#also she’s died twice

[sittinginsunflowers]

I can’t stop thinking about how every parental figure in Kristen’s life has failed her by prioritizing their other kids.

Obviously, her bio parents are racist assholes who raised her in a fundamentalist cult, and kicked out at 15, all because her parents were offended she was “taking her friends’ side over theirs.” Which she didn’t, what she did was ask for answers and tell them that Daybreak tried to kill her but they refused to believe her. Instead, they chose to make her homeless so she doesn’t spread the idea that her parents don’t know everything. Two years later, and they’re still doing the same thing at the diner.

Then there’s Jawbone and he’s Tracker’s guardian, and unlike Adaine, she didn’t get a speech about how he’d take her in, or what their relationship was, she just moved in with her girlfriend, and he was the adult of the house. And now that she and Tracker have broken up, he and Sandra Lynn don’t seem to have made the time to talk to her about what that means for her place in this family. Adaine came back from spring break to gifts for every birthday she had without Jawbone and adoption papers. Kristen’s mail from her school was going to her parents’ house when she lives with the guidance counselor.

Then, there’s the fact that when Sandra Lynn and Jawbone moved in together, she took on a role she clearly wasn’t ready for, as she was still repairing her relationship with Fig. Kristen had to be the one to finally snap her out of her self destructive spiral with Garthy and then Sandra Lynn asked her to keep it a secret. Meaning she wouldn’t be able to tell Tracker, the only person who has been meeting her emotional and physical safety needs, above just giving her a room to live in. (And we know this is true because part of the reason Nara and Tracker are together is because Nara doesn’t need those things from Tracker). And yes, Sandra Lynn apologizes to the whole group, as she should, for putting their home in jeopardy, which is a massive step. But she never talks to Kristen about putting her between the 3 people responsible for keeping her out of her parent’s house.

So Sandra Lynn calls Fig, “her only daughter in the world,” and Jawbone is only legally responsible for Adaine and Tracker, and neither of them, nor any other adult, has asked if Kristen feels safe or if she’s okay. Like I’m sorry, who the fuck is taking care of the cleric who’s god and teacher died in the same year, is going through deprogramming from a cult that wants her back, her first breakup, seeing her estranged parents and siblings again, and now being expelled on zero grounds despite working herself to the bone to make sure her party gets to go to college?

#dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high junior year #kristen applebees #fantasy high #fhjy spoilers #also she’s died twice #And everyone is confused as to why she’s acting kinda batshit? #like as someone who had to do a lot of personal safety work because of one parent as a teenager that shit is exhausting #ever since the episode where we saw how Nara is just Kristen with money and parents #this has been bugging me and I’m getting more and more mad about it #like yes good parents drop the ball they’re people too and that’s okay #but for the love of god someone check on her and Fabian

[weaponizedmoth]

"Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is a vampire in love with a human. Better integration than I could possibly have dreamed."

(just some Sundown The Vampire in Retreat fanart. More details and B&W vers. under the cut, etc).

:)

#I thought this movie was really cute and charming in a lot of ways #also I love Bruce Campbell's look in this one so much I had to draw him #I wanted to make him really warm to contrast her vampiric appearance which is more or less what they do in the movie #although he's pretty gray #I also like the costume designer's attention to detail like everyone is dressed more or less like they would be at the time they died #and a vampire western is just one of those ideas you pull from a hat that sound insane and are #but anyway charming film! I watched it twice this year! Then what! It's full on youtube so it's easier #I feel like she looked more like the actress in the sketch ALSO her actress played Muffy in April Fools Day????! #I fucking love that movie so much and Muffy is my girl she's like such an insane genius I love her to death #that movie is like a very long Are You Afraid of the Dark episode and this movie is a fairy tale with vampires. Iconic choices honestly #sundown the vampire in retreat #bruce campbell #I usually don't tag actors or actresses but I deserve this one #fanart #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #illustration #my art #digital drawing

[cluescorner]

I gave myself a writing challenge and I am fascinated by it

So basically I put the robins in a randomizer to give them a new order/role (because I just...kinda wanted to see what would happen + I like role-reversal AUs) and got results that are giving me a fucking brain blast.

