#yes there's a love triangle

[allgremlinart]

inspired by @/mugentakeda's Jet + Iroh hostility doodles but I made it lesko (lesbian jetko) because. I can

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

the reason we need to make kids read the classics is i cannot continue to survive watching people gush about the gorgeous writing of texts composed of the most mediocre sentences in existence

[lovegrowsart]

it's pretty wild to me that people don't see that aang running off to save katara in CoD is his luke in empire strikes back moment, where he runs headlong into his want and attachment and he's narratively punished for doing so and not learning his lesson - aang runs after katara despite guru pathik's warning, like luke runs after leia and han from yoda on dagobah despite yoda's warning; similarly, as a result, things go to hell in ba sing se like they do on bespin - aang enters the avatar state before he's ready and gets killed, and ba sing se falls to the fire nation, luke fights vader before he's ready, loses a hand, and symbolically commits suicide after vader tells him he's luke's father.

the difference between their character arcs is that george lucas and co. actually went thru with luke's hero's journey and understood the fundamental difference between attachment and love, whereas I don't think bryke understood this difference and then dropped this from aang's arc pretty much completely and replaced it with aang digging in his heels into his want and attachment and he gets rewarded with energy bending from a lion turtle, the avatar state from a random pointy rock, and his forever girl from the self-indulgent white men that couldn't bring themselves to give their hero a compelling character arc that meant he might not have gotten everything he wanted at the end.

[chkn-kit]

proseka au where everything is the same but toya plays the triangle so i can stop drawing the fucking violin

[shouldprobablybereading]

Because I’m tired over parenting debates where the only true answer is Straff, who’s the worst sibling?

Motivations under the cut:

Reen - Was physically and psychologically abusive towards his sister.

Zane - Tried to have his brother assasinated and tried to make his sister in law fall in love with him because he was jealous and when she didn't reciprocrate tried to kill her as well. Also got multiple of his other siblings killed during the previously mentioned assassination attempt.

Gavilar - Used his brother as a weapon and then used his following ptsd and addiction as a way to manipulate him. He also persued the girl he knew his brother wanted to court.

Dalinar - Was about to kill his brother once, got drunk and didn’t listen during his meetings and eventually fucked his widow (which is good for her but I imagine Gavilar would take issue).

Telsin - Faked her death, killed her brother, then tried to nuke his home city.

Eventeo - Took the throne from his brother and banished him.

Kiin - Tried to take the throne back from his brother by force.

Balat - Let his sister deal with their family problems and feel responsible for him and their brothers despite being the youngest.

Helaran - Left his siblings alone with their abusive father.

Kelsier - Died? And fought over a girl.

Venli - Set off events that led to her sisters death, kinda. Idk it's not her I just wanted more women on the list.

Prime Elhokar - Had one of his sisters closest allies murdered in front of her. Basically locked her up so she couldn't tell anyone and then married her off to Sadeas/Amaram against her wishes.

[jacethegaymer]

Shadowheart is homophobic confirmed💀😭

also her aspiration meter is bad (not my fault! It’s the stupid hobby chance cards)

Edit 1: damn I posted this at 6pm and it’s already at 30+ notes thanks! btw if y’all are wondering, no I can’t share them as they have a lot of CC and defaults. Also more bg3 sims 2 content will come so stick around

[mrs-theirin]

"I see Wyll's caught your eye?" Providence blushes, shying away from Shadowheart. "It's nothing. Besides, don't speak too loudly. I fear Gale will overhear." "Oh!" Astarion chimes in, grinning. "Afraid of a little love triangle, little bard?"

i commissioned the wonderful, the amazing, the stunning, the spectacular @kirnet to draw my beautiful baby bard providence and of course he knocked it out of the fucking park again as usual. please please PLEASE commission mina if you get the chance, she is the coolest person in the world and always delivers

[scummybee]

I’m

Having a thought

Does this make sense? I feel like I’m getting somewhere

[knownoshamc]

straight love triangles are yikes, but gay love triangles are

[estcaligo]

Malleus won't command Sebek to confess his love to Prefect because he plans to do it himself /j

(I remembered you like Malleus-Sebek-Prefect love triangle 🤭)

Ahajhdaksk THE ANGST

Great now Sebek is drunk and brokenhearted. But at least his Liege is happy, so he should be happy too, right?....right?.....

[dg-outlaw]

"Holy Childhood Trauma, Batman!"

Okay, let's get into it. *spoilers ahead*

X-Men '97: Episode 5 - Remember It

So without boring everyone with yet another recap as every nerd fandom outlet has that covered, I want to highlight all the things that really impacted me with this episode.

The animation team, storyboard artists, and directing for this episode.

I love how this series has captured the essence and style of the original 90s series, but has amped up the actions sequences to an 11, 12, 13, or 20! It's been a hot minute since I saw the original series, but I just don't recall many truly badass anime-esque action sequences from the OG series. And while X-Men has always been more of a socio-political and interpersonal drama, it's always cool to see your favorite characters use their powers in unique ways and this was Gambit's episode. I also love the addition of tears in many of the faces of characters during key moments. It's a minor thing, but emphasizing them just shows the gravity of the emotions the characters are facing. Also, special mention to episode 1 as well with Cyclops' intro and the ending battle in the sentinel graveyard. This series is what we all wanted back in the 90s and honestly, I'd be fine if comic book adaptations were more in animation form than live-action. CGI and VFX can be cool, but having characters do insane, gravity defying things like in this episode without looking janky is so awesome.

