#the parallels are just amazing

[wolfsbanesparks]

you could make a case that Blaze and Satanus want the Rock of Eternity not because they need it for anything, but because it's the only thing left that Shazam could give them. he's denied them care, affection, guidance, and he definitely doesn't love them, so what is left to take but his power?

even if Shazam had raised them, he most likely would not have given them the Rock of Eternity. that space is reserved for his champion. but they feel that they're owed something from him, and at this point it doesn't really matter what that something is.

also if you're running with the idea that Billy was orphaned as a result of a relative cheating him out of his inheritance, it makes for a nifty parallel.

I think this is a really good way to look at it. And a great way to add nuance to their characters.

A lot of Blaze and Satanus's anger at Shazam stems from his rejection of them and the deliberate refusal to give them what they believe is their birthright as his children. It think it makes a lot of sense that those feelings are compounded by the fact that Shazam made the choice to deny them any affection, condemning them because he sees them as inherently evil because of who their mother is.

At the heart of a lot of the evil the two of them do is this need to prove themselves, to prove that they are as great if not greater than their father. Controlling the Rock of Eternity is equal parts a power grab and a middle finger to Shazam. Which is why they are doubly angry that some random human child was granted the one thing they believed Shazam could give them.

And not for nothing, by rejecting them at birth, Shazam all but guaranteed that they wouldn't have any good influences in their lives, which made his belief that they are evil a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And I absolutely love the parallel you've drawn here with Billy and Ebenezer! It's such a good way to create understanding and empathy between them! Billy may initially see them as pure evil (as Shazam had) but this may be a way for him to understand that things (and people) are so rarely black and white. Even if that empathy doesn't go both ways, Billy would know what it's like to have someone who was supposed to care for you take everything from you at a very young age and would try to make things right.

[pocketgalaxies]

Me and my friends are going are going on a mission that is important and could change a lot of stuff, and I feel like something bad is gonna happen. There's doom on the horizon. But I still think it's right that we're going. (for @overnighttosunflowers)

[nightmarerose1]

Just realized that two of My favorite ships from this year have a lot in common:

🐍🍒🦖🃏

A lot in common…..LIKE COME THE FUCK ON 😭💔

WHY CANT THESE GIRLS BE HAPPY WITH THEIR ADORABLE MAN 😩💔

Bonus: Pomni didn’t even get to say goodbye or give him/got a goodbye kiss like this girl is not really getting a win huh😔

….WAIT DID WE EVEN GET A FUNERAL FOR GUMMIGOO ALL WE GOT WAS HIS MARKETABLE PLUSHIE 😫 (it’s cute tho definitely will buy it when I get the chance)

Bonus: Like father like son killing off the boys we got attached to😒

[winchestergifs]

Supernatural (2005-2020) Merlin (2008-2012)

For @theedorksinlove Happy Birthday Alice!

[ingravinoveritas]

Love like that will surely come my way...

[whogirl42]

If I had a nickel for every time Katie McGrath played a character who... was adopted at a young age by a rich and powerful family with a prejudice against anyone not strictly human, (that she later rebelled against, wanting her abilities to be recognized as a force for good), had a brother who was the clear golden child who she was close with as kids only to later grow apart due to irreconcilable moral and political differences, had her adoptive father be revealed to be her biological father, had sapphic vibes with a woman who she was close with in her youth (who later went on to lead an empire) before an apparent betrayal soured the friendship, had a close friendship (with major romantic undertones from day 1) with someone who hid their special abilities from her, resulting in a massive feeling of betrayal and a turn to the dark side, discovered as an adult that a close female relative she never knew is in fact a witch - and that she is also a witch...

I’d have two nickels.

Which isn’t much, but it’s weird it happened twice

[horrorlesbion]

lolita, my love || interview with the vampire 02x07 "i could not prevent it"

bonus:

[berrydoodleoo]

i am the emissary and i shall never die

[minjielle]

SUPERNOVA (2024) VON DUTCH (2024)

[glitchylaptop]

heyo there-

[happygirl2oo2]

Season 5, Episode 16 (top two gifs) and Season 6, Episode 21 (bottom two gifs)

[eight-pointed-star]

[bobafettuccini]

Seen a lot of folks making the connection between The Amazing Digital Circus and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. I love that. I 100% agree. But that wasn't the first piece of lit I associated with it.

I immediately thought of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre.

You may be familiar with this as the play that inspired the tv show The Good Place. Three dead people are put into a room together and discover:

1) They are fundamentally incompatible and being together is torture

and

2) They cannot leave

And thus realize that being together is hell and this is their enternal punishment.

I don't know if it's just me, but the characters in TADC don't actually seem to like each other. They may be used to each other by this point, even tolerant of each other, but they certainly don't get along. None of them are "friends" in the way we would traditionally describe it.

Zooble hates everyone and wants nothing to do with any of this. Jax is a smartass who intentionally creates chaos and is mean to others because he thinks it's funny. Kinger is very unstable and one step away from losing it. Gangle is so consumed with their own emotions that they won't acknowledge anyone else's. Ragatha is the nicest of them, but even she dismisses Pomni's fears and refuses to listen. Pomni is a coward who's desperate to get out and abandons the others at the first opportunity she gets. And Caine and Bubble are.. Caine and Bubble.

These personalities don't mesh well. We don't see any big moments of solidarity or friendship between them. I don't think they hate each other, but there's no love or fondness between them either.

Are they placed in there intentionally to torment each other to madness and abstraction? Idk. I just wanted to throw the parallel out there.

[wikitpowers]

kitty and merthur parallels bc i'm sad pt.1 (beware of spoilers!)

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[coconut530]

PROPOSAAAAALLLLLLL

[ingravinoveritas]

2020:

2024:

(With thanks to @mobius-m-mobius for the gif!)