#So Im Posting it now uwu

[lilybug-02]

Pain is a great motivator…

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Meanwhile Toriel:

(Loud noises don't wake her up usually.)

Artist note: I’m so proud of this :))) I know it’s a lot of dialogue and reading, but dialogue is grueling work for me. I’m glad with the art and for the amount of pages I made in such a relatively short time span -w- page 5 was super fun to work on. A lot of blood, sweat, and hours here... :) The backgrounds were a big bore tbh, but I finished them! Yippie!

#CHARA WTF DO YOU MEAN “COMPUTER”???? #lol i hope you guys dont hate me for what im doing in the next update. #IS THAT A MAC OS??? #Yes......owo'' #Kris and the Gang are LITTLE now. I've pixelated them and turned them into little game characters! #FINALLY!! #I never thought I would be going so far in the story to explain WHY Kris pulls out their SOUL and opens Darkfountains even when they killed #Berdly in Chapter 2. Pain can make people do horrible things. #Uhhhhhhhhh anyways. :3 I hope you liked it! I made this post a little too long for my liking and didnt get it out when i wanted too- #but thats okay! As long as people enjoy it :) #bread #art #deltarune chara timeline #deltarune chara timeline comic #seriously though #long post #man am I glad I switched over to the limited color palet! It helps me feel alot more relaxed uwu #This is....way over 16 hours of work q-q #chara #asriel #susie #kris #asriel dreemurr #kris dreemurr #kris deltarune #susie deltarune #deltarune #comic #my art

[railwynn]

... Sooo i’m back in my undertale phase..

#myart #undertale #undertale sans #undertale oc #sans x oc #sans x reader #they are such gremlins i just love it #just smth self indulgent for lil ol me uwu #for identity sake lets call the girl raisin for now lol #more upcoming #maybe #im too much of a coward to post this anywhere else so off to tumblr it goes lol

[komipacket]

Wait wtf I didn't post any of those???? Those are from the end of summer ayo

AND THEM ALSO !!! (it was from my VK group for a friend there!!!)

Btw butters is such a good artist ngl

#south park #kyman #eric cartman #kyle broflovski #my art #kenny mccormick #butters stotch #sp bunny #bunny #idk how you tag this ship #i love it but its not my fav so uh #im not familiar with this #also wtf why im posting it only now #its been a half of a year #cartmans touching kyles hair uwu

[rexscanonwife]

I may have...mentioned a fankid a little while back (ｕ_ｕ*) here's the little squirt themselves, our very own Newt Utonium! The name is short for Newton, as in Isaac, who is often considered the grandfather of science (the professor's idea ofc) but they prefer to go by just Newt!

Just like their mother they came from an egg, which Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were very excited and curious about! Especially since they were born 5 years old and at the same time, they were looking forward to interacting with a new sibling. And a baby at that! They spent a lot of time with the egg fawning over it, discussing what gender they hoped it would be and what they'd be like once hatched!

And ofc Utonium is just as wonderful a father with Newt as he was when the girls came into his life! 💖💖💖

Taglist♡: @me-myself-and-my-fos @tiny-cloud-of-flowers @sunstar-of-the-north @dearly-beeloved @adoredbyalatus @changeling-selfship @crushes-georg @miutonium @cherry-bomb-ships @rosieaurora @rejaytionships @sunlight1999 @in-true-blue-love @tropicalgothships (as always let me know if you want to be added OR taken off!)

