#why is everything turning sad???

[littldoctor]

Doctor who - S2E4 - The Girl in the Fireplace

[juaneloriginal]

silly thingy

@blackkatdraws's sillies

[sealpup9]

Ok Inertia came in swinging with a beat that slaps so hard I forgot to duck and was knocked on my ass by the force that is the last two verses.

[novelconcepts]

Do you ever just lay awake at night, turning over in your head the stark difference in delivery between Hewson's Van saying--steadily, unshakably--"it's just something that's happening to you...happening to us" and Cypress' Taissa saying--imploringly, whiningly--"this was not just my dream, this was our dream"?

Do you ever just turn it over and over, how often Tai tried to scare Van away, and how it only made Van set her feet more firmly? How Taissa's first love was this person who saw a problem fall into Taissa's lap, a problem that was quite literally trapped inside Taissa's body, and decided unflinchingly: No, that's an us problem now? How she refused point-blank to walk away even with blood in her mouth, how she flatly informed Tai "I'm never gonna be scared of you", and promptly turned a moment of pain into a declaration of love? And how this would etch itself into Taissa for the rest of her life? How she'd take these things that worked with Van--with the person Van was, with the bond they shared--and try so hard to run through an identical script with Simone?

Except Simone is her own person. A completely different kind of person. A person who hasn't been offered any of the context, any of the realities going on inside Taissa. So: naturally she doesn't respond the way Van did at eighteen--and will go on to do all over again in her forties. Naturally, she hears our dream as the excuse it is, not as a plea for connection. Naturally, she is scared away when Taissa pushes, and shouts, and begs. Because there isn't blood in her mouth, not yet, but there will be. And they have a son to worry about. And she isn't eighteen and a special kind of immortal, a special kind of romanticized. She's a grown woman with responsibilities, with priorities, with an understanding that you can't fix someone just because you love them. And Tai can't just perform a revival of the play she and Van had memorized twenty-five years later with a whole new performer in the works, and expect it to shake out the same.

Of course it doesn't work. But look at Taissa trying it. Look at Taissa trying to reframe her first love through a new lens. Trying to recast it. Trying to play it through again. Van taught her love was sticking out the blood, shaking off the pain, making a you problem into an us problem. Does it ever just eat at you, how tragic it is, watching Taissa try to shape her marriage around a woman who isn't even wearing a ring?

[meliake]

I spy a parentified child

[geddy-leesbian]

on top of this being the anniversary of the most traumatic day of my life which was followed by 6 weeks I was homeless and had a variety of traumatic things happen, we also got

me being due for my depo shot which means I will cry over things that are not worth crying about (the best example is probably the time I thought we had a frozen spaghetti meal in the freezer and started sobbing when it wasn't there)

finding out my estranged sister violated her probation (it's a long story) and even though I wouldn't have expected to have strong feelings about it it's still somehow like

my mom's dad might be dying (I haven't seen him since I was very young so I don't view him as much more than "my mom's dad" and saying he's my grandpa wouldn't feel right to me even if it's technically correct) and it's like the thing with my sister where it's not something I would expect to have feelings about but still do

We went into our apartment complex's office to renew our lease and they said they'd email us all the lease stuff to sign online earlier this week and it's probably nothing but anxiety brain go brrrrrrrr they're not going to renew it and you'll be homeless again!!!!

I truly feel like Luis Serra in this moment:

the bear trap is last years trauma, the ganado is everything more recent

[ickypuppi3]

the way billy looks at neil

[rainybraindays]

Okay, apparently shutting the fuck up was never an option but the way no one likes to look at the marina situation and go "wow what the fuck is wrong with portia"? Crazy.

Like she immediately didn't like her, not because of anything she'd done, but because she took attention from her daughters no matter how bright she dressed them.

It didn’t matter that the main reason is that, honestly all 3 of her daughters are painfully awkward, and in ones case literally 17. It didn’t matter that Marina was only there at her fathers instance, or that theoretically through having someone thats clearly popular in her home she could have used it as a jump off mark to match her daughters, she was seen as her big hurdle to marrying them off. Marinas immediately othered, to the point that when shes being dressed the maids helping put on her shoes is enough to piss Portia off. She immediately puts Marina in the same ring as her daughters, fight for my attention and maybe maybe it'll be positive. But Marina doesn't do that because she doesn't want to even be there.

And then they find out she's pregnant and shes othered even more. She immediately tries to send her back, and when she's not allowed to do that shes locked away and the other girls aren't even allowed to talk to her. She literally tries to freeze her out, like Marina has any say in being there in the first place, before lying to her about her being abandoned by George.

