#I know it’s been discussed to death

[petpluto]

I get that the writers ‘needed’ Tara to die to get their surprise Big Bad of season 6 in Dark!Willow, but it destroys one of the better parts of season 6 for me. Which is -

Tara going back and trying with Willow is the culmination of one of the main conflicts I see in season 6; that being fear versus trust, and how various characters fail (or succeed) when confronted with a fork in the road. “Understand we’ll go hand in hand but we’ll walk alone in fear” is there for a reason. I think Willow acts out of fear for a lot of season 6, before starting to work on herself and trusting herself. Xander doesn’t go through with his marriage due to his fear. Giles *leaves the country* because he fears he’s holding Buffy back (and sub-textually, losing her again). But Tara comes back because she has spent that time alone, and chooses to trust in Willow, and to trust that letting go of the past is the right move. She triumphs where the others falter.

And she does so again and again in season 6. She becomes wholly realized as a separate character from Willow, with bonds with other members of the Scooby Gang (mostly Buffy and Dawn, but still) outside of Willow in a way other romantic partners don’t get to have. She has a life outside of Willow and outside of their group, and has more firmly found her place in that group.

And season 6 rips that away from us, for what to me is a lackluster exploration of Willow’s grief and insecurities and fears. The show that has as a running theme the tragedy of girls being used as tools for a greater “good” commits the same sin.

#buffy the vampire slayer #tara mclay #willow rosenberg #tillow #don’t get me wrong #I like the idea of Dark!Willow #and Alyson Hannigan is talented enough to pull almost anything off #but - partially because I didn’t enjoy the addiction arc in season 6 - I don’t like this turn #it kind of bored me? #and Alyson Hannigan very rarely doesn’t deliver #and tillow isn’t my favorite ship and Tara isn’t my favorite character #but they do something really cool with Tara here #and Willow and Tara here #anyway I wish they’d come up with a different way to make Dark!Willow appear #a slow descent into a controlling force #a fast descent into some other propulsion toward darkness #idk man #I know it’s been discussed to death #fridging girl love interests #burying your gays #but the story told through Tara is understated and sweet and uplifting #and the story of her death is just a stepping stone for Willow #it sucks all the more that it happens after she becomes her own character

[piecanl]

Do you think Tubbo would recognize the path Bad is going down, because it's one he's already walked down on?

This self-destructive behavior coming from a broken heart?

He hasn't seen Bad at his best, before the eggs got kidnapped. He's seen him a victim to grief more than a father. It's why the blue staining Bad's being isn't out of the ordinary.

But suddenly he starts carrying flowers to remind him of the love he lost, suddenly the void calls out his name even louder and suddenly Tubbo sees himself in the older demon.

And it's scary, because suddenly he sees what he has become, how it affects others.

And for the first time of many, he sees Bad walk down a road he's paved. For the first time of many, Bad is the one repeating Tubbo's mistakes.

#the parallels between soul hunters make me SOOOOO ill you hav no idea #i needed to get this out of my brain I might've misscharactarized Bad on the way and If I have sorrayyy..... #their fascination or connection with death #their undying loyalty to those they let in their circle #the switch of their perspectives on resolving conflicts after both Purgatories #the self-sacrificial mindset when it comes to the eggs #the fact they're some of the most trusted people with the eggs #Bad is openly trusted by parents while Tubbo is silently trusted by the eggs while they're both simultaneously safe spaces for the kids #Tubbo has been there for a lot shorter than Bad which lead to him following a lot of previous islanders' including Bad's steps #but suddeny he's been trust into many tragedies and now he has his own path people may fall down in #JUST AGH #i feel like I'm going in circles #i don't know #i dont think they'd ever openly discuss their weaknesses infront of eachother #but I also don't think they'd ever outright shut off a conversation over grief they share #qsmp tubbo #qsmp badboyhalo #soul hunters #soulhunters

