#and also them becoming closer and closer

[themyscirah]

Complaining abt Suicide Squad yet again but the fact that they have Waller exposing the alien community to space racist attacks and talking abt how she got to her position through deceit and being a terrible person and stuff is just. Ahsfiwueh JUST SAY YOU DONT KNOW WALLER.

Anyways literally the 3rd mission of the Squad ever (and the first framed as smth Waller picked and not orders from above) was the Squad discrediting and stopping a rogue vigilante who was only arresting POC and funneling white people into white supremacy groups (of which he was the most prominent member) in SUICIDE SQUAD #4. and it's explicitly framed as this mission being personal for Waller that she's hiding from the government bc its illegal like. Guys. Please why are we having her incite (space bc comics) racist attacks now

Also the whole "Amanda got her position through deceit and being a terrible person" NO. she KEPT her position through being shitty and playing complicated political games!!! She wasn't always that way like there is a difference and it is IMPORTANT ppl PLEASEEEE. In Secret Origins #14 we learn Amanda's backstory and she used to be a normal, caring person! Like even after she entered into working in government and politics she wasn't automatically morally bankrupt like please people. She was originally given control of the Squad by Reagan (*sigh* 80s comics...) to distract and get rid of her because she was so successful at pushing progressive social policy in Congress. Acting like she's this static pillar of evil is such a waste of her character and so fucking uninteresting and disrespectful to her arc it drives me MAD.

Like I am NOT saying Waller is all sunshine and rainbows, she fucking SUCKS (said w love <3) but like there's a human being there. It's a progression, she has a character arc like please, DC, please!!! They've fucked up Waller so bad and made her so opaque and uninteresting she can't even be the protagonist of her own story for fucks sake!

Like I don't know how many times I have to scream it until DC hears me or remembers but WALLER IS THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SUICIDE SQUAD. ITS HER BOOK. yet right now she's a cutout to be used as the villain wherever the writers please. Even in her book we get none of her perspective really displayed, no exploration of her thoughts with any kind of understanding of the role she traditionally has played and was made to play in the story.

#its like youre unable to root for her in any form. which is annoying bc shes actually awesome actually #also having her say “actually im the good guy fuck you'' w/o any actual deep analysis of her psyche or whatever while doing these things #doesnt count as development or showing shes 3 dimensional. its just having 2 dimensional waller say shes right when everyone is obviously #supposed to believe shes wrong #anyways i want real waller back please i miss herrrrrrrr #anyways hope mr john ridley has read secret origins no 14. i know its from 1987 but please guys please. my only hope #also it was a few months ago but i think they tried to push certain elements of a diff backstory in dream team and sorry but fuck that. and #any mention of another waller background like my eyes are closed sry. im a preboot truther #actually im just ignorant of most squad comics outside the original series. im gonna do a readthrough and become knowledgeable on other #stuff i just need to find time. so if im wrong then sorry if its smth factual and if you disagree with my opinion then uh sorry for ur loss #anyways shoutout to the time i had a nerd night w my one friend and she was asking me abt dc and said my favorite villains and i said waller #and silver swan. and she had a “yuck WHY” to waller and a ???? to silver swan. love shouting out my faves and explaining them to the less #informed. didnt say a number 3 but would probably be parallax ig. idk hes kind of slay. or maybe someone else honestly i like hal but waller #and nessie are blorbo level for me i could think abt them for hours #or maybe it wouldnt be parallax actually idk who my 3 would be. hes definitely up there but way below the other 2. maybe the cheetah #interpretation that i personally have. v different from the popular cheetah interpretation esp rucka vers actually. much closer to the pérez #and esp develops some subtext there surrounding barbara and the exploitation and theft of sacred cultural artifacts and pieces but also #like british colonization a lil bit #but i actually despise the cheetah that lives in my head but think shed be interesting to use narratively and see diana fight #vs the other guys who i find interesting and sympathetic and like for themselves #whereas my fave interpretation of cheetah can rot in hell #i got off topic here #blah #swishy rant #also disclaimer that w the main character ik dreamer is the main character of dream team. im talking more in general and that amanda should #always have a huge role as shes the main character of the squad and yet is treated like its villain and not its protag #sui sq

