#with this scene in particular

[whump-in-the-closet]

Raising Chaos.

masterlist.

cw: captivity whump, demeaning language, burning (specifically of someone’s hand) as a torture method, sadistic whumper, inhuman whumpee (let me know if i missed any)

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Chiar had learned to fear the sound of Bridge’s footsteps in the hallway. It had taken a while…how many days had he passed in this place anyway? When would they realize he wasn’t going to talk?

The idiots.

They couldn’t make him.

The footsteps came closer.

Chiar tried to push himself up. He had to be ready– had to be. He couldn’t face Bridge on the ground. He couldn’t.

His hands shook against the stones. Bridge had stopped bothering with the chains. Like he said, there was nowhere for the cryptid to go. No one for the cryptid to use his “abilities” on. Unfortunately, Bridge seemed to know that Chiar couldn’t hurt him unless he had skin on skin contact. He always wore gloves and long sleeves.

The lack of restraints served as just another way of reminding Chiar exactly what Bridge thought of him.

“You’re pathetic.”

I’m not pathetic.

His arms collapsed. Every part of him throbbed– Bridge hit hard. Harder than the thugs that used to wait for Chiar in the corners of the cities.

Chiar pressed his head back against the stones.

Silence.

A faint ringing in his ears.

And the door swung open. Slammed shut.

Chiar did not look up.

The footsteps were recognizable. As was the raspy breathing.

Leave me alone.

Bridge kicked him. Hard in the ribs. “Get up.” There was no pity in his voice. No sign of ever giving up. It was as hard and annoying as that first day.

Chiar didn’t move. He hissed in pain, but didn’t move. The stones provided more comfort than Bridge’s relentless questions.

“No.” There was no point in getting up. There was no point in listening to Bridge’s condescending questions either, so he covered his ears as best he could with his hands.

His Oath held him.

He would not break it.

I’m not pathetic.

Bridge was wrong.

He had held out. It hurt, but he was holding out. And that, more than anything else, was as good as spitting in Bridge’s face. There was a ghost of a smile on his face as he curled up on the floor.

But Chiar had not seen the annoyance on Bridge’s face that had quickly flickered to anger. Bridge grabbed Chiar by his hair, hauling him to his feet.

“What did you say to me?” Bridge drawled each word out, but behind the casual tone was an underlying threat.

Chiar heard it loud and clear. He yanked his head out of Bridge’s grip. The buzzing increased. Not loud enough to become distracting, but loud enough to make it hard to think clearly.

He smiled– more of a grimace– at Bridge. “I said, go fuck yourself.”

I can take whatever you throw at me, Interrogator.

Bridge’s mask of cordiality vanished. He backhanded Chiar across his mouth.

“It’s time you learned a lesson in respect.”

Chiar stepped back, the taste of copper coating his teeth. The buzzing turned into steady white noise.

But Bridge’s eyes were on Chiar’s hands– the energy had surged under his fingers. His already distinctive blue nails had taken on almost a glowing tinge.

Chiar spat the blood out.

Is that the best you’ve got?

Bridge smiled. It was not a kind smile. Chiar felt a shudder spike through his nerves as he glanced down at his hands.

For a brief moment, he thought about what it would feel like to wrap them around Bridge’s throat and surge. To have Bridge choke under his fingertips, unable to hold the wash of energy that Chiar forced into him.

Bridge was still smiling.

Chiar backed into the wall and as Bridge crossed the distance between them, put his hands out to stop him.

But Bridge only grabbed his wrist and jerked him forward, manacling his hand to the wall. His grip was stronger than Chiar expected, and he half-expected for the bones to crack under Bridge’s hand.

He cursed. Loudly. He was past caring if Bridge heard him.

But that infuriating smile never left Bridge’s face. “You’re going to learn respect, cryptid, mark my words.”

Respect?

For what? For who? For the humanity he’d lost? For the remnants of humanity that remained?

I think not.

Chiar wrestled with the metal on his wrist. “Once I’m free—” this was emphasized by another ripping yank at the chain, “Once I’m free, you’d better run–” Blood trailed down his arm.