#artfarts #self insert #self ship #self insert community #self ship community #self insert x canon #oc x canon #self insert fankid #fankid #professor utonium #ppg blossom #ppg bubbles #ppg buttercup #🔬 starkissed scientist 🔬 #WAAHH 😭😭 IVE BEEN WANTING TO POST ABOUT THEM FOR A WHILE NOW #ive been having like 1 on 1 discussions with friends and my partner and stuff #but i love them so much 🥺🫶💖🫶💖🫶💖🫶💖🫶 #you guys know im such a sucker for fankids!! and there's so much potential here #i think it kinda means a LOT to the girls that theres not one normal person in their family #i could go on about the existential loneliness of the ppg being the only BEINGS in the universe like themselves #but their new mom is an alien and their new sibling is HALF alien so theyre like...a little family of freaks ajfkf #and theyd be sooo excited to be the big sisters and have someone look up to them #not bcs theyre superheroes but because theyre the big sisters!!! #CRYING THROWING UP 😭😭 #also i kinda had an idea for an episode but ill talk about that another time uwu #have this for now!!

[oceanwithouthermoon]

ive come to realise that i dont actually hate kubokai, i just hate the way people write them

#sorry i read like two cute in character kubokai fics and im enjoying it now #theyre cute and im a closeted shun kinnie so. obviously i will ship him with my crush from the show. #i just really really REALLY hate the super cliche seme uke dynamic people usually give them #those people have NEVER watched the show.. my boy shun is NOT like that #its sooo stereotypical and they obviously give shun the role of 'the girl' in the relationship which is. um. ew #'shun is so fragile and innocent and uwu and he needs big strong aren around at all times to coddle him' #'and aren has a soft spot for shun and shun only and only shun can stop him from being totally murderous and dumb' #do yall know that one scene from the kissing booth #where elle is like 'NOAH! LOOK AT ME! THIS ISNT YOU! LOOK AT ME' when hes about to beat the shit outta his brother #thats how kubokai gets written usually #'aren pwease nevew fight again🥺pwease? fow me?' #me reading anything kaido says in most fics: HE WOULD NOT FUCKING SAY THAT #sorry #people can write whatever they want its just. so ooc. #canon them is soooo bromance core #im sorry idk why im posting negative shit again when i like JUST said i wasnt going to do this anymore LMAO #not a callout post about anyone on here obvi- actually reading more recent fics from people on here is whats gotten me more into them #saiki k #tdlosk #the disastrous life of saiki k. #kuboyasu aren #kaido shun #kubokai #meows post

[fereldanwench]

You should not have returned--You will die here with me! You can thank me later!

⚠️ do not reupload or edit my shots without my permission ⚠️

#goro takemura #takemura goro #takemura x v #cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077edit #gamingedit #dailygaming #cp2077 screenshots #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cyberpunk 2077 v #cyberpunk 2077 oc #female v #fem v #c: goro takemura #oc: valerie v powell #ship: goro x valerie #g: cyberpunk 2077 #mine: edits #mine: stories #mandatory goro shipper parade fix uwu #kinda rushed this towards the end bc i was so fucking tired but i had to do it all in one sitting to keep valerie's messy hair glitch #which is kind of ironic bc the whole point of this set was to use the pose i made for the last two shots lmao #just livin my best life rn #this is just my favorite shit distilled into one set #they're covered in blood and fighting for their lives and they LOVE EACH OTHER and wont say it out loud #but will risk it all to save the other person #IT 👏 DOESNT 👏 GET 👏 BETTER 👏 THAN 👏 THIS 👏👏👏 #now im gonna go take a nap bc im exhausted lmao #long post #fave: goro x valerie

[sugarcoatednightshade]

Israels actions against Palestine make me sick to my stomach. Every time I look at the news I see some new horror they are committing, and see how they are justifying the inexcusable, I feel sick to my stomach with rage. But now, in the heart of Ramadan, the word angry feels too small for the fire I feel in my chest.

Palestine will not be able to properly celebrate Ramadan this year. Trying to explain the situation to people who have never interacted with the community is difficult. Even when thinking to myself, I have the urge to compare it to what I know. "Imagine if there was no Christmas." "Imagine if someone took away Easter." "Imagine there was no food on Thanksgiving."

But Ramadan is not any of those things. The fact that there is no Ramadan in Palestine should be enough to make you angry.

