#she'd risk it all

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - 1x06

#specialopslionessedit #special ops lioness #special ops: lioness #aaliyah amrohi #cruz manuelos #stephanie nur #laysla de oliveira #special ops lioness 1x06 #aaliyah x cruz #femslash related stuff #muslim lgbt #lol I love dumb people #PASSIONATE making out -> haha like what even was that #but oof I do feel for them #aaliyah especially is risking so much #well both are but cruz has all the information #except about how she'd feel I guess :o

[iamacolor]

I knew you'd be alive.

CASTAWAY DIVA - EPISODE 7

#castaway diva #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #tuservic #tuseralexa #my edits #park eun bin #chae jong hyeop #THEY GOT ME #he waited for 15 years so sure she'd be alive and then he still had a to keep it a secret to protect his family and now he'd rather risk it #all than see her give up on her dream!!!! #i need to stop making gifs at 1am though what is this #mine: castaway diva

[bumblingbabooshka]

There's taking your crush out and then there's taking your crush out!

#B'Elanna Torres #B'Elanna #this has secret lore in my head which is that after 'extreme risk' she starts boxing with Chakotay #she doesn't really want to at first (she doesn't want to do anything) but he insists on it #I think she'd have a love/hate relationship with it...it's sort of teetering on the edge #but it's better than Tuvok's meditation at this point in her life bc just sitting still and thinking about her life will only cause her to #spiral. Anyway - that's not at all really reflected in the piece #it's just B'Elanna taking her feelings for a certain someone to the RING!!!! #bea art tag #st voyager #star trek voyager #star trek #st voy

[cookinguptales]

god, rn I'm thinking about the way people with terrible family members just like. understand each other.

last time I went to go see my hair stylist, I was updating him on my life and told him that my grandmother had died on thanksgiving and he was just like "ugh. passive-aggressive."

friends, I was dying laughing in that chair because he was not wrong.

#she'd been guilting my mother for not coming to see that side of the family for thanksgiving #but they're all anti-vaxxer anti-maskers who've put my (high-risk) mother at risk several times #so she was 'abandoning' her mother and having dinner with dad's side of the family #and then gramma DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THANKSGIVING DINNER and mom had to leave early to go fly out there #irrational or not it did kind of feel like a fuck you #like damn gramma I guess you had to ruin one more family dinner on your way out #and then ofc mom's shitty sister went to the funeral knowing she had covid :| #like she was going for a family fatality combo bonus or something

[alternativeulster]

swiftie mutuals please know that i still love you i just cant help but be a hater

#my opinions on ts are complex #like i think she's an insanely good and hardworking performer #you cant ignore the amount of work it takes to perform something like her eras shows #AND i think that when she puts her mind to it she can really knock it out of the park with a great song #every album has at least one A+ song #like genuinely i think anti-hero was her best ever lyrically #and she's at her best when she leans into the sappy over the top vibe like w love story or ybwm #my main problem with her is ofc her excessive private jet use #i understand that shes too famous to fly commercial bc she'd get mobbed #but when travelling within a single country she could at least be using road travel #anyway #wrt her music my main issue is that a good 80% of it is very... bland #she doesn't really do anything new or push any boundaries artistically #just plays it safe #and her lyrics can be genuinely awful when she takes herself too seriously (1830s but without all the racists) #and that sucks bc when she DOES decide to explore a new concept or play a character #she generally makes something interesting and fun! #blank space was fun bc it was a play into the media's constructed narrative about her #reputation was. a choice. but i'll defend it for being something different and actually taking a risk #this is a long ass tags ramble but i guess my point is #shes a pop singer. shes a pop singer who makes catchy pop music and thats okay #but she has a habit of taking herself too seriously and trying to be a deep meaningful 'poet' type songwriter like phoebe bridgers etc #which is just. not at all what she's good at #her music needs an ounce of self awareness to be good but her new album completely lacks that #sigh #dont ever get a diploma in music theory worst mistake of my life

[journey-to-the-attic]

*me who knows nothing of JJBA*

I feel like Solomon could be an information broker that apprenticed under Barbatos for a bit and 13 is an assassin for hire :D

Both have ties to both groups. Or maybe 13 specifically is a secret neutral third group...?

