#which is why she doesnt fucking explode

[inuhodo]

gray's look post-canto after [vaguely gestures to the lore ive got written but have not posted]

[hauntingblue]

Jaya time

I love these moments of nearly cosmic horror when they encounter inexplicable things (at first) they are so intriguing

Is strawhat here?! *Megan thee stallion saying AAH 😜*

This cover just goes hard... Get it chopper

[milo-is-rambling]

Me vs outlining a perfect plan for my day in my head which I can be the only one allowed to change the schedule vs my mom asking me to do 2 simple tasks

[geoffrey]

just heard the take once more that "the shining is about a guy going crazy in isolation" or "cabin fever" okay i get that its snobbish to harp on shit like this. but literally the hotel is alive and evil. multiple stephen king books have a character that is just shapeless evil that wants more evil to be done so it can grow. that is the antagonist in the shining and it tries to get jack to kill his whole family. its not a hallucination because he feels cooped up. the isolation is important because it traps the characters with this evil it is not what makes jack act like that. THE HOTEL IS A CHARACTER. WHY DO YOU EVEN THINK DANNY HAS PSYCHIC POWERS!!!

[thefandomcassandra]

La'zel And Gale Have Good Personal Quests, You Just Don't Like Them As Much As Asterion Or Shadowheart Or Wyll And That Makes Me Sad, Frankly

Every Time You Complain About How Mean La'ezel And Shadowheart Are, I Become More Sapphic And Spitefully In Love With Them Both

[ha-youwish]

Rating the FFXV official minecraft skins

Of course ffxv has a fucking minecraft crossover, but since theres not really that many popular major characters they have made some.... interesting picks for this. let's take a look

the chocobros. the guys. yup. thats them. its hard to see gladio's nose so it kinda looks like his eyes are hella far from his mouth.

either way they all look gay as usual 10/10

ardyn's look here is a little less detailed than i'd want it to be. it doesnt capture the look of all the layers he wears (maybe it needs more contrast?). his mouth is so wide for what. also i want his hat. where is it.

give me the hat. 7.5/10

lots to talk about here. regis is looking pretty damn accurate. luna is a little bland, even with her normal clothes being white i feel like there could've been more detail. the rest of these capture the general vibe tho the level of detail is unequal smh. i like how cute iris's outfit is.

overall, luna 6/10, the rest 8/10.

i was lamenting the lack of tits on cindy but the wise @orangenuggets let me know its bc of the top surgery. 10/10

aranea, wedge, and biggs. i pretty much only remember aranea, and honestly there should be another version of her skin with the helmet that shit went hard. i like the hat on biggs, even though i had to double check which one he was oops. the helmet for wedge looks a little awkward it doesnt feel like he's a character here

10/10, for aranea and biggs, 7/10 for wedge

this is what i call the "why are you here" section. we have evil science guy, that one blond bitch who like immediately explodes and dies, the fucking nifflheim emperor, gilgamesh??? daemon ravus??? whoever the fuck this is???? why are you here. who wants to play as any of these guys except for like. ffxv minecraft roleplayers.

the skins are accurate i guess. 5/10

they decided to put some of the enemies from the game in here. as someone who hardly remembers any of them its similarly as "okay. why" to me as the last group. the tonberry is cute and kinda dinky looking. i really like the mindflayer design surprisingly... that def brings it up a point

overall 8/10 for these guys

MASCOTS YAY, these are all pretty cute and bulky, really gives off the costume feeling. the chocobo bigass beak is adorable i like it a lot 11/10

gentiana's design here actually goes way harder than i thought it would. she slays 20/10

now for the astrals! shiva is so blue. i need like 10 more of her thank you. 10/10

the god of being sososo mad at everyone. i think if there were more raised textures on the body it'd be cool ykwim? 9/10

its ramugh. if only you could remove the leg walking animation so he floats ominously. i suppose there's mods... 9/10

titan. his design was pretty simple already but somehow this doesnt look like him to me? am i crazy? 7/10

bahamut that stupid god that i hate. i hate how sick this looks. i hate him. 10/10

and last but not least.... the design that sucks the most......

LEVIATHAN. WHAT THAT THING. 10000000000000/10

i think the lesson to be learned here is that you can tell how good the original design is when you're forced to simplify it. and also dont make minecraft skins of an angry water snake thing.

[its-avalon-08]

ADORE UR ANGST! Can you do a lando norris x y/n where lando is upset with y/n because she wasnt listening when he was ranting about something that happened. He feels annoyed. Y/N doesnt know why he's upset but then she realises. she tries to apoligise

can i just say i love it when y/n messes up, because writing reader groveling is my guilty pleasure <3 thanks anon

look up from your fucking phone (ln4)

✦ pairing - lando norris x female!reader

✦ genre - alot of fighting, y/n is being annoying, angst, fluffy ending

Lando slammed the apartment door shut, the echo bouncing off the bare walls of their new place in Monaco. He threw his helmet on the couch, the familiar orange a stark contrast to the simmering red of his mood.