I've been living in a muslim country for six months now. Ramadan is not nearly as festive as Eid was, but its presence is unmistakable. You can taste the joy in the air. Children here get out of school early this month. There is a school across from my home; I hear their laughter every day. String lights hang from the balconies of my neighbors, wrap around palm trees, dangle from streetlights. In the news I read that the Sheik has pardoned hundreds of prisoners, paying off their fines himself in the spirit of charity. Shops here are decorated to match, with cut out stars and crescent moons and streamers. Many shops offer discounts. "70% off home delivery."

There are festivals in the streets and lectures in the colleges.

It is wonderful. And the people of Palestine do not have this. Their fasting is forced, their children out of school by force, their houses lit by firebombs and not crescent moon LEDs, homes that smell of gunsmoke instead of oud.

I hate Israel. It feels childish to admit this. It feels like a shortcoming; hate is what causes this crisis, I should be able to focus on loving Palestine instead of adding more hate to the world. But it is a word I can't help but feel when I think about what Isreal has done, is doing, will do to the people of Palestine. What injustices they will force upon them next. Hate. It's not something I say lightly, but it is something I feel I must say.

I am not disappointed in Israel. I am not sympathetic to their 'cause.' I will not censor myself to sound more moderate, to convince the undecided. I hate Israel. I hate Israel. I hate Israel.

#free palestine #palestine #of course i sorrow. but there is a time for sorrow and it is not now. now is the time to fight #so that those who may yet be saved will be saved #also in case it needed to be said: I DO NOT HATE JEWISH PEOPLE OH MY GOD PLEASE DONT GET ANTISEMITIC ON THIS POST #I AM REFERRING TO THE COLONIAL STATE OF ISRAEL WHICH IS CURRENTLY OCCUPYING PALESTINE AND ENACTING GENOCIDE ON THEM #honestly im not even referring to all zionists. if you have some 90yrold auntie zionist living in nowhere canada i dont care what she think #i dont care what john and jane doe think in the privacy of their own homes. #I'm pissed at all the people in power who are currently using that power to support a genocidal government. #and the government who is gleefully committing that genocide #also yeag tho fuck the notion that civilian israelis are uwu innocent bystanders who cant help but live in a colonial state. #yall did actually choose to live there. and i've yet to see evidence of guilt from most of you

[ourdreamsareneon]

okay *cracks knuckles* I did a post about gale, time for his better half - astarion

Some of you don't have media literacy and it shows.

I dont know where to start so I'm gonna go hard before getting soft (insert sex joke.) Act 1 astarion is an asshole. He's manipulative and toxic and uses his power as a ~230 year old vampiric high elf to manipulate you into (among other things) having sex with him. I understand falling for him at that point, that's not your fault it's just the game gaming and the writers are really good at how they write his manipulation. However, it does strike me as strange that some of y'all get to the scene where he confesses to using and manipulating you and you....don't care? 'He's just damaged! its not his fault!' babygirl, someone can have a good reason for hurting you, but that doesn't take away the pain. I'm not saying that you shouldn't still love him, but it's strange how many of you disregard that scene. I know for me at least I was saddened by it and definitely was a little wary about him afterwards until beating Cazador and unlocking the nice happy healthy Astarion relationship.

Now here's where we get soft to prove that I actually like Astarion. The reason that confession stings for me is because I have many a memory of being SA'd then being told "I'm not even into you, you were just there." Ever since I stopped being a girl and became a woman, something that happened all too early in my life, I have been used and abused. And hey, sorry for making my Tav the exact same way but I like processing my trauma through D&D. I relate a lot to Astarion. Hurt people hurt people and I know that better than anyone. I also know better than anyone that picking yourself up and healing from that hurt sucks ass. Which brings me to two points. Um apologies for getting hard on you again.... insert another sex joke here.