:OO assassin works perfectly for thirteen how did i not think of that!!!!

i could see solomon specifically working with the demons more often, partially because he does technically owe barbatos his life (drawing on some backstory stuff from nb) - though barbatos doesn't tend to hold it over his head, solomon takes his integrity very seriously and so refuses to let it go. for these reasons the angels' gang doesn't trust him enough to go to him unless it is ABSOLUTELY necessary

thirteen meanwhile, offers services to both in equal proportion. to maintain a sort of impartiality, she has a hard rule that she won't do any hands-on murdering of opposing gang members - but she will offer methods, provide equipment, set things in motion, help dispose of bodies and evidence, etc - basically everything except actually being there and/or doing the deed. the actual killing contracts are only for independent clients

#answering asks #anon asks #jtta aus #ooo maybe ik's aunt lisa could get in on this #she'd be a working friend of thirteen's #so a neutral party in the demon v angel feud - just steps in to do funerary arrangements as needed #did YOUR gang buddy die in a stand-off and needs a respectable send-off WITHOUT all the legal work needed? #lisa's funeral home offers embalming and cremation! no hassle! no risk of exposing the gang!

[kirby-the-gorb]

they sent my wife home from work ostensibly for using a cane, even though it didn't interfere with her duties as a medical resident and the whole point was she was well enough to work with the extra support. (even the most charitable interpretation, that they assumed the presence of a mobility aid meant she was too ill to work regardless of what she said, is a serious issue.) happy disability pride month I guess, kirby's fixin to start whackin.

#kirby #coronavirus #ableism #daily kirby #my art #digital #hal laboratory #nintendo #I'm pretty upset about it honestly? #like. it belies a fundamental misunderstanding of what mobility aids even are #(treating them as a symptom rather than a solution) #and it further pushes anyone who might benefit from use of an aid away from using it #because they're essentially told they have to burn the extra spoons to be able-passing or not show up at all #she could have worked today! #she wasn't an infection risk and she'd been doing a good job of pacing. #but their weird hangups cost her an extra sick day instead. #if they pull the same stunt tomorrow I will be talking to people in my capacity as a disability advocate #regardless of whether they want to listen to her.

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: March 17

"I Like It" by Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin

#song of the day #a real train-of-thought adventure today #I was talking with Duncan about poor narrative structure in some of the less fortunate parts of our respective fandoms #and I said 'what in the fuck were they trying' and then Cardi B's new song 'Enough (Miami)' started playing in my head #('I'm like What in the Fuck / if you scared then just say that ho Enough is Enough') #I'm a big Cardi B fan she's got great lines and great delivery very very fun #right before 'Enough (Miami)' she put out 'Like What' which is similarly angry and proud and still having fun with it #('I'm rich I ain't gettin in no pool that's not heated') #but more than any other Cardi B song I love 'I Like It'. my absolute favorite #her whole first verse is wonderful but of course nothing compares to the single greatest line #'I like those Balenciagas / the ones that look like socks' #the first time I heard the song actually I was eating a gumball and I swallowed it whole laughing and nearly choked #(her whole verse there does have an incredible rhythm and I do enjoy it all and it does live in my head #and I did for a good couple weeks run the constant risk of being in the office looking for something and saying 'where's my' #and having the lyrics start up in my head. 'where's my pen? bitch I'm signin' #I did say it often enough with that cadence that my boss one day realized what I was doing #she called me Cardi for about a week straight and then intermittently for years after #any time I put my foot down and /made/ something be the way it needed to work she'd call me Cardi again it was wonderful #'yeah they call me Cardi B / I run this shit like cardio' #there's a whole second layer to it if you know my full name and it made her very happy #honestly it did make both of us happy. very very flattering every time she said it she was so proud of me)

[nozomijoestar]

Took me a while to realize but I can see similarities in how Asuka seems to process grief and how Guts from Berserk also processed his grief after the Eclipse. They both get so overwhelmed by the wrong that happened to them (father's hospitalization vs the Eclipse and a lifetime of misery) their reaction isn't to seek comfort in others or help/protect their loved one who needs them after the tragedy, it's to go off and inflict their pain on others to self soothe, as if that'll release the feeling from their minds.

