#theory of civility

[roukabi]

it's for real this time you guys trust me it's really gonna happen

[manticorecure]

pvpwemmbu i will pay you FIVE HUNDRED real life dollars if you betray the swords . Please evbo please i need my mutigny . Please youcant keep them from me now we're so close plea se

[abyssiniapleasant]

no because its two realities. the pilot was what shauna believes, that everyone was crazy, and enjoying themselves and fully lost to the wilderness. this is obviously not true, but it's what she believes, as it's easier to justify than knowing it was just her who wanted to hunt and kill.

the finale is what everyone else believes, that they tried their best to stop it and worked together and it was only shauna hunting, but this also isn't true. they all hold responsibility for mari's death. the hunt wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for akilah, they could have done more to stand up to shauna and they all ate her, even if they didn't want to. this is their way of justifying what happened, by putting it all on shauna (I am not saying that shauna did not cause the brunt of this horror, because she did, but no-one is completely innocent).

neither stories are true, and neither are lies. both realities exist at the same time, there is no real timeline it's just deeply flawed perception and memory, in both versions

[wandixx]

GIW made a lot of mistakes and the biggest one was going against Young Justice part 2

part one is here

@whimsicalchaosgarden you asked to be tagged, sorry it took so long

Trigger warnings: mentions of experimentation and dehumanization (tell me if there is more appropriate way of phrasing it)

“So,” Robin started, taking the voice recorder out of his utility belt. “It'll probably be best if we get an explanation while making an accident report. This way we get it all over sooner”

Everyone agreed with this idea, standing in the loose circle in the debriefing area to make it all feel more serious. They had limited time before the next batch of cookies needed to be taken out of the oven and there was no way they all wouldn't devolve into chaos when it happened. M’gann knew from experience. 

To make sure they wouldn't take too long and cookies wouldn't turn on the fire alarm (again) both she and Danny set a timer.

In the meantime they had to learn who actually attacked them earlier.

“Phantom do the honors”

Danny froze for a moment, looking like deer caught in the headlight before he asked in a bit squeaky voice:

“How do I make an accident report?”

“Just say what happened but make it sound fancy,” Artemis explained. 

“Make a mission report and we'll fix it along the way,” Kaldur proposed.

“Answer ‘When? Where? Who was involved? What happened? What have you done about it?’ without excessive use of puns to avoid Bat-lecture” Robin helped, already in handstand.

“Bat-lecture? Really Rob?”

“So it's like lab report lite” Danny said before Robin did anything more than squawk indignantly “Alright, I can do it. Do you have any set phrase to start? And which accident report is it, in the database?"

“44th… How about ‘[Hero name], report’? Sounds serious enough.”

Everyone agreed, so after a moment of silence Kaldur did the honors.

“Phantom, report”

Danny straightened, rolling his shoulders back and locked his eyes in the middle distance. It was a bit eerie how fast he went from relaxed and goofy to almost emotionless statue. M’gann wished to never encounter it again, thank you very much.

“Incident report no. 45 made by Young Justice member Phantom, regarding an attack from earlier today, 26th April 20XX. The Young Justice Team, later referred to as the Team, went on a trip to an amusement park staying currently in the city of Happy Harbour. It was an activity meant to strengthen interpersonal relationships within the Team, previously green-lit by Red Tornado. Every member was in civilian attire as per protocol. Around 3:15 PM, after two and a half hours, the Team were disturbed by a group of ten armed people, recognized by member Phantom as belonging to Ghost Investigation Ward, colloquially known as GIW or Guys In White because of their uniforms. Later in the report the organization will be referred to as the GIW. Two shots were fired by the assailants, targeting but not reaching member Phantom. Members of the GIW were hostile but with use of humor and threat of legal actions, the Team managed to diffuse the situation before it endangered passerbys. Despite direct attack, none of the Team members’ identities were compromised. Assailants left the confrontation with belief that Phantom left his ectoplasmic signature on an unrelated civilian. Agents refused to admit they were working for the GIW since its operations break a couple of laws of the state Rhode Island. Because of that, their appearance was reported to local law enforcement and taken care of. No injuries or damage to the city infrastructure were sustained other than two burns in the asphalt in the place of confrontation. Required follow-up with local law enforcement in civilian attire as victims of assault. End of report” Danny sighed, easing back into a more natural position. “This good?” he asked, with a sheepish smile.