[somewhereincairparavel]

Just posting this for the ppl who LOVE to push the FANON narrative that Jason and Percy aren't close friends as CANON. Grover is listed as Percy's main best friend (along with Annabeth ofc but she remains in the girlfriend category) and Jason comes literally SECOND in the Official Riordan wiki fanpage, and he's even labelled as "one of percy's best friends" not just "friend" or "close friend" like the others.

I don't get why people deny this SO bad like- pls let the almost nonexistent rivalry they both had (which is mostly between Jason and Percy fans) stay fanon.

"Jason and Percy are just co workers, barely even friends" Yup. Sure. I was so mislead by this narrative before I picked up HOO and was pleasantly surprised by how genuine percy and jason's friendship was in the books.. I half expected them both to ignore eachother or something throughout the scenes with how much the fandom exaggerated their rivalry/coldness with eachother.

Fanon is awesome. But it's not when you push it as canon. Let them be two seperate things please.

#Also with the whole “Leo and Percy are much closer than Jason and Percy” narrative is pretty popular aswell simply bc they're both goofy. #Leo and Percy are GOOD friends but claiming that they were closer than Jason/Percy is just wishful thinking at best imo. #Leo had resented percy up until boo (which is neither of their faults. Mind you) #They made up. But it wasn't enough for them to become like best buddy buddies. Leo went missing before that. #So they didn't have the opportunity to bond as well. #And that's OKAY. We always have fanon to enjoy. #I just wish people stop mixing fanon and canon together and claim it as fully canon. #It could be a tad misleading. And ppl would be disappointed that the same fanon isnt incorporated into the books. #I was subjected to so much fanon influence before I picked up hoo. The leo/percy 'best friend' agenda was one of them. #the best friend agenda in the books was not matching the same energy as it did when pjo fans described it. So It was heavily underwhelming. #I honestly hope these tags don't offend anyone (esp Leo/Percy best friend enthusiasts) #Im merely pointing out what I observed from the books vs the fandom's exaggeration #but they were not as cln #pjo #pjo fandom #percy jackson #pjo hoo #jason grace #pjo series #annabeth chase #pjo hoo toa #leo valdez #piper mclean #frank zhang #hazel levesque #nico di angelo

[fruitageoforanges]

Definitive thoughts on rook's rest post, maybe? I haven't seen many metas about how aemond and helaena must have felt about. That.

oh yes... 'definitive' thoughts maybe not so much, as i'm never good at 'definitive', but i do have thoughts.

i've actually written something in one of my fics about aemond's reaction to rook's rest, which sums up some of my thoughts:

He remembers Aegon after Rook’s Rest. The smell of him, burnt meat and rot. Blood, sharp, cloying. It was the smell of death; the maesters who slaved to save his charred flesh hung bundles of flowers to try to dispel it, but it clung on all the same, sour mixing with sweet. Recalling it brings sharp nausea to his mouth. No-one ever said it — the king may die . To do so would be treason, and Aemond isn’t sure what he would’ve done if one of the maesters told him to his face. After spending nights sat by Aegon’s bed, sword laid across his knees, he was wild enough to fight the Stranger themself if they came for his brother.

as much as it's a pivotal moment for aegon, it's also something of a pivotal moment for aemond. what we know of him is that he doesn't like aegon, but for all his cunty remarks like 'the crown looks better on me', he doesn't usurp him when he has the chance, and at storm's end he directly accuses luke of trying to steal his brother's throne. there's a deep vein of duty and love there, however complex. also, aemond was the one who killed meleys at rook's rest — i think watching aegon burn drove him a little wild. aegon, as the eldest brother, is the thing that has defined aemond's entire life, and it's probably the first time he's had to confront losing him. so: rage and grief enough for there to be nothing left of rhaenys but bones, and likely frustration that he can't just fight the stranger to heal aegon.