The difference is that Guts was called out for this by Rickert and Godo. He needed to snap out of wanting to prioritize ridding his own pain to remember Casca needed him, and that Casca even in the state she was in was all the good in his life who went through the same experience with him. Guts had to remember he loves Casca more than he wants to self destruct. Like Godo told him he was a sword called fear with cracks in it. He feared sitting with his pain and grief and seeing it on the person he loved after so much violation. He feared vulnerability.

Asuka doesn't do this reevaluatation and has no one to call her out for her self destructive coping canonically. She can't sit with anything bad or face looking at it on a loved one either. That's too bad and helpless of a feeling. She's just as much made of fear (primarily from any helplessness as much as violations of her inner ethics) which fuels her anger, but her one personal attachment to her father who needs her isn't enough to make her want to reevaluate what she does at all. Instead his tragedy is the permission she needs to self destruct and destroy in the process, not like Guts who always told himself everything was for Casca and the fallen Hawks, who always reminded himself of the pain to justify the bloodletting.

Unlike Guts I think she'd be stubborn even accepting to listen to someone pointing her behavior out. Though her anger toward Feng did start out carrying a reminder this vengeance is for Dad even if it kills her in 5, even in 5's branching narratives that excuse falls apart when she continues in the tournament for her own pleasure during her route. The moment vengeance is achieved critically injured Dad is out of her mind. Her behavior during 6 repeats this process, preferring to hurt herself and others rather than sit to process a shitty feeling over her and the world's situation. Like Guts in this state she pushes away anyone and everyone else including any comforts because the anger isn't resolved, the fear isn't resolved, the pain isn't resolved.

They're both used to everyone being against them and having to fight for survival until they found joy in it as a side effect. And because of that independence born from isolation when something like the tragedies that happened takes place they put resolving their pain not on sharing with others but into scorching the earth along with themselves.

I don't say this either to imply they're exactly alike or that they have enough similarities to make a true character comparison because they absolutely don't. There's also some stuff I'm leaving out simply because Guts is a far more complex character in ways where there's nothing from Asuka to compare against (I would say Kazuya is the closest, more fitting Tekken comparison for substituting Guts vs Asuka style notes). I just find it interesting that even across wildly different stories the outline for an angry, self destructive, terrified person who thinks self destruction makes them strong and puts them in control uses a lot of the same foundation. And the contrast in their depths really shows how far you can push the concept depending on what you want or need for the character.

#tekken #berserk #I've haven't slept in six hours #asuka kazama #do i still think she'd pull a fighting 100 men for their lover type situation- MAYBE tbh #you could give her one technically but you'd have to really stretch her denial of seeing her violent behavior as ever being wrong #and that risks losing the scope of the character and the stakes level she represents #like i don't think she surpresses her pain into an other self at all she's very clear she's just reactionary so the brooding guilt #you need to have a BoD doesn't really apply at all she's not remorseful and ruminating on fighting in that sense at all whereas Guts guilts #Asuka hits you and moves on with her day because that should teach you; Guts is a whole storm of emotions and moral pulls even when numb #BoD is more a Jin thing but i still prefer Guts and not bc he did it first im sorry Jin jfjdhss #*you could give Asuka a BoD- idk why that tag is missing after the 100 men comment #anyway bitches who embody the sin of wrath #Asuka is about the childish joy and childish impulse we feel hurting others versus Guts being a study on why we hurt ppl bc we hurt too #*BoD is beast of darkness of course #also obviously there are lines Asuka will NEVER cross even in anger that Guts had no problem violating as Black Swordsman #so how does Asuka process grief...SHE DOESN'T LOL #she'd rather kill herself or dismiss feeling hurt than so much as cry

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

wait interview with the vampire lives in a world with corona?