Stephanie, the first sidekick who defines the role

Tim, the sidekick who dies and comes back wrong

Dick, the sidekick who saves Batman from himself

Damian, the sidekick who was never supposed to be a sidekick but would go on to prove everyone wrong

Jason, the youngest sidekick who is still the Kid Wonder

...So this is fucking wild. I've got some ideas and several of these fit perfectly (Dick's role is pretty similar to his one in canon), but some of these are fucking INCREDIBLE to explore (Steph being the first Robin is something I never even considered but tbh I kinda love it).

I probably won't write a fic or anything because tbh I don't like publishing my writing that much, but I might expand this into a full AU and post about it. I might randomize other stuff too (ie, stuff that I cannot change vs stuff that I cannot keep the same) but this fucking rules as a starting point.

#uhhh what am I calling this?? #randomizedrobinsau #stephanie brown #oh my god I am so excited to figure out how tf to write this. #because she's my favorite of these characters and having HER be the first sidekick + the one who has a mentor/older sister relationship #with the others?? kickass. though I'll probably keep her and Tim's relationship as 'dating-then-exes' because I think it's funny #and then SHE can be the Robin who Tim got fixated on + figured out her identity?? holy fuck and then the angst of Tim later dying #Tim Drake #tbh I kinda wish he'd gotten a different position because 'sidekick who dies' Tim has kinda been done a lot with the standard #reverse robin aus. But it'll still be fun to write. Definitely going the Joker Junior route with this because Batman Beyond kicks ass #Dick Grayson #He'll honestly probably be the easiest. Like...his role has not changed much outside of being younger/not the one who defines this #But I still think it'll be good to see how well I know Dick beyond his eldest brother thing (which is my best way of relating to him) #Damian al ghul #damian wayne #oh this is gonna kick ass #Bruce does not want his son to be a sidekick but Damian just kinda forces his way into that role #and everybody doubts him because of his history with the league but he later proves himself more than capable #to the point that he can set out mostly on his own and still thrive #Jason Todd #Jason being the baby of the family is also something I have never thought about but holy shit it could kick ass #I really hope that I don't roll 'Jason must die' or 'Robin 5 must die' on the randomizer. I just kinda want Jason to live this time #But unfortunately I double-screwed him because he's on the 'must happen' wheel twice now. I did not think these prompts through #TBH I am so happy that none of them rolled their OG roles. because that would have been so fucking boring

[variousqueerthings]

*chews my arm at the buffy and tara relationship we were only given glimpses of*

#the way tara is noticeably twice the only person buffy can really open up to (after her mum dies + tells her about spike) #and sure one can argue that's because she's not as close with her as with the others #but i choose to also see it in light of who tara is as a person and as an indicator of their (unseen) dynamic overall #the thing that's really really missing ofc is the reciprocal nature of that dynamic #HOWEVER buffy has so few instances of getting to be vulnerable without judgement it's just so needed #im watching btvs #tara maclay #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Something I love is that when there are ranking videos for the coolest/most powerful/loveable characters, Nico di Angelo always makes the top five. Like everyone thinks he's amazing, which he is. He's my favorite character and I'm so glad people can agree

#nico is the best riordanverse character #he's also the strongest in my opinion #he also was a gay boy in the 40s while shit was going down #he never felt comfortable around people except bianca #and then she dies #and he thinks his crush killed her #and then he get outes by cupid in front of jason #like dick move cupid #and then he goes to tartarus #TWICE #and he has the best boyfriend ever with anazing friends #and then jason dies #but like hey trauna builds character #pjo hoo toa tsats #nico di angelo #solangelo #will solace #jason grace #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #hoo #pjo #tsats

[theyonapodcast]

I love the first time Soo-Won supports Lili.

It feels like an overreaction to burst into tears over, essentially, "Go for it," but makes sense when you realize no one takes her seriously.

Her father, Tetora, and even Yona view her as someone in need of protection. They coddle her.

And then here comes Soo-Won, telling her she's capable of making a difference.

That she did make a difference. He acknowledges her strength and believes in her with ease while people closer to her struggle to accept that she's useful.

