#so i trust her i guess???

[onewingedangels]

PLEAAAAAASE be good.... 🥹

#personal #I haven't watch her other show #but iirc she also was a writer and producer for killing eve (se1) and that was good #so i trust her i guess???

[kelocitta]

In honor of the @rw-ship-showdown I wanted to write about Artihunter as someone who jokingly slapped them together pre-downpour and still thinks they are actually very compelling. Just not in the super soft love wins kinda way (Although I get why people like that more) And the only way I know how to do that is talking too much so heres a far too long slug essay-

Obviously the slugcats don't offer a ton of characterization but theres not nothing to work with. Their stories, whether by their roles in it or the overarching themes do provide a backbone to work with. Even gameplay itself can provide a bit. (for some more than others) Hunter, to me, is ultimately a story about selflessness. The goal is to revive Moon, which is very much an act of kindness from both Hunter and NSH. But the weight of that action is much more significant for Hunter- Hunter is deeply sick. They're on the clock, and for all their skill in combat none of that will ultimately help them to survive longer than their body can hold out. Moon is a close friend of NSH but that means little Hunter- Hunter really gets next to nothing out of helping them, and ultimately pays quiet a bit spending their limited time alive fighting to deliver that neuron so that someone else can live.

To spend ones limited days on helping another, in a game that very much stresses the unwavering cruelty of the world and nature- is pretty notable. (And you could even say that Hunter being the Hardmode of Rain World adds another layer to this)

And then we have Artificer. A storyline that very much stands out to people as more… villainous (so to speak) than the other slugcats. Artificer's story covers a lot of things. Trauma, violence, revenge, etc. Revenge is a bit of a selfish desire- That need to see someone hurt as they have hurt you. A punishment that ultimately does not fix whatever harm was done- but feels good to see because you were hurt and now those responsible share that pain.

Artificer's actions are founded in that need for revenge, their pups killed for overstepping boundaries they didn't know existed. Is it not fair for them to be angry at that, to punish the scavengers for their violence with their own? Why should the scavengers ever be forgiven when they and their pups were not? And that's how you get that loop- Harm for harm over and over.

The original action has been lost in a spiral of violence for violence. And here stands Artificer- their very spirit scarred. Not just because they sought revenge, but because they never ceased trying to scratch that itch for violence as an answer. Artificer only has two paths for their story- killing the scavenger king (Someone who, really, has little to do with the original 'crime' of the scavengers, but represents an important individual to them- as did the slugpups to Artificer), locking themselves as karma one for good and spending the rest of their life chasing creatures that no longer even fight back in a warped sense of closure- or to dissolve themselves in the acids of the void sea because they're too far gone to find any real peace.

They can't meaningfully recover from that state, not alone, twisting in on themselves. Even if they halt their actions, they've been using violence as a feeble defense against their own pain- violence that no longer has any real direction or basis. Artificer gets no real closure from killing the scavenger king. All they can do is continue the cycle, or try to scrub it away. No real peace in a prison of their own making. So you have a creature, who even with a strict timer on their life- a body that will crumble to disease, spends its last bit of time on saving another. And another who was so caught up in the pain of loss that were eaten alive by their own anger, poisoned their own soul on such a deep level even self-proclaimed gods have no solution for them. What peace can they offer each other? For Hunter, its only a fleeting moment of happiness- of selfish love, before their own body fails them. A bit of indulgence in something for themself. For Artificer, its a single, comforting thread to ground them again, something tangible to protect and care about again. But thats a thread that will ultimately be snapped under the cruel indifference of the world. Hunters timer will tick down regardless of if it takes another with it. Its a tragedy- its doomed to end badly. Whatever good it offers to either of them to find each other will only provide the fleeting comfort of a band-aid that will be ripped away too early. But all that can be worth indulging in anyway, if only for the moment. It doesn't change the ending, but the ending was never going to be happy. Its can so yuri