1) Astarion isn't ace. I've seen this briefly and while I appreciate the need for queer rep, and love headcanons, I do think this discounts the struggle a lot of SA survivors go through. Okay, back to my life so we can compare. When I was chin deep in my abusive relationships and just general shitty time of my life, I was fucking and sucking literally so much it hurt. However as soon as I got out of that situation, I basically became celibate for 2 years. I didn't know how to have sex in a way that was healthy, or that wouldn't make me feel awful about myself. It was only this year that I was able to finally have sex in a way that made me happy. I think you'd be blind not to see Astarion in the same way. He's just a hurt man that is trying to rediscover and heal himself. Which is why he doesn't care about Tav and Halsin, and why you can have sex on his grave. He is very sexually open he just needs some time.

2) Ascended Astarion isn't sexy and I don't think some of you are ready for that conversation. Look I don't have time to go through this because I have a meeting in 30 minutes because I'm an adult with bad time management. But I just. Come here. Come real close. Abusive relationships aren't hot and sexy. We all love a little bit of kink but if you don't see Ascended Astarion as clearly the bad choice, I'm very confused. He's so sweet and loving and kind and HEALED if you don't let him ascend, I can't imagine not wanting that. And like I said, kink is fine! And ascending him because you're doing an evil run or whatever is also fine! Just please, I need teenagers to stop romanticising abuse because the media you consume does rub off on you.

TL;DR I love Astarion with all my heart, but by the writers own admission he was created as a Try Not To Overly Sexualise an Abuse Survivor Challenge and y'all are failing left and right!

#refusing to read this before posting because my cat sat on me and now im over stimulated #also ive been in love with neil as soon as i saw Gavin Reed breathe in dbh so im not better than anyone #it just saddens me i think bc it feels the same as ppl who sexualise my trauma #i also literally have a side blog dedicated to Billy Stranger Things so this isnt avout the good victim/bad victim thing #because that doesnt exist and if it did i wouldnt be on the good side uwu #anyway let me know what i missed or just scream at me to shut up lol #bg3 #balders gate 3 #astarion ancunin #astarion #tw: sa mention

[hybbat]

"You saved me so I can kill you", "my wretch of a wife", and "30 seconds" all happened in this series, yet y'all cry divorce on the ranchers.

#and i dont mean this in a 'theyre secretly cuddling between sessions uwu' way #i mean all their interactions have been at most silly at least completely neutral #yall act like theyre bitterly trying to murder each other in every scene theyve been in together #like the one time they ever dealt damage to the other wasnt immediately followed by an apology #the fh people are still out here even after the entirety of dl and 24l so far and yall are here acting like ranchers is made of sugar glass #team rancher #if you like angst thats fine but theres so many post crying that its all over #or acting like its a struggle #you dont need copium when they havent even done anything #sorry but every other duo gets a dramatic devastating moment to point to for why theyre divorced #and the worst ranchers get is 'if we ever 1v1 i could totally beat you anyways running away now' for people to act just as devastated #sorry im super salty this week #and just tired of rancher tags being walls of 'the world is ending and theres no recovery'

[bonescribes]

                            can you see me ?

                                                                                              ( can you see me ? )

⸻ BONESCRIBES : an indie , semi - selective multimuse feat . light field of 999 + muses from CLAMP , yu yu hakusho , && more ! (C)

#indie rp #999 rp #clamp rp #yyh rp #witch hat atelier rp #project sekai rp #cardcaptor sakura rp #zero escape rp #❀ promo . #BIG UWU HOURS I LIKE HOW THIS CAME OUT #and lily is gassing me up so uhhhhh im posting it now

[perenlop]

not to rehash this conversation again but ppl arent even trying to not be transphobic abt nonbinary characters in video games anymore huh

