#You know who I was fighting for :p

[starkidobsessedgiantgremlin]

I got into a fight over this

#starkid #junior starship #junior spaceclaw #starship musical #starkid starship #starship starkid #superman hmb #holy musical b@man #Superman holy musical b@man #a very potter sequel #a very potter trilogy #starkid avpm #starkid lupin #Avps lupin #starkid productions #Smelly balls firebringer #firebringer #You know who I was fighting for :p #brian holden

[berixblitz]

Woah pvz plant headcannon designs?!?!? (Sorta)

They're all pretty short because imagining most of them being average human heights is kinda scary. Also peashooter being short af is really funny

(Also I was just eyeballing the heights so I don't think they're very accurate. Just take it as approx and not the actual amount ig)

Bonus art I did on same canvas !!

#ok but you can tell who i draw most often #by how messy the sketch is #the reason the sketches for the ones i draw less often are cleaner is because i was tweaking it alot #the messier ones i just know off by heart lol #pvz #pvz gw2 #pvzgw2 #plants vs zombies #garden warfare 2 #fanart #art #my_art #peashooter #pvz sunflower #I've forgotten citron's laser gun thingy for the millionth time #um it's detachable ok? #ok i have even more to say actually #IF I DID THIS AGAIN.. #i won't make citron the shortest #he's actually p tall in game #i just squashed him #but next time I'll squash him less #cuz peashooter deserves the true spot as shortest #also can you tell i was fighting for my life to make sunflower as tall as possible without it looking weird DSGHFH #she is a SUNFLOWER she has to be TALL #but in game she's TINY!!! #also next time I'll make cactoos look more stylised #bcus I've only just learnt how to draw her without it looking like a streaming pile of shit #ok.. i think that's all

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

First of all, I just want to say. I called it lol

Finally an sskk face off since the sacrifice. I am going insane. I can’t articulate all my thoughts rn but something about the way Atsushi aimed a kick at Akutagawa that he fully expected the guy to block (because they know each other’s usual fighting styles!!!) only for it to connect and hurt him; Atsushi begging Akutagawa to recognize him because even if he still can’t consciously admit it, Atsushi has become convinced that Akutagawa wouldn’t be attacking him like this if he knew it was him; pleading for him to snap out of it and demanding to know why he saved him aghhhhh I’m going feral we know the reason Atsushi we know whyyyyy

I can’t believe it actually. We are at the point where sskk do not want to genuinely hurt each other. Atsushi attacked only out of self defence and was taken aback by actually breaking his wrist. Akutagawa refused to kill Atsushi in the Fukuchi fight and Atsushi is now convinced he’d stop attacking if he recognized him. Holy shit. Oh my god.

And Sigma badass moment! My boy, he pulled through! Either him or Chuuya had to break the stalemate; hell yeah, validation. Wasn’t there a meme someone made? “Prison arc -> prison arc if Sigma still had a gun”? Well Sigma’s got a gun and things are picking up babyyyy! His retort to Fyodor was quite possibly the funniest thing he could’ve said in response. Just completely shut him down. Using what he’s learned running the empty home Fyodor previously tried to buy his trust with. Beautiful. ADA Sigma real??? (I think the story will have to acknowledge his very public involvement with Taneda’s shooting and the acts of terrorism the Hunting Dogs now know he is responsible for… so I’m not sure how that will go but I’d like to see him end up with the Agency tbh… so long as it makes sense.)

Things I did not expect:

Mysterious note left in Russian??? It could be Mykola I suppose but… why? What happened? If he’s actually in trouble I doubt he’d need help escaping. Is it a trap? But what for? Alternatively… could it be Pushkin? He was in Meursault initially right? We never found out what his connection was. It could be a new Russian author too! Intriguing! There’s also the matter of it being written in Russian in the first place - who is it meant for? Sigma specifically? Or is it meant for someone else who speaks Russian?