#feel like that really dates when it was written (complimentary) #feels strange now in 2022 to watch this when it feels like the so many people have moved on #doesnt it #yesterday i watched some news satire videos from 2020 #WEIRD #STRANGE #the other day went to get a booster and the nurse said i was the youngest person she'd seen yet for this booster #nobody thinks it exists anymore #i cant really tell whether it still exists tbh #i mean it exists but like. i cant tell whether im being overly cautious still wearing a mask #or whether thats just reasonable #cant assess the risk AT ALL #but neither can anyone else so #better to err on the side of caution especially when caution for me in this situation costs very little #anyway back to the point it kinda bums me out the vampires get those pale contacts

[i-luvsang]

need to not have my mom sit next to me while i'm writing fanfic thank you very much

#listen i adore visiting my grandparents #like truly #but this time around i have no private time basically #because they dont have ac so i can't stay in the attic room bc it's TOO HOT #so i'm sleeping on the couch in the living room #and that's fine chill i am not burning to death and i'm grateful for that love it #but now i can't write fanfic without the risk of my mom seeing #not the end of the world if she did but she'd probably be weird abt it #feel like she knows i do but #idk she didn't know i was gay so #anyways!! #it's just hard to be writing ff rn #like thank fUCK i wasn't writing smut i think i wouldve DIED #but like all the requests i want to be getting done are smut #and so even if there aren't people IN the living room #i don't particularly enjoy writing all this nASTY ASS SHIT while my grandma is cooking dinner in the other room yknow ??? #or like. anyone could walk in and sit down next to me or in the armchair at any moment #and i really just prefer to write smut not in the presence of other people esp my family at that !! #anyways lol #not like majorly frustrated or anything #but i want to be doing my milestone requests for my other blog and :') #it's just slower than normal lol #hopefully i can pump out the jongho one tonight or at least start #and then i'm going home tomorrow so i'll be chilling after that #anyways! adventures with maria

[saesyndrome]

isnt it fascinating how at every turn if katniss has a choice, she will wear a shirt, pants, and boots? even though everything involving the hunger games, except for the games themselves, requires her to wear a dress?

she wears a dress to the reaping, she's put in dress after dress by cinna (i have thoughts about him) before the games and during the victory tour, but the first outfit she picks for herself on the train to the capitol is a green suit (green pants and jacket anyway).

its just crazy to me how much of herself she has to let go of. the only thing cinna lets her keep is her braid

#i know hes trying to make her appeal to the capitol but ALSO. #its funny how much katniss feels like he understands her and is her friend when he never asks her before he puts her life at risk #by trying to make a political statement using her. and he never asks what kind of thing she'd LIKE to wear even on the victory tour #just interesting is all

[strangefable]

🖤 ( zero pressure obviously) xx

send 🖤 and my character will answer about yours.

micah is down so so so bad for lyra

attractiveness:

repulsive / hideous / ugly / not attractive / unappealing / not unattractive / meh / no preference / ok / mildly attractive / nice looking / cute / adorable / attractive / pleasant on the eyes / good looking / hot / sexy / beautiful / gorgeous / hot damn / would tap that / perfect / godlike / holy fuck there are no words.

personality:

grating / irritating / frustrating / boring / confusing at best / awkward / unreasonable / psychotic / disturbing / interesting / engaging / affectionate / aggressive / ambitious / anxious / artistic / bad tempered / bossy / charismatic / appealing / unappealing / creative / courageous / dependable / unreliable / unpredictable / predictable / devious / dim / extroverted / introverted / egotistical / gregarious / fabulous / impulsive / intelligent / sympathetic / talkative / up beat / peaceful / calming / badass / flexible.