#bonnie and loop arent even protags so you cant use the ''we're supposed to project our gender onto them'' excuse #loop says out loud ''i use they/them'' in a mandatory cutscene so you cant say ''uwu its up to interpretation'' #(and no the spoiler context does not undo that) #like. we knew it was transphobia all along. shocking. but man #something abt my old toby fox post where he could have kris look directly at the camera and go ''IM NONBINARY AND USE THEY THEM'' #and fans would still go ''uhhhhh kris is a he tho bc his gender is up to interpretation...... lol'' #bc we got a literal example of that w loop and bonnie now and can you guess that the guides respect that? ofc not #echoed voice

[boyywithluv]

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#having a creative rut feeling #gonna rant #im basically a giant baby and i don't handle angst very well #and i constantly worry that im just. idk mentally weak or a deeply uninteresting person bc of it. #every big fantasy artist i see is usually very into making sad or angsty pieces and like i wish i was like that #like i fall into this mental hole very very often that im just holding myself back with how many subjects i dont write or draw #but also like when i DO write dark subjects it doesn't make me feel any better?? #i dont like feeling sad or angry bc once i am its extremely hard to get back out of it. #and thats scary for me. #but also i want to make art that means something instead of my nonestop slew of smut and feelgood content. #i genuinely feel so trapped by my own emotions and its sp frustrating. #i keep getting told how good for you it is to get the negative feelings out but it never helps when i do it #i just feel. worse? i dont feel good. #i kinda wanna delete the one cloud post bc it just doesn't feel good. #ugh #idk i want to have good intelligent things to say and thoughtful art to make #and everything i make feels soft and cheesey and lame. #not that i find those things lame #but just that it feels like im stuck in baby brain. #when i was a teen i would write horror stories!!! i still love horror!!! #but if i make someone suffer in fic now it feels me with this awful awful overwhelming sense of dread and guilt and i end up so upset #im frustrated at me bc this is such a fucking weird sensitivity to have. im tried of telling myself its okay #bc i WANT to feel mentally free enough to create shit that isnt just uwu soft. #i don't think im making sense but like. #you know #I've literally been bullied out of fandom spaces for only making soft content #multiple times. #so idk maybe this is a learned sense of shame #but i feel like a big over sensitive baby and like I'd be able to do so much more if i wasn't #vent ish

[charliecuntcicle]

ik were all nostalgic for old tumblr but maybe we should leave the infantilization of gay (and especially trans) men in the past thanks

#lgbtq+ #gay #transgender #straight women who are incapable of being normal about gay men existing this is mostly about you btw <3 #about a year ago now some girl me and my then bf vaguely knew was like “omg you guys are such precious little gay beans” #i punched her #thats not a joke i genuinely decked her #maybe im unfairly calling out straight women for this shit but ive literally never seen it from a man so idk #a straight woman will call a gay and trans man her little uwu smol bean precious baby and not see a problem with that #its wild #everytime it happens i have to sit and go fucking christ i thought we left this shit in 2014 #idk why im a hater on main today i think im in a bad mood idk #everytime im in a bad mood i post some shit like “being homophobic is bad” and nobody sees it but it makes me feel better

[kindan-no-kanojo]

⛓️. Her ropes

Scarlett's 'weapon' has more than one fun use. Here's a quick post with the ropes' lore, their functions and the ways she may or may not use them in the present~

Slightly dark and suggestive content ahead!

Lore

Scarlett's main job as Rhiannon's servant was to ensure the manor's safety, given that her Master was targeted for mysterious reasons. Rhiannon considered Scarlett reckless, violent and cold-hearted enough to get the job done, and, after enough time, she was technically proven right.

For Scarlett, a powerless Ghoul, to be able to capture, attack, and successfully exterminate upper races, who not only could fight back, but also kill her with ease, she needed extra help. Hence why she was given two weapons: a taser, functioning with Rhiannon's own voltage power to momentarily paralyze the individual, and some special ropes, to finally capture them.

Ropes' Function

These ropes come from the Demon World, and act as power inhibitors upon whoever gets trapped in them. Although they look like regular ropes, they naturally aren't: they are made of a mix of magic silver and gold, with an added silky feel to them when unused to hide the rough texture. When the ropes activate, they lit up as proof.