#yona of the dawn #lili #soo won #don't come at me with 'well sure he supports her. he doesn't care if she lives or dies like the others' #ARGUABLY sure in the first instance they don't know each other that well #and his only main reason to keep her alive (aside from being a human being) is that she's a general's daughter #but i do think there's a real connection in that moment #he sees a bit of himself in her #someone with big dreams of making a difference but just not being there yet #he watched king il run the country poorly for many years as he grew up #also he saves her MULTIPLE times over the course of the series #yeah he's going to step in if someone's coming at her with a sword #but maybe she has everything covered before it gets to that point #he'll let her handle things until she can't #and i think that means a lot to lili #lili: let me try and if i fail i fail #joon gi/tetora/ayura/yona: what if i took on the scary stuff for you? #soo won (pulling up a seat): yeah go for it. i know first aid. #i may be way off base or ineloquent with all this #i just think it's fascinating that soo won supports her without hesitation twice #and she bursts into tears each time #she needs to be told she's a good gi- *gunshots*

[childrenofthesun77]

A lot of characters have remarked on mahiru's lack of sense for danger, I wonder if he got that from his mom. I feel like you have got to be either very brave or very oblivious to get with touma.

#maybe that's also why she got hit by a car and died #Mahiru got almost run over twice in london #how did mahiru survive before kuro was there to shove him out of harms way? #Assuming akira also used to work for C3 #It would be funny if it turns out that like 1/3 of touma's scars are not from his parents hurting him nor from his work on the combat unit #but simply from him having to go between akira and whatever danger she got herself in #servamp #mahiru shirota #taishi touma #akira shirota

[problemswithbooks]

With the tentative and rough translations out, i have to say, yeah, Hori really doesn't get what he's actually writing and if he was trying to make Toga's entire deal a metaphor for queerness, he's ended up being quite offensive.

Like first off it seems he has Toga say she falls in love easily with boy and girls and...animals. Which, I always felt the bird thing as a kid could have negative connotations, but wrote it off as 'she was a little kid and this was before her desire for blood was wrapped up in her romantic feelings' type things. So having Hori reinstate that yes, she does still love animals to the point of blood drinking desire--a desire Hori coded as sexual/romantic is not a good look.

It also just makes me question if she could ever own a pet or if she'd end up killing it because she loved it to much and she needed to drink it's blood.

Also getting her perspective on the boy she attacked isn't great either. The translation is rough and basic so it could change, but I don't think there's any translation that could make the situation not read poorly.

In the rough translations she says something along the lines of "I didn't ask to drink his blood because I was afraid he'd hate me and think I was a decent monster."

I could see an alternative translation being "I asked for his blood and he called me a deviant monster, and I sucked his blood."

Again if Hori is trying to make a queer metaphor with Toga, this is a huge issue. Her attacking the boy was always a big problem, but if he didn't bring it up again I think a lot of casual readers would have forgotten it. But now it's front and center again and brings back bad connotations for Toga and a queer reading of her character.

Because again if we read her blood drinking as queerness, and Hori has already coded it in the past as lust while just last chapter confirming that Toga sees it as kissing in the very least we get two equally bad reads.

A) Due to fear of rejection Toga did not ask for consent and decided she'd just make sexual advances toward someone she had a crush regardless.

or B) She got rejected and told no, and then made the sexual advance anyway.

With a queer reading this only becomes worse because it pays into the really negative and even dangerous idea that same sex attracted people will go after anyone regardless of consent or the other persons orientation. It continues to perpetuate the idea that queer people are sexual predators, who target straight people or in the very least do not care about consent, or are unable to control themselves long enough to get it.

But even without a queer reading what Toga did is wrong. It sucks that people don't get her way of showing love, but consent is still needed regardless. You can't just do what you want to someone because you were to afraid to ask them out. You can't just do what you want with someone after they tell you no. Even if the boy had called her a monster that would not make it ok for Toga to, essentially sexually assault him (yes, kissing someone against their will is sexual assault, which is what Toga sees her blood drinking as).

And I think that's why Toga's character is really hard to get behind for some people--because at the end of the day she's literally just saying "I can't help but sexually assault people (and animals apparently)', and the solution to this is to give her exactly what she wants and apologize for not seeing how much pain she was in when she was actively trying to sexually assault people.