There was no release, and the metal burned, so when Bridge approached, Chiar lunged at him with his free hand. In the darkness, his eyes glowed. Sparks of energy formed on his nails and traced their way up his arm.

Bridge backed away.

Chiar continued to yank at his chained wrist, spewing every curse he could think of at the Interrogator. He hated Bridge and his stupid condescending words and his interrogation tactics–

And–

Chiar’s thoughts came to an abrupt stop. The buzzing died down, replaced with an emptiness that swallowed him and an exhaustion that could drown him. The air bled with a heaviness that pressed down all around him.

Bridge had neatly stepped to the side and taken hold of Chiar’s free wrist in a gloved hand.

Chiar hissed at him, trying to pull away, but the Interrogator’s grip was as unyielding as the metal. Bridge tied a thick rope around the cryptid’s wrist, and looped the ends through a hook in the ceiling. When Bridge stepped back, Chiar’s arm was suspended in midair, though he tried to yank it back.

Chiar felt a spike of fear cut through his anger. “What is the purpose of this?” His tongue felt strangely thick.

The glowing in his eyes had died to little more than a faint light.

Bridge didn’t deign to answer. He stepped out of the cell.

Chiar’s head swam. The anger had quickly morphed into all-encompassing exhaustion. He collapsed against the ropes, only looking up to watch Bridge return with a torch.

A torch?

What did the Interrogator need the torch for? He choked on the fear rising in his throat. If he had eaten anything recently, he would have thrown it up.

In the darkness the flames moved like a creature of their own, bending, twisting, taking shapes beyond comprehension.

They came closer.

“This is a lesson you won’t forget.” Bridge’s voice dripped with false sympathy.

No.

No.

The flames flickered. Red. Blue. Red again as they enveloped Chiar’s hand.

He screamed. More from the horror of it than the pain. That was his hand— his hand— burning. The smell of charred skin— that god awful smell— was because his skin was on fire.

The rope frayed under the double pressure of Chiar’s frantic struggle to escape the fire and the flames themselves. With a final snap of the rope, Chiar curled in on himself, cradling his hand to his chest.

If anything, the pain increased with the absence of fire.

Chiar sobbed, the throbbing burn spreading up his arm and settling into a rhythm.

Dimly, he registered Bridge’s words. “Have you learned to respect me now, cryptid?”

The torch flickered closer in warning.

Keep that back. He needed that far far away from him.

Keep that back!

The words fell out of Chiar’s mouth before he could stop them. “Yes! I’m sorry, I’m sorry—” And then he curled back in on himself, held up only by the chain on his undamaged wrist.

Bridge was smiling as he left the cryptid in the darkness.

tagged: @kira-the-whump-enthusiast @pigeonwhumps (let me know if you want to be added/ removed)

#my guy chiar #cws above the cut #look i lost sight of the plot for this #a long time ago #and i have no. idea where i was going #with this scene in particular #but it’s been sitting in my drafts for a while #it just doesn’t serve a real purpose to the plot #because bridge isn’t really interrogating him for answers or anything #it’s just #whump #ah well #enjoy #whumpblr

[beif0ngs]

alright look, i just wanna know who is the writer that came up with the dumbass idea of replacing the line “Ever since I lost my son, I think of you as my own” with “Lu Ten would have been proud to have you as his father” in this scene for the Netflix live action series???

#atla #Avatar the Last Airbender #atlaedit #animationedit #Zuko #Uncle Iroh #*mine #GIVE ME THE NAME!!!!! #and it's funny how they chose to keep most of the lines almost verbatim in this scene but then replaced the MOST important line... #seriously who in their right f*cking mind thought that was the better line to say in this context HUH??? #the way it was originally written was such an important highlight of this scene too!! #IT LITERALLY SUMS UP IROH AND ZUKO'S ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP IN ONE SENTENCE #like i know certain dialogues can't be translated well into live action and some changes are necessary #but there was absolutely NO reason to change this particular line whatsoever in this specific scene

[catloverwhovian]

thinking about how annoyed crowley is with jimbriel the whole season and yet when hes curious about gravity crowley just. explains it. jim asks ‘why’ and crowley doesn’t act annoyed at all and actually tries to remember. and then he answers honestly when he’s not sure. thinkin about that a whole lot