"Y/N, did you see that?!" he yelled, stomping towards the kitchen.

Y/N was hunched over the counter, phone glued to her ear, a frown etched on her face. "Ugh, why won't this load?..." she trailed off, finally noticing Lando's stormy entrance.

"Didn't you see what Yuki pulled out there?!" Lando practically exploded. "That dive bomb into Turn 12? I could've been wiped out!"

Y/N finally peeled her phone away from her ear. "Yeah, I saw it. Sounds scary," she said, her voice flat. She scrolled through her phone again, a picture of a cupcake taking center screen.

Lando's anger intensified. "Scary? Y/N, it was reckless! He could've ruined both our races!" He gestured wildly with his gloved hands. "And all he gets is a five-second penalty? That's a joke!"

Y/N sighed, a sound of exasperation that sent a fresh wave of irritation through Lando. "Look, I'm sure you'll bounce back. Maybe get some revenge on him next race?" She offered a tight smile, her eyes still glued to the phone.

Lando felt a knot tighten in his chest. "That's it? No 'are you okay?' No 'that was a dirty move?'" His voice dropped to a low growl. "Don't you even care?"

Y/N finally looked up, startled. "Of course I care, Lando! I just... I had a really stressful day too, okay?" She gestured vaguely at the phone. "Work stuff."

The knot in Lando's chest unraveled, replaced by a hollow ache. "Right," he muttered, his voice devoid of its usual spark. "Work stuff is always more important than your boyfriend getting wrecked on the track, apparently."

Y/N's eyes widened. "Hey, that's not fair! I wouldn't say that." She reached out a hand, but Lando flinched away.

"Just forget it," he said, his voice tight. "I need a shower."

He stormed past her, the slam of the bathroom door echoing through the apartment. Y/N stared after him, the phone clattering to the counter with a forgotten thud. The file which had now loaded mocked her from the screen.

Her heart pounded a frantic rhythm against her ribs. She'd been so caught up in her own problems, she hadn't realized Lando was having a terrible day. Shame washed over her as she remembered his frustrated yells, his need for support.

She jumped up, rushing to the bathroom door. "Lando, wait!" she called out, her voice laced with panic. "I'm so sorry, I was just..."

Silence.

She tried the knob, but it wouldn't budge. He must've locked it. Lando, who never locked the bathroom door. A cold dread filled her.

He was mad. Really mad. And it was all her fault.

The silence stretched on for what felt like hours. Dinner, usually a time for shared laughter and stories, was a tense affair. Y/N cooked Lando's favorite pasta dish, but it sat untouched on the table, growing cold beside her untouched plate. Every time she stole a glance at the bathroom door, a knot tightened in her stomach.

Finally, unable to bear the silence any longer, she cleared her throat. "Lando," she began tentatively, "I know you're upset, and I just wanted to say again that I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have been on the phone. I was just..."

The clatter of the bathroom door slamming shut cut her off. Lando stormed into the living room, his face a mask of fury.

"Just what?" he spat out, his voice raw with emotion. "Just another bad day at work for you? Don't you get it, Y/N? Today was a nightmare! Yuki nearly took me out, the car felt off the entire race, and to top it all off, the media keeps hounding me about missing out on the podium."

He ran a hand through his hair, his frustration evident. "And you," he pointed a finger at her, his voice cracking, "you weren't even there for me. You were too busy with your stupid phone to even see how much I was fucking hurting."

Tears welled up in Y/N's eyes. "Lando, I-"

He cut her off again, his voice laced with a raw vulnerability that ripped at her heartstrings. "No, Y/N! You don't get to talk now. I had the worst fucking day of my life, and your sorry does. not. fix. that. You listening to me, maybe even caring, might have. But you weren't there. And frankly, right now, I don't even know if you care at all."

He stormed past her, grabbing his helmet from the couch. "I'm going for a drive. Don't wait up." The slam of the front door echoed through the apartment, leaving Y/N standing alone in the cold, sterile silence. Tears streamed down her face, a silent apology echoing in the empty room. She had messed up, badly. And now, she had to find a way to fix it, even if it meant facing Lando's anger and rebuilding the trust she had so carelessly shattered.

Lando's car tore down the familiar winding roads, the roar of the engine a poor substitute for the roar of frustration in his chest. Tears, hot and angry, blurred his vision as he navigated the steep climb towards his favorite spot - the very same hill where he'd asked Y/N to be his girlfriend.

"Stupid phone. Stupid fucking Yuki. Stupid me," he muttered under his breath, slamming the car into park with more force than necessary. He stormed out, the cool night air doing little to quell the fire burning inside him.

He reached the familiar crest of the hill, the city lights twinkling like scattered diamonds below. It was supposed to be a place of peace, a place where he could clear his head. But tonight, it was a stark reminder of everything he'd lost.