Dazai is actually injured! I was certain he had something ready to get out on his own but I like this much better. Tbh I know this sounds bad but I’m actually way more invested now that Dazai has a broken leg and Fyodor was just shot. There’s higher stakes, you know? Damn though. I think Dazai’s injuries are. Worse. He’s being terribly self-sacrificial, and is apparently going to face off against Chuuya next time we see him. I do think now the stakes would be too low if Chuuya was completely free of the brainwashing tbh… I’m hoping for a double “I know you’re in there” fight between skk and sskk. Not that Dazai can do much physically but his strength has always been with words anyways, and I am certain Chuuya’s already fighting back. And I know Atsushi will reach Akutagawa. Manifesting sskk reunion where they challenge Fukuchi again and win this time via the power of unbreakable trust (delusional).

Sigma asks Fyodor “WHAT are you?” Which is interesting, and I’m hoping will acknowledge the way Fyodor doesn’t seem to age… but also intriguing is the “getting closer” part on the side which implies he’s not quite right. I think Fyodor will still turn out to be human tbh (it’d be weird otherwise, thematically), but now I’m starting to lend a little more weight to that theory about a Fyodor double…

Well anyways. This was a lot. I’m going to helplessly whir about it for a bit now.

#bsd #bsd spoilers #bsd chapter 107 #storyrambles #I just want an incredibly homoerotic showdown between skk and sskk where Dazai and Atsushi snap their partners out #of the brainwashing so Chuuya can wreak havoc while Dazai watches him with stars in his eyes as he’s crumpled on the floor #and Akutagawa can immediately go off to fight Fukuchi so he doesn’t have to answer Atsushi who is behind him #relieved and irritated and asking him why he chose to save him on repeat #‘I am asking you a question here!’ ‘I cannot hear you jinko we have more pressing matters keep up’ #aya leaning over to bram: ‘he-he’s dodging the question!’ #I take my theorizing very seriously thank you very much :P #wait. Hold on. What if. What if dazai can nullify the vampire curse but only when he’s in contact. #what if chuuya has to carry him everywhere while dazai is in physical contact with him constantly. think of the comedy. think of the gay. #actually I’m going to cry that’s so funny to me. they’d be complaining about it constantly #meanwhile you just know chuuya is worried about the extent of dazai’s injuries and dazai is still livid about the mind control #hi this is unbelievably funny to me

[loud-whistling-yes]

nobody touch me i just read kj encore and SO NO ONE'S GONNA FUCKING TALK ABOUT HACHI COMPETING WITH JOKER TO BECOME A THIEF???????

#fweeet #kaitou joker #FUCK YOU AND YOUR POSSESSED PHOENIX MY BOY IS GETTING!!!!! CHARACTER!!!!! DEVELOPMENT!!!!1111111 #/lh phoenix holy shit are you okay #POSSESSION THIS PHOENIX THAT KJ ENCORE CAME OUT A MONTH AGO AND NO ONE BOTHERED TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT HACHI'S GROWING UP??????????? #SHAME ON ALL OF YOU #(says the world's most deranged hachi fan) #kaitou joker encore #theres no official translation so i had to guess using google translate and whatever chinese characters i could pick out from the kanji #but i think its very likely that kje's gonna be centered more on hachi than anyone else #the first big page (p sure its the promo art we saw before chapter 1 dropped) has some pink text that no one in the discord can make out #but i think its translating into something like 'wanting to become fully-fledged'?????? #and another line that is just a mess of words like 'colourful' 'boy' 'final days/final test(???)' 'adult' #so yeah best guess is something about hachi wanting to quickly grow up and his final days before being a fully fledged thief #someone who can read japanese save us 😭 #BUT YEAH THEY KNOCK JOKER OUT AT CHAP 2 SO DEFINITELY NOT GONNA BE ABOUT JOKER AT LEAST FOR NOW????? #LIKE HACHI'S GOING BASICALLY SOLO THIS BOY IS GOING PLACES😭 #do you know how loud i cheered when i saw him dodging the same fucking spike trap he fell into twice before #AND THEN FIGHTING OFF LASERS BY HIMSELF 😭😭😭😭 #MY BOYS GROWN UP😭😭😭😭 #its so weird but also... kinda satisfying? he was meant to be a relatable character to the audience as a rookie who messes up #and BY GOD did i relate to him as a kid #but know ive grown up and its kinda nice to see he's also grown???? idk its just neat