“Perfect”

“How are you so good at reporting? You didn’t even know what to do a second ago? That’s just unfair”

“I used to write my parent’s lab reports. It’s pretty similar in form”

“Lab-”

“Follow-up to the report only, Kid-Flash,” Robin interrupted “Phantom. elaborate on who were the assailants”

Danny stepped back from himself again.

“GIW is a ghost hunting organization supported and accredited by the state government in Illinois, legally operating also in states Wisconsin and Ohio. Their goal is to catch and examine ecto-entities to learn more about their biology and ways to obliterate them. Obviously their plans for experimentation don’t include consideration of ghosts’ well-being”

“Damn, that’s messed up”

“They wouldn't catch a blob ghost if they tried,” Danny shrugged, though something was wrong with the gesture. She wasn't sure though, so she moved on.

“Then why were you scared?” M’gann pressed on instead.

“My parents… are, you know, prominent ghost hunters so when GIW opened we all got a tour around the whole building. The lab was… it made me imagine things I wished I had never thought about”

“They have labs? Like evil labs?” Robin perked up like a kid who just heard that Christmas came early. “How could you hide it from us?!” he added, falling to hang on Danny's shoulder. He twirled a bit to catch the left one even though before he stood on halfa’s right side. Dramatic as always “Conner, we have a birthday gift for you!”

“What does GIW’s lab have to do with my birthday?”

“The potential!” Robin yelled, straightening for a better effect.

Everyone started laughing. Well, everyone other than Conner who just looked at them confused.

“He probably wants to storm another lab, bring up nostalgia of our first meeting,” Kaldur calmed down just enough to explain.

“Tell me you wouldn't like to punch an evil scientist,” Wally added, almost dropping to the floor. 

“This does sound nice”

“And THIS is exactly the reason why I haven't told you all. Thanks for spoiling my surprise Rob,” Danny lied, though he did his best to sound truthful. He even projected some false mirth.

It would take much more to trick M’gann though. She abruptly stopped laughing.

“You're lying. Why actually haven't you told us?” she demanded maybe a little too harshly, but she was worried. Everyone froze for a moment, before turning to look at Danny.

“They're all bark no bite, and aim worse than Stormtroopers’, so I haven't considered them important enough to report”

Other's didn’t know, of course, but M’gann knew just how terrified Danny was during the confrontation and how echoes of that fear soured air around him even hours later.

Everyone did realize this explanation was a tone of bullshit though. 

Apparently incredulous stares were enough of the response.

“You and the Justice League have more important things to deal with than some shitty local laws”

“Bullshit again,” Artemis burst her lips “This is exactly what Justice League is for”

“I already found people to help me lobby against them”

“And why aren't we on the list?” 

Danny fell silent, not looking anyone in the eyes, which was quite a feat considering they had him in a half circle. M’gann considered moving to his side to show her support. Stare down like that had to be quite stressful.

Why not actually. She stepped closer, and drew him in the loose side hug. Danny tensed, which wasn't abnormal for him. He usually relaxed in about thirty seconds, if he didn't, she'd let go.

“I didn't expect them to breach the containment…”

“Each of these lies is worse, you know? Like, insulting our intelligence level of worse,” Artemis interrupted once more, pinning him with her eyes alone “Give us truth or stop talking”

Danny raised his head to look back at Artemis and mimed zipping his mouth shut and throwing the key away. 

“Really?”

Boy just shrugged, not breaking eye contact.

“Alright, let's move on to the next question, how did it get approved in the first place?” Wally interrupted, waving his hand between them. They both shook off like dogs fresh out of water.

“Couldn't you wait five more seconds until I won?” 

“Ha! You wish Artemis. Though you could give us a moment”

“I gave you literal ages”

Danny snorted “Sorry, I keep forgetting how impatient you are”

“Oh shut up, my brain is just faster than yours, you slowpokes”

“Sure, sure”

“He made a good point,” Kaldur said “This shouldn’t even pass. And even if, you’re legally a Meta”

“Normal ghosts aren’t and halfas being a thing is not exactly common knowledge among the living”

“I’ll never get used to this distinction”

“I believe in you, Rob”

“What about ‘Extraterrestrial, extradimensional and otherwise previously unincluded’ Optional Protocol to the ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’?”

“Oh my god Conner, you’re the only person to say the whole name ever”

“Hey!”

