#this man can't catch a break

[kitkatmonsterfox]

Feels bad for lloyd for out living all his friends & family, now with arin sora & wyldfyre in the Picture 😔

[calronhunt]

Before he passed, what was the relationship between Theron and his father like? I'm inclined to believed that he had a tough love approach with Theron. That and Theron's fear that his dad died believing his kid was a failure (& his anxiety about coming out to his dad) makes me curious if these fears were based on reality. :0

YEAH theron's relationship to his father (Atticus) was very much a tough love kinda situation. Atticus did care deeply about his son, and adored him, but he also pushed a lot of standards and pressures onto Theron from a very young age. Atticus wanted Theron to be a good shining star golden boy who was perfect to kinda heal the Boarglass name. Atticus' own father had been a part of the Cohort (basically an alt-right shadowhunter group. I don't wanna get too deep into the lore of these dumb books) and while Atticus agrees with some of the views (Mostly in regards to queerness), he sees the damage that his own father's actions had done to the family name, and wanted to correct that. Therefore, pushing his son forward to be the best that he could be to be like "See! we're fine and normal and not crazy like those people anymore! Look how good my boy is at killing demons!"

of course, this just made Theron feel like a complete failure once he went to the academy and started losing to Dominic. His parents were there the first day at the academy watching over all the trials that they did at the end of chapter 1, and even if I don't show it, I think Atticus had some words with him about losing to some nobody mundane kid. And that might've been the last convo Theron had with his dad before he died. So that really weighs on Theron's shoulders.

and in regards to anxiety about being gay, Atticus was VERY vocal about his dislike of queer folk (whenever he got push back he turned it into a like "well i just don't agree with these people's politics" argument). He would talk very openly with his wife and friends about his digust of them in front of theron at a very young age. and even if Theron doesn't believe everything his dad used to say, he still subconsciously holds the belief that he's lesser for liking men.

[fuckyeahalexedler]

Phillip Danault helps Alex Edler off the ice after taking a puck to the face during warm-up (Oct. 17, 2022)

[theacebard]

This whole island is gossips

[maxsix]

[jealousmary]

louis sure knows how to pick 'em

[worm-god-murphy]

Probably Silver's experience every time he comes back to the future

(Nov 2) Adding onto this. Have my most favorite edit my friend @/cribsytoons from Insta has done.

[grabyoursaintsandpray]

[bbnibini]

I find it so painfully heartbreaking that Solomon just...laughs off all the derision, the name-calling, and possibly even did "evil" things on purpose because it's expected of him at this point. (He had not always been like this as Thirteen pointed out before). There was a time when he was "innocent". When his soul sparkled. When it resembled the kind of soul everyone in these god forsaken (pun intended with spite) three realms seemed to associate with the ever loved MC. He's just...worryingly carefree. And because he's like that, he feels even more of a tragic character to me.

Sometimes it even seems that he himself would seemingly make up excuses on why he's hated. Oh, it's because I'm a sorcerer this. I might have won a war against Devildom single-handedly this. I have forgotten. But maybe, I did something bad, that. Hon, you were doing that to SURVIVE. You don't have to be a faultless person to deserve compassion. You don't have to be MC to deserve to be loved.

[hmmm-shesucks]

Because I just love to torture the little guy, what if, when Lola took Neil, she also gave him a Glasgow smile. Really it had just been for fun, or maybe it could have been her signature of sorts; her victims always left smiling or some shit, but Neil wasn’t supposed to live, so it really wasn’t for anything but fun. But Neil did live, escaping and having to return to everyday life. Of all his scars, this is the one he hates most because he is permanently smiling. It’s not only his dad’s smile he has to hide now, but this, too, and the worst part is that he can’t. He can’t hide this. It's painful, and he can hardly talk, and it’s awful to look at while it heals, even worst once it’s just pink scar tissue.