#rain world #rw shipping #tagging that just cause this is explicitly about that even though I usually dont do shipping stuff #with that said i dont even think this particular interpretation of a possible dynamic needs to be romantic its just kinda #about companionship in general. companionship thats going to absolutely shred an already unstable slug emotionally but thats #the point. friendship and love in spite of the unavoidable ending #just noticed this is like 80% theme analysis and 20% 'these go together just trust me' #but also theyre both girls because i want them to and also because im channeling hornet from hollow knight #who made me so deeply ill that my rain world tags still havent outcompeted my Hk tags because i drew her so much. so so much. #hunter is hornet coded to me and artificer is like if angela and gebura from lc combined into a deeply fucked up ferret #also i did tag the poll because they kinda inspired this but also. i wasnt gonna put all this out here WITHOUT a readmore thats embarassing #but i guess this is propaganda for a ship already seen as popular but like... idk i think theres something to it even as someone #who did literally slap them together originally because they were both red slugcats i considered girls. predownpour so we didnt have anythi #anyway hi tag readers i have so much work to do im being bad by writing about gay slugs. i need to get myself together #its so late this might just be nonsense bwaaaaaaa

[a2zillustration]

You know what, Araj might be tied with Orin for "people I wish I didn't have to see again"

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#This was so funny ngjkflndjkslhfd #I guess you can meet her in multiple ways in Act 3 #In my case I was minding my business talking to a ~suspicious beggar~ when her house blew up in front of me #When she offered me the juice Gale of all people said- #it seemed like a bad idea and I trust that man with my life so I turned her down #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #croissant adventures #tav #araj #araj oblodra

[whaliiwatching]

dumbasses ft daughter in the modern era

#spider man: across the spider verse #spider punk #spider noir #hobie brown #noirpunk #and #DING DING #its her everybody its the star of the show #she's such a little nightmare cat #peter's so inordinately fond of her it's stupid <3 #(this is how all cat owners are) #me posting an HOUR EARLY??? no way #this one's a bit bland but i like the cleanness i guess #and look this time i remembered my fucking watermark #peter's tiny speech bubbles are supposed to wink at silent movie caps #thanks ken! im stealing your genius #bear peter in a goth fit >>>>>>>> #technically he's supposed to be in color here but trust me nobody wants to see that shit lol

[alexiethymia]

If I could gif, I would probably gif three scenes. The ‘what rope’ scene where Vash calls Meryl and Roberto his friends so that the townspeople of Jeonora Rock don’t lynch them, and then the scene where Vash says Meryl and Roberto aren’t his friends to Wolfwood when they separate on the Sand Steamer and Wolfwood calls him cold, and finally the scene where Luida definitively calls Meryl, Roberto, and Wolfwood his friends when he first wakes up.

It’s such a nice progression of his bonds in such a few number of episodes. For all that Vash is a nice guy, and has people he helps, and even family in the form of the people in Home, it’s possible Meryl, Roberto, and Wolfwood are his first friends. It’s only when the three stick by him even after Monev and finding out that he’s a Plant, that it really dawns on him that huh in his hundred years alive, he may have finally found his first friends.

Vash isn’t naive. He knows the capacity of people to betray his trust. He’s resigned to it in a way. But he still extends that trust to people. The plan to stop the Sand Steamer wouldn’t have worked without Meryl. But Vash still leaves the task to her without any assurance that she would do her part. At the same time, I get the feeling that he wouldn’t have blamed her if she did decide to run away, same as Roberto was telling her. And it’s such a wonderful thing that through the friendships he formed with Meryl, Wolfwood, and Roberto, the trust that he freely gives is finally reciprocated. (And of course he would always have faith, what with his experiences with Rem, Luida, Brad and the people in Home).

In the same way, Vash saves what was precious to Wolfwood which was the orphanage, Wolfwood eventually gets to return the favor in saving Meryl. Even though it was out of order, you can also look at it as Meryl saving Vash, who saved Wolfwood at the Sand Steamer, who eventually ends up saving Meryl. Even Roberto, cynical as he is, does end up advising Vash on occasion.

People get hurt. People die. It’s a dangerous world they live in. But it’s nice that Vash who always asks if people ‘need a hand’ eventually meets ordinary people who also ask him if he ‘needs a hand’ sometimes too.