for helaena... obviously this is post-b&c, so she isn't mentally well, but i think she probably foresaw rook's rest in some capacity. and as/after it happened she just got this sick sense of certainty, that once again tragedy has struck her family, once again she was given advance warning but it was all for nothing, nothing changed, doom is overtaking them bit by bit and there's nothing she can do to stop it.

#answered #hotd #house of the dragon #hotd meta #greens <3 #team green #aegon ii targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #i hope that was clear #like - i think rook's rest. and particularly the moment when vhagar comes in and kills meleys #is one of the most important moments for aemond and aegon #it cements for once and for all that aemond is aegon's attack dog #but then their relationship is massively rewritten by aegon's incapacitation #i also think there's something important about aegon becoming disabled #aemond has been disabled for half his life #so i think aegon suffering disabling injuries is another thing that binds them closer

[gingeremu]

Always an angel never a god

#poetic bullshit about poses ahead #ahiru/duck reaching out and up desperate for connection #surrounded by the flecks of light she is doomed to become #back arched like how she bends over backwards to help everyone but never herself #and rue poised like a beautiful puppet #one hand curled around her as protection and one above her head like she’s miming an attack #she looks so serene until you look closer and realize she is crying #also please ignore the other stuff I did these in my sketchbook #eventually I want to do full pieces of all of them #classical painting style #maybe actually do it on a canvas #fandom tags time everyone’s favorite #princess tutu #ahiru #princess tutu ahiru #princess tutu rue #princess kraehe #kraehe #magical girl #ballet #fanart #princess tutu duck

[everlastiingiimmortals]

good morning, just saw the most braindead complaints on twitter from people discovering that the alliance is not actually this paragon of goodness that they deluded themselves into believing, and mourning the fact that the astral express seems to be the only "good" faction, so i think i'm starting my day off alright

#//immortal; (OOC) #salt cw #im honestly just. i'm so done w the way the fandom needs everything to be black and white #where is your appreciation of nuance #of course its impossible for a large body of power to be 'morally white' (i hate that phrase as well and they used that in their complaint) #and the closer to an aeon a faction is the more extreme it will be #this is obvious. #they are carrying out lan's decree naturally they are not going to be completely good. LAN is not good. #what we are shown with the factions we have is that there is such a wide range of interpretations and temperaments within them #AS THERE SHOULD BE #and sometimes we are shown really really good ones (jy) and sometimes we are shown really really fucking bad ones (oswaldo) #but to define the entire BODY OF POWER by one individual?????? #are u crazy????? #jy's not a perfectly good man either i'll remind u!! hes still a war general who has kept prisoners for centuries! #on such grand scopes of intergalactic powers and interests the idea of being morally good or evil becomes obsolete #everything is far more complexed and nuanced that that i dont understand this mentality #than that* #can we gatekeep hyv games (can we also especially gatekeep r.atio from the masses bc holy shit the hate is insane)

[front-facing-pokemon]