[tsuchinokoroyale]

#I was talking to some buddies about lies of p and sekiro and how LoP’s defense as offense mentality helped get into sekiro #but then how sekiro overwrote that mentality with its own “offense is the best defense” mentality #or “hesitate and you lose” as Grandpappy isshin would say #and how the switch for the change for me was genichiro who I think is one of the best designed bosses in gaming #you CAN’T play too defensively with him because he’s happy to pepper you with arrows from a distance #and then the moment comes when you realize your sword interrupts his bow attacks sekiro truly begins as a game #lady butterfly is also a good fight but all her moves bring her to you so there’s less incentive to be as aggressive #vs genny baby who will back off and fire off his bow if you let him #this isn’t even like a video of me playing perfectly but I LOVE getting my feudal edgelord corner stunned and just bursting him down #I kinda hate the owl shinobi fight bc he hits too hard and his attacks just aren’t interesting to react to #but it’s also possible to corner stun him and just go to town on his health bar #owl father and inner father are much better fights and I actually really enjoyed inner father a lot #but the Ashina family fights are absolutely stunning achievements in game design imo #perfectly balanced to be difficult but fair and visually stunning to boot #even if there is a layer of artificial difficulty in the final battle with the flowers obscuring their swords when they’re crouched #but the animations are solid enough that there are enough other more subtle differences like how hes shifting his weight #if he’s centered he’s going to lunge but if he’s angled he’s gonna sweep #I had so much fun with LoP and sekiro 🥰🥰🥰 I crave more… #I can’t say the combat in Elden ring gorilla gripped me like these two games have but I like HAVE to play dark souls I know this #sekiro #tsuchi plays games

[karaokebearwithal]

YIELD!!

More things I made with the lovely Asheera (@optiwashere's Tav)

Based off the Blades in the Night fic!!!

I really like the visuals of her going into that elusive "Calm state of violence" when she was defending Shadowheart! Well it's not calm persay but it makes more sense if you read the fic yourself. It's like....driven? Single minded?! Purposefull? Ruthless?!?!? umm...

Also her divine? Oath? The magic that Gond gave her is red and I wanted it to be like the spell Thaumaturgy but i also don't know if she has that. ANywho, She's very gorgeous to me and fun to draw Asheera is cool B3

#bg3 #bg3 fanart #bg3 tav #she's not my tav!!!!! #My fave part is figuring out where the tusks go #After sending in all them teeth questions I now know where they actually go!! #I was just making it up ;p #But knowing now I can draw her mouth crazy style #I love teeth and maws!! They so cool have you seen them?!? #Fangs too!!! #I also wanna do a size comparission between her hand and Shadowheart's and have them close over each other romantiacal style #But I am not good at hands and Refrences run from me like the plauge #I am but a simple bear afterall #how can i fight those odds!?! #I will do it anyways!!!! BEcause if i don't draw it who will?!?! #like you don't understand i LOVE Asheera!!! #I hope its not too much I'll check in

[nappingpaperclip]

I worked with some amazing folk to do polling shifts yesterday for Super Tuesday and people said some really fucked up shit to some of my people! stuff like “they don’t need a ceasefire they need to be beaten to death” meanwhile the person we were campaigning for is Jewish…

its honestly fucked how many people mindlessly support Israel’s genocide, not because they care at all about the Jewish diaspora, but because they just hate Arabs and/or Muslims and want to see them wiped out. It’s fucking bizarre to see so many conservatives who parroted antisemitic conspiracy suddenly flip the script and start caring a whole lot about fighting ‘antisemitism’ at universities/in the workplace when they really mean anti-war protests. They are not just incredibly racist and Islamophobic, but antisemitic too because they would rather Israel wipe out Palestinians completely so that the US can have a stronghold ally in the Middle East and because they see it as a place to ship Jewish people off to

#this is I am sure a large reason Britain and the US bolstered up Israel so much rather than doing reparations #or helping diaspora and refugees return home and building it back #I don’t know how to end this post more positively or inspiring. I wish I did but I don’t know what to say #my heart goes out to everyone else who feels the same and especially to those who are scared for their friends and families or themselves #we love you and we won’t stop fighting for you no matter how hard others try to beat us down #free palestine #Super Tuesday #palestine #Gaza #i/p #free Gaza #.txt

[dootznbootz]

opinions on helen of sparta being compared to prey animals? blink blink

*blink blinks back* Then immediately sits like this because of the question.