#trigun #trigun stampede #taggin #vashmeryl #because fave always #but really it’s the friendship that gets me #vash eventually comes to trust the three of them #not because of their words but because of their actions #and I guess that’s why I like vashmeryl so much #because of the friendship and trust #I really loved the dynamic of the four of them #rip roberto gone too soon #I really liked the touches of ordinary heroism #like how rosa was trying to help meryl even though the bombs were attaching themselves to her too #or that one julai soldier who made sure he was far away from the others when he was about to blow up #like nebraska jr. too #or how heartbroken that one julai soldier who shot vash was because of his friend #which makes it heartbreaking when they turn away from vash because these are good and decent folk #but survival forces them to be cruel #nicholas wolfwood #roberto de niro

[asimplearchivist]

Do y’all ever think about what was going through Grovyle’s mind at the Passage of Time when he found out about the hero being his partner?🙂I do.

(Click for better quality! And please for the love of God notice the reflection in his eye that I spent far too much time on getting just right😭)

Time lapse below the cut:

#pokemon #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd #pokemon mystery dungeon explorers #pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky #pmd eos #explorers of sky #pmd2 #pmd 2 #pmd explorers #my art #comic #grovyle #original character(s) #eevee #thinking about adding the time lapse maybe perhaps…I’m really really pleased with how this turned out #and I wanted to scrap it at first lol #I guess people know what they’re talking about when they say ‘trust the process’ #yes the internal dialogue is from crystal crossing when he wrecked her shit #he’s regretting being so aggressive now

[ria-the-camel]

I love you I will always love you. But the way you're hurting yourself is scary scary. I don't know what to do with it. You're lying to me, you're hiding important, dangerous things from me. Because you don't want to stop. You don't want me to leave you, and I never will, but you're going to leave me. You believe it's the only way for you to be useful. I can't make you change your mind. I'm going to lose you. I love you.

#GUESS WHO FINISHED THE LATEST EPISODE OF CRITICAL ROLE #imodna #critical role #cr3 #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #crit role #what the fuck marisha. completly threw matt for a loop for a sec there. out-warlocked her own dm #stellar play this shit can almost only end in disaster one way or another #the way matt echoed her voice..... DAMN that scene was sosooososo tasty #laudna believing everything delilah says #ahhhhhhhhhhh #imogen being so much at a loss. laudna asks her to trust her while showing she cannot be #but she believes herself to be #how is she gonna stop her? she can't lose her but she will. how can she stop her without losing her? if she doesn't stop her she's lost #marisha i am in your walls - feed me angst

[thelaurenshippen]

the way that silver said "I will stand here with you an hour, a day, a year" to flint and "I will wait a day, a month, a year, forever" to madi....I'm sick to my stomach. who is doing unhinged devotion like this man

#I have no doubt this exact post was made ten years ago or whenever the finale aired #but I'M NEW HERE #black sails #black sails spoilers #lauren feels things #the way that silver is just like...'oh there's a strong willed person who wants to change the entire world with their strong will?' #guess they're my life now! #the way that flint and madi are sooooooo similar #except that silver diagnoses flint perfectly! he mostly just wants to burn the world! #whereas madi actually has true strength of conviction and ideals #and silver #who has been living with james 'my way or the highway but also if you outsmart me I might grudgingly respect you #but my whims are going to be IMPOSSIBLE to understand or track' flint #sees madi and is like 'yeah she'll be mad for a little while but we'll move past it' #and maybe they do! but he soooo miscalculates I love it #also the way that he looks at madi when she is looking at flint after they're all safe #is........so insane #loves her knows she loves him #is obsessed with flint #and yet the fact that madi respects and trusts flint #and that they share so much naturally in their thinking that silver has hard won #drives him craazyyyyyy #ANYWAY I'M UNWELL CAN YOU TELL

[foxx-queen]

i keep thinking about the datamined conversation between halsin and minthara and what gets me about it is that if you side with halsin and turn minthara away, thats objectively the bad choice.

like at this point, you've rescued minthara from moonrise. you know now that she was being controlled to act against her will. you've gone to the trouble of rescuing her from her tormentors, and you've experienced what it felt like as they tried to destroy her mind. you know what will happen to her if you turn her away. and if you do, you're willingly condemning her to that fate. you've essentially allowed her to experience freedom, to regain her sense of self, only to tear that away from her again.

whereas if you side with minthara, and halsin leaves, that's the only consequence he experiences. that he's not a companion anymore. at this point, we've saved the grove, we've saved him, and we've lifted the shadow curse. we've helped him achieve what hes been hoping to do for over a century. leaving your party won't see him lose his free will. he can return to the grove and live his life.

the choice is essentially either condemn someone to a fate worse than death, knowing exactly what that entails vs not letting someone travel with you anymore. its pretty clear cut to me.

its just interesting to me that they've switched the morality of it around given that minthara is considered the 'evil' companion by so many.