"Why couldn't you have listened to me Y/N," he growled, the words catching in his throat. He sat down on the familiar patch of grass, burying his head in his hands. A choked sob escaped his lips, the sound harsh and raw in the quiet night.

Suddenly, a soft voice broke through his despair. "Lando?"

He looked up, startled, to see Y/N standing hesitantly before him. She was holding a basket overflowing with snacks, drinks, and a familiar fluffy blanket. Her eyes were red-rimmed, her face etched with worry and regret.

"Y/N? What are you doing here?" he asked, his voice hoarse. His anger hadn't quite subsided, but it was overshadowed by a wave of surprise.

"I followed you," she admitted, her voice barely a whisper. She set the basket down beside him cautiously, the woven handles creaking softly. "I know you needed some space, but I couldn't just stay there. I had to try and fix this."

Lando hesitated, then gestured towards the spot beside him. Y/N sat down, her gaze fixed on the glittering cityscape. Silence stretched between them, heavy with unspoken emotions. Finally, Y/N reached out, placing a hand tentatively on his arm.

"Lando, I'm so, so sorry. There's no excuse for my behavior today. You were having a terrible day, and I completely ignored you. It was selfish and insensitive, and I hurt you. And for that, I am truly sorry."

Lando flinched, a tear rolling down his cheek. He looked at her, his eyes filled with a mixture of hurt and longing. "I just... I needed you, Y/N. Today was one of those days when everything felt like it was going wrong. And all I wanted was for you to be there for me, to listen, to just be you."

Y/N's hand tightened on his arm. "I understand now. And believe me, I was there in spirit. Every time you yelled, every time you slammed the door, it broke my heart a little more. But I was so caught up in my own problems, I didn't even see how much you were hurting."

She squeezed his arm gently. "Please, Lando. Let me try to make it up to you. Let's stay here, talk, share some snacks." She gestured towards the basket with a small, hopeful smile. "Maybe then we can face tomorrow together."

Lando looked from her hopeful face to the inviting spread in the basket. A flicker of his old smile played on his lips. He sighed, the tension easing from his shoulders. "Alright, Y/N. Snacks and talking it out sound pretty good right now."

As they settled under the blanket, the city lights twinkling around them, they began to talk. Lando poured out his frustrations about the race, Yuki, and the media. Y/N listened intently, offering words of encouragement and understanding. They reminisced about better races, laughed at silly inside jokes, and slowly, the rift between them began to heal.

The drive home was filled with a comfortable silence, a silent promise to communicate better in the future. As Lando pulled into their driveway, he turned to Y/N, a genuine smile warming his face.

"Thanks for coming after me, Y/N." He leaned in, his lips brushing softly against hers. "I love you."

Y/N smiled back, her heart overflowing with relief. "I love you too, Lando. And next time, I'm chucking the phone into the bin."

[freakenomenon]

okay hereeee are some ted opinions that i feel as though i should share before i explode with frustration.

teds paranoia is due to AM of course, yes. this is horribly tragic and what AM has done to the survivors is HORRIBLE. but.... it doesn't excuse the CLEAR misogynistic bias ( and possible racial bias STAY WITH ME HERE IM BLACK I AM THE MOST CERTIFIED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. ) ted displays towards ellen. when talking about the others he doesn't make derogatory statements towards their gender identities or their choices within their past lives. especially with benny being gay he only states that AM had sexually humiliated him because of it, which does not mean he agrees with it. but then when he shifts over to ellen it's so OBVIOUS how victim blamey and sexist his words are. implying that she enjoys servicing them and that AM had given her pleasure despite her clearly not wanting any of that. he doesnt only just GLOSS OVER the sexual humiliation of benny, he uses it against ELLEN. paranoia does not CAUSE bigotry to sprout, as someone with paranoia if anything it's more offensive to IMPLY that it would cause saying something that horrendous to a SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM. ( not only talking about the elevator here by the way, ellen being forced to service the others can genuinely be considered proximity assault and COERCION but whatever ) yes, i do feel bad for ted in the aspect that he is a torture victim and he's gone through so much and that he has genuinely been driven mad. but bigotry within madness cannot be justified in ANY right. it's also very insulting to his character to imply that his ONLY personality traits are being a douchebag. yes it's a big part of him because he is ,,, a douchebag. but to truly understand why you shouldn't like ted as a PERSON ( not as a character, he's very well written do whatever you want ) you have to peel away exactly at what makes his actions unjustifiable in the end.