The inhibition feature works by using the power and magic from the Demon within, activating with their blood and extracting their power faster the more they move and struggle. Therefore, the weaker the victim becomes overtime. Once the ropes lit up, they become unbreakable and firm, the soft texture disappears and it can be more harmful with the friction.

For the record, these ropes aren't fatal on their own, they can't weaken a demon to the point of death, but they can make them as weak and powerless as a human as it will affect all their abilities, from their demonic strength and special powers to their accelerating healing. In extreme cases, if left unattended for a long period of time, they can die of starvation, blood loss, infections, or another reason for a human to pass away.

In summary, the demon will not be able to heal up if they get hurt or bleed out while tied up, nor will they be able to break free on their own. Needless to say, if Scarlett catches a demon within these ropes, they will be, physically, completely at her mercy, as not only is she able to kill them easily, but also she's the only one capable of untying the ropes and setting them free if the situation calls for it.

The victims would usually get tortured and executed, as those were Rhiannon's orders. On occasion, they would also become Scarlett's source of extra power and energy (aka her meal). Here's how blood (or flesh) affects Scarlett.

Extra facts

The knot needs to be extremely precise and tight for the ropes to work. Loose knots won't make the demonic features work.

With a secure and functional knot, there are only two ways of undoing it: by the rigger who performed it, or by the victim's death, making the ropes obsolete enough to be loosened up by anyone.

The ropes don't work on powerless creatures, such as humans or other Ghouls. They act like regular ropes, as they have no magic or power to take (though, the ropes will prevent Ghouls from turning into crows).

The Demon has to stay still for Scarlett to work effectively, but that's less on the ropes and more on technicalities.

The taser was a gift from Rhiannon, but the ropes can be found in certain shops in the Demon world, usually sold to high-rank individuals or their servants.

In the present, Scarlett only has access to the ropes.

Other current uses . . .

—Christmas

As of 2022, the idea of Scarlett getting these ropes for less dangerous situations and more light-hearted ones was considered and put into practice on Christmas. She would try to catch Santa Claus, or anyone who would get in her way, carrying the ropes around the city in her Mrs. Claus outfit. She had the conviction that Santa is a Demon, and so she would demand her centuries of missing gifts when she catches him (yes, she unironically believes in Santa Claus).

—Shibari

The clear bondage/shibari implications are not overlooked. Scarlett will not directly reveal how she learned her way around ropes, but the past she carries makes her consider it as a great display of trust and connection in general, especially with Demons. Doing something that once was a dangerous duty (though surprisingly not as traumatic for her), now in a safer and pleasurable way fills her with excitement. For the same reasons regarding her past, she will be very against the idea of being the one tied up, but admittedly would be willing to try if she trusts the other person enough. Though, if so, she'd choose something softer than ropes.

—Traps

Although she doesn't do this a lot, Scarlett is able to create traps and nets for potential intruders to her own house to fall into. Be careful if you wander through the depths of the forest and unknowingly run towards a certain cottage...

#scarlett wakahisa #💄. red fury | scarlett #noooo wym im posting this because they're coming back— kdkdkd #nah but i thought i could share what makes the special ropes *special* uwu #me: slightly dark / also me: explains how Scarlett kills people- DJKSK IDK WHAT'S TOO DARK #i already mentioned parts here and there so it's time for an actual post lol #theres a small spoiler of her past (another weapon) but only the ropes are still in her power #👁️‍🗨️. about #would you believe me if what led me to write this was a spicy post that became a lore dump which cancelled the spicy part LMAO #but i added 1% spice here because thats lowkey what she's know for now fkkhdsj

[sqlmn]

Seeing as the person who drew this for me and listens to me yell about these two and Rudyard is currently Illegal For Tumblr, I have been given permission to post this!