#another bonus under the cut where i got up under their big head to get 'em a little closer and a little more front-facing #aggron #aggron is just cool. a big metal bitch who *could* hug you but is probably actually just gonna obliterate you. is that anything #i think i prefer lairon more. it's kinda just a little metal creature and i think that's awesome but aggron stands up #and normally i'm a big big fan of when pokémon stand up. when everyone wanted sprigatito to not stand up i was like #please stand up. because i am a furry and i knew it was gonna become favorite pokémon material if it did. and it did and meowscarada is #wonderful and i love it and it's one of my top like 10 of all time. but aggron is like. i dunno. a little too gruff for me #i think aron and lairon are cute and i'm generally a fan of and user of cute pokémon but aggron is very. how you say. aggressive #and also… ron… aggressive ron. new show on netflix i just reinvented aggretsuko but for pokémon #also weirdly every furry on the face of the earth likes aggretsuko but for one i've never had a netflix account and for two i just #don't ever watch shows. it's just not something that works in my brain. having to get them‚ and then just taking the time to sit down and do #it just never does anything for me. the last show i watched was because i was over at a friend's house and he was like hey. we're watching #this show now. i want you to see this show. and it's a show that folks generally lamented for a lot of reasons so i was like iii dunno about #that one! but he was like no trust me it's fine. and then i was like. kinda uninterested at first but it turned out to be really good #and i'm still ashamed. that i liked it as much as i did. so i will not say what it is. it's not supernatural. it's a short-ish show #but like it was good and i didn't expect it to be. which has nothing to do with aggretsuko OR with aggron for that matter #literally idk. look it's distraction (AGGRON DISTRACTION)

[melonisopod]

Insane to me how Ishmael and Meursault are dressed as matadors for the Brazen Bull E.G.O. and Gregor is dressed in a labcoat like a mad scientist for the Centipede E.G.O. it means something being dressed as the torturer while wielding the power of the one being tortured it definitely means something.

#when they're corroded they become closer to the abno #but when i saw gregor in the labcoat i realized he's meant to be a 'researcher' running pain tests on the centipede #the gendo shades also tipped me off XD #but also ishmael and meursault being matadors for the bronze bull ego #abnormalities suffering constant torment and pain and the e.g.o. outfits are of the ones torturing them (or who would be torturing them) #what does it mean? what does it mean??? #limbus company

[sillypiratelife]

When Sanji sacrifices himself he's aware of what he's doing. He knows exactly what is at stake and how much he's given and why his act is bad to others or himself, why it must be done either way. From what I see, it's a reflection of his self-esteem and his desire to put others first, it's guilt and it's self-punishment and he knows, okay?

When Zoro sacrifices himself he's insane, batshit crazy. He doesn't want to die per se, he doesn't hate himself and doesn't do it out of punishment. His dreams are bigger than his life, they are more valuable, so he's never afraid to put his life at risk when it comes to fulfilling what he thinks his duty is. You could say it's his honor or his code of life— Zoro can survive the deadliest wounds, the worst circumstances, 'cause he doesn't seek death, it's just that he won't avoid it either.

I love that contrast and how clear it is during the encounter of Zoro and Mihawk in Baratie.

#they both live to carry other people's dreams that are also their own #Zeff's dream of finding the All Blue and Kuina's dream of becoming the best swordwoman ever #They both fight with the techniques snd experience that were passed down to them by Zeff and Kuina #The difference is that Zeff cutting his leg and giving all the food to Sanji made Sanji feel eternally guilty and unworthy #he thinks he has to sacrifice himself for others so much #Zeff hates seeing how he drags himself down when other hadn't even asked that of him #Meanwhile Kuina's death drove Zoro to go all out never fearing his death #He could die trivially in some accident like Kuina did but the difference is that Kuina died reaching for her sword #Call it whatever you want but Zoro learned from her to don't let desth stop you it can catch you whenever anyway #Fear of death can be the thing that stops you from reaching your dreams so you need to teach yourself how to live plenty #Zoro's opinion on sacrifice is closer to Luffy's #The insanity of those two #It really hurts to see Sanji around them because of that #He's position is closer to Nami's in that sense #She who sacrificed everything for her village and her people #shan blogs about one piece! #one piece anime #roronoa zoro #black leg sanji

[chaotic-toby]

I've thought about my whole "Asa having abandonment issues" post more and came up with something.

It's less Asa scared of Arkin leaving and more like he's waiting for it. I suppose? Like, Asa wouldn't blame Arkin for leaving him. Everyone around him tends to leave eventually, and the common denominator is Asa himself.