#bnha critical #anti toga #anti himiko #bnha spoilers #bnha 394 #this isn't me saying all queer stories or romances have to pure #but it's not framed as toxic or negative and Toga is the only openly queer character we have that's still alive #(Tiger was confirmed trans in a character blurb not in the text. Any one who only reads the magazine wouldn't know he's trans) #it's also just hard to get behind because the way Hori draws and frames them it feels more that he does it because he thinks it's hot #like the way naked toga is hugging ochako with her legs spread is bad #I mean he could have drawn it with ochako in front to hide toga's body or have toga with her legs closed #or he could have not had Toga's power remove her clothes to begin with #it also doesn't help that we don't get much build up for these characters #like i don't believe either of these girls actually understand or genuinely care about each other #like there was an opening with Twices death for Ochako to start to care about Toga and feel genuinely bad for her #but instead she just kind of decided to care for toga and her smile because Hori said so #like she thinks of her during the speech #but wouldn't it have been better and made more sense if she saw dabi's vlog and heard Twice died and then she understands why Toga was sad #not just randomly think 'man i want that girl who tried to murder me with a smile to smile again' #it also would have helped wrap up the twices death better too

[loxare]

Wenren E really said You Cannot Kill Me In Any Way That Matters

#just finished the book today! #so good #so so good #read if you like loyalty to romance #vampires #girls who don't end up with the guy #comeuppance #herbos #ghosts #details on how cultivation works #and also a guy who dies twice #arguably three times #and comes back stronger every time #also the herbo is a lady who really wants to go back to being a skeleton and is very put off by all this flesh she has #Loxie has words #devil venerable also wants to know #wenren e

[fabledteeth]

shes my little pookie bear. the specialest pretty princess in the world

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 tav #oc ophelia #long post #ish #tooth talks #imagine there's a big red X over astarion THIS AINT ABOUT HIM!!!! #her design was super inspired by @minthara on here's durge!! #specifically hair tat outfit lol i just realized they also have the same scar but that wasnt on purpose!! #this is ophelia she's my tav twice over and im obsessed with her #shes a sorcerer+1 lvl in bard multiclass for healing and instrument prof. so i didnt have to be glued to shadowheart while exploring (love #u shart <3) #she loves lying and scheming and telling enemies to kill themselves #also i just realized i have like no screenshots of when she banged lae'zel beyond the two featured here. yuri enthusiasts i apologize #also the halsin scene is NOT canon i just love the way she looks in it #also this kinda makes it look like her two ride or dies are astarion and karlach which #karlach not so much in my durge run :( #she was constantly on my team in playthrough 1 and i wanted to use all the companions more this time around #so they're not as close as they were last time :(( #she does totally have a crush on karlach. and shadowheart (alsoi her bestie) #unfortunately she got stuck with fangs... sigh #why is this game so fucking dark btw #why cant i change brightness settings after the first time booting up the game #pain #posting this like im cringe im free #bg3 dark urge

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

july 31, 2021 8:00 a.m. cathal and eimear's house

#ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #sims 4 storytelling #simblr #hlcn: everything the stars promised #aoife trying to make everyone happy </3 #i have so much to say about this tbh #it would be difficult for aoife to say no to him because (1) oldest daughter duties and (2) the family history of cancer #she had it twice and elizabeth died from it so??? of course she'd feel pressured to say yes because she knows what CAN happen #and she left the country with her brother and they planned to stay together so she'd feel like she was breaking the promise with a no #also the fact that grant has been refusing to acknowledge family trauma and suddenly it's in his face #he refused to protect the people he loves because that's deeply important to him but now he's having to kind of deal with it to do the same #holocene.docx #holocene.png #hlcn: grant #hlcn: seamus #hlcn: aoife #hlcn: cathal

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Liam hearing the news after waking up from bleeding out on the ground while Aveline killed the Arishok: i'm the what now?