“It all comes down to the definition of the ghost and the fact that Alien addition uses sentience and sapience as a ground to give anyone said rights. And also, US signed it but didn’t ratify it so…”

“Isn’t it same thing?”

“Nope. I thought so too, but apparently signing anything means nothing unless it’s also ratified, so I’m kinda fucked. Can’t even get the UN to frown at them disapprovingly, because officially, nothing was agreed to. And you know, even if they ratified it, ecto-scientists conducted enough research to prove we aren’t sapient enough to have these rights anyway. Just most of the states didn’t need to make a law out of it”

“That’s rough buddy”

“Are you really quoting Avatar at me right now? Really Artemis?”

“Yes”

“Wasn’t Avatar this movie with blue people? I don’t think they said that there”

M’gann wasn’t quite sure why human members seemed to be appalled by the question.

“We’re going to fix that later-”

“What exactly is there to be fixed, because I feel like we’re talking about to different things”

“- but for now can we go back to the whole ‘ghosts have no rights in Illinois’ thing” Robin continued, completely ignoring Conner’s questions.

“Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio. There are portals to the Zone in two of these states. GIW already tried to send nuke through one of them”

“How Americana of them,” Kaldur muttered.

“If you have another insane tidbit about them, please share it all now. My mind can’t utilize any more revelations like that”

“I handled it, don’t worry”

“Someone tried to nuke literal Afterlife…”

“Yup, get on the schedule Kid Flash. You’re supposed to be fast”

M’gann knocked her arm into his, kinda as a ‘don’t be mean’ message. Danny kinda tensed, but soon relaxed back and moved his head as if he wanted to lay it on her shoulder. Excitement of the day was clearly catching up to him.

M’gann wouldn’t be mad if he did laid his head there.

“Why do we learn about it just now?”

“I wrote the report, not my fault you haven’t read it”

“Can’t fault us for assuming we’d know every important thing from your endless bitching!”

Danny straightened and laughed, in this horrible humorless way that made M’gann want to claw at her brain until she couldn’t hear or sense any of it.

Instead, she brought her other hand up and just held him tighter.

Thankfully the whole spectacle didn’t last long.

“It’s cute that you think I bitch about anything important”

“Phantom…”

“Don’t Phantom me right now. Even if by some miracle they managed to send the missile to the Zone, it most likely wouldn’t have worked. They’re mostly just a joke.”

“They managed to shot you. Right upper arm or shoulder”

“Don’t deny it, we’ve seen you wince when I leaned on you and when M’gann hugged you”

Martian tried to let go hearing that, but Danny held her in place. She stayed where she was but carefully moved her hand away from the slightly damp area on his shirt. She suddenly caught on everything that was wrong with him, now that she knew to look for it.

“I got worse from the hand of my house’s security system”

“You… understand that it’s… like… way worse, right?”

“You don’t know life until you hear threats of dissection against your alter ego after stopping death ray with bowl of cereal,” he said, relaxing more into her side again. He sounded absolutely exhausted.

“Do you want to move in here? Until we deal with this whole GIW and assorted mess?” she said instead. Conner nodded, surprisingly eager to share the space that he considered somewhat sacred.

“Nope, I’m good, I’m needed there”

“You could Zeta- yeah, no, nevermind, it wasn’t good idea. But we could make it work”

“You still should-”

“It’s fine. I mean, I have it handled and it doesn’t affect that many people. And we’re working on it. It’s fine”

“It really is not,” Conner growled.

“You need your arm patched up” M’gann demanded, ignoring previous conversation, with eyes still fixed on the blood that stained her forearm. She should’ve destroyed at least Operative K.

“I bandaged it up”

“It soaked through then. Let’s go to med–”

Loud shrill interrupted her, because of course it did.

“Oh, look, convenient distraction! Let’s take the cookies out before they get burned!”

“We’ll talk about it tomorrow,” M’gann stated in a way that allowed no argument “You’re getting away for now only because I’m holding most of your weight right now”

“Sure we will. And I can stand on my own, thank you very much”

“I’ve heard many lies today and this might be the worst of them. We’re going to Medbay as soon as the cookies are out”

“You’ve got it boss”

[mystisophia]

I love how Starker were obsessed with each other before they even met in person.