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

couple of mello + near doodles

#death note #mello #mihael keehl #near #nate river #meronia #bright colors #eyestrain #been having fun w colors recently :3 #these are the product of me really really really not wanting to do some discussion boards #like i don’t even hate discussion boards but something about them has been filling me with dread i’d rather just do exams tbh #i'm like dragging myself through the rest of this semester but it's different from last semester last semester i was losing my mind #this semester i've been able to sleep more than 4 hours a night and go outside bc it's not freezing but also i'm just so fucking done #with school i've been here too long i'm tired but i'm always tired and will always be tired it's tragic honestly i think i'd be more cool #with school if i weren't living how i am rn w my family but eh i don't have the money to move out so it's whatever and it doesn't really #help that i know i'll have to get at least a master's to really do anything in my field and the though of doing more of this makes #me so tired i think i might take a gap year after i get my bachelors this fall idk #anyways enjoy my doodles or don't if you don't want to i'm not the boss of you

[bamsara]

Please stop

#please im already dealing with my partner attempting this week and the 3rd being the anniversary of my dad's death #and ive been answering people privatly and i responded but my reblogs were hidden? #im very close just please stop #i dont know what i did exactly outside of what ive already explained but im sorry #why was i told it was all okay and then its not #why was i chosen #tw negative #tw suicide attempt mention #i thought the discussion was good and constructive i thought it was over what is going on

[cquackity]

people talking about ghostbur like he's the only part of wilbur that deserves to live makes me see red. revivebur deserves to live pogbur deserves to live C!WILBUR DESERVES TO LIVE. there's this awful separation between ghostbur the "good" traumatized survivor and the one who should get to live vs revivebur who suffered deeply in limbo and in pogtopia but just because his behavior isn't as "digestible" as ghostbur's and he isn't as easy to handle or understand people think he should be replaced by his ghost and continue to suffer. when in reality neither ghostbur or alivebur deserve limbo, they're both c!wilbur despite the separation that's made between them. it's so fucked to me

#i know this topic has been discussed to death but #also i hate all the different distinctions of cwilb tbh #theyre all him they all deserve life and to be loved #the distinctions that were made between all of them and the way they're all treated like #they're not all The Same Guy make me insane #one is not better morally than the other Okay I'll stop now I'm making no sense I just am mad today #personal

[jeding-png]

What about...

Mr Verdandi and Duke Eckhart, when they were young 🔮⚜️

The original art belongs to SUEUN (@A_Sueune on Twitter). What Marquis Verdandi looks like is just my guess!

Winter's father is mentioned only once, in chapter 68 of the novel (or chapter 63 of the manhwa).

All that is said is that Winter was still very young (I think around 18-22 years old) when he lost his father. Also, the good relationship between Winter and Duke Eckhart was explained by the fact that the duke was friends with the former Marquis Verdandi. But what was the cause of the elder Verdandi's death?

However... what if Winter's father died fighting the Laila clan? Could he also have been a sorcerer? Was he as ideological and charitable as his son?

Most people know what a powerful wizard Winter really is. But he couldn't have learnt everything on his own, could he? Someone had to guide him and teach him how to control magic. Could it have been his father or his wizard friends? According to Verdandi himself, people who have a lot of mana cannot be called wizards if they do not know how to control it.

Okay, I think Winter has taken a lot from his father, but I'm interested to hear your opinion on this and the interaction between the Duke and the past Marquis...

By the way, is Winter's mother dead too?

In this world, it's not enough that fathers don't have their own names, but all the mothers of the main characters are killed here???

P.S. (with spoilers) I just realised that the Duke had seen his wife, daughter, and best friend die, and then he had seen his son almost killed. That the duke himself was almost eaten by a monster, and that he also survived the war... and then realised how he had ruined the lives of his children...

Listen, we need a separate post about Duke Eckhart. He's also an interesting character, but he doesn't have his own name.

Imagine, there are actually many details in the VADD universe that have not yet been fully revealed. Many characters were not revealed, even though they would have little impact on the plot.

