#we're the baby of the family

[aha-chuu]

I just had a minor thought but like I've been playing hsr and it's really cute that the trailblazer (Stelle/Caelus whatever) has an idle where they're playing a mobile(?) game. Like my trailblazer makes a little sound of achievement randomly and I'm like "dang I never sound that happy when I do spiral abyss".

Anyway, the reason I'm making this post is because Silver Wolf's trailer came out and she is (famously) also a gamer. Moreso than the trailblazer, but also they've only existed for like two weeks so I won't hold that against them.

It made me think - what if the trailblazer is a combination of the stellaron hunters? Like, they're the ones who "made" them and we've all heard the "Kafka is mother" jokes. What if when the stellaron hunters programmed the trailblazer's personality, they put some of themselves into them? Or perhaps they have leftover memories from their time with them despite the amnesia, nothing concrete but some habits that they picked up.

So they got gaming from Silver Wolf, and perhaps their playful side from Kafka. Like, in the Silver Wolf trailer Kafka memes on her somewhat and then also her nicknaming Blade "Bladie" does suit the vibes the trailblazer has. Maybe the trailblazer's violent impulses come from Blade, then, since it is comical how quickly they start beating random strangers with their baseball bat.

We don't know anything about Elio but he's known as "Destiny's Slave" and that's pretty fitting. As the player character, the Trailblazer has exactly no actual free will. Sure, unlike Genshin, a lot of the different dialogue options do come with unique responses, but there's not one choice the trailblazer can actually make. This holds true from the meta "we (the player) control them" and also in-universe everything they do is predetermined. Looking at this from a fourth wall perspective does make sense since Aha (Elation) recognises its universe - that being the universe of hsr - is part of a game.

Idk, I just found this interesting. Kafka implies the trailblazer knew her before she shoved the stellaron into their chest, but since their memories are gone I do like to think that Kafka manufactured our personality by using aspects of the stellaron hunters.

[lazylittledragon]

if i had a nickel for every au spawned from twitter that i SWORE i was going to be normal about

[lucabyte]

heres your highly requested fluff you fucking animals

[sylenth-l]

If you're planning on swinging your Dawnblade like a stick, then don't bother shaping it into a sword.

[finzphoenix]

Our heroes facing off against an overwhelming threat, commissioned by the lovely @aqua-dan! Thank you so much, I had a blast working on this!! ^-^🖤🤍✍️

All characters © DC comics Art © FinzPhoenix

[mushtoons]

losing interest in life? finally start designing the ocs u fleshed out and made a whole world, personalities, and plot line for that you've worked on since 2014-2019

2 outta like 20 not even close to done 😎

[starrynightsxo]

*insert jurdan babies*

jurdan baby 1: why do you think dad always looks scared of mum after he tells her to leave as a joke

jurdan baby 2: idk bro maybe we should ask...

the family: *share knowing looks*

[demigod-of-the-agni]

A little special something for something even more special. Hint: it's about love and fears and birthdays and new beginnings

(@/marvel hire me <3)

[bobbinalong]

pérez doesn't seem to know bart's supposed to be older than fourteen any more than deodato did but spurrier is in my good books for now for the fact alone that he's aware of how important max and bart are to each other.

The Flash (2023) #7

[ladybugsimblr]

Memories...

[king-magppi]

🦩🃏Donqiuxote Family post bc I kinda miss (the idea of) Dressrosa. I really like drawing Buffalo.✈️🗡

[buck2eddie]

but i guess you got everything you want, and i just watch.

[god-i-hope-so]

Some people choose to not have children because they know they wouldn't be "good parents", or at least not good enough because of their past traumas and other personal problems.

And I kinda want to see Tommy be like that, because I know men who are like that and it's never addressed or it's always pushed as "but you should have kids anyway, you're such a good guy!" and... no. You don't make kids and hope for the best when you're not 100% sure. Children are not therapy, they're not here to heal their parents' traumas.

Instead of the "I want to give my own children the love I never had", some men choose to not take the risk. One of my friends was scared to be like his father, and even being aware of that (and definitely being a way better man than his father), he was scared of becoming like his father and not being able to see it. So he chose to not have children and he doesn't miss it (he's 41).

I know so many people see being parents as the end goal of a life, like the ultimate purpose of a person, and also the highest proof of love in a couple, but it's not. It's just really not. It can be, depending on the person, but it's definitely not for everyone. And I'd love to see that representation too, in a very respectful way, and not as a sob story. Just a fact of life: some people don't have the right life trajectory to have children. They will love the children around them like theirs, but having the responsibility of raising a child with the risk of passing on their own traumas is not something they want to even think about.

[iamumbra195]

Do you ever think about how Ben chose not to speak ever again?

About how he probably tried to sing over and over again when he was all by himself, hoping that one day his voice wouldn't break in such a horrible way when singing a song he used to love before finally giving up because he couldn't stand the sound of his voice anymore?

About how he lost his outlet for stress so he fell into a depression that festered into a rage, all-consuming yet never filling that hole left in his heart?

About how he'd lost his way after being forced to realize letting his anger consume him would have consequences on the people he cared about?

About how he probably felt so alone when his parents sent him to live with his aunt and uncle, thinking his parents had given up on him despite them trying to tell him they were doing it for his own good?

About how he'd found a guiding light in the darkness, a purpose in following Aiden-- someone who was reckless and lived life like there was no tomorrow, someone he knew would always have his back, protecting him just as he did them, someone who would fill the stifling silence with mindless chatter?

About how he's managed to still be so overwhelmingly kind and gentle despite everything he'd gone through?

Because I do.

[uncanny-tranny]

There's something so insane to me about being able to create and recreate vintage or even ancient music, clothes, fabrics, building architecture, anything, really.

I watched this video about a lady who knit a WWII-era vest, and it was really unique, because the cable work would eat up yarn, when there were shortages of fibers. This pattern would have likely been used by people to send overseas to soldiers, and now it's being created in a time where this war has been over for generations. What were the people making this pattern thinking of? What about the people making the vest? Could they fathom a world where world wars didn't happen back to back? Could they imagine what peace felt like, or did it fade like a distant memory, a faint friend? All we have now are the remnants of their efforts, a "simple" vest that would warm the bodies of countless people the knitter would never have imagined were here on earth with them.

We're reaching across time to learn about other people - we're reaching our hands out just to grasp anything tangible. And when we've take hold of something, all we can do is say I love you I love you I love you

[bootychomper]

I accidentally got my mom to watch ninjago season 8 and 9, I was just watching it on the TV and then she began asking questions and she's like "I mean I would never weatch this seriously" and she goes back to her solitaire or wtv, 3 minutes later I hear her gasp and I look over and see her watching the tv like it's the most interesting thing ever.