#Frightening Power

[captainkurosolaire]

[Insight]: 無 Me-Me Worthy 🎼

(NPC Talk) *Imitates Captain's voice hysterically, "I'm a cool pirate with a finger-bang attack, it's over for you Sol! ARRrrrrgggh." (NPC Talk) *Imitates Sol's voice poorly, "...Bro, but I'm a cool pirate too and like being fingered, it's time... I came out." "Bro..." "Bro..." ~ "Me-Me sure is better than us both. I can't believe how pretty she is, and taller, we should give her all our gil and stop being cheap and being stoopid meanies calling her small, so she wouldn't have to turn us into dolls."

#Stare long enough into the Void... #Frightening Power #We are Tales #Insights #Gremlin #Bank Accountant #Treasury Department and PR #Me-Me #FFXIV #Final Fantasy XIV #Screenshots #Gif #~insights~

[wigglesdtuff]

🌸😈🌸

#nico robin #one piece #demonio fleur #daily wtt robin #wtt art #I love her so much she's so powerful and narratively incredible #I got a lil sleepy but forgive me #Day 39 #It's been 39 days of so much rendering #Even I'm starting to frighten myself

[kagoutiss]

divine intoxication

#tloz #ocarina of time #oot #ganondorf #i think abt how oot was the first time he’d ever transformed into beast ganon and i cri #and how it seems like in any scenario where he gets to return to being a human he tries to stay that way #or at least not be controlled by a power that turns him into something else completely. like make it into a puppet he can control #and even in TP when he turns into dark beast ganon it looks like he was initially trying to reform back into a human but lost control #and doesnt even. try to go back to that form. doesn’t even acknowledge it just fights you as a human for the last 2 phases #i feel like while ganondorf and ganon are the same actual person their mental states are just so far deviated from each other that it’s #frightening for ganon to imagine being reduced back to a human being with no power #and frightening for ganondorf to imagine returning to a state that is completely uninhibited and often devoid of rational thought #which to me is like. an extreme version of having severe mood swings. or being on/off medication and feeling like 2 different people #idk its interesting. ganondorf ganon dichotomy my love

[aleksanderscult]

Mal after seeing Alina for the first time in 2-3 months happy, healthy, strong: "oH mY gOd WhaT ArE YoU WeArInG?? YoU BeLoNG tO HiM NoW?? I CaN SeE YoU'Re HavInG a GoOd TIme hERe!!"😑😠

The Darkling after Alina ditched him twice, tried to kill him twice, the second time by using merzost and throwing a chapel on his face: "Here take this throne beside me, be my Tsarina. You were so hot that night.😩🔥 Also *takes out engagement ring* will you marry me?"🥺🖤❤️

#the man almost proposed after she tried to kill him😭 #he's so infatuated he's lost😭 #he loves seeing her powerful #it doesn't frighten him in the long haul #mal at least you could say how happy and grateful you are that she is safe and happy #and show it too #the darkling #pro darkling #alina starkov #aleksander morozova #pro aleksander morozova #grishaverse trilogy #grishaverse #shadow and bone #ruin and rising #siege and storm #anti mal oretsev #anti malina #anti mal #darklina #pro darklina

[aroaceleovaldez]

once again thinking about the worldbuilding in the riordanverse of "names are power" / "belief is power."

The Tri were only able to become immortal through convincing enough people to worship them that it became true. Monsters and immortals only exist through continued belief, and if enough people believe that they're dead or gone then it becomes true, like Pan. Their varied forms exist and manifest as they're believed in and called upon. Names call attention and epithets summon aspects. They're acknowledgement. Belief. Putting a name to a concept creates it as an individual.

And that's so fascinating when you start applying it to demigods. How much of their abilities are based on belief in themselves, in expectations of each other, in their parents' expectations of them? We've seen mortal figures who became immortal in some form or another because they were remembered. Even the lares - ancestral house gods, who persist because they're remembered. They have a legacy.

At what point does a demigod achieve that status? Rumors and whispers about them so persistent that they slowly become true. "I heard that Jason Grace is the son of two gods, does that make him a god?" "I heard Percy Jackson defeated a titan single-handedly. That he can create hurricanes without breaking a sweat. That he can control blood." After awhile, after enough rumors, does it become impossible to tell where they end and the legends begin? Isn't that what being a demigod is; half-legend?