It's a good question that I'm happy to answer! It just makes me mad.... I sincerely hate the wording of "prey" being used to describe her.

SHE IS A VICTIM! THAT DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS "PREY"!

I can...see how people in ancient times may have used that word and still meant it in how she is a victim... but modern-day English-speaking people calling her that??? (considering how in different languages the word "prey" could have different meanings.) I'll just say that as someone who has been "prey" herself at one point, I REALLY hate that word as a descriptor. Just say victim or survivor. 👍

Honestly to call ANY victim "prey" is so fucked up. "Prey" to me, feels like "it's meant to happen." "Prey" are part of the food chain and so that's what happens. And to compare that to abduction and SA? Almost as if "that's our place"? It also kind of implies something being "eaten" or killed... Helen SURVIVES. She's traumatized and definitely needs healing and support but it's not like she can't find joy or peace ever again. Prey just feels so fucking gross.

Also, if someone calls victims "prey", I hope they know that Moose, Elk, Boars, Bovine, ZEBRAS, etc. are technically "prey". And these are VERY aggressive animals while still being "prey" for some other animals. And also that doesn't mean that "Oh, they're powerful! Clearly they should've been able to stop it." That's victim blaming :P

She is a clever, determined, caring woman who was ripped from her home for YEARS because Paris was a dipshit who decided he needed the prettiest woman in the world despite already having a wife. He didn't care about the fact that Helen didn't want to be there and was already married. He is so selfish that he will not let her go back even when THOUSANDS have died in the war! EVEN HIS BROTHER HECTOR AND PRIAM DO NOT BLAME HER! Granted, we do not know if Aphrodite would have let him undo their deal of "I want the prettiest woman" if he DID end up feeling bad for Helen and he wished to let her go home (I doubt it based on his personality though).

"Oh, if she is so independent/strong, then why didn't she just kill Paris and leave?"

AGAIN! Victim blaming!!! First thing, people who ask that have media literacy that is piss on the poor. You also have no idea about the political implications that would have happened if she DID kill Paris. She literally cries about staying there and argues with Aphrodite about seeing Paris, only to get strongarmed by Aphrodite as, guess what? A GODDESS WILL ALWAYS OVERPOWER A DEMIGOD. (This isn't Percy Jackson where he "killed" Ares as a 12 year old (Percy, you were my childhood, but that's bullshit.))

Even confined in Troy, she ARGUED with APHRODITE about going to see Paris! She is not some meek woman who just does as she's told with no pushback! She argued with a GODDESSS! Very few survive doing that!!!

She's not "Prey to fate", she's a "VICTIM of Fate".

#Thank you for the ask anon!!! :D It's a very fun question! I just really don't like the word of 'prey' being used to describe her. #... #Yes. there's poetic shit with writing. but if I heard someone say 'Helen is prey to Paris' I would be miffed and think that person's stupid #Prey just feels like 'one and done. You'll be a victim from now on and nothing else. You have no life after this.' #I mean you can probably say that if you simply mean that Paris is an abuser I guess. but...idk homies. I just really hate Helen being calle #that you know? #as if she could never be anything but prey in a way. as if she herself has never been the one pulling the strings or the trickster #Helen isn't a rabbit in an eagle's talons about to be eaten. She was a PRISONER. Who still lives and thrives afterward. #idk I'm probably looking too far into the word 'prey' and what it means to ME as an animal lover and survivor but it just feels #really bad to me. like wrinkling my nose and thinking 'out of all the words out there. that's the one you use?' #*sighs* #probably got quite fired up about this :P #ask #anon #yes I plan to write Helen as a big buff cheeto puff but again. she could never fight a goddess no matter how strong!! she's Mortal! #end of story!! I just want to write her that way as A.) it's fun. B.) Sparta upbringing. #(I got SUPER into ancient athletes stuff. (look up Pankration. it's so cool) and since I really love writing women. I just...like it :D #And no. everybody is strong in their own way even if they don't physically fight. I have plenty of women who are not fighters #but still have their own strengths and personalities and silliness #Leda actually doesn't like the 'exercising lifestyle of Sparta'. Ctimine loves running but that's it. Anticlea is the one who taught #Odysseus how to carve wood and is a 'trickster' but she's not really into athletic stuff. (she actually has a heart condition later on) #there's more too it but...tags are already long as hell #Mad rambles #shot by odysseus #my headcanons #kind of #If Helen is prey then she is “prey” like those clever mother birds who pretend to be injured to get predators away from their nest. #*shrieks into a pillow* I'm fine now :D