#villains are destined to die #death is the only ending for a villainess #death is the only ending for the villainess #death is the only ending for the villain #vadd #vadd spoilers #vadtd #manhwa #winter verdandi #vinter berdandi #vinter verdandi #ditoeftv #duke eckhart #duke eckart #I'm so old that I'm looking for something that doesn't exist... #is it such a curse that we know NO names of fathers in VADD?.. #No wait we know the name of Eckle's father... #or not?.. i forgot. #In my AU Evelyn died because of Leila's curse lol– #Who is going to discuss with me all the characters that have been mentioned one damn time? :> #I'm spoiling you with content because I'm going on a four-month break #yeah..

[aparticularbandit]

real talk, though.

if vision quest is about white vision regaining his memories. even if she's dead, wanda should be in that.

you can't give me wandavision and then pretend that vision's memories wouldn't largely involve wanda. or you can, but then that would carry a through line of wanda caring more about vision than he does about her (or, at least, that his priorities were/are different - which you can support with infinity war and his decision to go jump into battle and leave wanda once he noticed the avengers needed his help). and regardless, she would and should still be part of those memories.

that would be the best place to confirm or deny what the mcu official timeline is speculating re: wanda's death because a white vision who truly regained his memories would also probably seek her out, depending on how he relates to those memories, even if he doesn't accept them into who he is or decides to be.

#musings #mcu #vision mcu #mcu vision #vision #vision quest #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #wandavision #still big on 'no body no death' here #but like - this was a thing that got brought up in some of my discussions post-dsmom #where. was. white. vision. #if he got all his memories back at the end of wandavision why did he just. completely. never show up not go be with wanda like. #wv ended with 'we will meet again' which SHOULD BE WHITE VISION because he had his memories back #but he just peaced out into nowheresville #and disappeared #and has subsequently been mia for however many projects at this point #at least agatha has the agnes excuse - and also that for the past ten years of marvel stuff prior she was good at staying out of the way #i mean i guess this plays into why kamala doesn't know who he is #if she was 16 in ms. marvel that means she would have been 11 when the snap happened it makes since that she doesn't know him #ANYWAY #THOUGHTS #I HAVE THEM SOMETIMES

[pastryjay]

I've seen a lot of people surprised that OFMD has not been renewed for season 3, however I honestly expexted a cancellation more than a renewal. I'm just left feeling resigned and bitter about it right now... but not shocked.

I don't think those who thought S3 would happen are naive, if anything i'm the one being pessimistic. S2 was really well recieved, viewed a lot and heavily promoted by HBO, it was logical to assume that there would be a renewal.

I just couldn't stop thinking about all the bad signs.

I remember when OFMD got renewed for S2 and everyone was relieved because HBO took so long renewing, even the crew were open about being unsure whether S2 would happen. It was clear there was reluctance from HBO then.

Then we found out that only 8 episodes were allowed instead of 10.

After that we found out that S2's budget was cut by a massive 40% compared to S1.

On top of that, major plot influences and re-writes were forced by higher ups, much to the frustration of the writers. S2ep6 had major re-writes and I also remember the writers recieved a note from HBO execs telling them that Ed and Stede needed to reunite/ forgive each other as early as possible in S2. That was probably because with S3 unlikely, their time together in S2 would be all we would get and HBO execs knew that.

The writers purposely finished S2 in a way that would be a satisfying enough ending in case S3 wasn't greenlit. They wouldn't have made that decision if no S3 was unlikely.

A horrendous amount of shows are being cancelled. Shockingly, over 90 shows were cancelled just last year. It seems that many shows, even if they're loved by fans and get a lot of views, they're still not safe.

Shows and movies are getting cancelled at different points during production too. Multiple fully completed or almost completed shows and movies have been cancelled before being aired. Often with the footage being deleted. If OFMD was going to get cancelled at any point at least S3 wasn't filmed. Streaming services are brutal and show a complete lack of care for their shows and movies.

These factors were not good news for the likelihood of S3 and i've always had them in mind since learning each one.

I knew that no matter how much the show was watched and loved by fans, that wasn't going to guarantee it would be safe from cancellation. Love hasn't saved other pieces of media.