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #minthara #minthara baenre #before anyone comes at me and says that halsin is allowed to have his prejudice and his trauma. im not saying hes not #not sure about someone being allowed to have prejudice but yes thats part of human nature i guess #my point isnt that hes not allowed to react like this #my point is that hes wrong. #sure he can be struggling with his trauma and his prejudice over minthara being a lolth sworn (even if shes not anymore) #BUT. at this point we as a character /know/ theres more to her. we know that hes making an unfair assessment of her #which is even more jarring if you're a drow/lolth sworn drow #and at this point. you've saved the grove youve saved him youve helped him break the curse. he tells you its a debt he cant repay #and that hes so thankful. but he wont trust you or your decision. he won't even attempt to #and u know what thats fine. he doesnt have to. but if you're siding with him you're condemning her. you're killing her #if you side against him. he can go back to his responsibilities as an arch druid rather than leaving it in someone elses hands (which was?) #that is the lesser of the two evils here #yes you can call minthara the 'evil' character because shes a lolth sworn but thats just buying into the prejudice halsin is showing #and its wrong #anyways. my point is good for him if he wants to demand you make a ridiculous choice #but turning her away is the bad choice and tbh i feel like the game wants u to know that #and sure if you want to boil it down to which character u like more than the other and u prefer halsin. ur obvs gonna side with him #but in that case u probably wouldn't even get this conversation #because why would u have bothered to spare / save minthara in the first place?

[mistergreatbones]

People always say bruce kidnapped jason immediately after meeting him but at least he only took him in after leaving him at the crime orphanage didn’t work out. With cass they had exactly one conversation consisting of them drawing in the dirt and throwing punches at each other while bruce projected his past experiences onto her and then he was welcoming her in like “i have complete confidence that she won’t kill anybody”

#batfam #i can not stress enough that I am not exaggerating. #Bruce genuinely left Jason at ‘Ma Gunn’s School for Boy’ and Ma Gunn tried to force Jason into goon hood #she was trying to get the boys to steal shit it was literally Oliver Twist #and Cass? first meeting was b guessing what Cass’ gestures meant #gestures such as ‘no speaking only fighting’ which b only could guess at because he also trained under Cain #then Cass drew a picture of 2face in the dirt with a stick and indicated she wanted to beat him up as well as her father #b told her not to. she did so anyways and it impressed batman and him and babs give her the batgirl suit #next issue Bruce is directing all his allies and Tim’s like hey who’s the assassin chick and Bruce is like don’t worry about it I trust her #jason todd #cassandra wayne #cassandra cain #I mean bruce DID take in a child he only met a day ago and invited him to be robin before telling him his name #so like yes it’s still a ridiculous and probably irresponsible thing to do #bones' bitching hours

[zukosdualdao]

another thing about the crystal catacombs is that it seems clear to me that katara and zuko MUST talk a little more in between what we actually see, because when zuko says, “i’m sorry, that’s something we have in common”, they are both sitting-slash-kneeling, and in the next scene (after a switch to other plotty events) they’re both standing, and katara is apologizing for yelling at him. i don’t think it was a particularly LONG addition to the conversation (i imagine katara asking what he means, zuko wanting to connect but not really knowing how to talk about it further due to The Abuse Trauma, katara apologizing for yelling because she thinks that’s why he’s not opening up, etc.) but what i AM trying to figure out (for fic-writing purposes) is what caused them both to stand back up?

#zutara #i think katara might bolt back up at the implication that the fire lord hurt is wife in some way #so i guess maybe now that they’re not being completely antagonistic zuko stands to be at eye level with her. hmmmm #the trials of destiny fic #anyway. i love them #trying to figure out how to balance this conversation in fic #bc the first draft has way more information than i think either of them might actually share at this point #then what we actually see in the show is. enemies putting aside their differences for a minute #and seeing a glimpse of humanity in the other #and the possibility for trust and growth #but it can’t just be like ‘let me tell you my life story now actually’ #atla #zuko #katara #abuse //

[veryobsessivefan]

so how do you guys interpret it. is chell "forced" to work together with GLaDOS when she's a potato battery in the depths of the aperture facility or did she really believe her enemy could be redeemed & GLaDOS followed through on that