how likely they would have sex with them:

not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending / fuck no! / never / no way / not likely / not sure / indifferent / I’m asexual / maybe / probably / it depends / fairly likely / likely / yeah sure / yes / would tap that / hell yes / fuck yes! / wishing that could happen right now / as many times as possible / we are already having sex.

level of friendship:

never in a million years / worst of enemies / enemies / rivals / indifferent / neutral / acquaintance / friendly toward each other / casual friends / friends / good friends / best friends / fuck buddies / bosom buddies / practically the same person / would die for them / true friends / my only friend.

first impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

current impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

#thank you for asking! <3 #micah hale #lyra fairbanks #does micah know lyra is dangerous? yes. likely to kill her in her sleep? also yes #would she still risk it all? fuck yes (john who?) #micah would bend over backwards for lyra #bonus fact: lyra is also the only one in the cult who could ever get lilith to behave #lilith doesn't listen to her husband #she doesn't listen to the father #she won't listen to her best friend faith #she just laughs when john tries to tell her what to do #she's not scared of the judges or the chosen #but if lyra gave her a Look she'd fall right in line and be all 'yes ma'am please love me'

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"I don't think she's ever mentioned how they met and married," he shrugged, thinking a little more about it-he wanted to say she may have mentioned in passing that they married after she took over the haberdashery, but even then, he wasn't sure. Minnie seemed to like gossip unless it involved her, and outside of complaining about her husband, she talked very little about her past.

"I'm sure it goes without saying now, but...I only ever want to marry for love," Randall smiled shyly, as he took Emily's hand in his, eyes full of quiet adoration as he gazed at her, his future wife. He hoped the two of them would have a long and happy marriage not only like they did in the future (how bittersweet it was to think that, even as ghosts, even when they were apart, they were still happily married, they still loved each other), but like his parents, who were happy together all their days, even in the face of so much discrimination from their neighbors.

"I never want to be that miserable," he continued, pale cheeks turning a soft pink as he gave Emily's hand a gentle squeeze. "And...I know I-we-never will be. I just...I can't see it happening! Even if I didn't know the future from what you've told me, I...I have a very good feeling that we'll always love each other, no matter what happens."

He punctuated this with a kiss to her knuckle, his heart skipping a little beat when he did so-theirs was a love that had already survived so many ages, and he believed in his heart of hearts that, even as they changed the future, it would stay that way.

#((it really does go to show that; doesn't it? every day is a surprise!)) #((you take a gamble one day; and it goes on to change the trajectory of your life!)) #((and you're absolutely right! june's heart belonged to wilhelm; even after his death)) #((and although remarrying could potentially mean financial stability for her and randall)) #((it'd fly in the face of her morals; like you said! even in death; she loved wilhelm)) #((and still wore her wedding ring long after his passing; even if the public wasn't so discriminatory)) #((towards where wilhelm came from; and by extension where randall comes from)) #((i don't think she would've remarried then either-even if it were easier for her to find a husband)) #((that wasn't discriminatory; i don't think she'd have done it!)) #((i think also another reason for not remarrying is that she doesn't want the memory of her child's father)) #((to be erased from randall's mind-his memories are few but he still has them-)) #((i think she'd also feel that; even if her new husband treated her right; he may not treat randall right)) #((and she doesn't want to potentially put her son at risk by bringing a bully into the house!)) #((y'know; what if she remarried a widower who already had kids; and the new husband favored his kids)) #((over his new stepson; or his kids treated their new stepbrother like dirt?)) #((nope; she's not gonna do that. was it hurt? yes. would she do it all again? yes she would)) #((because even if it was hard; it was all worth it for randall; and they still managed)) #((and they still had each other; which mattered the most to them in the end!)) #outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Days of Future Past

[deathdxnces]

"To stop the spread that Noxian disease, you have to exterminate them at the root... Allowing any of those vermin to survive will only result in more and more of them, whether through blood or spreading of their beliefs," The vastayan sneered, tossing her a small bracelet whose beads were stained with blood - it was too large for any adult. "Those rats will invade all they can, burrowing into the children you swear to protect and taint their minds. Kayn is one exception, perhaps his blood was purified by the Spirit, but the rest of them? Their only use being placed upon our soil is to be ground into fertilizer, to let any of them escape is a mockery of the thousands of Ionians who have perished. Each Ionian is worth at least 3 of those pests."