#ofmd #our flag meets death #ofmd cancellation #I know this is very negative but it's more of just something I needed to vent about rather than something I think will do numbers on here. #I really am genuinely surprised at the amount of people who seem really shocked that it's been cancelled. #Not that I think being shocked is wrong in the slightest. #I just see so many shows being cancelled and treated badly and knew OFMD was like... above that... #It's a very special show to me and to all fans but higher ups at Warner Bros and HBO were never going to see it like we see it #iygwim #I am not going to discuss point 4 further lmao

[garbomode]

HOLD ON i can't stop thinking about a take i keep seeing that's like "kraken ed wasn't really that bad, he only hurt izzy and izzy deserved it." because like, even putting aside the izzy apologist in me, it's still just objectively wrong. he pushed lucius off the ship! as far as anyone knew he killed him!! that seems kind of like hurting someone to me!!

#plus the yknow. threatening the crew with a gun #nearly killing them all #not to mention the crew watching him hurt izzy is not a great fucking time for them #like even if they think he kinda sucks ur boss just fuckin SHOT him !! you're probably gonna be a little scared of the guy after that!! #anyway i still have mixed feelings about the whole “ed is abusing izzy” thing #but i have been rotating this in my head for a while and i need to say it here or i'll start talking to my mom about it #i have already discussed with her the izzy dying discourse at length #ofmd #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #ofmd 2 #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd spoilers #edward teach #sorry i don't know how to tag this for ppl who don't want to see it #i assume anyone who'll be too annoyed by it has blocked me already

[thepoisonroom]

i don't give a fuck that i'm getting older but seeing my loved ones aging does make me insane if im honest

#who else up with insomnia due to uncontrollable spiraling about the inevitable deaths of everyone they care for #im sure this is not a good mental health litmus but i'm not really sure what the best move is since it's not a fear i can reason away #my mom has been wanting to talk about her plans for when she dies #and her family is really long-lived so i'm hopeful that won't be for a long time #but it's so upsetting to talk about because i can tell she finds it upsetting to think about too #and seeing my parents uncertain still feels very scary in some ways even though i'm an adult now too #i know it's better to discuss it than live in denial but still :( #death mention #personal nonsense

[hauntedpearl]

you know how in crooked Kingdom nina used to be a heartrender pre-parem and if she still had those powers she could have very easily healed Matthias when he gets shot but instead her powers are reversed when they most matter to her so she just has to sit there and watch him die and then she reanimates his corpse and even then she knows he's not in there, it's just a puppet? anyway. should have happened to Castiel.

#i think..it would ruin my whole entire life #and that's something im into #doe is talking again #tw for crooked Kingdom deaths #im watching the ladyknightthebrave video on six of crows and im having a reaction to the upcoming discussion of Matthias' death #did you know. i haf nightmares after reading that book #i would wake up SCREAMING and crying #and then i had to get over it #i don't think ive ever been hurt like that in real life #like my dad was on a ventilator and i cried about it but i did not have ptsd nightmares like thaf

[dazais-guardian-angel]

kinda wild to me that one of the most compelling aspects of both Chuuya and Kunikida's characters to me, that I never really see talked about, is how they're heavily set on a doomed crash course towards complete and utter destruction, and how I am so, so worried for them both.....