#pjo #riordanverse #analysis #i went a little prose-y there at the end but i am THINKING THOUGHTS #imagine being a demigod and knowing your EXISTENCE is slowing becoming warped because of others' perceptions of you! #Jason living on a pedestal his entire life and worrying so much that one day he's going to bleed ichor and his fate will be sealed #Percy recognizing that his powers are growing beyond his previous limits in ways that don't seem natural. don't seem right. #and he realizes what's happening and just has to hope the whispering quiets down and the rumors are forgotten so he can live a normal life #also the potential for demigod existential horror #becoming aware that You as a concept is slowly shifting. twisting. to match the perception others have of you #how TERRIFYING is that? like obviously it'd probably only go to an extent for most demigods cause half-mortal #but their powers? etc? SCARY #Percy being aware that his powers are becoming warped and trying to dissuade gossip about himself so it returns to normal #Nico who the more he's welcomed into the camps the more he finds himself being essentially declawed #his rough edges slowly worn away. his powers weakening and becoming less frightening. is it worth it? #and how difficult must that inherently make it for him to allow himself to be known? #and again. shaking Jason petrified that CJ is going to accidentally believe him into immortality. his worst nightmare.

[jyou-no-sonoko19]

We remember things a little differently, she and I...

#Doom Patrol #Michelle Gomez #Laura De Mille #Madame Rouge #April Bowlby #Rita Farr #There's no way in hell they can be friends again until Rita stops trying to rewrite the past #Laura let them all down #she let the organisation pressure her into doing something she by all accounts did not want to do #and yes she signed up that frightened boy just as she was expected to #someone easily guided by just a light nod from a man in power #a father figure you might say #And it all happened behind Laura's back #as is the trend it would seem #I'm just getting really really tired of the dissonance in their present day interactions #Laura just TELL HER how you remember it #MAKE her tell you it's not true

[stick3rbatz]

what the fuck is a bive

#when i tell you ive never gotten so attached to a character from media so fast in my entire fucking life #like im dead serious #i LOVE this woman so much #and i grew attached to her SCARILY fast. like the moment i saw her.. #the power of autism is frightening sometimes #anyway. i like bive a normal amount #zinderart #art #my art #digital art #the regretevator #regretevator #roblox #bive #regretevator bive #bive regretevator #split #regretevator split #split regretevator #fanart #the regretevator fanart #regretevator fanart #sketch #traditional drawing #traditional art #traditional sketch #rough sketch

[schattenhonig]

Something has been rummaging around in my brain, maybe it'll go away when I put it into words... I have no idea if this all has been pointed out before.

Good Omens S2 felt wrong from the first minute on. Not wrong as in bad, badly written or wrong wrong, just. Off. People who died in S1 are alive again, completely unaware of what happened to them and who they were before Armageddon't, like Maggie and Nina. Yes, it could be a coincidence that they were recast, and it could be because they are brilliant actresses, I completely agree. But I get a feeling that even if this was done without any specific intention, it must have felt right to Mr. Gaiman and the great people working on the show.

Plus, Gabriel-as-Jim says a line that stuck with me:

Gabriel: I’m me. I just don’t know who ‘me’ is. Aziraphale: I see. Gabriel: But you know me. You recognize me. Aziraphale: Well, I know someone who looks like you. Gabriel: That’s probably me then. I think that’s one of the main ways you can tell.

I don't think this is a coincidence. And the fact that neither Crowley nor Aziraphale recognize Nina and Maggie as people they have met before Armageddon't, makes it all the more eerie.

I think this whole memory wipe business is more important than we think; and this is going to be more meta now, but bear with me; because who needs a book of life when all the memories of a person and their own memory are gone? If there's not a trace of a memory left about you, did you ever exist in the first place? The answer is yes! Because you made an impact on life itself around you that is too complicated to be erased. Maggie and Nina brought about Armageddon't the way it happened because of the baby swap gone wrong. They might not remember it, nobody else was there and able to remember it, but it happened. And it changed the course of history.

But (here it is, you knew it was coming) if no one remembers it, you could tell them anything had happened. If you are the only one who remembers, you can tell your own version of the story, and the others will believe you. They have no other choice, they don't even know that there has been a choice, another version of this.

S2 boils down to this for me: erasing somebody with the book of life, as if they had never existed is way too complicated and dangerous because you couldn't possibly foresee what other parts of the story you want to tell would be changed. I don't think that is a risk Heaven or the Metatron would take. It wouldn't fit with Heaven being control freaks.

But erasing memories until only your desired version of the story is left... That's power. That's foreseeable, and it's controllable. And Heaven would totally abuse this power.