He has such an awful self image at times and doesn't think he deserves the love that Arkin shows him. Asa doesn't exactly push him away, but if he gets the feeling that Arkin is upset with him or is spending less time with him or is interested in someone else (platonically or romantically) he'll think, "Welp, it is what it is". Asa kinda distances himself from Arkin so he can give him some space, all while also trying to get closer? Idk it's confusing. At one moment, Asa refuses to leave Arkin's side, and then the next, he'll ignore Arkin and busy himself in his work.

Asa feels like he isn't a person that can be loved for a long time </3

#the last line I stole from another tumblr post #i related to it a lot #this is just hardcore projection #like cmon his family got killed and his father killed them #and personally i believe that any relationship-- platonic or romantic doesnt last long for him #either his friends will become closer to other people #making him the third wheel #or his romantic partners break it off for whatever reason #asa isnt sure why he cant maintain any sort of relationship but he does know that its bc of him #so when he gets into a relationship with arkin hes excited but also just waiting for the shoe to drop #“hmm arkin is sure nice to me... itll be a shame if i did something to sabotage this amazing relationship” #asa emory #arkin o'brien #collectkin #abandonment issues #projection #slashers #the collector (2009)

[isopawds]

My personal takes on what bioshock "big daddy's" look like underneath. After all, with ADAM... the flesh becomes clay. What excuse do we have not to sculpt, and sculpt, and sculpt, until the job is done?

#i like to think they vary wildly especially between models/suits but also individuals #for example i think delta is closer to the early stage one #still sentient and capable of choice and conscious #but years unchecked the slug models them after its own bodyplan but the initial changes to psyche stay just...deterioates significantly #they become more animalistic and based on instinct and emotion. they know their bond to the little sisters and thats it #anyway yea im kin with these fuckn things #my art #bioshock #big daddy #mr bubbles #body horror #monster #genetic modification #bioshock 2 #bioshock bouncer #bioshock rosie #bioshock rumbler #bioshock mr bubbles #bioshock big daddy #deep sea creatures #blobfish #anglerfish #goblinfish #sea slug #beluga whale #horror

[hall0wedwyrm]

I think my life is going good... Everything is going fine...

and then HeroSteve comes knocking at my door.

ITS NOT 2018 WHAT DO YOU WANT!!!! IM TRYING TO DO OTHER THINGS WHAT DO YOU WANTTTTT1!!!

#they have such a CHOKE HOLD ON ME #HELP I CANT DO THIS AGAIN #This also relates to my Jesse is Herobrine's son thing #I do wanna talk about all of this in a huge post sometime #but for now I love the idea of Steve becoming another father figure for Jesse and then because of them Steve and Hero grow closer again #since they had some kind of falling out #guys i have a whole AU for all of this i think i should talk about it #minecraft herobrine #minecraft steve #herobrine x steve #steve x herobrine #herosteve

[sunscall]

i find dennis' toxic love for the gang sooo interesting. the lengths he goes through to ensure that their group dynamic never changes. the amount of planning he puts in implies that this is one of his fears– how they might one day change and abandon him.

an example of this would be in "frank retires" where he had formed the franquito plan seven years before he needed to use it, which felt devious (towards frank) to charlie, dee and mac, but dennis had justified it by saying he just didn't want them to change. the ending had dennis acting like he didn't mean a word he said, but i doubt it, because just a few episodes before (the gang misses the boat) he concluded that he just wanted things to stay normal in the gang after a minor freakout about how they're all gradually getting more and more insane staying in the bar together.

dennis resisting change is a consistent theme for his character. he does not want the gang to live in virtual realities, charlie to get smart, mac and dee to leave, mac's mom to stay with them, mac to connect with his dad, dee to actually be successful, mac to be so forward in his advances, frank to retire, etc etc. because he already likes the gang so much the way it is.

