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grahambaham · 3 months

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I just found out that there are people out there who believe Jason Todd beats Cassandra Cain in a fight... What??? I am aware that there was a comic where he got good hits in but it was very obvious and even outright said that Cass wasn't even trying to win, let alone hurt him, by Dick. Also, if they're thinking about that one time Jason fought Bruce, Dick and Cass all at once and won, you have got to be aware of how ridiculous that was. Like, Jason, as much as I love him, is the worst fighter out of them. Still a damn good one, but compared to them, just no.

Like, Dick, the weakest fighter out of that trio has more than fifteen years of experience of vigilantism. AT LEAST, the timeline's weird so I don't know exactly how much. He's trained with Batman for around a decade, was such a good fighter that he caught Deathstroke's eye and has trained with him for a bit and many more dangerous people.

Bruce, depending on how old he is and when exactly he started training idk but I assume it was late teens or early adulthood, has AT THE VERY LEAST twenty years of training and experience, most probably more. Has trained with people all over the world, INCLUDING the League and has beat Jason without THAT much difficulty before. Post mortem Jason I mean.

Cass, if we count her as around eighteen, has fucking eighteen years of training, with David Cain and many other people he brought in for her to fight against, grown trained killers. Her training was the most brutal out of all three of them. Cain has literally shot her out of nowhere and then forced her to fight him right after to, and I quote, "keep her on her toes". It's been said by Batman, Deathstroke and probably other people that she could beat Batman in a fight. And people like to say that Bruce only said that cause he's self deprecating and that's honestly so insulting to him. He's hard on himself and has shit self worth over things like his parenting, failing to save people etc, but he is an intelligent man who knows his strength and his weaknesses very well and over OR under estimating himself would've gotten him killed years ago. CASSANDRA CAIN'S ABILITY TO READ PEOPLE'S BODY LANGUAGE IS SO INSANE THAT SHE'S BEEN ASSUMED TO BE META HUMAN BECAUSE HER SPEED WAS SO FUCKING INSANE IT WAS DEEMED IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE HUMAN. This one guy said and I quote, "Her individual moves are borderline human. It is her aggregate speed that's metahuman. Humans can throw a 100 miles per-hour fastball, smash concrete with their heads, and run 4.2 forties. What they can't do is all of that at once. It's not so much physical as... as mentally impossible. Too much to coordinate." Her ability, trained into her not just gained, is so fucking op these people have no idea how it's humanly possible. The only advantage my boy Jason's got are his guns and the fact Cass can't physically stomach killing people. Cass without that hatred of killing dog walks Jason, even without it actually. In the Batgirl volume 1, after she loses her ability to read body language (she gets it back later ofc) she gets hit and is then in shock because no one has managed to land a single fucking hit on her since she was six. She proceeds to beat the shit out of people easily and thinks to herself "I'm fighting like a child. Pathetic", as she barely holds herself back from accidentally crushing skulls.

Cass has been very much nerfed in the newer comics for plot's sake or because the writer doesn't know her character well, or most probably because they want to put a certain character on a pedestal. They've done it all the time and you can't honestly call yourself a fan if you actually think Jason, even with the pit rage and the guns and hatred that makes him willing to kill, would be capable of even beating Nightwing unless he's having a really bad day, let alone all three of them.

Point of this all is: Cass rocks and DC sucks ass at being consistent and actually paying attention to the characters they write. They actually made Cass a villain in one. She found out she had a sister, murdered her and a bunch of other people for no reason, found out Deathstroke had brainwashed her or something and then killed him. Which btw, she killed Deathstroke. Bro's a hell of a challenge for the Bat and she killed him. Still think Jason, or Dick or Bruce could beat her? An argument could be made for Bruce but even then they're AT LEAST on equal footing, though I think Cass would still win. Would be a hell of a fight and Cass would get some nasty ass possibly fatal injuries but she'd still beat him in my humble and accurate opinion.

Okay I'm done now. Longest rant yet. Had a lot of feelings about this particular topic, sorry.

#dc comics #cassandra cain #bruce wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #rant #ramblings #deathstroke #david cain #red hood #nightwing #batman #batgirl #orphan #black bat #dcu

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jaytoons7 · 1 year

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I will not die, I'll wait here for you... ||Three Days Grace

Here's a sequel to yesterday's comic, This time based on a song. It's mostly about Terrence's entire leadership crumbling before him and his powers begining to drive him mad :)

A more detailed explanation of stuff under the cut:

Instead of just a general ramble, I'll explain all the panels individually.

On this bed I lay: This one's a bit simple. Y'know the phrase, "You made your bed, Now lay in it?" Basically meaning that since you made this mess, You have to deal with it? Yeah, Terrence made a lot of mistakes and now it's time for him to deal with them head on.

