fight for the gods anyway. To fight with Melinoe who he obviously cares a lot about. Which is why I never really considered him "betraying" her.

But hmm, idk. Like I said, I just got Circe's dialogue on him, so it's on the brain. But she basically goes "awww that boys so helpful. Shame he can't fly forever, but it hey, it is what it is, hehe." Just the casual acceptance of it all. And she's just one example of that sentiment. That of course he'll step back into his accepted place when this is all over, that he has to or he will suffer the consequences. Icarus has been fighting endlessly for the gods, but they don't even consider an exception or anything really. Mortals can not fly too close to the sun.

So, while Icarus has expressed otherwise, and I don't think he was lying, I do wonder if down the line, faced with the choice to follow the gods back into a prison this time he will never get to leave or soar once more in the sky he adores... which will he choose?

[dykedvonte]

I think acting like Jimmy’s struggles on Earth were like legal or related to being a criminal are so odd. Not in a bad way but just odd.

Like don’t get me wrong, I personally believe he’s had a run in with the law but I feel like it’d be minor, not even something that would get him a record. It could’ve, but it was dropped, not worth the time to pursue someone that down on their luck, probably not a dime to his name.

He’s a bad guy don’t get me wrong but it’s seems like his issues were with not being well-adjusted? In the whole sense, he’s snarky and unnecessary rude. He’s quick to anger and says things to pit people against each other. He likely doesn’t have many friends and we know he’s not financially well. I think tacking on bad traits diminishes the fact of what he did. Trying to fit him to that obviously evil arch type is a little bland to what he actually is. He’s normal enough to be a minor blip on the radar and that’s how he gets away with what he does.

Jimmy is ultimately scared of being in trouble. He gets into it but panics. He hates being confronted and he just doesn’t do things were he knows or perceives a bad outcome will happen to him.

[mishoarts]

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calling for this fandom to gather up and creat more peak content again fn so red can enjoy content instead of worrying about making some ☝︎★

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[blonde-and-cat-suc]

Catra being anxious and having panic attacks over the bad things she did is actually counter productive to any hypothetical scenario where she is self reflecting and/or receiving constructive criticism.

Her potentially having crippling anxiety over being an asshole in the past PREVENTS and/or DELAYS any changes she might potentially make.

Making this character spiral over moral dilemmas does not inherently mean she’s actively working to change her ways. Her being afraid of facing her badness does not make her good; it simply means she has anxieties toward constructive criticism/dialogue.

[ppeasants]

trauma responses but make it about Time Hollow Hunter and Luz

it's the way that it's the same it always has been, for so long, yet it's so different now. So much worse.

How Hunter's first response will always be fawn. How he grew up under the thumb of an abuse uncle, a genocidal tyrant who made sure his every move was perfect. How Belos would manipulate him, either with honeyed words or with harsh punishments, to make sure he did what he was told. How Hunter learned not to displease him, to give up everything about himself, just to make sure he live another day.

How that hasn't really changed, even after his time in the Mindscape. How he learned that he was only created to serve, to be that mindless puppet, and how he subconsciously embraced that, his fawning becoming even worse. How he had to relive each and every memory, only exacerbating every response he's developed, turning that need to be useful towards every other authority figure, once he's out, just to make sure he's the only one that's hurting (turning that to Luz, making sure she gets everything she needs, making sure she never hurts again).

It's the way that Luz learns to freeze. How she's always been so loud, so outspoken, so free in the human realm. How she never seemed to learn her lesson, no matter how much adults tried to tell her. How she would always take the berating, the verbal abuse and just go back being herself. How she take the bullying, the loneliness, never telling anyone, dissociating, just taking it all and holding it in.

How that only got worse, when she was trapped by Belos. When she was hurt, beaten, tortured, told she could live when she gave herself up, admitted to helping him kill his Grimwalker and finish the Day of Unity. How she would never do that, could never do that.

How at first, she didn't say anything out of spite, and how that turned into her escape. How she would begin to dissociate, just to make it past this session, the next session, waking up later to her own screams as the pain comes back to her, her freezes the only thing that keeps her sane, keeps her alive. How that carries over even afterwards, how every slight is met with dissociation, with escape, just make sure she doesn't give up anything, making sure that she's never around during the moment, making sure that she's the only one hurting (turning that to hunter, making sure he's never found, never hurt by anyone again).