that is, unless he personally seeks the change. he could get married in a day, because he wanted to. he could kick mac out. he could leave the gang and start a family. he could change his car to a more modern one. but each time he tries to change and leave, he comes back to the gang... and his range rover.

and this is why he seems to hate them too, because most of his hatred comes from his resentment from loving them too much and being unable to leave. and the love he has for them is toxic, because he wants to drag them down together with him. the s13 narrative wants us to know that he's the main reason the gang stays the same for 16 seasons.

it's what makes dennis takes a mental health day so notable to me though. the commentary on systems throughout the episode, and how dennis is sick of it. dennis' rejection of technology when it takes away real life interactions, parallels the episode "charlie rules the world" in s6 which was the major turning point for dennis developing a god complex (where british dennis tells him that 'you create your own reality'). i believe dtamhd will also be a turning point for dennis, perhaps where he starts letting things go without putting as much control (systems) because he wants to live in a reality where he doesn't need to do these things anymore.

#probably has been said before too lmao #like u see. he isnt against technology when it gets him and his friends closer #like a modern tv is cool #bc he could watch shows w his buddies #a groupchat is annoying but fine too #he was glued to his phone in mac n charlie writes a movie but it was ultimately to write his own movie for the gang #like dennis loves the gang so much eventho he would neveeeeer admit #like yeah hes using them too but he loves hanging out w them #also kinda made me think of the johnny thingy #imo just another example of the lengths dennis goes through to make sure their dynamic doesnt change tbh #bc as we know it mac is actively searching for boyfriends himself which is a no no #bc if dennis isnt there to actively monitor the progress of the relationship then itd be jover for him if mac leaves him for his bf #and thats why seeking a bf for mac is ok bc he has already inserted himself into the relationship as a middleman and can monitor it #and yeah catfishing mac is even better bc hed be in full control to make sure the relationship doesnt progress #he is also in love w mac but thats another convo #wait why did the tags slowly become mcdn... uh #whatever #iasip posting #dennis reynolds

[ozomatli]

thank GOD theres a little indicator in my notifs informing me who is a mutual and who is not. has genuinely helped stop me from being overly familiar with strangers

#also sometimes ppl break mutuals but dont softblock and then i think we are still buddies but it creeps them out and then they block me #neo.txt #i am Very Paranoid about how i am perceived by people near me and genuinely the closer we get the more paranoid i become #which i am. ACTIVELY!!! working on. progress babes.

[laugtherhyena]

@thehybridgryph I'm putting this in its own post since it got too long to fit in a single reply.

You see Akane is a character i find funny to think back on because when i was younger and had first gotten into the another series i had a really weird relationship with her character; i hated her for being the mastermind and dismissed her entire other self as a nothing but a lie/trick, but at the same time her Ch6 self was the one i liked the most out of the two akanes, sort to speak.

This was partially my fault since when I don't like or care much for a character i tend to not look much into them and partially the fact that Dra didn't had a full translation back in the day.

So what I'm trying to say here is that i didn't understand her character at all and it's only now that I'm looking back into this game as an older person that i see just how fascinating she is, this girl went through hell in that orphanage at such a young age that it makes perfect sense why she would cling to the guy who saved her that badly, especially after all the trauma she had gone through at that point.

Utsuro became her savior and she made it pretty much her life goal to devote he entire self to him regardless of what this path would require he to do, if Utsuro asks, she'll do it because that's what a good servant does. Their toxic relationship where they enable eachother and get worse spreading despair around is insane and i really don't think I'm the right person to talk about it because even now I don't think i fully understand it.

And i just feel stupid for dismissing her nice self when i was younger and even just trying to separate mastermind Akane from maid Akane because they're both parts of who she is and both of them are very real! Akane genuinely liked her classmates and even had a close bond with Ayame, but ultimately couldn't bring herself to go agaisnt her master's orders and try to save them instead of betraying their class and using them in the proto killing game.