Losing everything: I love the idea of Right originally being Terrence's right hand before helping overthrow him and giving the opportunity to be leader to Reginald.

So basically, Terrence's right hand man, As well as his "little sister", Chose Reginald over him, Meaning he "lost everything".

I can see my life: Rave moment lol In all seriousness, In this AU, The leadership order is Wilford->Randy->Terrence (I know that likely contradicts canon, But it's my AU okay?). This means that Terrence was indeed Randy's right hand man.

The reason he isn't mono color like everyone else is because 1. He's Randy and 2. He was the only one who knew about Terrence's powers. They were both able to confide in each other about all the crap they've both been through. (Randy technically has powers too, But they're more subtle. He can kinda enhance things, Which he mostly uses to make his parties a bit more, Well, Rad.)

Passing me by: Unfortunately, Randy eventually threw the clan into bankruptcy due to his parties, And terrified of dealing with the consequences, He fled. All he could do was tell Terrence goodbye and that he was sorry. So, Terrence basically had leadership unintentionally thrust upon him.

Was it all too much?: When Wilford died in battle, Terrence was still pretty new to his powers. So he tried to reset before his death, And that's how he unfortunately learned that he could only prevent his own death, Not others. When Terrence became leader, He kinda tried to emulate Wilford a bit, But it failed because he didn't have any actual plans behind his raids like Wilford did.

Or just not enough: Spoiler for my AU (Except it was probably obvious) but the head of communications (And also Burt's birth mother), Caly Curtis, Ends up dying in a raid gone wrong. Again, Terrence is unable to prevent it but unlike with Wilford, Almost everyone in the clan blames him.

Wake me up, I'm living a nightmare: After the stress of being a failed leader and all the deaths he has endured, His powers slowly become too much for him. But there's nothing he can do about it.

I will not die: We come full circle. Reginald is revealed to be the one behind the coup and challenges Terrence to a "duel to the death".

I will survive: Terrence has lost almost everything at this point. The respect of his clan, His right hand man, Many lives, and the one person he was able to confide in. And now this little brat was taking the one thing he had left, His leadership. Powers now going haywire, Terrence accepts the duel request, And he is gonna do everything in his power to win.

(I might make a third part showing the duel/dethronement eventually. IDK.)

#the henry stickmin collection #thsc #thsc au #terrence suave #thsc rhm #carol cross #sir wilford iv #thsc oc #reginald copperbottom #rave #terrandy #(technically)#my doodles

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colorisbyshe · 1 year

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Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

Thank you for asking!!!!! Love a chance to talk about myself.

The way I got this ask and like IMMEDIATELY forgot any piece of media I have ever consumed?? If I forgot any of my faves... sorry to them!!

Also, a running theme for most of my faves is that they have overcome being otherized and/or trauma and came out being pettier and more self righteous, lol.

Uchiha Sasuke from Naruto. Pettiest bitch alive and he DESERVES IT! Should be pettier.

Wei Wuxian from MDZS/The Untamed. Went through hell, kinda literally, and did awful things but still chose to do the right thing, every single fucking time.

Fenris from Dragon Age. Watching him emerge from such an awful place and learn to let people in, while remaining sooo rough around the edges, was lovely.

Spock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From both TOS and AOS, less so from Disco/SNW, because he's just so fucking funny and also watching him be so repressed and then be forced out of that repression is fun. I love him. Baby boy.

Joy from EEAAO. Loved watching her anger, loved watching her creativity, and I loved watching her anger make her mother change. I love that she was able to give up the anger because she was finally seen and her hurt was legitimized.

***** ****** from ******* ******** because *runs away*

NGL.... it's still my boy Edward Elric. In many ways, I should let him go. But he was my first rep of atheism in literally the funniest fucking way ("Yeah I've seen God but... nah.") and I still enjoyed his journey, even if I now have major issues with the narrative and apologism and recognize Scar as a far more compelling character than Edward. Sorry to everyone but when I saw Edward at age.... 13, I did not realize what war crime apologism looked like. At least I let go of stanning Mustang. Cause I wanted that man carnally for a long time.

Sook-hee from The Handmaiden. Watching her fuck shit up was cathartic.

I need to finish my watch through (bingewatching two seasons in a week was mentally taxing, tbh) but Flint and Max from Black Sails. Again... love a selfish character who has felt left behind by the world and so they take what they can from the world. They deserve it!

Recency bias I guess but I'm REALLY loving Frieren from... Frieren. Watching her learn to value other people while going around with her lil :3 face is nice.