moving on, his portrayal in the game is both interesting and completely absurd and horrendous. let me start this off by saying. Ted. Does NOT. love ellen. Ted is not ACTUALLY in love with this woman. He's just clinging to whatever he can for validation and he believes that he is ENTITLED to her validation because of his isolation and belief that the MEN hate him. not to mention his warped view on sex due to him being groomed may have led him to believe that sex = love. the short sporadic and awfully humiliating sparks of passion between ellen and ted during those intimate moments, especially for a grooming victim. may be incredibly confusing and conflicting. which of course is not at all teds fault, he's a victim. i don't blame him for that. teds character in the game in some aspects couldve been a beautifully done portrayal of how "love" and a want for it can bring out the worst in someone. that having trauma doesn't always make good functioning morally correct members of society. in other aspects. it's. bad. God fucking. JESUS it's bad i don't even want to talk about how horrendous he is written in the game christ on a celery stick. I can't even say this is because of my personal disliking of ted. all of the characters are so STRANGELY written in the game that is actually absurd in resemblance to their characters in the short story. but whatever.

rant over.

[theegemini92]

Tamlin Under The Mountain

So this theory has been bothering me for so long … I know this may never happen because sjm needs her coins/ TV deal so she won’t want to piss off the Feysand stans and write Tamlins POV from when he was UTM to present but I know deep down that when they were UTM, Tamlin asked Rhys to look after feyre. I’m sure he asked him to help her and keep her safe. Yes there’s a probability that he may have also asked someone in his court other than Lucien but that person could’ve not been trust worthy, look at what ianthe and others did to him? This is why he doesnt have an IC, it’s not easy to trust just anyone. Back to Rhys, the time Tam kissed Ferret, Rhys was the one who found them, it was as if he was Tams look out. I know that his reason to help Tamlin was so Tamlin will destroy Amarantha. Rhysand has been using Feyre to fuel Tamlin’s anger so he’s ready to attack. (And who knows Tamlin better? Rhys and tam were close years ago. Rhys knows when to push this males buttons, he knows that it takes a lot to get Tamlin angry. Which means Tamlin is not a naturally angry person, he’s always goaded into it. He’s always pushed and pushed or in stressful situations. Exhibit A is when ferret goaded him into exploding) Rhysand tells her he only touches her arms and waist so he can claim innocence to Tamlin and protect himself. This part is the part where I say Rhysand is NOT YHE MOST POWERFUL HIGH LORD ‼️ he protects himself by doing the opposite, by drugging her and putting her in skimpy clothing?

I would love multiple POVs of every HL and what they went through UTM. If RHYSANDS fear was having to be inside Amaranthas cooch, then I DREAD what others like the winter courts went through. Having a mask on your face for decades I’m sure isn’t the only physical torture and trauma. But hey everyone loves that photo of naked Rhys in chains 😒 fuck the death of the summer court heir and his father..!!!

[unovaascollectionoftrinkets]

sneak peak at a fic i'm writing !

inspired by the fact that I just want to write something where Katsuki has piercings and every freaking time I start to write one... somehow the piercings get removed... or I just don't know how to add them without saying

HEY UA! BAKUGO KATSUKI HAS piercings.

and thats not the exact ~vibe~ i'm going for.

so this is my attempt so far. (it doesnt even get to the part where they are mentioned, smh)

i give most of my fics 'code names' while writing them and then decide on the name at the end, so for now this is: pierce. obvi somethings will probably be changed when i'm done with the fic.

enjoy :)

The slam of a door reverberated through the entire dorm, shaking walls and rattling picture frames. 

Every head in the common room turned toward the source, but they didn’t need to see who it was to know. Only one member of Class 1-A possessed the strength—and sheer rage—to shake the whole damn building.

Kirishima glanced up from the couch, a knowing smirk already forming. 

“Mido, looks like you’re up,” he said, his voice laced with amused sympathy.

Izuku let out a groan that was equal parts exhaustion and resignation, dragging a hand down his face. 

Ever since he and Katsuki had worked out their… extensive history and rekindled a somewhat volatile but undeniable friendship, the rest of Class 1-A had taken to calling him the “Katsuki Whisperer.” 

The nickname stuck like super glue. 

And while Izuku secretly found a strange pride in his ability to calm the explosive blonde, it also meant he got stuck with handling him whenever the grenade went live.

Case in point: Katsuki had apparently gone nuclear. Again.

“I dunno, Kiri,” Izuku muttered. “I don’t think I can do much this time.”

“You’ve got the magic touch!” Mina chirped from across the room, grinning over her can of soda. “Just give him that voice. You know, the soft one.”

“Yeah, the calming one,” Kirishima added, his grin widening.

Izuku groaned again, louder this time. He could already feel the heat rising to his face.

The faint but unmistakable sound of blaring music began filtering down the hallway, growing louder with each passing second. Izuku’s shoulders tensed as he recognized the song.

“♫ EVERYTHING IS FUCKED, EVERYBODY SUCKS. YOU DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT YOU WANNA JUSTIFY RIPPIN’ SOMEONE’S HEAD OFF ♫”

“Yeah… definitely not going up there,” Izuku shouted over the sudden blast of Break Stuff.