#bungou stray dogs #been thinking a lot about chuuya lately (shocking for me i know (said with no sarcasm truly lmao it is rare for me)) #cause of the 15 manga and also playing the fucking jeht quest in genshin impact ugh (where's the one dual genshin bsd fan who Understands) #but like this pressure has been building up for chuuya for so long due to being used and manipulated by all these people #first the sheep then mori then verlaine then still mori now #he was groomed since childhood just like dazai #but unlike dazai he didn't have an oda to help him get out of the mafia........ he's still stuck there #and his personality is different from dazai's. dazai was more self-aware imo (but still a groomed emotionally abused kid don't get me wrong #but chuuya's whole thing is needing to belong and wanting a leader to be loyal to but ending up in positions of leadership himself #which makes him feel pressured but he accepts and stifles any negative feelings just because he wants to belong #and all this crushed him with the events in the light novels and yeah he went through character growth but he's...... Still In The Mafia... #and that fucking scene asagiri added to the cannibalism stage play i don't think hardly anyone even knows about bc IT'S NOT DISCUSSED ANYMO #where mori emotionally manipulates him with the flags!!! and it deeply hurts him!!! and he presumably deals with that shit all the time!!! #it is WORRISOME. it WORRIES ME okay. #chuuya doesn't have anyone who can save him from the mafia (dazai is in no position to okay; it's all he can do just to try to save himself #and it's so so scary. it spells awful things for him. #didn't asagiri say he'd have a rough path or something??? and he added that fucking scene in the play!!! it haunts me!! #i fully expected this shit to hit a turning point in the meursault arc but we can't have nice things i guess #and as for kunikida a;lskdfl (took me this long to get to him oop) literally the ending of Entrance Exam (the novel) is just #One Big Foreshadowing for Kunikida's downfall #he's compared to the azure king for a reason. Sasaki saw the azure king in him for a reason. it's fucking worrying!!!!! #there hasn't really been anything like that since in the manga (just like for chuuya lol ugh) but he's TERRIBLE at coping with his trauma #and it only gets more apparent once shit hit the fan in the doa/hunting dogs/meursault arc #it's not good!!! i'm worried for kunikida too!!!! #even if the manga isn't focusing on this these worries are always in the back of my mind man #both kunikida and chuuya are doomed to hit some kind of breaking point eventually and i await those moments with dread yet anticipation #i want dazai to be able to save kunikida from the despair being too good a person brings the way he couldn't save oda #and chuuya.... if we get a scene with him & mori mirroring the one in dark era where dazai finds out that mori orchestrated the kids' death #oh man i think i'll fucking die (give it to me i need to cry)

[pastafossa]

Some sad health stuff about a pet so scroll on if not your thing.

So my poor old kitty Cato. I don't post as many current pics of him cause he's not looking great. He's lost a ton of weight in the past year or so, upset stomach, fairly skin and bones now. Vet put him on prescription food and an elimination diet 5 weeks ago. And while he's stopped losing weight, and stopped vomiting so much, he's still not gaining his weight back, either. I'm technically feeding him more than the bag recommends, too. He's getting fed four times a day, almost an entire cup of food total which is HUGE when - even at a healthy weight of 9 pounds - you were a small animal.

I'm worried there's something wrong at a deeper level. He should be gaining weight back, and he's not. He's always, always hungry. He's sore if touched around his back half unless you pet him very gently. And you can feel all his little spine notches when you pet him.

I have had this cat for 13, almost 14 years. I realize that might not seem like a lot depending on age. But at mine that's a very large chunk of my life. And the idea of having to weigh what his quality of life is of this cat I've raised from a kitten, who has curled up with me by my pillow every night until fairly recently, who always follows me and sings to me and bonks his head on my face... this feels way too soon.

#tw: discussings of aging pets #tw: discussions of pet death #i'm honestly not sure he'll last a year #the fact that I'm feeding him this much and all it's done is stabilize him... is not a good sign #and the vet stresses him out SO much #so i also have to weigh #'do i take him in for more tests and exams even though that stress might make him worse #or do i just do most via call and just... try desperately to slow things while keeping him comfortable' #idk man #this weekend with him has not been encouraging #he's sleeping less with me now and i tell myself it's because he has his electric cat bed #but this is a cat who's slept next to me every night he could for over ten years #starting the very first night when he curled up under my chin #i honestly don't know what to do #i love my old kitty and i was hoping he'd be one of Those Cats that lived a very long time #but i'm starting to think i'm out of luck

[whom-to-kill-whom-to-let-live]

Some Legato thoughts:

He hates humanity, that’s pretty obvious, he wants all humans to die.

But there is this really fascinating disconnect that happens with him sometimes, where you can kind of sort of see the person he could have been peak through, but just barely.

The two most obvious examples of this I can think of is when he shares one of his hot dogs with a child that seemingly didn’t have a reliable access to food and when he frees those enslaved girls. Two things that he really did not have to go out of his way to do, and by all means shouldn’t care for at all considering his hatred for humanity.

But he still did. 

And by themselves those seem like very good actions, right?

But then you remember that the hotdog had been kept in a bag with a severed head/tongue, and he wanted to use the kid to spook Vash (but then again he didn’t have to give her food to do that, he could have so easily used his powers to control her, we have seen him do it to entire groups of people with ease). 