So a huge thank you I'm crying @ gunhorse ;0; my kids look great and I wuv them... I'm sobbing.

(And for those wondering, the agent named Bravo encounters Katale a fair amount though completely intentional from her. He thinks that she's just a very nice woman who got mixed up in the wrong crowd and she doesn't seem to wish him hard and he doesn't wish her harm so in the end when he sees her he's putting his gun away into a shoulder holster because he's a Good Boy.)

#two crime bosses and a very good boy #i had a different tag plotted for them but i have long since derailed lol #its now the katale show and she holds it all together so were scrapping the agent based title #also the names are clifford is the agent but he goes by bravo cause it summarizes his entire personality #bravo is the name of one of the 101 dalmatians in some iteration (thank you 101 dalmatian wiki) #b is for bravo as in code word and hes a spy slash agent #and also he is immensely weak to praise and bravo can be said to approve and praise #therefore its his whole personality bc mans a puppy #and also clifford (name suggested by gunhorse actually and im keeping it) bc big pubby and my childhood #also well known as clifford the big RED dog which is very fun bc the crime bosses are constantly wearing red #and they end up befriending the good little agent so him being a part of the red crew in name is a good thought uwu #and then katale meaning stronger than you is the woman and she is actually second in command by choice #she doesnt WANT to be number one she wants to have someone else do That Stuff #but shes known crime her whole life as she had multiple relatives in the crime organization #and then rudyard belzer the top dog now actually worked his way up from a henchman type status #and i love them all dearly #tw blood #long post #i forget if later tags are counted still and i will be so sad if they arent i just forgot ... #i wanted to talk about ocs so bad... #gift art

[widevibratobitch]

i hate them with a passion

#this may turn into one of my long ass posts with hundreds of screenshots of quotes from the books #but i dont have the energy for that just now #anyway. this moment makes me wanna throw shit at the walls. their relationship is my favourite thing from the very beginning #but dumas went really went out of his way to make it even more insane in the last book #and dont hit me with a 'aww they have such a big/little brother energy its so cute uwu' please im begging you stop saying that #nothing irks me more than hearing their relationship described as something that innocent. its so much more complex and intense come on #there is pure visceral hate there. jealousy. bile. cruelty. some fucked up form of codependency even? maybe? from d'artagnan's side? #there's nothing more horrible and cruel than the fact that THEY are the only two left alive in the end (not for long but yknow) #they would NEVER be friends if not for athos (and they would never hate each other so much if not for him too) #they hate each other so so much. but remember that d'artagnan starts out being absolutely bedazzled by aramis and looking up to him #his first impression of aramis is just. hearteyes and 'wow i wish that were me'. he doesnt do that even with athos at first. #he grows to adore athos yes but upon first meeting him he doesnt think much of him. unlike with aramis. #and then it changes instantly. does a 180° flip when aramis is a bitch to him. #and it stays that way for the entirety of the trilogy. until this moment. this one short moment when d'artagnan #who. mind you. is not innocent himself and was also manipulating the hell out of porthos and talking shit about aramis behind his back. #but he makes that step. he reaches out. 'i fucking hate you let me help you you dumb evil cunt' and aramis says 'no <3' #you know i have this thing where i am OBSESSED with finding the one moment where a character condemns themselves for good. #the one moment when they figuratively sign the contract for their perdition. that up to that moment they could still be saved somehow. #for rodrigo it is when he tries to kill eboli (in the play). for don giovanni it is when he refuses elvira's plea to change #(NOT when he accepts il commendatore's invite mind you) #and i feel like THIS is that moment for aramis. #the fact that it comes from d'artagnan is so just so fucking agsjssgsgsh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and of course he says no. #there is no version of this where he lets himself be helped. he has to say no he will always say no. #but boy oh boy is this making me bang my head against the wall. #the three musketeers #les trois mousquetaires #vicomte de bragelonne #alexandre dumas