[waywardsalt]

linebeck is probably so god damn paranoid all of the time

#like not even just. oh he's probably an anxious guy. hes def at least jumpy and his way of living puts him at risk of monster attacks #hes got some other person on the sea just straight up gunning to kill him whenever she sees him #he probably spends a lot of time agonizing abt how he should act in front of people on islands and putting his stories in order #linebeck #phantom hourglass #he has a crate in his ship near the wheel that he uses to hide in he likely struggles with fighting hes completely alone #he clearly does all of his ship maintenance alone and knows how to do it- but he does all of it alone #you know he's got some serious anxiety problems at the least. no fucking wonder he looks so rough #i imagine he prefers people who help him feel at ease like people he could rely on to protect him and keep an eye out #having link around lets him relax for sure though i dont imagine his paranoia gets too much better #in post ph having something of a crew around is a big help to like. help him relax and deal with all of those other mental illnesses #i imagine linebeck is generally kind of nervous and needs a friend. like those cheetahs with support dogs #in the bellum x linebeck fic linebeck's paranoia and issues around being alone and at risk are p important? #linebeck finding out that bellum is following and protecting him gives him a fuckton of peace of mind #linebeck seems like hed really benefit from hanging out w/ someone who makes him feel comfortable enough to be vulnerable #hes likely introverted but god he needs a friend to keep him from being on edge all of the time #salty talks #hes probably a lil better on islands? or at least islands with people on them. at least then his ship is in less danger #i was just thinkin abt this recently. like the idea of a short fic abt him just being fucking paranoid pre-canon #like a scene of him mopping the deck and. thinking. and spiraling really easily and becoming paranoia very quickly #he has issues <3

[balladsaboutnothing]

I'm on my ng+ lies of p run and Romeo's dialogue is destroying me emotionally

#like how do you expect me to fight this guy when i am getting sad over every one of his lines #like this is legit one of the saddest fights in the game once you know the context behind everyhting #he really did just want to warn his friend who he hasnt seen in so long #only for him to not recognize that he doesnt remember him #this game is legit so depressing #and i love it very much actually #lies of p #romeo king of puppets #my rambles

[dmclemblems]

Rhea being a caring and worrying adoptive mama bear. ;~;

#Three Hopes #Rhea #Cyril #had to get the middle two from a video on YT bc I haven't had the lack of soul to leave him to die even in aux run :P #also sorry for the GIANT BYLETH FACE THAT WAS WHAT THE VIDEO UPLOADER DID JDKAGS #also man... her thinking it's her fault... like girl how could it be you didn't know what he was planning to do #girl it ain't your fault he fought to protect you he did it bc he loves you ;~; #you're damn right Cyril is gonna fight for the woman who gave him a safe home

[deus-ex-mona]

the best part of the kawaikute gomen manga was when she said “IT’S KAWAIKUTE GOMEN TIME” and kawaikute gomen-ed all those guys