“Oh, come on, Mido! He wouldn’t actually rip your head off!” Kirishima said, though his words lacked any real conviction.

“♫ NO HUMAN CONTACT, AND IF YOU INTERACT, YOUR LIFE IS ON CONTRACT ♫”

“Not helping!” Izuku snapped.

“♫ YOUR BEST BET IS TO STAY AWAY, MOTHERFUCKER! ♫”

The chorus hit like an explosion, and Izuku couldn’t help but cringe. 

If that song was playing, Katsuki was definitely in a mood. There wasn’t a chance in hell anyone was talking him down—not without risking life, limb, and possibly the structural integrity of Heights Alliance.

“Come on!” Mina pressed. She cupped her hands around her mouth and affected a dramatic falsetto. “Just hit him with the classic Hey, Kacchan~ If you don’t explode Heights Alliance, I’ll give you a big fat wet ki—”

Blackwhip shot out of Izuku faster than a lightning bolt, clamping over Mina’s mouth before she could finish.

“Don’t even say it!” Izuku yelped, his face and ears turning a mortified shade of pink. He shot a glare at the fifth user in his head. Thanks for the reflexes, really.

Mina pried the tendrils off her mouth, laughing so hard she had to grip the couch for balance. “Oh, come on, you’re blushing! That’s adorable! You know it works.”

“It’s not—it’s not like that!” Izuku stammered, his voice rising an octave as he flailed his arms in protest. “And even if it was—which it isn’t—it wouldn’t work this time.”

“Why not?” Kirishima asked, looking genuinely puzzled. “You’re the Katsuki Whisperer, man! What could he be that mad about?”

Izuku sighed heavily, glancing toward the stairwell. He could tell them, but… nah. 

Some truths were better kept under wraps. Especially because he didn’t want Katsuki to find out he was the one who let the cat out of the bag.

[jkriordanverse]

UGHHGHHH RANT ALERTT

so there's this girl in my class,lets call her D. So D had been scoring rather well on her exams till the midterms when her grades took a bad turn. D insists that her seatmates are always loud and obnoxious(THE IRONY) and destroy her concentration and motivation. So she took the very very very very x10 horrendous nightmareous ear drum exploding, choice of sitting next to me.in.all.classes.and.even.durning.cafe

UGHHHHH LIKE OKAY, I dont care whoever the fuck is sitting next to me AS LONG AS THEY DONT DISTURB ME, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT D IS DOING. Like bro i think my ear drums quite literally exploded after cafe 😭😭. If you wanna study or if you wanna sit next to me, that is completely okay, BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DISTURB ME DURING THE CLASS. AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I INDIRECTLY TOLD HER TO STFU. For the last time girl, idgaf about what your grandma's nurse is like or what your cousins fiancee wore on his engagement leave me tf alone 😭😭😭.

she keeps on chattering away and doesnt even care if the other person is interested or if she is disturbing them

she was quite literally yelling at my ears during cafe

she blocks my view of him

i dont like the way she touches me, or the way she tries to tickle me despite me telling her to stop it cuz i feel uncomfortable

she wont let me have a peaceful conversation with another person, without intruding/interrupting

she acts very fishy and cringe around him (sometimes it gives me second hand embarrassment and something else-)

she comments on my friendship with him WAY TOO MANY TIMES, and makes sus comments abt him/us while he's right there

I was getting major icks when i read SHE BLOCKS YOUR FUCKING VIEW OF HIM. THEN MY HEART LITERALLY STOPPED DROPPED AND ROLLED AWAY INTO OBLIVION. TF??? (kinda giving major pick me vibes with the cringe [esp the way she acts around him]) the audacity of this bitch

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CALLS FOR? BEING BLUNT. TELL EVERYTHING STRAIGHT TO HER FACE? SHE BEING ICKY? TELL HER. SHE BEING NOISY? TELL HER. AND YK WHAT MAXIMIZE IT AND GIVE HER YOUR BEST brotha eugh FACE EVER. WHIP OUT THE CLASSIC "honey, idc"

AND LASTLY HOW DARE SHE GET IN THE WAY OF YOU AND GUY HOW DARE SHE SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW YALL LIKE GIRL- STAY OF OUT UR BUSINESS PLEASE (im close to marching there and shoo her off myself)

[shallowseeker]

i understand hael's feelings about being trapped in a body that can't hold her, but it's fucking Crazy that the moment cas stops being an angel the other angels see him… basically as prey? like hael does her damnedest to try and manipulate/force castiel to become her vessel, and even threatens him (and honestly i wonder if she was trying to goad him into killing her bc her vessel's legs were so badly damaged) to try and coerce a yes out of him. also it doesnt seem like angels Require vessels on earth (several angels were absent a vessel which is why they started manipulating religious people into saying yes even if it exploded them) to survive, she just felt Entitled to one (to the point where she was burning some poor girl's body out) and entitled to one from castiel bc metatron used his grace to banish them from heaven, so it's only fair that she get his body right? she doesn't deserve to be a wandering cosmic being, she deserves to have a voice!! (not even aware of how hypocritically she treats humans, not even acknowledging that she is slowly killing the body and forcing the vessel to die bc she needed a placeholder until she could find a better one that could actually hold her)

I feel like this post sums up a lot of my feelings about this.