— @witchcraftandburialdirt

Another might recoil at the contempt that drips from every word, that an entire people would be described as a disease. Irelia does not. She listens, silent while the vastaya speaks, catches the small bracelet he throws her way. Blue eyes study the bloodstained beads, fingers running over each of them; this time, the impassiveness is more disguise than reflection, an odd sense of uneasiness settling on her stomach. He needed not to finish his speech for the dancer to know the lesson he tried to impart to her, and still, the dancer does not cut him off.

Her gaze returns to Haruko at the mention of Kayn. Was that truly what he believed? That the assassin alone had been chosen by the Spirit itself, and the taint of being Noxian was thus cleansed? Irelia knows better than to be as skeptical now as she was as a child, doubtful of the many ways people affirmed the Spirit to manifest, and yet that seems a farfetched notion. Zed was likely more responsible for ridding Kayn of Noxian influence than spiritual intervention.

True enough that, whatever he had been born, Kayn was Ionian now; but was he the sole exception? Couldn't there be others in whom the Noxian taint had not taken root, its poison not yet killing anything human in them?

Could she kill a child desperately trying to survive, abandoned by that nation of monsters, when that was exactly what had been done to him?

And yet she listens, not entirely dismissive of what the vastaya says. A mockery of the lives taken by Noxians, Haruko affirms, and indeed, what mercy had been shown to their people, slaughtered in their homes, most of them incapable of fighting back? What mercy had they offered to Ionian children even outside the battlefield?

Irelia thinks of Ruu, then, and the thought alone is a cold stab in an old wound, unhealed and festering. She had never seen her younger brother dead, had seen none of the bodies, only her family's graves, one of them so small she wouldn't have fit in it even at eleven. It wasn't always like that in her nightmares; those often painted bloodier pictures, a mix of truth and illusion based on the carnage she knew their enemies to be capable of. Unlike to be far from the truth. She hadn't seen what they did to Ruu, but she had seen plenty of other children slaughtered.

Her brother was among some of the youngest victims the empire had made in her homeland, nevertheless. Ruu had been barely four. They slaughtered him all the same, as if a four-year-old boy could be a threat to several armed soldiers. It was never about how much of a threat they were, though. It was about the only language the monsters understood: power, and exerting it through intimidation, strength and violence.

Irelia thinks of Ruu, and Haru's words do not sound as harsh as initially perceived. Her grip on the bracelet, tightened without noticing, relaxes then. "There is no comparison to be made between Ionian lives and theirs," Agreement comes easy; the Noxians have no worth to her, as she knows they do not have to the Spirit. The First Lands themselves fought them back, often cruelly. Honor and respect are for the beings who deserve it; the only thing the tyrants would have from her is contempt, venom tinging her every word. "Each person, creature and plant, each spirit and living being that inhabits our land is worth infinitely more than all the invaders combined."

And yet.

While the idea of harming children always made her recoil, those serving the empire as its soldiers and spies and saboteurs would not have been met with mercy, should she come across them. Not before, at least. The line seems blurrier now, knowing at some point Kayn had been one of their child soldiers, knowing what he was now. Irelia is uncertain she would ever be capable of extending kindness to any Noxian, but she hesitates to sentence all of them to death without second thought, the very weakness the vastaya warns her against.

"Blood and birth are not what makes them monsters, though. There are plenty among their ranks not Noxian born, some of the worst, even — the Hand of Noxus is from one of their annexed territories, and there's arguably no better example of Noxian brutality." Darius was almost as infamous as Swain himself, and both were part of the Trifarix that ruled the empire and exemplified their beliefs. Loathing colors her tone, the mere thought one would embrace their barbaric ideals after having their own land taken by the tyrants stomach-turning. They are no more deserving of mercy than those born Noxian. They are worse, in a way; at some point, they actively chose to leave behind what they were and embrace the empire and what it means, to bow their heads and serve the invaders.