She makes no attempt to find out if George has family, she doesn't care enough to try even though that would have been a way to get rid of her "problem". She tries to push Marina onto a man old enough to be her grandfather and slaps her across the fucking face when she tries to stand up for herself.

Theres no concern for her safety, for the babys safety, just getting her out of her house as fast as fucking possible, and I'm meant to be surprised that when Colin saves Marina from her elderly suitor she turns her attention to him?

Like the nicest guy, who everyone likes, who's attractive, who isn't multiple decades older than her and most importantly not going to literally assault her? Yeah not a big shocker. Should she have lied to him? No, but she wouldn't have had to or felt the need to if she wasn't in the most hostile fucking house. Even Penelope, who she likes, why does everyone forget that she fucking likes Penelope and viewed her as a friend, becomes aggressive towards her. Shes cornered, shes scared, and all of this could have been avoided if Portia was a slightly better person and said "hey soilder boys not written back, you're gonna have this kid, does he have any family?" instead of setting this entire mess in motion.

[beanghostprincess]

Usopp accepted his mother's death 12 years ago going to the proper grieving process and moving on with his life like she would have wanted. (The word is healed but it's still a wound)

While yasopp who found out only 2 year ago is racked with guilt and shame. Not ready to move on may never move on in the midst of prolonged grief

They reunite whatever, whatever..... you heard it before

Yasopp and Usopp have a fight about.......whatever they probably have a lot to fight about anyway. The argument gets really intense usopp said something along the lines.

'If you really cared about me you would have stayed and mom wouldn't have died!!!'

the minute that left his mouth he regretted it. He didn't mean any of it he was angry and frustrated that he wasn't listening to him so he just said anything to hurt him.

It worked, his dad was quiet, losing all eye contact from him. 'i know. That's why I'm trying so hard. To prevent something like that from happening again'

Before usopp could reach out and apologize yasopp is out the door not wanting his son to see him. Usopp is alone in his work shop feeling shitty, sanji comes in after the ordeal.

Sanji: 'sooooo how did it go? You set those boundaries like I told you to?

Usopp: 'i think I made my dad cry'

Sanji: 'that's great!'

Usopp: 'no sanji that's bad. That's really, really bad'

Sanji: oh

HELP I KNOW THIS IS SAD BUT THE LAST CONVERSATION AWJDBAKSBDJKBEKWBKJWBEE

No, but seriously, I think it would go kind of like this:

Sanji: Oh, yeah. Real bad. Why- Why is it bad again?

Usopp: Some people don't hate their dads, maybe?

Sanji: Of course. Yes. True. But your father's kind of a dick, right? Like- He left you and all. Wouldn't do him wrong to cry a little bit over his mistakes. He should regret leaving you.

Usopp: Ugh, I- I know, okay? I know. And he regrets it. It's just- It's not what I meant to say. This is not how I wanted things to go. It sucks and I don't know how to fix it.

Sanji: Maybe you don't have to fix it.

Usopp: Sanji, we've talked about this. My father isn't your-

Sanji: No. No. I know. I know, mon trésor. I know. I'm just saying that... You've done so much already. You've been on your own. Grieved on your own. Grew up on your own. Lived on your own. You've forgiven him on your own. And you are his son. You shouldn't be the one dealing with this. Maybe, for once, you could let him carry the burden for a while?

Usopp: ... I don't know. I think it's a two-way thing. And what I said wasn't nice, either.

Sanji: What he did wasn't nice. Even if it was a mistake. And I'm sure he loves you. Who wouldn't? But I'm just saying that you don't have the responsibility to fix anything or to reach out to him. I know you aren't truly angry at him, but maybe you need to be angry for a while and let your father, well, be a father and come to you now instead of you fixing everything all the time.

Usopp: Maybe. I- I'm not sure. I think I just need a moment to think about it. But thank you, Sanji, that was- That was really nice to hear.

Sanji: Of course. Anytime. I've also told my dad things I didn't mean. Not like, in the usual way when we just tried to yell louder than the other. I mean when we fought about things that mattered. I always wanted to apologize first but he would never let me. Said it was a father thing to do, or whatever, to eat his pride. He never actively said sorry but he brought food to my room when I didn't want to eat and it was just his way to do it. It's a dad thing.

Usopp: I guess it is a dad thing. I'm glad Zeff found you.

Sanji: And I'm glad your dad isn't the deadbeat jerk I thought he'd be. Sorry about that, too. I'm sure everything will be fine.