#laya plays dragon age #oc: liam hawke #he got downed twice and anders also died so in the end it was aveline and a barely-alive varric against the rest lol #pretty sure everyone fled that room asap when the fighting started & meredith spun the narrative about what happened how she wanted #the fight was A Mess and all everyone saw was hawkes confrontation with the arishok beforehand #so it prolly wasnt too hard to paint him as The Hero #im assuming meredith at that time is hoping to have an ally in him; hes already pretty important in the city in his way after all #and giving someone from the guard the credit might pose more of a threat to her power? #idk #in any case liam did not come out of that fight well lol he is uh. not doing so hot <3 #dw he'll be fiiine #tho it definitely wouldnt have gone as well without anders there #with a less skilled healer and a little less luck his spine couldve gotten Permanently Badly Damaged so. thats good that that didnt happen! #:)

[glowsticcc]

it’s only been 10 hours but my heart already aches for gem and the scotts i miss them so much

#life series #secret life smp #when scott told gem SHE had to be the one to kill him #SHE had to win it for them #they put their band first whenever they could #the fact that both the scotts both sacrificed themselves for gem #TWICE #i miss them they were a band they loved each other #also i did get flashbacks to lim life when martyn betrayed scott #and even though he died by his own mean gill he said he wouldn’t have it any other way #scott’s habit of making friends that he ultimately dies beside #impulse never being more than two degrees away from victory purely by luck #gem being in the FINAL THREE #this series was so good no notes #i’m gonna miss having something to look forward to on fridays

[distraughtlesbian]

i (DESERVEDLY‼️) heckle pb for a lot of their narrative choices but even all these years later this plot twist………masters in cuntology double major in slaysian studies and slutistical analysis minor in motherlogical studies graduated with honours from the university of servington. sorry. they chewed. i love the way it feels to be a hater but they can have their flowers just this 1 time

#THIS WAS SOOOOO GOOD. NO ONE WILL EVER CLEAR JEFF DUFFY’S VILLAIN REVEAL BAR #they gagged me. i can admit it. credit where its due. a win is a win. broken clock twice a day etc. #and the difference between all of pb’s other twist villains (cringe) and duffy veilofsecrets (goated) #is that if you LOOKED if you SAW if you had SIGHT you could tell!!! you could always tell!!! he was always there!!!!! #we knew from like chapter 3 on that pierce had a secretary who died mysteriously #and we knew from the fucking jump that margaret and pierce didn’t love each other #and the reveal that whats her nuts acosta (pierce’s affair partner i forgor skull emoji her first name) was pregnant when she died #also came fairly early on. we just thought the baby was a girl who died with her mother which is like. first rule of murder mysteries. #IF YOU DIDN’T SEE THE BODY W YOUR OWN TWO GOD GIVEN EYES ASSUME THEY ARE NOT DEAD. #GOD. it was so fucking cunty. it was so goddamn good. they peaked here. crimes of passion is good for other reasons #but you’ll never be her (duffy veilofsecrets reveal). give up you’ll never be her #maeve speaks #playchoices #choices #pixelberry #veil of secrets #choices veil of secrets #choices vos #kate o’malley #flynn o'malley #grant emerson #naomi silverhawk #jeff duffy #choices vos spoilers #vos spoilers #veil of secrets spoilers

[transboykirito]

Are you okay?

no lmfao

#anon #asks #a group of guys was following to my car from the train station and one of them had a knife 😀 #i called my mother to tell her i loved her incase i died and she called the cops for me #and then. long story short. i like. had a really bad ptsd attack. and don’t remember how many times i puked. but it was more than twice #i also pathetically sobbed into the lady cop’s shoulder while she held me and told me i was going to be okay and i just cried

[skull-ishcloud]

I fucking love Bianca di Angelo. Such a shame she was just used as a plot device to develop Nico.

Don't you think Rick Riordan?

Thank god he doesn't have Tumblr, but at the same time, I don't have anyone to tag :(

#rick Riordan #bianca di angelo #nico di angelo #anti rick riordan #anti rr #she was super relatable #im sorry but if artemis appear to me and asked me if I wanted to join #i would leave my entire life behind without thinking twice #go on judge me #but you can't say you wouldn't #I mean its fucking Artemis #plot device #she is my child #who is also me #but she is my baby #you say anything against her #You are dead to me