The usage and variation of the X-Men theme.

In both these scenes (above) the X-Men theme is played, but in vary different ways and I love when a score or soundtrack can enhance the mood of a scene or just help tell a story or convey a mood/emotion. In the first, we see Gambit and Rogue heading into battle and the score is slowed down and just has this serious tone to it. We're not having fun. This is war and we've got our game faces on. The second is the traditional theme and fits the tone as Gambit is just showing off and being a badass. IDK. I'm not a student of music, but I still love this stuff and how even the same music can be varied to convey different moods.

The impact and stakes.

Without getting too political (even though X-Men is all about politics and social issues), it was hard to not feel an extra impact by this episode's destruction of Genosha given the events taking place overseas in Palestine (as well as so many other countries that don't get as much news coverage). Again, trying to keep this to X-Men, but seeing the mass loss of innocent life (even in a cartoon) in such a quick and brutal way just sent my mind there and it was hard to not tear up thinking about the real loss of innocent life in our world (but without superheroes to intervene). Not to mention, I was already prepared for the loss of Gambit thanks to being on the internet and not watching new content the second it drops.

Honestly, this episode felt like an epic finale given the gut punch of emotions, the action, and the destruction. I know there are many theories that this could/will be reversed or altered via time travel, especially with the presence of the Watcher and Cable's attempt to warn his mother, Madelyne Pryor, but narratively I hope we sit with the weight of what happened in this episode. Selfishly, I want it fixed yesterday but I know that if that were to happen it would minimize the stakes and take away from the emotional weight of this episode. Also, the X-women are going through it this season. First, Storm, then Jean, and now Rogue.

The Ending and Saying Goodbye

So, as mentioned above I had Gambit's death spoiled and while I hate that I still wasn't prepared. As I said, I was already dealing with emotions at seeing the destruction of Genosha, but when it came for Gambit's end I was falling down onto the ground even more. Add in the rest of the X-Men at home, only able to watch from TV, devasted and powerless, and then Rogue's emotional (Death of Superman-style) goodbye as the episode faded to black... I still can't watch this scene or think about it without getting emotional all over again.

That said, to all the kids who thought I was lame for picking to play as Gambit on the playground instead of then fan-favorite Wolverine like everyone else, this episode and his epic goodbye was just amazing. I think anyone wanting to do Gambit justice in a film or solo movie/series should watch this episode and take notes. While most of us hope to die peacefully in our sleep at a ripe old age, I think going out like a total badass hero is a close second and Gambit achieved that. I'm sure it'll get fixed eventually, but I think Genosha (when they rebuild) should have the Magneto and Xavier statues back up, but also have a giant one of Gambit as well.

And speaking of Magneto, having him have flashes of his childhood and embracing the Morlocks (especially Leech) at the end was just more piled on emotional damage... and apparently this is just the tip of the iceberg for this season according to the writer/showrunner. I guess the writers know their audience is probably mostly 80s and 90s kids who grew up with Bambi, Land Before Time, NeverEnding Story, Gremlins, and all the other emotionally damaging "kid" content we were exposed to back in the day. Do I need this level of trauma or PTSD as an adult? No. But I'll keep watching.

[bridoesotherjunk]

as weird as it is to say, after looking at the stuff about Spiderverse 2 possibly having the love triangle bullshit, I feel like the Venom movies actually did the whole 'love triangle' pretty well by making Dan into a genuinely nice person. Even if they did it accidentally, lmao.

It wasn't a bullshit dick measuring contest between two guys fighting to "win" the pretty girl. You felt bad for Eddie, of course, but they made it very clear it was his fucking fault things fell apart. So you have LESS sympathy for him going into it than normal romance plots where the "good guy" didnt do anything wrong. And then they introduced Dan and he was polite, he was nice, and he went out of his way to help Eddie. His girlfriend's ex. Instead of the new love being boring or a huge piece of shot like other movies do with the new boyfriend. It was only ever a triangle in the loosest sense, because after a little while you're noticing that there is no fighting or arguing going on and Anne isn't being treated like some trophy that either of them need to win. The second movie has some fights between the guys, but most of that is the growing pains between Eddie and the Venom symbiote manifesting. Eddie and Venom lash out because they want things to be good for THEM and they're still figuring out what that means.

Its weird for me to say it. But Spiderverse could take notes from the Venom series.

[possamble]

realizing im kind of a weirdo about laios and marcille

[kujousaramybeloved]

maybe the REAL harbinger love triangle isn’t pierro/columbina/arlecchino but furina/arlecchino/columbina……….

[meganechan05]

Kono MofuMofu Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

(God's Blessing on this Fluffy World!)

Or KonoMofuMofu for short lol

A KingOhger SpinOff focusing on Chikyuu's biggest Moffun fans. Join the three on some adventures where they have a "Moffun and Me" marathon night, take a trip to the theme park, MoffunLand, and even try to track down Moffun, themselves!

Maybe even witness some romantic tension as the biggest Moffunatic learns how to process their own emotions 😏

[mattzerella-sticks]

Marvel, X-Men, whoever - I'm begging you.

Let these two (Wolverine and Bishop) get together.