He violently kills over a dozen people with his powers in front of those slave girls, not because he intended to free them but because the slavers picked a fight with him first (but he spares the girls, none of them are physically harmed at all despite the carnage, and he offers them the closest thing he has to reassurances before he leaves, when he could have just ignored them).

It’s like he almost gets there, but not quite.

#[Text] #Trigun #Trigun 98' #Legato Bluesummers #me coming into the fandom late and talking about things I'm sure have already been discussed to death like 'me contribute thing!!' #Also I haven't read the manga yet so idk if things differ there #they never explore his backstory in the anime so I'm not even going to get started on the connotations that has to his actions #anyways I love Legato and I will not shut up about him #this also makes me ponder the whole 'does intent or action matter more' thing #especially in a character VS viewer sense #like the kid never knows the hot dog shared a bag with a head #so what difference does it really make to her? #same with the slave girls they saw some gory shit but hey they're free now #so isn't Legato a savior to them in a way? #We as the viewers know he's evil but its hard not to notice that Legato does some things that are arguably 'good' #and I'm sure that's entirely intentional- Legato is a complex character with a lot of depth! #NOW IF ONLY THIS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY MORE PEOPLE- ahem #I could also write a whole essay on how these scenes with Legato are contrasted against Vash #Maybe I will once school is over who knows

[guardian-angle22]

do you ever just randomly remember that TK never made it to his mom's funeral and get irrationally upset on his behalf even though he's a fictional character

#or are you normal and don't hyperfixate on random television shows lmao #i would like to head canon that tk made it to nyc eventually to help go through gwyn's things at the very least #but carlos said in s4 that he and tk have still never been to ny together sooo...wtf man #i guess he could have done that alone? but no way carlos would allow that right? #911ls discussion & meta #also no clue why this popped into my head on this fine thursday evening #will 911ls ever let me know peace? nope #tw: discussion of death & dying

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

Alistair: So I'm not going with you, I see. Any particular reason? Tabris: I'm not going to risk you getting hurt, Alistair. Alistair: And you think I want you going in there and sacrificing yourself? You think I want you to die!? But there's no use arguing with you, is there? We don't have time... and you are a stubborn, stubborn woman. Tabris: You would do something foolish. Alistair: Maybe… I guess we'll never know now, will we? I guess this is the last chance we'll get… before this is finished, one way or another. Be careful in there. Tabris: I love you, Alistair. Alistair:

Guess who made the ultimate sacrifice...?

Me. It was me.

I made the ultimate sacrifice.

The achievement wasn't worth it.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #dao #alistair theirin #dao alistair #warden tabris #i'm genuinely so heart broken #i just wanted to see what ending you get when you reject morrigan's ritual since i have very strong opinions on it as i've discussed before #and it's more in character for my tabris to reject it anyway so this was the first time i did it and just...... i am hurt #like... it's such a hopeless 'what was even the point? she didn't deserve this' feeling y'know? she didn't deserve this! #and neither did alistair... he already holds so much guilt over duncan and cailan making him stay out of battle in ostagar #and then rose makes him stay behind so she can face the archdemon and die ALONE... while also robbing him of the chance to stand beside her #the way i play dao is alistair is forever in my party like i literally take him *everywhere* he is with rose the entire journey #they are partners in this forever and always and they planned to face the archdemon together but that changed with riordan's news... #and this is the first time since they met in ostagar that he hasn't been in her party and i didn't expect it to hurt so much... #plus i keep alistair a warden so he's left alone in the aftermath of a blight that took everything from him #and i know the end card was retconned but it says that he was so hurt over the warden's death #that he said it wasn't the same anymore and he fucking *left* the order and fereldan and his whereabouts are unknown after he made #a small monument for duncan in his birthplace like.... again i know that was retconned since he obviously didn't leave the wardens but OOF #oh and don't even get me started on morrigan and how she responds to being rejected like i'm chewing on all my furniture right now #there is so much to dissect in that conversation and i'm too emotionally drained to handle it right now...