That's really fucking sad and heart wrenching to me, makes me wonder if given the opportunity to do things differently would she have changed anything? Would she have obeyed Utsuro's orders all over again? Who knows, I'm honestly not really sure myself.

Another thing about Akane that i absolutely love is in relation to the ending of Dra, because i really don't think i would like it as much if Akane had left with the survivors because to me that would feel out of character not only for the trio to save her (Tsurugi is there after all) but most importantly for Akane herself. I really don't think she would have allowed herself to escape the island and leave Utsuro to die, even after protecting the survivors effectively betrayed him in a way, if her master is going down she's gonna go down with him. It's beautiful and tragic at the same time.

#as for character headcanons sorry but i really don't have anything on Akane #the few headcanons i have for any character are usually some random specific thing #or are of a character i really like #and about Kizuna I'm not really sure? i find it hard I imagine they'd become friends in a non despair setting #since Kizuna has all those problems n shit. you'd need something to happen to make her start moving away from that #an then yeah i could see her and Akane growing closer #i could also see that happening if Kizuna was being serious about wanting to be a part of their group in ch2 #and if she had survived the knife would and actually was trying to be nicer i think Akane would give her another chance #obviously not forgiving her right away. but if she can see that Kizuna is genuinely trying to improve herself #i feel like Akane would be on her side #(this is pretty much how I've been writing them in my fic. i do have fun writing those two ngl) #dra #danganronpa another #akane taira #hyena ramblings

[lloydfrontera]

touch starved lloyd who will lean into any gentle touch he gets without thinking about it, who never initiates anything but is also never the first to pull away, who sometimes flinches at unexpected contact but will gravitate closer to those he trusts so he's always withing arm's reach

#tged #the greatest estate developer #lloyd frontera #i would say 'someone give that man a hug' but honestly marbella and arcos do that pretty often it's really sweet <3 #but like imagine javier noticing it and dismissing it at first until curiosity gets the best of him #so he starts slowly initiating small touches between them like a little tap in his shoulder to get his attention or maybe a quick pat #on his back as he passes by or maybe standing a bit closer than normal so his arms touch slightly #and it's nothing noticeable nothing lloyd could actually call him out if he even noticed it #but that's the thing. he doesn't notice. but he does start leaning more and more into every small touch javier dares to give him #sometimes even starting to stand closer to javier almost as if seeking the small presses of their arms #so javier starts getting a bit bolder. grabbing him by the sleeve and then the wrist to pull his attention to something. #sitting right next to him whenever there's a chance. subtly bumping their shoulders together when someone says anything dumb or funny. #in one notable occasion when he had to grab lloyd by the hip and guide him as they walked because he was too engrossed in his work #and also too sleep deprived to notice if he was about to walk into someone #and so it continues until suddenly one day javier has lloyd sprawled all over him and he's like 'Wait. why was i doing all of this for' #but by then is too late lloyd has become to used to javier constantly touching him and has subconsciously decided he's his personal plushie #btw this is all without lloyd actively realizing anything as far as he knows everything is perfectly normal #and he's doing great he's gonna get a good grade in being a Functional Adult something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve #i talk a lot <3

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Okay, but like friendly reminder that TMA's Robert Smirke tried to use christianity as a means to convince Jonah to quit the Eye. And he also did this AFTER Jonah had already turned the Institute into Beholder's Temple.

#tma #robert smirke #jonah magnus #sorry guys i'm posting it cause i have a broken sense of humor #and i think appels to christianity to “save people from being evil” ridiculous and funny on general #but also #come to jesus he said as if he wasn't the one to categorize and accidentally mold eldrish entitites and give them new followers #come to jesus he said to the evil twink as if he wasn't the one that helped him build temples and gather power because ssxy twink #come to jesus he said as if it hold any more meaning than all he did for the tories and the hate they spread #come to jesus he said as if it meant anyrhing #jonah of course might not have followed but he certainly accepted the advice of becoming closer to his god