#this is a pretty long one

[ryugujiiken]

i headcannon that gojo told ichiji that nanami likes animal print, and for his birthday ichiji got him his leopard print tie which he hated but didn’t want to 1. embarrass ichiji + 2. satisfy gojo (obviously gojo put him up to it)

[thecindercrow]

“Ace’s High!” The lieutenant raises his right hand, waiting for you to slap it.

INTERFACING - You could add an Ace’s Low to it, if you like. By turning your back after the High and waiting for another.

YOU - Slap it and wait for an Ace’s Low.

The High arrives with a sharp slap. As you turn around there is a moment of doubt -- feels like that Low ain’t gonna *connect*...

INTERFACING - Chill. It’s *gonna* connect.

But then it does -- and with furious precision! The lieutenant is not one to leave an Ace’s Low *hanging*.

[pastelpaperplanes]

🥀&👑

[wolves-in-the-world]

thinking about the Sterling & Eliot fight scene in the context of that thing where Eliot seeming to be out of control is pretty much always a grift. It's something I didn't properly twig until reading this meta of the french connection job - and it surprised me how perfectly possible it is to watch the show and believe his performance at every turn.

(even with the example early on of Eliot using this trick - anger as a performance, quickly switched off - to get Sophie to admit that she wasn't apologising. I will never be over season one Eliot successfully tricking the team's grifter that way. And for such a gentle reason.)

so we get Nate strolling casually up to the table to ask Sterling what he's doing here - which, big mob boss vibes there, it's gorgeous - and I'm just thinking about how Eliot 'snapping' and going after Sterling allows Nate to be civilised, because Nate doesn't have to threaten Sterling or remind him not to mess with them; his man, working for him and under his control, has already done that. And Nate being civilised and calling the shots allows Eliot to safely lean into his don't-mess-with-me angry hitter persona, probably to make a point, probably to have a little fun as well. (Really I don't even stop to justify that scene. It just causes me so much joy as it is.)

the first time I saw the french connection job, the 'call off your dog' bit bugged me. Nate hearing that and (after a moment) doing so meant he was implicitly agreeing with the idea that Eliot was his dog, and that Eliot wasn't capable of standing down by himself. Which goes entirely out the window if it's a grift. Reading it as almost transactional, an agreement between the two to enable each other to lean into their respective roles in little plays for their marks' benefits - and their own - makes it so much better. Nate gets to come across as reasonable and in control of powerful assets; Eliot gets to scare people into believing that he really would hurt them badly if they gave him a reason, and his reputation survives another day, and people don't look too closely.

"You know, people underestimate you, Eliot." "That's kind of the point."

there's quite a bit of trust in it, both ways - and an unspoken understanding of what's really going on - and it just... I just think it's neat.

[peanuttoffee]

ok so this hugeee dose of serotonin i got while reading @sarah-sandwich ‘s work on ao3 got me goin so here’s the unexpected marvel fanart for yall! this is for their work ‘undercover’ which i lllove dearly and hope this can brighten their day a little <33

[vancoor]

normally i skip the flower dance the first year, and most years tbh, but i decided on this new playthrough to change things up a bit

[youareunbearable]

Since in canon hobbits are good at hiding and finding things, and their home is generally considered a paradise to other races for its peace and prosperity, I think it would be a fun little thing if for some reason Maglor ended up just being hidden in the Shire and accepted there despite being Unfortunately Tall and allowed to heal

Like maybe, when the Shire was being settled a group of Hobbits continued westward just to scope out how safe their land would be, and happen upon the shores enjoying the sound of distant singing. They set up camp and unfortunately didn't realize the tide was coming in until it was too late and are all scrambling and crying out for help as one of their party gets washed away to sea.

Maglor, who was nearby but didn't notice these tiny sneaks until the screaming started, rushes up and in a panic and sees what he thinks are a group of children (with pointed ears, he can't see their large feet under the water and sand, and thinks they're Elven) alone and Drowning and thinks "not again" and dives in to save them

Which he does, but he's had 4 thousand years of malnutrition, lack of care for his body and mind, and has his wounded hand that is black and scarred, which he had to use to pull these young ones to shore. Once everyone is saved he collapses to the ground, exhausted and unconscious.

The Hobbits, of course, can't just let their savior stay on the beach like this where he could also drown or be swept off to sea, and they MUST thank him for the life debt, so they carry him to their pony cart and head back to the Shire where they can give him a proper thank you

Maglor is out cold for weeks though, long enough to be brought back to the Shire and situated in one of the guest rooms in the newly built Great Smial of the Took Clan. They clean him, bandage and heal his wounds, put him in some hastily made Tall Folk clothes made out of bedsheets, and wait for him to wake.