But I'm glad you brought up Hael's perspective because, reading this again, it strikes me that she might be gauging how much blame Cas bears for the Fall. Even more interestingly, Cas's words at times almost... unintentionally suggest that he may have been ideologically aligned with wanting it to happen, even going sofar as to present it as an opportunity.

CAS: Well, believe it or not, there may be something even better down here. HAEL: I don't understand. CAS: There's opportunity for you, the others who have fallen, to do finally do what you would like to do – not just what you've been told. HAEL: And what would I like to do? CAS: You tell me. If you could do anything, what would it be? HAEL: There's a place. I built it when I was last here – many years ago. A grand canyon. CAS: The Grand Canyon, yes. HAEL: I - I would like to see that. CASTIEL: Let's go see the Grand Canyon, then.

It’s complicated because, while we know Cas feels guilty and torn up about the angels falling, the way he frames the painful experience of drying-falling as a good thing almost comes off... naively callous? I think this could have emboldened Hael or even made her feel entitled to prey on him.

CAS: It's complicated. There could be trouble. It's – it's best if I go alone. My – my friend – he... needs my help. HAEL: I need help. CAS: You can do this, Hael. This is your chance to help people, to help yourself. I'm sorry.

In this exchange, Cas sometimes sounds like a bad salesman.

That said, I agree that her words are undeniably predatory. After Cas starts praising the human world as an opportunity, I think Hael starts to see Cas as human-like, as just a vessel. She’s twisting her extreme fear into justification, rationalizing her actions. In her mind, it’s his fault. He’s the bad guy, so she might as well prey on him because he’s going to die anyway.

HAEL: It's the least I could ask of you, considering, well... This is all your fault, isn't it? Making the angels fall? So, we'll drive to the Grand Canyon, you'll tell me more about humans, and I'll show you what I'm capable of. We're going to become more than just friends, Castiel. We're going to become one.

Cas now finds himself in the position of Jimmy Novak, and of all the human vessels he’s dominated over the years. Angels seem to, by nature and angelic warfare, bring danger and destruction, creating vulnerabilities in the human population.

HAEL: Do you know how ridiculous you sound? Help angels? After what you did? They don't want your help, Castiel. They want your head. CAS: You're wrong. I'm one of you. I will never stop being one of you. HAEL: Don't you get it? Together, I can protect you, Castiel. CAS: I don't need your – I don't want your protection. [CASTIEL turns and walks away.]

That very chaos allows them to swoop in, insisting they’ll protect their human charges and their families:

JIMMY: So, I wanna to help you. I'm about to lose my family here if you don't tell me how . . . Please, Castiel, just talk to me. What do you want from me? [A soft light appears and illuminates JIMMY from above. Faint whispers can be heard. JIMMY looks up and appears to be listening.] JIMMY: Yes, I understand. Promise my family will be okay and I'll do it . . . Then, yes. [...] JIMMY: Castiel, you son of a bitch! You promised me my family would be okay. You promised you were gonna take care of them. I gave you everything you asked me to give. I gave you more. This is the thanks I get? This is what you do? This is your heaven? Help me, please. You promised, Cas. Just help me.

///

Last thought on Hael:

"We're going to become one." & "Together, I can protect you, Castiel."

It’s interesting that Hael's words echo Amara’s view of Dean and human souls—something to sustain herself. (Or, in Amara’s case, to entertain herself and stoke the fires of “sensations” within.) The idea of being subsumed is framed as a privilege, or, in Amara’s case, “the bliss” or “purest night.”

The loss of individuality is presented as an elevation or a form of protection, rather than an erasure.

[littlemissmedicalmalpractice]

yk why alnst makes me explode inside? because of that one itty baby line in round 1, that line "'[humans] thought that the place that connected with the sky, which they could not dare to reach was the place where the gods lived." and oh LORD because it doesnt matter if youre religious or not you can rotisserie chicken this line in your brain for hours upon hours. because i'm sure we've all, or at least most of the people who have been up to the gills in alnst analysis after blink and (everyone was) gone, have seen the different emotional posts about how the beauty of humanity is that when put in such horrible situations, the characters found gods in each other? how the vivinos mizisua video is just mizi looking at this little doll in a box and goin. a human. a god (to HER, because she wasnt looking for this otherworldly magical [read: alien] being, she was looking for someone she could believe in). my god, my universe. my sua!!! because i'm sure we've all seen the analysis posts about alnst's underlying message about how to be human is to believe in something, whether that something be so small as another human. how these children have been surrounded by aliens that are abusing them and trapping them and yet they find their joy in each other, they find their escape in the love they have for each OTHER!!! sua and mizi. mizi and till. till and ivan. fuck even hyuna and luka, with all the shit they have going on. (and ofc im not even going to address the analysis posts on how these relationships, these acts of finding purpose in someone else leads to the Tragedy of alien stage, of till running back to mizi, of ivan following back to till.) i'm not talking about the relationships themselves, we've all seen the posts about how alien stage is about humanity and humans and love and love and love and sorry i got distracted by the post about how scientists debate whether kissing is instinctual or learned and i'm not talking about the relationships themselves i'm talking about the sky.