#that scene just. it just stands out to me. #i feel a lot of things about that scene in particular #good omens #good omens s2 #anthony j crowley

[seefasters]

reunion

#my art #nimona #nimona movie #started this without a particular scenario in mind then thought about their reunion post movie but he doesnt have his armor on it that scene #anyway. i like them <3 #nimona spoilers #< just in case

[girl-bateman]

I guess that this is as good of a time as any to remind people that WRITERS MAKE THE STORY!!!! I cannot count how many times I see posts praising tv directors for things that are simply not their doing. That iconic line of dialogue? Yeah a screenwriter wrote that. The characters you love? Screenwriter. The places, the plot lines, the developments? Writers.

A show CANNOT happen without a script because a script is necessary for EVERYONE to do their job right. It dictates what set to look for/create, the filming schedule, the casting calls, the costumes and so on. It's not just words on a paper, its the backbone for all of production and it deserves to get recognised as the integral part of tv and film as it is.

#i dont want to take away the praise for directiors and actors #i just dont want it to be misplaced praise screenwriters as it so often is #i cannot count the times ive seen posts like (x-director) did it again aaaaah i cant believe this #when they're not even the director for that particular episode #and a writer literally wrote the script theyre referring to #im starting to think you guys have no idea how the creative roles behind the scenes work 🥲 #wga strike #wga #writers guild of america #writers guild strike #wga strong

[ap-menz]

**psychedelic prog metal music plays in background**

#this scene in particular was visually striking to me #crowley #anthony j crowley #good omens #good omens 2 #hell #digital painting #fanart #digital art

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Gaslighter? I hardly know her!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #jin guangyao #qin su #The parallels to the mulderskully comic were genuine scripting coincidences that I kept in for the irony. #wwx and mulder both have a strong need to show their beloved (investigation) partner the cool thing they just found. #Much to their chagrin and concern. #For as much of a mess the plot gets in The Untamed...one of the things it does probably the best of all adaptions is setting up JGY. #specifically how we spend time getting to know him as a *Regular Guy* around our deuteragonists' age. #I love how he's present in the cloud recess arc! I was rooting for him as a character! The twist villain reveal felt so heartbreaking! #Here in the audio drama (for as much as it does well) we pretty much get 2 scenes tops with this guy before he's villain monologuing. #before this we know him as 1) the guy NMJ yelled at a lot 2) a suspect 3) leader guy Jin Ling was partially raised by. #The elements are there but but not with any particular depth to make him...interesting (in this version). #Sure we get to learn more after the fact but it just falls so flat in comparison B*/ #ohhhh noooo the guy we are pretty sure killed a guy is gaslighting his wife and has a secret torture chamber. And he's a politician. #not much of a mystery to it all innit. #Feel free to disagree or bring up differing points btw; I love media analysis convos and this truly is just my opinion.

[mobius-m-mobius]

Lokius in Loki 2x03 - "1893"

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #loki spoilers #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #god they really said we're gonna be glued to the hip and MEANT IT hello 😳👀 #something's definitely coming bc i've never won for this long in my life but i'll take every second they want to give us 😅 #btw kind of obsessed with them both having the same haters and ravonna being the og?? #you're either on board or they're the most insufferable duo you ever met wreck your plans that's my man lol #one particular coloring (clearly) almost killed me dead but i did it for you tandem bike scene of all time 😭😭 #loki s2 spoilers #marvel #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs

[ash-and-starlight]

and i’ll do anything you say (if you say it with your hands) chapter 10

“You came looking for me,” Sokka says. Zuko’s already soft eyes melt further.

“Of course I came looking for you,” he says. Like it’s obvious. Like it doesn’t knock the earth off its axis.