#i’ve had time to sleep on yesterday’s releases and i still think chizuutan needs help #though h e lp now that i think about it… #chizuutan’s deletion of her aizo folder in the [redacted] anime was p much a breakup scene in of itself #considering the weight of her unhealthy feelings for him and all #get help girllllll it’d be so funny if she got together with the random bg guy with the face reveal from sukicchu no #but man. imagine ai-chizu actually becoming canon though #aizo evades all the [redacted] anime’s attempts to hook him up with hiyoko #*and* mutually dodges the unintentional flags that he set up with mona (who hates him solely bc he’s associated with yujiro) #only to end up dating the insane stan twt user with an unhealthy fixation+parasocial feelings for him #god. it’d be so funny thoughhhhh. yujiro’d be cryin in the club #tfw you sing ‘koko dayo’ but your bf ends up ditching you for a kawaikute gomen tiktok dancer #i still want lxl canon thoughhhhh. let them self-contain their stupidity pls #but. hm. i wonder if chizuutan knows just *how* lxl get their kissmarks on. considering how jealous she gets of other julieta and stuff… #i want her and yujiro to fight for aizo’s hand in marriage just bc it’d be funny. juri can be the referee ig #chizuutan chizpost

[dimonds456]

I wanna be able to save you. I want to lift you up and bring you far away from there. I want to take your hand and run away, far away. I want to hide you away somewhere I know you'll be safe, somewhere I can protect you. I wanna know that you'll be okay. I want to be able to look you in the eye and tell you that I won't give up on you. I want to give you wings to fly with after your family tore yours off.

But you're miles away, and I'm no god. I'm just one man. All I have is my voice.

#dimond speaks #is this a vent? might be #this is directed at someone specific. you know who you are. #if you're reading this i'm not giving up. i'm just frustrated i can't do more #hang in there. this isn't over. i promise. #if this breaks containment thats okay #youre allowed to blorbo tag #but uh. yeah. #i love you /p. keep fighting

[prettyboykatsuki]

i literally cant believe how close i am to being done

#fight scene is almost done + p/rn + minor epilogue and im . thats it. i just need to edit a bit and . wow #thank you ame and the three people i know for sure who will be reading . means the world #im literally not even sure what ill do when its over #sorry this is one of those projects that like #alters me at a metaphysical level i really think its challenged me as a writer more than ever #its not even my longest project its just the one ive put the most thought into #its dc so again. not expecting TOO much but. wow. #i promise i will be online when im recovered like kjfdkhgkjfdgd #its taken me 8 months to finish this fic . like okay #i took a break to format for part one #est. final wc is like 34k ish maybe more #wowowow

[queseraphita]

*sees the stargazer right next to the boss room knowing exactly who I'm up against* oh... how kind of them... :)

#bro climbing this tower was ok once i got past the door guardian #did feel my soul leave my body when i made a fuck up and watched 22k ergo get cleaved into 12k ergo #this game is just throwin it at me in this last half #i am sitting on like 50k ergo in storage and I'm like ya thats fine #i saw camille lore and man....geppetto my man did you really make your dead wife into a puppet #i feel like if the alchemists didn't find out about her or how they did we could've had like venigni + pucinella parallels with #like carlo and camille if he had the chance to grow up and be raised by her #bc i don't think geppetto would've been all that present regardless like i don't think he knew about the camille ego awakening #considering this shenanigans with Carlo and the nameless puppet and not realizing p has developed into a person #honestly might make a note of that if i decide to write (unlikely) #i feel so bad i am sitting on guilt but i lied to eugenie about who or where the real alidoro was #like i really wanted her to know the truth but also maybe let her believe alidoro is always watching over her kinda deal #it was hard #im so grateful this game lets you choose not to fight cat and fox #i could not in my heart of hearts hurt gattito #hes my buddy i love him #watching the steam achievements pop up and getting into the 15-22% area of collectibles is lol #mikh plays lies of p #lop spoilers

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

having thoughts about like. how the flashbacks we see of setrákus, pittacus, and celwe are ambiguous enough--the tiny slices we get of their dynamic, and all of the missing context in between--that pittacus' nastiness toward setrákus might be in response to setrákus being abusive toward him while they were growing up. and setrákus' nastiness toward him might be in response to pittacus being abusive toward him while they were growing up. or maybe they were just shitty to each other and in general, with celwe and Everyone Else getting caught in the crossfire.