So, hear me out:

Let’s start with Peter. It’s already been confirmed that he’s the kid Tony saved in Iron Man 2 (this is further reinforced in Deadpool & Wolverine, where, in the scene with Happy and Deadpool in Happy’s office, we see the same photo of Peter and Tony that Tony had in Endgame but Peter’s face is covered by the helmet that the kid in Iron Man 2 was wearing, the helmet hides that part of the photo, so it's even more obvious this fact-)

So, knowing that Peter is the kid from Iron Man 2, we can say he admired Tony from a very young age, an Iron Man fanboy through and through. His admiration is evident throughout the movies.

And if we consider something outside the movies, in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, Season 1, Episode 5 ("Flight of the Iron Spider"), it's implicitly stated that Peter has a "man crush" on Tony. This episode showcases even more of Peter’s admiration and knowledge of Tony <3

So, for Peter, Iron Man isn’t just a hero or a role model- he’s his damn celebrity crush.

Now, let’s move on to Tony.

Tony didn’t just randomly show up at Peter’s apartment in Civil War. No, he had already planned to do so (maybe not at that moment but the moment required it). He had a suit ready for him. And (important detail) the moment he talked to Natasha about needing backup, Peter was immediately on his mind. It was his time to meet him, the perfect recruit.

So, I can only imagine Tony one day randomly discovering Spider-Man’s videos and his heroic feats and becoming completely fascinated.

His powers. His abilities.

"Wow! Nice catch. 3,000 pounds, 40 miles an hour—it's not easy."

His moves. Everything about him, his persona.

I mean, yes, Tony had a damn Norse god, Hulk, a super-spy, a 100-year-old supersoldier, an insanely skilled archer, and a literal chaos witch on his team. But no. No. Peter was something else, Spiderman was something else.

Tony Freaking Stark spent hours and hours designing a suit for a person he had never met and didn’t even know would want to be on the team.

But come on. He’s Tony Stark. He gets what he wants.

And, honestly, who wouldn’t want to be an Avenger?

They’re the Avengers, man!

Tony spent hours in his workshop designing and perfecting the Spider-Man suit, nearly putting it on par with the Iron Man armor. Obsessed.

(Also, he hated that "onesie" Peter wore. Hehe.)

And if we want to go dirtier with this… Considering Tony’s resources and how easily he could dig up information on someone, it wouldn’t be surprised if he found out Peter was a fanboy. Maybe from some old internet post, a search history, or something like that. And you know that would only boost his ego and make him even more confident that Peter would say yes.

And back to talking about the devil… Natasha, The knowing glances that Tony and Natasha exchanged when in "Civil War" they were considering their options... In my "delulu mind" by the glaces they gave each other, Natasha knew, she definitely knew about Peter since before

So Tony and Natasha were definitely close, not as much as Natasha and Steve, but still. So I can totally imagine Tony finding out about Peter and telling Natasha about him, all excited, explaining how he’d be a great addition to the team.

And then… they meet.

And Tony’s obsession with keeping Peter safe begins.

To Tony, Peter was fragile, someone he couldn’t afford to lose (cof cof Infinity War cof cof 😭😭😭).

And Peter? He became obsessed with proving himself, proving that he was "good enough", that he belonged in this world, in this job, in his life. That Tony didn’t need to treat him like he was made of glass.

God, they make me sick.

Now imagine their mutual obsession once they realize they’re in love. And eventually start a relationship.

Oh god- that makes me even sicker

Anyway, I had to share this. I’m absolutely and definitely NOT NORMAL about them, you can tell.

~ mystisophia 🍒

(sorry for my bad english/google translator ugh-)

[dn-838]

about me

Hello, my name is Jon-Paul (but you can call me JP), I’m a radical civil rights activist from the UK, I started using Tumblr a few years ago with the single aim of sharing Undertale theories, I did it because at the time I predominantly used Reddit and after seeing the engagement such content got here compared to the like… 3 upvotes I typically got over there, I decided to start posting here. Since then I have left Reddit permanently due to finding it a very toxic environment to be in, as I had done with Twitter and Amino previously, however in the present I remain active on Tumblr, BlueSky, Discord and TikTok.

In the present, I’m a lot more engaged with my work on the political side, I’ve helped with organising protests and recruitment for various groups and do have long term goals I wish to achieve. I do however continue to show an interest in a lot of entertainment such as games and TV that I will continue to engage with a lot when I’m not working. If anyone wishes to ask me something about a piece of fiction I will likely respond to it, I’ll also blog about things I like when I just feel like it. Expect a somewhat diverse range of stuff alongside political work.