and i know you motherfuckers do it too, dont even lie because who doesn't look up at the sky and the stars and space and think about space and how BIG it is and doesnt think that if there was a god it was out there? and yeah there is the line in round 1 about the humans being the center of the universe and i do think it's true that many religious beliefs center around the earth but i dont think that cancels out what i said about the SKY! the sky, the planets, space, something big and bigger and far away. or maybe it's just because i answer any question about icebreaking and personalities with that i wish i could fly, but either way i think that i see aliens as gods and i think many of people everywhere see the sky as a god and the heavens are floating in the sky and there's a reason that the term "putting someone on a pedestal" means to put them above you. because we as humans see the gods as above us and we see the sky as what we look up to look at and alnst is telling us that what if the only thing coming to earth from above were the monsters and what if the only gods we could look up to were right down here with us?

[blueberry-ink-93]

ORESTES

euripides be wilding lmao. thoughts!!

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fascinating to me that hermione was in argos (?) when menelaus went off to war. which makes sense ngl lol she was a child

anyhows helen arrives and asks electra to take her to clys grave for an offering and libation and this happens

and omg. helen girl what the hell lol.

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electra my baby shes so distraught (orestes in the bg is asleep)

emotional damage has been dealt

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what if i sobbed

what then

hes lucid for barely a moment and then hes back and it killed me

works nicely with the fic stuff i have in mind

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euripides man what the fuck. did you have to hurt me like this

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hes lucid again

wait for it

im going to explode

theyre so siblings

lord take me now

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pylades!!!

i like that electra played an active part in da murder. good for her

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HERMIONE. UR FAMILY IS HERMIONE. GO MARRY HER

felt

strophius mention!!!

im a strophius stan (please god let him be good lmao)

i have so many hcs ldkjhsjd i bet pylades is just like him :3

this was so funny to me lmao. cant tell if orestes is trolling the poor guy or being serious but the interaction made me laugh

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LDKSQDJSWKSJDFGROEWKJERGRE LMAO

when the reverse psychology doesnt work on ur nephew:

i like my men slightly unhinged

poor hermione tho lol girlie must be traumatised

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big oof

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ngl i had no prior knowledge of apollo swooping in and taking helen this caught me so off guard lol

helen reunited with her brothers tho 🥺

has this been drawn yet

apollo and helen just peacing out, or ascending to the heavens backwards (like moonwalking). please tell me this is a thing

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GOOD. FUCK THAT GUY *everyone cheers*

idk why blasphemy being neos demise is so funny to me. in my heart of hearts however andromache kills him. ft. apollo

OH???

electra x pylades confirmed

ngl idk how to feel about them lol

between him and orestes being totally hetero homies and electra grieving (and lamenting her maidenhood??) i honestly dont know

(in my fic so far pylades goes home and chysothemis goes with him as his lil sister to chill there for a few years till orestes unites argos and ascends. never thought of marrying electra off honestly, i dont think shed be too pleased letting go of her brother so soon. what do yall think?)

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[pigswithwings]

can we hear about harley

i don't know enough about harley to go on a full rant but he does make me wild. harley any pronouns and iris she/they btw. harley belongs to my close friend and mutual @/mitebitmurderous who knows much more about what makes her tick. but anyways i can tell you about harleys relationship to iris if't please you!

so i think in the last post i just sent out, i explained that harley and iris work together. i don't know if i mentioned that two work together at a gas station convenience store at the wee hours of the morning/night, which basically ensures they are alone for a good deal of the shift. but anyways you know how iris sucks and doesnt know how to be a normal person around other people? harley is that but in the other direction.

harley is like. trying so hard to be a normal person while also being fucked up bad from never being acknowledged as more than a tool or a mannequin. so in a sort of mirror to how iris will deny or resist attempts to care about her, harley is a person who devotes a lot of time to trying to get people to like him. and this is where the mirroring comes in, she's pulling out all the stops mimicking other people's behavior because that usually helps get people to like you. unfortunately iris is sort of an asshole (being habitually standoffish and uncaring as possible to not develop any feelings) so therefore harley also must be sort of an asshole right back to her. and this is why they suck and are horrible for each other.