When he does, he's in a panic and then confused, for he's never seen hobbits before, and under the fear and dread he's a little amused. All throughout the First and Second ages he's managed to avoid others and has never been kidnapped, yet here he is, at the mercy of folk that look like children.

Some things get lost in translation between Hobbitish, Westeron, and Sindarin, and Maglor thinks that he's now a prisoner to these small people, and the Hobbits think that they are going to care for him and have him be a guest of theirs for as long as he likes. Maglor, who hasnt had great mental health for the past 2 ages, agrees to be their prisoner, for honestly, he believes he deserves it.

So he heals, and once he heals (minus the blackened hand which gets medicated and wrapped and secured under a leather glove which reminds him of his eldest brother and he grieves) they put him to work. Or well, they allow him to help in their gardens, to sing songs of the sun, of joy and family and all things Hobbit. They let him help in the kitchen, where he shares recipes long since lost to the sands of time, and he helps them build a forge and how to do basic metal working, for even if his craft is one of voice and song, he is still his father's son and a Prince of the Noldor- he knows how to use a forge.

And time moves on. They build him his own smial, one that suits his height, and Maglor heals, both in mind and in body, and he goes from not wanting to escape his captors because he deserves enslavement to finding a second family amongst these folk. He gets adopted into the Took Clan, and the Hobbits all affectionately call him "Old Maggie Took" or "Songbird" or if his singing is particularly a little to loud a little too early in the morning "that damned Rooster"

He helped protect the Hobbits, weaving Songs of illusion around their home, fighting Goblins and Orcs off with Bandobras Took, making daggers and leather gear for Belladonna Took as she travels the world, and trying his best to fight off the wolves during the Fell Winter. Not as many Hobbits die to fang and claw that winter, but they did to cold and starvation and sickness.

After Belladonna and her husband died that winter, her young son Bilbo often spent time with him (mostly to escape the well wishers and their looks of pity) and so Maglor taught him things to keep his mind from loss. Taught him Quenya, and Sindarin, all about the Noldor, about Elves and Men of old, what little he knew of Dwarves from Maedhros and Caranthir, and when Bilbo asks in a quite voice, how it feels to be the only one of his family members left

He, and the whole of the Shire really, also play a very fun game of Keep Away with Gandalf whenever he visits, and while he knows Something Is Up with the Shire, he never found out about Maglor (even though he has heard about Maggie Took, and all her apparent namesakes)

While Maglor wasn't there to see Bilbo off on his own adventure he was able to make sure that when he came home it was to a home at all, even if some silverware did go missing. And when he sensed something fowl lingering in Bagend after his return, Maglor just brushed it off as something tainted from a dragon horde (later he weeps for how wrong he was and all the lives lost that he could have prevented if he investigated more)

And when Bilbo goes off to Rivendell, old and grey, all those years later guided by his dwarves, he has a silent, nervous, elven companion with him.

And its not the first or last time Elrond was grateful for the nature of Hobbits, but he wept tears of joy as he hugged his father nonetheless

[sixofclovers]

whats that? dariax didn’t think of a new outfit bc he was too busy helping dorian get ready? then only had him in mind when he went out on stage? huh 

[vonaegiremblem]

Is the core concept of Super Princess Peach kind of insulting? Yes. Is Super Princess Peach a charming, fun, and underappreciated DS-era platformer? Also yes.

[soundwavemain]

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This one was a long time coming.

Original scene with closed captioning can be found here!

[bebagerie]

Wheey! it's a third batch of elytras!

[sposca]

ahaha let’s pretend chapter 15 of tfthkab never happened and just focus on this scene <333

(aka i finally got around to drawing fanart for @buzzcutseasonart ‘s amazing fic!!)

[nosfelixculpa]

malec scenes that impacted 18 yr old in denial bisexual me a great deal: (2.20) the alleyway of reconciliation

[draw-ren-draw]

Ever since we first saw photos in Flugs bedroom in the pilot I've been big on the 'Goldheart is Flug's brother' theory. After the new episodes, I believe it even more now and wanted to get out my thoughts via a little an imagined confrontation of the two!

I like to think Goldheart genuinely is a well meaning guy, having everything in life come easy to him (the literal 'golden child' of the family) however makes him oblivious to those he hurts. It simply doesn't occur to him to take Flug's hostility seriously. After all, it's *Flug* what does he have to worry about from his kid brother...?

[ministarfruit]

minifemslashfeb day 4: colourful ♡

[zephyrine-gale]

welcome to chilis we climb pillars to catch crystal flies around here