I’m creating this at the moment that I am because I feel I’m entering a new chapter in my life, a difficult experience back in July 2024 damaged my morale and mental health on a level that ended up causing a lot of problems for my work and College performance as well as for my own personal relationships and health, but as all that has reached half a year ago, and my mind has gotten more clear. I am prepared to give everything my all. There are people I care about, many of whom are in situations far beyond my control, some of whom I am currently unable to interact with due to my own mistakes and must wait for, and the best I can really do for any of them is continue doing what I’m already doing. Continue fighting, staying patient, keeping hope.

Either way, that’s enough about the boring personal stuff, here’s just a list of interests:

- gaming

- Science

- Animation

- TV

- Politics

- History

- theorising

Some other random info:

- Asexual

- Autistic

- Furry

- am making a Tesseract out of sea glass for a College project because I can

[ebondays]

another thing that also interests me about european leftists, is this need to act like america is some utopia of privileged people, while also ignoring black, latin and indigenous people that tell you otherwise. another reason why my activism primarily just spans to black (black people everywhere) and indigenous people of turtle island. the whole world pretty much gaslights us into our issues and oppression, genocide, slavery, etc., not being important or not being as bad as others because we are american. but it's like, european lefitsts living in places where you have free health care, affordable housing, good economies, etc, trying to lecture us and telling us that we are privileged and that we have no real issues to worry about? like yeah, fuck you. that and them trying to explain our own government to us.

most european/ non american leftists act like racism in america, and violence in america toward black american people ended after slavery, and that marganlized americans complaining is us just being childish. it's just eye opening and somewhat refreshing for me now, to just put a lot of my emotional effort into solely wanting to help black people (all over) and indigenous people on turtle island because no one believes us when we say we are oppressed and no one cares.

[bostrichidae]

the realm of monsters fascinates me

spoilers for monstrosity! also extremely long analysis of the backgrounds, my theories about the realm, and uh. yeah. this thing took like an hour to write.

so monstrosity is incredible, right? kai gets mentally, emotionally, and physically tormented and all is right in the fandom. WELL NOT FOR ME. i've been thinking less about the characters and more about the land itself.

PART 1

rewatching monstrosity, 12 seconds in we already see a giant ruined building in the background. it almost looks like a mansion of sorts, and the architecture aligns with the show's more eastern style. but it's tilted, as if it landed there from somewhere else or was uprooted. the fact that the lightning highlights this building indicates that it may be something more relevant than we thought, the darkness concealing the history of this realm.

we see boats, sails torn and hulls wrecked. the proximity to the island indicates that maybe it was something on the island that took them down- either trying to approach, or trying to escape.

the way the lanterns light up automatically when the bird-thing portal opens implies that they're powered by magic, which connects to something else later. kai seems to know what this means, hiding as soon as he sees them light up.

there's a decently intact bridge, likely made from wood which would imply that its construction was rather recent. and again, the gates at each end of this bridge are very eastern-style.

AND THEN THERE'S THE SCENE WHERE HE'S JUST RUNNING THROUGH AN ABANDONED CITY??? like. hello. what the fuck happened here. like everything else we've seen so far, the architecture and layout are traditionally japanese just like ninjago and many of the other realms. it even seems to have a castle in the center, implying that whoever lived here had a system of power and authority.

and then the giant skeleton with horns??? and samurai clothing??? it's definitely not human, but it seemed to be some sort of warrior considering the pile of bodies surrounding it. many of said bodies have arrows in them. one of the skeletons is holding a dagger, a dagger that is piercing the giant's body. there was a battle here, where at least one side was using fighters of different species to gain the advantage. the clothes still seem to be in pretty good condition, again implying that this all happened fairly recently.

the rows upon rows of (seemingly) human statues? that's weird. the statues are carved sitting down. their eyes are closed. they're arranged like gravestones. interesting aint it. it reminds me of the terracotta army in Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, which is a form of funerary art, which depicts an actual army... this is looking more and more like a post-war apocalyptic world and i'm loving it.

the ground during this fight scene looks like agricultural fields, with the neat lines and the way everything's sectioned off. there obviously aren't any crops there, at least not anymore. when kai throws the fireball, it lights up the surrounding area to show that there are lines in these fields. they're crop fields, or used to be anyways. with the raised paths in between them, they're probably rice fields.