For a second, Sokka forgets about the pain, past and present. All he feels is a treacherous bubble of hope – inside his chest, under his skin, stuck in his throat.

or read it from the beginning if you haven’t

#id in alt text #HAPPY AIDAYS UPDATE EVERYONE #thIS IS NOT A DRILL #Alexxxx i don’t even have words thank you for the honor the pleasure the privilege of making art for your fic #THEE fic of all time even #ty for trusting me with your baby and WITH THIS SCENE IN PARTICULAR #ALREADY GOING CRAZAYYYY INSANE #ik i will die after reading the new ch so enjoy this last art b4 i go six feet under #sokka #zuko #zukka #fic rec #my art

[aroaceleovaldez]

underappreciated Nico detail that I like - he seems to be an angry crier! very frequently he's angry when he cries and he cries when he's extremely angry. very AuDHD of him. emotional regulation sucks my guy and he's just going through it.

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #also fun to think about Nico getting pissed off and then getting even more pissed off that he's turning into a bawling mess #or Nico getting sad/upset and the rage just flips on so he's sniffling and crying and cussing under his breath while kicking stuff #i mean how many times has nico had a moment of someone trying to comfort him and his reaction like 90% of the time is ''fuck off'' #nico thinking about his trauma: [through tears] i need to go kill something right now or i'll explode #nico working on processing emotions character arc except instead of him stopping being an angry crier #it just turns into his friends holding a pillow for him to beat the shit out of until he works the energy out #shoutout to the cupid scene in particular as one of my favorite examples of this #just cause i love Nico having a breakdown and Jason watching it like ''uh oh. i think Bad Things Will Happen if he *actually* starts crying #other favorite example is TTC. Nico being so upset he creates a rift in the ground and tells Percy to die #nico is not uwu sad boy soft baby kitten tears crier #he is yelling things that would get him cancelled on the internet while snotty and bawling #he is insulting and threatening everyone in a 10ft radius

[bikananjarrus]

i’ve really enjoyed how they opened the first two episodes not focused on our main characters at all, and showing us just how terrifying the cordyceps infection is.

the scientists at the beginning of the pilot on the talk show, and at first there’s that good-natured talk show feel, but the longer the scientist goes on explaining the cordyceps and how it would be possible for it to survive in humans and imagine thousands upon thousands being controlled, and the whole auditorium goes still and silent, and it ends with just two words, “we lose.”

and then in this episode, with the mycologist and her complete fear after examining the body. the shaking of her hands and the quiet terror in the way she says that there is no cure, no medicine. that the only solution is to bomb the city with everyone in it. and can someone take her home so she can be with her family, because she understands what the scientist said from the first episode. we lose.

#both of these scenes have done such a good job with amping up the tension right at the start of the episode #it’s so so so good #and with this one in particular—the knowledge the audience has that ellie is immune #but for so many people there is so cure there is nothing they can do to stop it. and they lose #it’s just so damn good wow #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo spoilers #tlou hbo #the last of us

[midnightcrows]

Duty & Patience

#If anyone commissions me to draw TLT characters I will 100% give you a discount #my art #i can hear in my head so vividly #cigarettes on a space station? what a power play ! #the locked tomb #not a particular scene but based on yknow #the lyctors are so fascinating to me #saint of patience #saint of duty #augustine the first #tlt #augustine quinque #harrow the ninth #fanart #i wonder sometimes if anyone could guess who i draw some insp from for augustine

[andhumanslovedstories]

Love the commonness of the ao3 tag “obligatory gaang finds out about zuko’s scar” and its variants. You can basically hear the writer sitting down and saying, “I KNOW I KNOW BUT LISTEN, I simply had to. This path is well trod because it’s a dope fucking path to tread. Sunsets happen daily and we’re still wild about them. The sunset in this case is the baring of emotional trauma from one teen to a handful of others. Rated T because Toph says fuck”

#atla #it’s actually a super hard scene for me to be like ‘hell yeah you nailed it’ #more than some other tropes it runs the particular risk of making all the characters who aren’t Zuko sound like therapists #but when it’s good!

[multicolour-ink]

Someone pointed this out on twitter, but look at the parallels here!

Was it ever confirmed if their father is a twin?