#good omens #good omens meta #s2 meta #good omens s2 meta #knowledge is power #book of life #is just a story we told the cherubs to frighten them #but it doesn't matter because it's not the real threat here #heaven is terrible #at least in the good omens universe

[rottenn-angel]

#aesthetic #i have anxiety dreams with tornados a lot and they look like this #but even as frightening as they are in the dreams im always entranced by the beauty and power as well #its weird #my post

[generative-adversarial-nitwit]

i will NOT blorbo the protagonist/player character of slay the princess i wont. i wont do it. i wont stoop to it. even if he IS babygirl

#slay the princess #uuuggghhhuhuhuh the single tear in the CG for the recounting of the deconstructed damsel #this guy is so. uuuwwwghhhhh. he hits the same notes for me as gaster #unfathomably powerful and both unable and unsuited to any kind of 'normal' existence #yet from his perspective is just. a frightened boy. in pain and in love and tasked with responsibilities too great for him #stp spoilers #? a little bit

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

Can someone please gently encourage me to write? :’)

#writer’s block has hit me #quite unexpectedly #but with the power of Star Wars I think I’m finally breaking out of it #KEYWORD ON THINK #MAYBE!!! #I’ve been wanting to write for the past couple days but I’m a little Frightened by the idea #writing is such a weird thing #my post

[fellhellion]

Something something the spot’s goofy antics distract from how dangerous his own entitlement and resentment is

#I don’t want to be that guy but I feel a little bit like spot gets sanded down a tad into just the fact he’s funny #and he IS funny I get it. but what makes him scary is the power to lash out with his entitlement and resentment towards miles #it’s you did this TO ME (miles didn’t #he was busy getting pummeled by kingpin and then venom shocking him back and the building was being EVACUATED it’s literally no one’s fault #but spot’s that he was there AND miles didn’t even know he was there when the collider exploded) #so I’m owed the role that you made me into <- miles literally didn’t do this #I’m OWED being your nemesis because I created you <- when all of itsv is about its miles own choices that make him heroic and not the bite #spot can’t even take ownership of his own actions. he’s like oh IM not robbing you that’s the bank. well buddy I don’t see you robbing the #bank I see you harassing some guy owning a corner store #like I get it. ur a cosmic horror and it sucks capitalism is pushing u down and u can’t get a job but like OWN UP TO WHAT THE HELL YOU DO #LMAO #and even miles trying to genuinely reach out and say look I’m sorry I made u feel bad (even though this isn’t an owed apology) and spot #STILL is hellbent on breaking miles back for an imagined slight #I AM GOING TO KILL YOUR LITERAL FATHER BECAUSE I BLAME YOU FOR SOMETHING YOU DIDNT DO #like god lmao. he’s a fun silly villain but there’s legitimate anger and spite and RESENTMENT motivating him purely to try hurt miles back a #as* badly as he imagines miles hurt him. when it’s like dude. own tf up to who’s responsible here #I’m not angry at the spot btw I actually think he’s a fun villain but I think recognising that resentment is what makes him effective as a #*​frightening* villain and one that poses legitimate danger #tunes talks spiderverse #apologies xinakwans ik u said you didn’t want to read any spot posts hopefully this snags on ur filtered content block shdjfjfk

[edoro]

Ngl I'm starting to feel like a nonzero amount of the fandom reaction towards Cazador, the general trend of "oh he actually isn't scary or intimidating at all, he's a whiny sniveling little bitch baby and it's embarrassing Astarion was so scared of him because of how non-threatening and laughable he is" is hmmm

maybe a bit based in the racist de-masculinization of Asian men and the way that they are often seen as impotent, weak, and incapable of being threatening?

#and i mean i don't disagree that he's a loser #or that his sneering line delivery isn't extremely punchable #HOWEVER #he also is... deeply cruel in a very targeted and personal way #a sadist who dresses it up in the guise of Family #obsessive about his victims and playthings #and hungry for even more power which he WILL use to hurt people #which actually is pretty fucking frightening even if he's also slender and small and young-looking and pretty #i do think some of it is intentional - his obsession with Astarion #his grasping for power and inflated sense of self-importance #his persistent charade of a family and how he uses terror to force his victims to go along with it #these are all very real aspects of abuse that are also bigtime Loser Behavior #and the fact that the person who has the power to hurt and control you is an insecure megalomaniacal self-obsessed loser is part of #the humiliation of this type of abuse #but i also just saw a 'scarier redesign' of cazador that was just straight up A White Man so you know.