"the beast that ravaged my homelands and devoured my future". um. okay. this implies that her homeland IS the realm of monsters, and that maybe the big guy is the entire reason it is this way??? the implications are insane. this would imply that this thing maybe has some sort of corruption power, that it can transform and decimate an entire realm. her being the one to say this also adds to the pre-war scene- that dragons lived peacefully here as well.

as the dragon approaches the egg, it's reflected clearly on the ground. those fields are still full of water, likely from the rain.

there's always lightning in the background, even with no visible rain. it always seems to be storming in this realm.

"good people do not last very long here"... so maybe those who lived in this realm were wiped out because they sought a peaceful life? maybe their army wasn't "aggressive enough" in their attacks. whatever it is, it seems she blames the people for wanting to follow a moral code and live a life of peace. she talks about "becoming a monster", which gives me a terrible terrible theory.

it makes me think that maybe all of the monsters in the realm weren't always that way. that they became like that in order to survive in their new apocalyptic landscape. that they used to be human, or this realm's equivalent of that. the cities and buildings are abandoned because the people were driven mad, losing their humanity and any sense of civility. they still carry some of the magic that powered their community, seen with the lanterns, but they're far from the people they used to be.

PART 2

right off the bat this place is fascinating. there are shrine gates in front of this diamond-shaped hole, probably the entrance to a cave or a building. it looks a little older than some of the other stuff seen so far, with one of the gates being broken on top and vines growing all around. there are what looks to be stairs leading up to the bottom, and there are patterns bordering the entrance. this is the entrance to the cave of change, based on what kai's doing at the moment. there's a triangular entrance in a similar style, either another entrance or a window of sorts.

ok i want to talk about this building. this looks to have been some sort of fortress, or at least a MASSIVE building. there are stairs leading up to a door on the left side, and what look like giant entryways in a couple other places. lots of stairs and strangely shaped entryways. what look like towers with tall windows. this place almost looks like a castle of sorts.

and yes, i have to talk about the mural. this thing is GIANT, high up, and was probably carved after the fire master turned into the bug, since it depicts him in particular. that or it was a prophecy of sorts, predicting that if he entered the cave, he would not exit alive. dude got chomped by the bug.

the fact that rusty is here, outside the palace with his weapon like that, makes me think he laid himself there. as a warning to anyone who might come near. his weapon out in front of him... he intended for that to be his final resting place. he failed his master, his weapon was destroyed, and he wouldn't be able to continue much longer with no more fire master to power him.

his first line is one of hope. thinking that his creator had survived. and survived is an interesting choice of words here because he knew what had happened, then went "now i remember". was there a cure? some way to prevent the transformation? or was rusty just remembering the fact that his master's death was prophecised?

prev. fire master (who i'll call FM) is dressed very traditionally. his staff is that of a buddhist monk, and he wears a roningasa hat, which was used in the late sengoku period by ronin, warriors, wanted persons, and anyone who wanted to avoid being seen. this is an interesting choice, because it not only gives us a general time frame for this guy but also that he was intentionally covering his face. rusty projects the hologram with this hat either out of respect or that he genuinely never saw FM's face. either way, it's a great way to conceal a person's face while also adding more depth to their character.

the fact that all the bugs went up in flames implies that by killing FM, they ended the cycle. they got rid of whatever it was that was transforming these people.

PART 3

so that's just a battlefield. more war evidence... yay. flags, swords, and even gravestones that imply people were buried on site. the ground is leveled out.

oh boy emotional rollercoaster time. this chase scene is really interesting especially because as he's running, he's passing a multitude of man-made objects and nothing else except rocks. no plants or any signs of life at all.

the wu illusion being offputting and the hat being broken... despite everything, it's still recognizably him. the creature that created that illusion was unable to fully recreate him, instead creating a corrupted version of him. corrupted, just like everything else in this land.

the creature creating the illusions, and the fact that it's able to do so, aligns with my earlier theory about the monsters retaining some magic from their past selves. it's able to show people what they desire most. possibly derived from some sort of wish-granting power? it can also convince the person that what they're seeing is completely real, in front of them and alive, despite it just being a reflection in the water.

when the monster was defeated, a gap in the clouds appeared. a glimmer of hope. a life finally able to continue on, to abandon its monstrous form. the color returning to the environment.