"Everywhere Noxus takes root is tainted, and its disease kills anything that might have made their soldiers people, once. Children are not immune to it by virtue of being children, some of them serving in their armies most willingly, dreaming of being like those responsible for the slaughter," This she concedes, having witnessed the wickedness even their young were capable of firsthand. They're not all innocent; Noxian brutality isn't reserved for their enemies alone, and what the empire does not destroy, it corrupts. "Not all of them, though. Not all of them are irrevocably infected." Kayn wasn't. "Just like a Noxian needs not to have been born that to be one of them, birth alone doesn't make them Noxian."

"Don't get me wrong — anyone who threatens our land and our people will be swiftly cut down, regardless of age," A cold statement to some, perhaps, but one she means entirely. Ionia and Her people mattered more than any notion of mercy toward Noxians (And if it seemed unfair to turn her blades against those who could not fight her back on equal grounds, what of it? Noxian cruelty had honed her edges, Noxian violence demanded her to learn to fight on uneven grounds. How many of her people never had a chance against their attackers?). "But some of them could have that blight stripped away before it destroys what humanity they have left."

"Unlike most seem to have by now, I have not forgotten what Noxus did — what it still tries to do. Nor have I forgotten the cost of peace, or the blood debt they could never hope to repay," No number of dead Noxians would make up for the Ionian lives lost. Sparing Noxian children would never be an option if the choice was between them and her people. "I simply think rooting out the active threats first seems a more dire priority than hunting down children for what they might eventually become."

#irelia all throughout this reply just. #'yes i hear you. yes they deserve no mercy. /but/. but. kayn. kayn isn't a noxian even though he was a child soldier' #akjsdnfkjasnf #she is. struggling. i don't think she likes killing children ever and that they're the only ones that might give her pause #but i also think she's. not really above it if she's facing any who have already really embraced the empire #or who seem like they have #is she ultimately pointing toward the rest of the noxians bc there's no dilemma involved when it comes to killing them #bc she doesn't want to or know how to deal with those conflicting feelings? perhaps #kjsanfkjn #but yeah i think ultimately the way she sees it #it's not that someone is born noxian its more what noxus turns them into #they're not people not bc they weren't born people but bc the empire killed everything that would make them people #i don't think she'd be kind towards children really #like. you know the cinematic w akali and shen? #would irelia risk herself to save a noxian child who blatantly disrespected the land? not really #but i think she might. spare children both bc she does hesitate to kill children #and bc. kayn and his past definitely impact how she looks at this specific topic #anyway........................ #i love this thanks for the ask eggy mwah #i think most of the time irelia is just 🤝 haru #and maybe that's part of why she's so. willing to listen #while he's advocating slaughtering little noxians KAJSDNFKJFDN #but i also think even if she hesitates it's still. very telling that she's not horrified at what he's saying :/ #love when i get to show she can be pretty awful and fucked up too lmao #c': #» in character — ⌜the blade dancer.⌟ #witchcraftandburialdirt

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juno is actually so mad bc we thought she was dead for 2 days until we heard her crying during her memorial yesterday, then she snuck back outside during the night & we thought she was really gone this time, only for her to start crying in the neighbour's driveway AGAIN, and now she's chilling with me after nearly 3 days of being thought dead

#leafposts #she survived yesterday's heat thank fuck #we think she's been hiding by a stream on the other side of the neighbour's garden or something #but she's so sore like the back of one of her legs has no fur and i think its bleeding #hopefully the vet is in early tomorrow #its like an agricultural vet or something so they're always in and out #i was so sad yesterday lmao #but if it was haggie id be inconsolable #haggie sleeps all day and all night tho so i dont think she'd be at much risk of catching anything