[imminent-danger-came]

(2x05 Minor Scale) (4x07 Pitiful Creatures)

"Monkey King? Do you really think he doesn't already know all about me? Curious that he is not with you now, is it not? Ah I see. You have begun to suspect what he already knows—that he made the wrong choice, picked the wrong successor." (2x05 Minor Scale)

"We’re just like Wukong. A fraud! A trickster! Destructive! Why would our legacy be any different? Actually, no no- the chaos and destruction we’ll bring upon the world will make Wukong’s past look like nothing." (4x07 Pitiful Creatures)

#I love when MK's inner fears are brought outwards and it forces him to his knees as he fights against a frightening power #it's so fun here I'm having fun #Minor Scale and Pitiful Creatures are such beautiful parallel episodes. I care for them deeply. #lmk parallels #what I am #lmk #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk mk #lmk lady bone demon #lmk lbd #can you tell I'm going through it over the monkey show tonight

[multicolour-ink]

Do you have headcanons about how Deity Luigi from your AU would show his love towards Daisy? How would he use his powers for her?

Deity AU

For context: Luigi is a celestial god, and Daisy is a forest nymph

Oooohhhh that's an interesting question 🤭 To explain this, I'll break down how their first meeting went.

- Luigi is very cautious about approaching Daisy. It's love at first sight, and he watches from afar for a while before even getting the courage to talk to her.

- He makes himself appear more human, and carefully approaches her while she's walking through the forest. Being only a nymph, Daisy is by natural instinct terrified of him at first. Even though he is in a human form, she can sense something is not mortal about him, and demands that he show her who he really is.

- One thing about Daisy that Luigi has come to learn, is that she is not as submissive or delicate as other nymphs of her kind. She is loud, ferocious, and able to fend for herself. And he is drawn to her.

- Luigi is hesitant, but agrees in order to put her at ease. "Please don't freak out", he says, as he lifts off his mortal disguise and shows himself in his true form

- Even though he is keeping his power in check (so as not to harm her) he is blinding with sheer power alone. Daisy steps back, unsure whether to run away. But then she take a good look at him. And instead of seeing a ruthless god, she sees a gentle soul staring back at her, begging her to stay, to give him a chance. She approaches him and takes his hand in hers. She smiles at him, and instantly his heart soars. She trusts him.

- Luigi visits her regularly in his mortal form, so as to keep her and the forest safe (for a god's power is destructible if not in check), but there is a comforting presence around her at all times in his absence that she identifies as Luigi. For example, while exploring her forest home, Daisy accidently stumbles into hunter's territory, and she is pursued. However, the hunters don't get far before lightning bolts unexpectantly rain down from the sky and strike them down.

- Another time, Daisy is upset that a part of the forest is dying from the lack of rain, so Luigi sends a rainstorm that instantly rejuvenates the flora.

- Another one I want to add because I think it's cute ^^ While Daisy has a power that can make flora grow, she cannot ultimately make the life permanent. Her powers only allow her to assist the forest. When they both agree for Luigi to spend a night with her, she creates a beautiful bedding of flowers of many species and colours ^^ But she is sad, for she explains that by the time they will wake up, the flowers will be dead. Luigi then says they won't, and uses his power to have the flowers be gently dusted in a watery mist (but does not feel wet to the touch). He explains that the flowers are now permanently frozen in a time of life, love, and beauty, and they will never die out 💚💛

#look i'm soft for these two ok ;_; #god luigi is less destructive than mario #but he is a god - and no god has full control over their power #especially over beings lesser than them #mario has peach to worry about #but daisy is all 'nah you're not mortal just show me already' #she's frightened but she can see a gentleness to him - she knows his soul is good and true and wouldn't harm her ;_; #super mario #luigi #princess daisy #luai #deity au #deity luigi #super mario au #mario au #the super mario bros movie #super mario movie #mario movie #kelbreyworshipper #multicolour ink answers

[sennqu]

i just fucking hate how that one tweet seems to be managing to successfully upend one man's credibility without any actual proof?? isn't anyone else also horrified by this??

the fact that it's the strangerwriters twitter doesn't mean shit without any proof of a real copy of the script to compare against the accused fakes.

#ku blarghs #like honestly this is legitimately frightening me a bit #what kind of hellscape are we living in that just a mere less than 240 characters have the power to destroy you #byler #ST v 8flix