FINAL THOUGHTS

environment and setting-wise, the first part was definitely the most interesting as it showed cities, boats, dead bodies, and the signs of what used to be a flourishing civilization.

my idea of the realm's history goes like this:

there was a race of people who lived prosperous lives. they lived in peace alongside dragons, and likely many other creatures as well. they used magic to power their city, lacking the technology to do it otherwise. an egg hatched somewhere, a creature of unknown origin being born in their land. at first, nothing too strange happens. but then everything starts changing. the creature grows. as it grows, its power spreads. corrupting the realm. transforming its life into monstrous beings. humans, dragons, and animals all turning into mutated versions of themselves. eventually, this leads to a war. the surviving human soldiers battling against their former friends, people they once loved. some dragons help as well. obviously, this doesn't go well. the humans are quickly overpowered, allowing the monsters to take over the realm. some people even started transforming mid-battle, meaning their fellow soldiers would have to kill them. in the chaos, some humans turned against each other, only leading to their demise quicker.

elsewhere, some people try to escape into the ocean on boats. this doesn't go well for them.

the last surviving soldiers all meet together one last time, knowing there is no hope of surviving. they wanted to preserve themselves in dignity, and so, lined themselves up to create their own graveyard. the large snake-like monster (seen in the scene with the statues) paralyzes them. (gonna call these guys the frozen army.)

when FM is turned into a bug, his elemental power goes to a different realm due to his lack of descendants and there being no suitable heirs in the realm of monsters. it would likely have returned to ninjago.

sorry this is long and probably really badly written but i had to get my thoughts out all in one place. and yes this took like an hour to type. not including the amount of time it took to pause during each shot and look at the background art. but there were some things i noticed that people weren't really talking about all that much, so i wanted to bring them up.

my eyes hurt

[justananotherwriter7]

Ok so I have a crazy idea about the new pvp civ epizode.

What if Clownpierce is the Pvp God who reincarnated/disguised himself as human to restore the order in Pvp civ?

Hear me out.

First we all know that Zam wants to be a new God. Which implies that there are some sort of Pvp deity. Evbo's other works also have God like entities like Parkor God or The Creator. So in Pvp civ the old God is either dead or missing because we see no other player mentioning them.

We also know now that in the past the swords abused the respawn power. Potentially getting close to rid of all the civilizations so they got gang up on. (I'm highly suspicious that they got rid of the guard civilization, bc we don't see them in other civilizations. Also Evbo questioned whether there are 4 OR 5 civ. Which hints at some twist.)

During Evbo and Clow talk, he says a lots of cryptic things to him. Like is not his time to died. Like he already knows how the story would go for Evbo? Or maybe he is planning to use him?

He also the one to order Ferre to give up his power to Evbo. And he says that he wants to Pvp civ to be determined by the player skills rather than chip things like respawn powers. This sounds like how the things naturally would go in a civ based around pvp.

Furthemore he has his own agenda. He didn't tell Tabi that he didn't kill Evbo when he had a chance to do so.

If we think about the real life aspect of the things Evbo said himself that he wants to impruv with his storytelling. In acting you would choose somebody who has already experienced with things that they need to act out to make it more believable/realistic. And we all know that Clown is a skilled pvp player. So if Evbo wants someone as the God of Pvp I think Clown is the best choose from the actors/actresses he has already.

I'm going insane over this. Pls tell me I'm not fully delusional.

[dead-minecraft-fandoms]

i hate him so much i need to throw him against a wall

[manticorecure]

happy pre-trident civ exile pvpciv mutiny duo... if you hate them you will die and go to hell

alternate duo chromatic version under the cut bc tbh i liked it a lot

[mangocurist]

pvp wemmbu traitor theory has overtaken me. Help. take this pvpciv mutinyduo drabble i did because ive been thinking about them literally all morning

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“You know, if I’m being honest… I really didn't expect to see you here. A part of me thought you’d be dead by now.”

“Is that really the first thing you have to say to me in so many years?” Wemmbu shot back with an air of jovial teasing in his voice, the same kind he used around Evbo and the other diamond swords. It felt wrong this time, though, facing one of the ghosts of his past as a ‘defender’ of a nation he’d tried to help wipe out.

Zam just smiled, flipping a thin braid over her shoulder as he adjusted the trident strapped to his back. If it had been anyone else— if she hadn’t been Zam and if he hadn’t been Wemmbu, if Julie or Minute or Ferre or, gods be damned, Evbo— that smile would have certainly spelt bloodshed. Even now, he wasn’t sure whether or not she was about to drive the trident into his illusory self’s chest and flounce away as Zam had probably done with Julie and Ferre.