It's the way that those instincts, those learned responses are completely disregarded when the other one is hurt.

How both of them throw away every coping mechanism they've developed to survive, instead choosing to fight. Fight everything, fight everyone, fight the world, just to make sure the other is safe.

How Hunter, who sacrifices everything about himself, who has had the instinct to fight beaten out of him, will throw away all of that, will hurt anyone, will kill anyone, just to make sure she can see another day free.

How Luz, who hides into herself, who knows that it's better to say nothing, do nothing, how fighting will only lead to worse consequences, will fight tooth and nail, sweat and blood, just to make sure Hunter can live another day happy.

It's the way that for so long, it was only ever them against the world. And no matter how removed they are from that, how safe they may be, it will never be anything but them against the world.

And they will fight. It's the only choice they know how to make.

[hauntingblue]

The king and queen are visiting Paiporta and they receive them with mud xd two men have spoken to the king and told him to do something, but we all know that he is going to go to his palace and cross his arms because It's literally the only thing he can do. Is this what had to happen for people to realize that asking the king for help is nonsense? He has no power, he is only there to parade around. They have kicked out volunteers from the site to let the king and his escorts (police and military) pass, which is the first time they have touched that ground and they are going to do NOTHING. The president is doing the same. The president of Valencia is doing the same.

[apostle-therock-peter]

"welcome to america" by lecrae is the closest a mainstream christian musician can get to anarchist christian/socialist christian/communist christian without people noticing because they're just grooving to lecrae's masterful flows and the epic beats and "this couldn't happen to me" etc etc etc

[spurgie-cousin]

have any of y'all seen that one new tiktok family The Resilient Jenkins or something like that? they're a blended family of 2 adults and soon to be 5 kids (and 2 cats) that went viral because the mom posts a lot about how they all live in a one bedroom apartment

and my first thought here is ok, I don't know what they've had to go through to get to this point so I'm going to withhold judgement. people fall on hard times, shit happens, who knows. but then i went down the rabbit hole......

this family isn't outwardly Christian or fundie that i can tell but i do get a vibe that there's something going on there. according to the mom they've been in that apartment for a few years, with the parents sleeping in the master bedroom and all the kids sleeping in the living/dining room on foam pads, yet they still have chosen to get pregnant several times. now that could just be their bad decision making, but something about it feels belief driven to me idk. the wife also makes a point to say she does everything she can to "serve" her husband, and help him chase "his" dreams, which all rings very new age trad movement to me.

and this is not to shame anyone who works doordash (i was one of them) but the motivation behind the creation of this account seems to be income because the only other paycheck come from her husband working DD.

idk they're really blowing up right now for negative reasons, i probably won't keep track of them just because of the child exploitation of it all. it just is wild to me how these parents will do anything for even negative internet attention (the mom says repeatedly that she fully expected tons of negative attention) and include their kids in it for money. and I understand it's hard out here, I've been broke as well, but c'mon man..........

[fisksaturday]

being someone who cares a lot about animal welfare and also who is constantly thinking about the secret saturdays is really funny. like yeah komodo dragons and primates should not be kept as pets or raised like humans. but i will make an exception because they are so polite

[truecorvid]

shorted on my paycheck AGAIN (second time this year at least) because somehow my request to be paid for the days i was out sick wasn't processed correctly. or some shit

[prankprincess123]

The guy that I've been going out with (haven't DTRed and only 8ish official dates over like 5mo so I don't think he's officially my boyfriend, and I'm bad with feelings and love-lives, but neither of us have gone out with anyone else in that time - I've barely had time in my schedule for that much socializing - and we've hung out around uni & church enough that it feels a bit weird to refer to him as just a friend or 'date-mate') and I have been recommending books and movies to eachother, and I was really surprised to like Frieren as I am very particular about which anime I actually like. And then I got to the mirrored lotus semi-proposal bit before realizing that Himmel & Frieren's relationship is supposed to be romantic, and given that it seems that the end of that episode is when Frieren starts to clue into the nature of their dynamic too, I'm starting to clue into why he recommended this series to me...

[fagtron2000]

Who wants to ask me about him

So nice you see him twice

[c-kiddo]

btw thank u to people who add comments in tags on my art and things i make because i was thinking abt how i post art for the connection over making something, and how a lot of the time posting art feels like putting a lot of effort into something and then chucking it into a silent blank void. so basically thank u for people who connect with things with me its cool of u 🫶