but also the reason neither of them give up on each other, the reason iris doesn't just quit (besides needing the money) and the reason harley doesn't leave is because they both offer something new to each other. they may or may not necessarily Need each other, but harley and iris both need something that the other gives or represents. iris remembers one of harley's allergies once and harley just sort of jumps on that incident because nobody's done that before, nobody's cared enough to really remember things about it or try and help it and that's what makes them want to keep coming back to working with iris. meanwhile miss named-after-a-flower finds harley incredibly disconcerting but tries so hard figure out why harley is so consistent/persistent, why they keep trying to ask her to go places or give her things and why they're the only person she knows who will react right back with her same level of aggression (fucked up and finds it more comfortable to be arguing with a coworker than standing in silence). so they're both very regular members of society and we have to explode the two of them

[the-s1lly-corner]

Hay...... Do you think you could do tadc characters with a reader who has super bad depth perception (due to an eye injury) and as a result often ends up walking into things because they didn't realise it was right in front of them?? :3 (aka me)

TADC cast x reader who has very bad depth perception!

fuck it we balling!! (admin is now on a small time crunch, theyre not going to explode if they fail to finish this before they timer is up, but they are weird about time stuff) rolls around ehehehhehe i hope you enjoy!! i must admit, admin was a little stumped on this so this might be a little..... meh </3

CAINE:

i think he blows it out way out of proportion... though im not sure thats the right word... i mean, if you manage to get close to caine (which is quite a feat considering before he didnt really. build genuine connections with circus members as well as being busy with... whatever it is he does...) he doesnt quite.. understand... so i think he insists on being your eyes, utilizing his... thousands of all seeing eyes. he can get overbearing at times so youre going to need to set the record straight and explain things to him... hes a little confused but hes got the spirit.... takes you to his room whenever things get hard (migraine, nausea, ect ect ect) and pampers you... so.. maybe him taking things too far/seriously isnt that bad...

POMNI:

has probably tossed you something before remembering your depth perception... the regret on her face is immediate, spreading over it before you even have the chance to react to whats going on... quick and long stream of apologies as she picks up the thing; it wasnt even likely anything important or fragile

eventually builds the habit to not toss things to people when they ask for something.. offers to read things out for you if you have trouble with it, as well as guiding you to dark places if you have trouble with migraines as well (while admin doesnt have depth perception he does have something funky with his eyes that make them sometimes roll and cross and it suuuucks)

RAGATHA:

oh she is so so so empathetic with you. as mentioned above in pomnis part, if youre prone to nausea or migraines, shes going to do all that she can to help you... usually lets you lay in her bed to collect yourself... helps you judge the distance things are, especially if its in a chaotic situation such as an in house adventure. if you open up to her about the reason behind your bad vision, her heart is going to hurt for you. if you need comfort, she will provide it; if you just need some ears, she will provide. generally very good about accommodating you

JAX:

has probably asked why your eyes look off, assuming they cross or otherwise arent "standard". doesnt really say it to be rude, well.. actually no this is jax hes likely just scoping to see what the deal is, though its more of a curiosity thing. gives a soft "oh" when you briefly explain why. honestly i think he has a habit of tossing things to people when they ask him for something, and i think this would carry over to you.... does sometimes feel bad, but hey! hes not trying to be mean (kinda...)

does not stoop low enough to use your poor depth perception to his advantage for pranks, though. hes an asshole but i dont think he would be that evil tbh...

KINGER:

honestly? same. like i dont think that he has bad eyes thanks to an injury, no rather i think its just because hes OLD!!! so theres times where you guys fail to be each others eyes. you have terrible depth perception, he is shortsighted... uh oh... good news is that hes always keeping an eye on you (no shitty pun intended) due to him constantly worrying about you, so the chance of you somehow being in the way of danger is fairly low.... probably.... if you tend to attract it, though, or are on the clumsier side, rest assured that hes keeping you in the pillow fort!/lh

ZOOBLE:

probably doesnt even notice it at first until you bring it up in passing, and honestly i dont think their view on you would change. sure they would try to be more accommodating for you since theyre not totally apathetic, especially since youre a friend and/or partner... but theyre not too... emotional, so unlike ragatha they wouldnt outwardly give you an excessive amount of.... pity? care? im struggling to find the right word, im afraid... will let you vent about it, though, if the issues that come with it cause any stress.. otherwise doesnt bring it up too much unless you bring it up, both because they dont think its too much of a big deal as well as not wanting to pry

GANGLE:

very sad very empathetic if you ever open up to her about the events leading up to your injury (assuming you remember/it was something that happened in the real world that carried into the digital world), and perhaps sheds a tear for you. helps you read and write things if you struggle with it, as well as even wrapping her ribbon around your eyes should any random bouts of nausea roll in. generally very sweet about it but is very careful about not stepping over any lines, tends to ask before doing something (especially with the blindfolding/nausea thing)