“Well, diamond sword Wemmbu, I don’t think I should have anything further to say to you,” Zam commented airily, surveying the walls of the Gold Sword level surrounding the both of them. “Unless you’re alone right now?”

“Why else would I have talked to you at all, man?” Wemmbu grumbled, rolling his eyes when she just laughed. “Hurry up and drop down or the others will start getting suspicious.”

“I don’t think it’s much of a reach to say that you decided to fight me for fun and not kill me. I mean, you are a hologram right now. Right?” Zam tilted his head, a sharper grin than before spreading across his face as she surveyed Wemmbu casually from head to toe. “I mean, it’s not like you haven’t lied to them before. That’s, like… your whole thing. Being untrustworthy, I mean.”

Not to Evbo, Wemmbu wanted to tell her, but he bit it back, partly in an attempt to convince himself that he was doing a good job of being an infiltrator and also because it felt mean to admit it out loud to himself. Not that he wasn’t proud of being able to be trusted, but— seriously. Evbo was a kid. And Zam was just standing in front of him, looking just as proud and angry as he had the day that he and Wemmbu had been exiled, a mirror image of their younger, madder selves.

He didn’t know how he felt about it. Looking similar to Zam. It left a familiar bitter taste in his mouth, and he shook away those thoughts before turning away from his… current ally. “I thought you said you trusted me to get you through it this time?”

“Well, sure, but I did most of the work,” Zam replied, and, well. She… had. The video journal of Parrot pinned up against a wall, a trident held to his neck as Zam twined Parrot’s bow string and arrow fletch around the man’s own wings flashed in Wemmbu’s mind, and he chuckled nervously. 

Wemmbu wondered if the trident in his inventory would ever be turned against him in the exact same way. If Zam would ever take the extension of his own self and skewer Wemmbu through with it.

“Come down,” Wemmbu said in lieu of a proper response, sighing when Zam stuck her tongue out at him. “Your Highness.”

“Asshole,” Zam punched his hologram in the arm, even though he had to know Wemmbu couldn’t feel it. “Fine, then. I’m coming down now. Tell Evbo to wait for me so I can do my villain speech. And go get in position or whatever, I don’t want you getting speared on Minutetech’s sword, of all people.”

“Fine,” Wemmbu parroted back, laughing when Zam narrowed her eyes and thrust his trident into Wemmbu’s hologram, effectively severing his connection to the Gold Sword level. 

He sobered quickly though, climbing off his perch and making his way back to the dropper on the Diamond Sword level to rejoin the other Diamond Swords, making up some random excuse for why he’d taken so long with ‘interrogating’ Prince Zam. Not that Minute was around to pick through his argument properly, anyway. The most scrutiny he got was from Julie, who just frowned a little. 

Evbo, though, still clung to his side like glue, and Wemmbu felt a little sick again, knowing just how much the boy trusted him.

And when Zam finally made his way down to the Diamond Swords, Wemmbu ignored the sharp glint of knowing malice in the Prince’s eye.

Maybe if he pretended it didn’t exist for a little longer, he wouldn’t have to come to terms with the reality of his situation.

[nada-que-ver-por-aqui]

Throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks:

Evbo is not the chosen one

Tabi is the chosen one

Parrot is the chosen one

Zam is/was the chosen one

There is no chosen one (a la Lego Movie)

Everyone in the diamond level were OR were believed to be chosen ones at some point in history

[honda-odyssey-the-queer-allegory]

HOW DID WE GO FROM THIS

TO THIS

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Y'all, I'm so excited but so scared for some Bucky angst/action. Hopefully, we also get some cool interactions between Yelena and Bucky (while respecting the fact that Yelena is aroace) 🤭

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[sootiesweep]

"omg it's civil war all over again" "Sam is being a dick to my bbg Bucky for no reason" "I can't believe Bucky betrayed Sam like that" "are you team Sam or Bucky?"

girl I'm team bad writing

[ebondays]

me: this brand of tumblr white european/non black leftists has this desire to specifically target, go after and undermine the oppression and suffering of black americans simply because we are americans. they do not speak about non-black americans like this, in fact, most of their critqiues on americas are heavily focused on black americans.

y'all: you're making that up.

okay....