For weeks after, only Andrew, Aaron, and Renee can look at him without flinching. Kevin can, too, but Neil knows every time he does, he’s punishing himself. Nicky cries, even though Andrew threatens to kill him every time. Allison stays stone-faced, but she never looks too long, eyes constantly drifting to something else when they talk. Dan and Matt are just devastated. Abby cleans him up when he lets her, but usually, it’s Andrew. He refuses to even step foot in the same building as Bee. Wymack benches him himself rather than Abby having to put her foot down. It takes months for the foxes to get used to it and years for Neil to stop hating it—just Neil with a Glasgow smile.

[coruscantsbookstore]

cody: i will no longer be affected by everything the general does. i'm the marshal commander to the entire third systems army. i am better than that.

obi-wan, bumping into a droid upon entering the room: terribly sorry little one, i didn't watch where i was going. my apologies!

cody, sobbing in rex's quarters at 2am later that night: and then he APOLOGIZED to the DROID

[mymp3]

losing myself

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

SO. TO KICK OFF THE WEEK OF SPECULATION BEFORE THE UPDATE DROPS.

last night i had a bit of a Revelation. literally. i borderline woke up in a cold sweat with this realization. the way i lunged for my laptop to scream at friends... ough. lets get into it

so. i do believe I've made a couple of theory posts about Barnaby not being quite as receptive to his and Wally's "forced" best friendship as Wally - since the show wrote them to be friends instead of it happening naturally. i thought it might be a point of tension for Barn. i thought a lot.

YES SO I'M TOSSING (almost) ALL OF THAT OUT THE WINDOW!

the bios state Barnaby as Wally's best friend multiple times over. it had to be regularly reinforced. their colors were chosen to mark them as friends.

but Barnaby - presumably - can't see the bios, he wouldn't know the scripts. the friendship would be natural from his perspective. how would he know otherwise? even if the relationship started out synthetic, i don't doubt that it became genuine. in the context of their world and perceptions, realistically speaking Barnaby probably wouldn't sense anything wrong.

the reminders to be best friends weren't for Barnaby.

they were for Wally.

i'm starting to suspect that Wally is Barnaby's best friend, but Barnaby isn't Wally's. i think that Wally's "best friend" is Home - or at least Wally has a closer connection to them / Home is more important to Wally than anyone else is.

i remember reading this livestream trivia (from theneighborhoodwatch's doc, if you haven't their resources yet what are you even doing?):

and i assumed it was for Barnaby's side of the relationship. but it's not, is it? it's Wally's? and it makes too much fucking Sense! it fits! i can see it perfectly! i can feel things slotting together in my mind due to this shift in perspective, and i'm scared

Barnaby probably thinks the relationship is natural, just like how he thinks he's a real person in a real world. Wally probably knows that the relationship is a role, just like how he knows he's a puppet in a false reality.

that leaves me wondering how much of it is genuine on Wally's side. i don't doubt that they really are friends, but how deep does that connection go? in the interview, Wally sounded excited/proud about having a best friend, but how much came from a place of feeling, and how much came from a place of Fulfilling The Role? how much of it is performative? how much of it is a mask?

i've been seeing everything differently. Barnaby poses for Wally the most because he has good balance and is good at staying still, not because of favoritism or because he's Wally's best friend. in the 14 (15 including the hidden halloween) audios, Barnaby consistently seeks out Wally and checks in on him. Wally seems more casual about their relationship than Barnaby is.

i'm worried that Wally values Home & You/Us over Barnaby. that Barnaby is second or third place in Wally's heart. that Wally means more to Barnaby than he means to Wally. after all, only one of them needed their relationship to be reinforced on a seemingly regular basis.

i'm confident that Wally cares about / loves Barnaby, but the question is how much? to what extent?

[evilkaeya]

kunichuuzai is so funny to me because it's either dazai being a menace and kunikida and chuuya suffering OR soukoku being a menace and kunikida suffering

[penelope-kat]

I cannot BELIEVE no one else is talking about this:

You people make me sick 😤 /j

[piss-stained-jorts]

kicking and screaming and crying and pissing and shitting myself if someone doesn't FUCKING validate Simon's feelings RIGHT FUCKING NOW and just let him TALK instead of DISTRACTING him or begging him for HELP I am going to CUT ALL MY HAIR OFF and EAT IT