Because if so, this just hits even more in the feels;

I imagine their father and uncle were so overjoyed that the twin gene still continued, and encouraged the boys to always treasure the irreplaceable bond they have ❤💚

#this doesn't really makes sense with an earlier scene where their dad accused mario of 'dragging his brother down' #why would he say that if he understands that particular bond? #anyway just some thoughts #this really hits in the feels #imagine papa mario and uncle mario (sorry can't remember who is who!) laughing and hugging with joy #the moment mama mario revealed she was having twins #super mario #mario #luigi #mario and luigi #uncle mario #papa mario #parallels #the super mario bros movie #super mario movie #mario movie #the super mario bros movie spoilers #super mario movie spoilers #mario movie spoilers #mario movie 2023 #twins #brothers #uncle arthur #(HA SEE I REMEMBERED HIS NAME!!!)

[locked-tomb-shenanigans]

Listen I’m sure someone has already talked about this scene, and way better than I ever could, but it makes me so feral and I need to talk about it too

This is hands down the most depressing scene in the entirety of NtN in my opinion.

Surface level it’s Gideon yelling at Crux, but the significance here comes from the exact word choice. “You could have lived for her. But you didn’t know how.”

She uses past tense.

It’s not about Crux (who arguably did live for Harrow, considering his purpose was raising and protecting her, and could by all means still do this if he changed his mind about dying for Harrow.) It’s not about the congregation who worshipped her.

It’s about Gideon, who can’t live for Harrow anymore, because she’s dead. It’s about the promise she broke at the end of the first book. She’s talking about herself.

Harrow made her promise that when it comes down to it, Gideon needs to save herself. If only one of them can survive, it has to be Gideon.

At the end of the first book, Harrow is actively planning to sacrifice herself so Gideon can live, bringing up the promise and then diving into what this is actually about. Namely, how she owes Gideon her life back.

And Gideon breaks that promise, instead deciding to sacrifice herself for Harrow.

“I can’t keep my promise because the entire point of me is you. There is no me without you.”

Gideon doesn’t know how to live for Harrow, how to exist without her, even though it’s the most important thing Harrow ever asked of her—and so she dies for her instead.

“You could have lived for her. But you didn’t know how.”

And the sacrifice ended up being rejected by Harrow, because it’s not what Harrow wanted. It never was. So Gideon ended up feeling rejected and like her life and giving it up wasn’t worth anything. And she still immediately offers herself up again without hesitation. She’s ready to die for Harrow all over again, even now that she’s already dead.

“Die. Die for her. It’s the only goddamn good you’ll ever do her.”

Gideon is fucking furious—so much that Nona can’t even place her voice anymore—but not at any of the people who would rightfully deserve her fury. Not at Crux. She’s furious at herself. This whole scene is so damn heartbreaking to me.

And out of all the cruel things Crux has done to Gideon throughout her life, this might be the worst one: telling the girl who died for the Reverend Daughter once and was ready to die for her a second time that she couldn’t even get that right. That she managed to screw up the one purpose she was actually supposed to serve, the only good she’s ever done for Harrow.

Gideon is dead. She can’t do what Harrow asked and live for her anymore. What the hell is she supposed to do if she can’t die for her, either?

#I have so many feelings about this scene in particular #someone please give my poor girl a hug #and therapy #so much therapy #Griddlehark #the locked tomb #tlt #Gideon nav #Harrowhark Nonagesimus #Kiriona Gaia #ntn #nona the ninth spoilers #nona the ninth #ntn spoilers #Gideon x Harrow #harrow x gideon #crux tlt

[lestatlioncunt]

James Fitzjames + Caravaggio's Entombment, David with the Head of Goliath, Penitent Magdalene, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Death of the Virgin, Bacchus

#the terror #the terror amc #theterroredit #tvedit #james fitzjames #mine #many thoughts in my brain i could write a thesis for each scene + painting i picked for this #penitent madgalene in particular. i'm not going to spam my own tags but the scene & the painting have an interesting tie in my mind #especially if you know about magdalene at all or caravaggio's choice of models. the rejection of vanity detail in this painting...bellori's #comment 'la finse per maddalena' (he (caravaggio) pretended her to be magdalene).. #so much to say i'm normal about characters and art. anyways. this was originally more elaborate but i literally remade it in smth else #posting it so i can stop obsessing over it