the authors probably intended for it to be the first option, to the extent they were thinking about it in those terms at all: pittacus grew up with a friend who's been shitty to downright abusive toward him, and by their big confrontation he's had enough time away from him to unpack how fucked up his behavior was, and understand his tactics in order to call them out. you could interpret it that way, and were probably meant to, and it would make sense.

but... that assumption is kind of the problem, to me. because the other very much valid way to interpret what we see is a certain kind of abuse that's bad enough by itself, but is primarily aimed at neurodivergent and otherwise marginalized people in particular. (and setrákus is autistic as fuck.) and it's abuse that widely goes unseen and ignored, and is most often perpetuated by people who know they can afford to do it, or think they can.

might have to come back to it in more detail in a reblog, honestly, because it's a lot to talk about; but essentially it comes down to silencing someone by either openly dismissing what they say as nonsense that no one can understand but them, and isn't important enough to try, or disguising it behind a bad faith ''attempt'' to understand so they can say they tried and there's no point. it's a lifelong trauma which has shaped enormous parts of my personality and how i communicate, i can spot it a mile away, and i see all the hallmarks of it in their relationship and how setrákus is affected by it.

and that bothers me. it bothers me a lot that we're supposed to see one and not the other. it bothers me that it's not even 'pittacus' behavior is genuinely shit, but it's somewhat more understandable in the version of events where the context is that he was abused'; he's framed as the hero of the situation either way, who's acting out of pure kindness and reason and good intent. it bothers me that the person who is easy to interpret as having been abused this way would, even then, still be depicted as the Abusive Hate Sink Incarnation of Evil. (because he is abusive, and he is very much an evil son of a bitch. regardless of who was worse in his relationship with pittacus, that's true.) and it bothers me that that framing makes it harder to explore how the cycle of abuse manifests in this scenario, because it absolutely is a thing that happens and is worth telling stories about.

just, i don't know. thoughts. hm.

#lorien legacies #pittacus lore #setrákus ra #LL tag #LL crit tag #the crit files #abuse cw #abuse apologia cw #ableism cw #fuck off pittacus #i think the thing that seals it for me the most is that pittacus tried to Talk Some Sense into Him(tm) for like two minutes #and then when he threw his hands up and went 'whatever' he expected that to be the end of it #not 'okay dude listen whether you agree with me or not i can't let this continue and if you fight me on it things are going to escalate' #he just immediately assumes that *the disagreement* and whether it has any bearing here will be over the moment he calls it quits #all he has to do is plug his ears when he's done being indulgent and things will go right back to the arrangement that suits him #setrákus and whatever goals and opinions and feelings he had might as well not exist anymore #he'll go home to his wife (who he's been abusing; and who pittacus outed to him as having leaked the info that led to this outcome 🙃) #and forget about all of this. as far as pittacus is concerned setrákus has no actual choice; stupid or otherwise; but for it to Go Away. #and he is C O M P L E T E L Y blindsided when 'i decided it's not worth the slight effort to communicate anymore' isn't the end of it #like. i know people like this. i know this pattern. #and that combined with the fact that before he ~grows up and matures into a kind loving understanding leader~ #what we see of him as a kid is the really blatant mask-off flavor of insults; dismissal; talking-over; and accusations of overthinking it #it reads to me that that's never changed; he just figured out how to hide it behind a bad faith veneer of 'well i tried uwu' #anyway. do not like this man do not like this framing setrákus is a nasty piece of shit but also unfortunately in some ways very relatable #caveat also that 'i'm not debating this anymore either shut up and leave it or things will escalate' can be and often is abusive lmfao #generally speaking the pattern is that if it's going to be your problem and not theirs if they don't understand and communicate with you #people like this will stop bothering to pretend your opinion or what you have to say matters the moment their 5m (tops) of patience runs ou #pittacus just really tips his hand here because he is *so* certain that him deciding he's done trying to understand #means setrákus' concerns and opinions might as well evaporate into thin air #that he ignores the extremely obvious danger that he might put up any further resistance at all; despite setrákus clearly being Unhinged