#AND TRUST HER DSEPITE THE FACT SHE LIED ABOUT THE CAKE??? #chell cant be a pacifist she deliberately freaking DESTROYED GLaDOS so that theory is out the window #she took revenge #i guess it all depends on how you look at it #i also like to look at how GLaDOS sees it #like is killing Chell just hard? because she never really tried to kill her except at the very start #when they got reunited she just #tested. with her. forever. i guess to torment her or something. #but like. would killing her have been that hard then?? at the near end of portal 2 when chell was passed out from being on the moon #my point is maybe killing her is hard #because she now has some sort of a friend in chell #and she obviously just 'wants her gone' #i dunno #i love this franchise #portal 2 #portal #portal 2 spoilers

[sharpbutsoft]

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#anti taylor swift #anti ts #swifties love to act opressed when people make mean spitting memes about their favourite mulimillionaire #trust me i would Love to know nothing about her #but unfortunately none of you know how to tag ur posts #and so despite my best efforts i have seen takes such as #’making fun of taylor swift’s bad lyrics is #ableist against the mentally ill’ #and i personally think that is untrue and silly #but my opinion means nothing because i dont care about taylor swift? #convenient for them i guess #anywhoo ignore me! i just need 2 vent i dont want to argue

[tansypaws]

I’m drawing Squilf right now so her with 3?

every time he calls you I can hear a change in your breath your voice is hushed and controlled maybe you're just tired of straining your throat or maybe there's something you don't want me to hear

oh, you won't get off that easy no, don't say you love me when you know you don't and if you're thinking that we're through i won't hold it against you, you know i won't

our song // radiator hospital

#so in my mind this is like. bramble and ash both being possessive and paranoid about squilf #obsessing over her interactions while demanding a level of loyalty they dont deserve #but being like passive aggressive about it #meanwhile squilf has no idea this is whats going on #like to an extent i guess but in her mind shes living her life #meanwhile these two cats she thought she could trust that she was close to #are out here just paranoid about her and creating a version of her in their heads #that doesnt exist #and they resent her for living up to it and they resent her for not living up to it #Anyway #be gay draw cats #thunderclan #squirrelflight #warriors #warrior cats

[the-crepuscular-queen]

Something about this quote. Something about how trust is a major factor to Gideon's and Harrow's relationship to work together and how that snowballs into more. It's just going to rotate in my mind forever.

#I made this meme a long time ago but it's always relevant #Any Locked Tomb quote is relevant #I keep thinking about the negative review #saying how the development between Gideon and Harrow comes from nowhere #but I disagree #It's more of a blink and you miss it #There is so much going on even in slight interactions #I wish I had the braincells to be coherent about the process of trust in GtN #it's between harrow listening to Gideon when she says she needs sleep and food #It's Harrow attempting the dinner party with Gideon #It's Gideon demanding that they need to work together and Harrow coming to terms with this #It's Gideon's mass amount of reasonable distrust against Harrow on why she had a spare head in her closet that sends her to Pal #Only for Camilla to handcuff Harrow and make the two come together to communicate the situation #The pool scene was just the layout of why they weren't open with certain situations at Canaan house leading to more explanation of #well you know #bread in drawer is definitely a way to earn my trust #and communication #I guess #griddlehark #tlt quotes #gideon the ninth #tlt brainrot #tlt #the locked tomb

[mspaintpetfinder]

now here's the purrbeast

#bathroom is a temp setup while we get them used to the house and the dog #lincoln is okay around them abeit a bit nervous #brownie/moon wants none of it she is not a fan of linc so far 😭 #trust me i wouldn't have had them see each other yet but my mom thought letting them sniff each other out meant holding moon while linc #sniffs her #guess who got a couple claw marks on her face from trying to introduce them like that!!! #muscle man voice MY MOM #she's okay lol barely grazed her but it certainly says something here when i say #'hey we should get them situated and comfy before introducing them' #'okay yeah we get it' proceeds to keep holding moon near her face while the dog sniffs #girl you have admitted i have more cat knowledge than you maybe listen to me for once 😭 #anyway not gonna get into that in the tags of a cute tumblr post #i was zonked out yesterday so sorry for the late update #we chillin #sunfyre and moondancer #caramel brownie