And then they stay there together for a while, cuddling and talking about everything and nothing. Until Yasopp knocks on the door to talk to Usopp. Usopp wants to apologize first. Tries to. But Yasopp doesn't let him. He tells him that he's sorry he left. That even if Usopp understands why he did it, he should've been a better father. Stayed more in contact. But he's proud of the man Usopp has become without him and he wants to start acting more like his dad from now on, even if it's a bit too late. Usopp just says that it's never too late. And they hug. And I am finally happy. Because I need them to be happy and hug or I'll riot.

[notquitehumanwrites]

Thought about the constant march of time and had to lay down for a bit

[talkorsomething]

I have Got to get more transgender

[bunnihearted]

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[reflection-s-of-stars]

aabria iyengar how could you do this to my heart

[ajxrn-archive]

I need to be put in a waffle iron or something

[randomnameless]

Well, looks like even a broken clock's right at least twice a day; an edelstan on twitter was pissed a few days ago when they saw that Cyril's Meet the Heroes description described his time “working” for House Goneril as “some odd twists and turns”, pointing out that such vague wording was most likely used due to a combination of 3H not caring about Cyril's backstory and IS needing to sanitize Hilda's image so she can sell better in Heroes.

Hahaha,

It's funny because on SPE some people made memes, and you have angry people in the comments, being angry and basically lying or making up facts to either diminish Cyril's uh, "working conditions" in House Goneril, or try to sweep it under the rug to give some "Rhea BaD" takes again

Like :

(meme where Claude doesn't criticise his allies for keeping slaves, but blame racism on the lady who saved the child slave)

"Faerghus is the most violent country because they killed the emperor and enacted a coup while being backed up by mole people" to talk about that time when Loog got his independance

"Rhea BaD bcs Cyril can't learn how to read if you don't support him with Lysithea" even if he writes in the Post TS regardless of recruiting Lysithea or not

"Claude tries to talk to Cyril out of fighting but Cyril drives to a suicide charge with Rhea's blessing so Rhea BaD" in GW, with the source being, idk, since the person who came with that take never sourced it

"Rhea BaD she used the regicide in Faerghus to get rid of her political enemies" you mean the dude who tried to kill her?

"Supreme Leader wouldn't be able to continue warring if Rhea DeD bcs else she would be invading people and would lose public support" like the Supreme Leader? From the land of MAGA? Lose public support?? If she invades nations to restore Adrestia to its glorious past???

"Cyril never said he wasn't eating well in house Goneril" but the JP line says he was always hungry in PAlmyra and Fodlan before coming to the Monastery...

Anyways, as expected, even if FEH tries to sanitise some of Fe Fodlan's most, uh, contentious points, we will always have discourse because some people just prefer their fanon to canon, and while I can understand them to a degree (look Willy is basically fanon at this point) it's always hilarious to see people refuse to engage or even consider that the game they "love" says X when they prefer Y.

When it comes to, in general, Church related characters or Kingdom related characters, we see a lot of discourse like this popping up because while FE Fodlan shat on them (to an extent, for the Church related characters) FEH has to give them the minimum spotlight they give to other characters of the franchise, so yes, Hilda's popularity most likely is the reason why Cyril in MYH just had some "odd twists and turns" (tfw Begnion Senators aren't as popular :( so Muarim was mentionned to have been a slave) but his voiced lines has him mention he was captured as a "war prisoner"...

Putting everything it adds up and we have : Cyril was captured as a war prisoner when he was 11-12 by the Gonerils, was hungry there, complained about "work being hard" there (when Cyril doesn't complain at all in GM despite the huge workload he has!), and implies to Mercedes to have been mistreated in House Goneril because he was Almyran (which matches Hilda's prejudices in her C support about Almyrans).

Why is Cyril's backstory so "discourse rising" then?

Is it because Rhea BaD cannot rescue a child from slavery from a popular character's family/household? Or because Hilda's laziness and preference to let other people do her chores looks especially wrong if we take into consideration that those "other people doing her chores" at home might be children "kept as prisoner of wars and fed twice per week"? Or because it reflects badly on Claude (in both games) who wants to end discriminations and prejudices by getting rid of the institution that rescued an abused child, while working hand in hand with the family that abused said child based on his origins?

(lol@the "but Faerghus BaD" bonus point in the earlier SPE thread I mention, I don't even understand why it was brought up lol)

Back to your post, it's hilarious how this edelstand was pissed becayse FEH whitewashed Cyril's backstory to maybe sell more Hilda alts, when Pat'n'pals try their hardest (in FE16, Nopes and even FEH!) to "alter the script" to shit on Rhea, Dimitri to make Supreme Leader alt'able.

Maybe there's hope for this twitter/X stan?

[sysig]

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