I feel like this list is leaving a lot of faves out--my lovely Sailor Jupiter who I imprinted on like a baby duck and have carried in my heart ever since, Dimitri Fire Emblem, Qifrey, and probably so many more. The characters that I love just for horny reasons (Yae Miko, Kaveh, Tighnari my beloveds). Characters I love for their potential (Finn, Poe, and Rey from Star Wars)(Also Cassian but I guess I could love him more if I watched Andor but I will not be watching Disney+ shows.) Characters who I love now (Louis, Lestat, Claudia from IWTV the show) but haven't finished their arcs yet, so idk how I'll feel int he future. Etc etc.

I will also say that this list feels a biiiiiit swayed by characters who I have experienced more in fandom. There are characters from one off books, video games, comics that I CONNECT with more, maybe idolized more, but engage with less often because there's no fandom, so they come to mind less immediately. And they've been butchered less by fanon, so I don't project onto them as much. Like they are FULLER vessels, which means they have less room for me to go "Oh, yeah, we are exactly the same. Let me into your brain."

This list is mainly of characters I love to play with like bratz dolls in my brain and is less about like... maybe heavily fucking with them while consuming their media and then being able to let them go when I'm done.

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rainwolfheart · 1 year

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thoughts on absolution

it's got a similar vibe to the comics and i prefer that medium, but i like these intrigue stories they've been going for since inquisition

that said, i feel like they were borrowing a bit much from the comics. maybe a coincidence, i know shows like this take a long time to develop, but there's a lot of beats and themes that reminded me of blue wraith and dark fortress.

so many macguffins lately. there's gonna be so many items to track down in dreadwolf.

that ending tho.... her voice is so iconic. i hate her so much. i can't wait.

i fucking love that the most comic relief character of the show is a lady. we never get that. and "maker's titties" indeed. ashly burch i love you.

i also enjoyed the broody rogue protagonist being a lady. we have a few more of those but it's always nice to see more balance in that department.

wtf was fairbanks' deal though. why did they choose him of all characters to bring back for a tv show?? this had nothing to do with his plotline as far as i can tell and really doesn't make sense with his whole thing where he's about protecting orlesian refugees? he's not a thief. idk man if they really had to kill off a random inquisition agent there was probably a better choice

but i do like that he kinda looks like matt mercer. that's just matt mercer y'all.

i still don't get why the scene where fairbanks turns on hira plays out like he's the one betraying her. like yes for the drama but logically it doesn't seem to really hold up.

did hira teleport at the end there or am i missing something??? is that just a thing she can do????? on top of the tenser's floating disk trick. bioware don't go introducing new types of magic without explanation i need the lore

i am definitely a roland/lacklon enjoyer but tbh i think the buildup was a bit too subtle. if i wasn't gay and picking up on the Vibes that kiss would have come out of nowhere.

i spent way too much time looking at screenshots of the dragons from inquisition to see if the one in the show matches a known species. it doesn't. as far as i can tell its a close but not identical match to the one from dark fortress

i really hope a good chunk of season 2 takes place in kirkwall tbh. i miss that terrible city. give me a merrill cameo you cowards.

i find the writing a liiiitle lackluster in general. the dialogue is pretty predictable, but not in a fun comforting way.

as mentioned the shaky cam is really off-putting. did not like that.

i didn't find it quite as newbie-friendly as, say, legend of vox machina. idk if i'd recommend it to folks who aren't already into dragon age, there's a lot of lore to understand that they don't really explain. and yet they make matt mercer give a hokey exposition speech in episode 1 lmao.

liked it in general though! solid b+

#dragon age #dragon age: absolution #dragon age: absolution spoilers #absolution spoilers #da absolution #da absolution spoilers

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fourcolour-ace · 2 years

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Supergirl Season 6 Thoughts

This is gonna have finale spoilers, so watch out if you're one of those people who didn't finish the season.

First off, some general, overall stuff: this season was too short. The pacing was off, and too many things happened offscreen. There wasn't enough time for everything to happen in a way that felt good. I particularly felt this with Lena's arc, but basically everything in the second half of the season felt that way.

The fact that a giant cat attack that lasted all of six minutes onscreen was a highlight for me explains a lot about my experience, I think. The best part of the season was the Midvale stuff(not just because I love Peter Sudarso) because it was actually paced okay and felt good. The characters were handled well, even Kenny(i thought he might show up in the present but no) and it actually wrapped up nicely without feeling incomplete.

Everything post Phantom Zone was... eeh. Nyxly was a good character, but I feel maybe for the final season a villain we already knew would have been better. Some people have suggested Brainiac, which I approve of, though one wonders if it would have been the one from the Krypton show. I'm not sure myself, maybe just Lex would have been good, but the fact is that there was no time in the second half of the season. Zero reprieve for characters or viewers. I missed seeing National City as a setting that the characters actually lived in.

Characters who got decent arcs were: Alex, Kelly, and Kara. J'onn was just sort of there, Nia's arc was ???, and don't even get me started on Brainy(he gets his own paragraph later). I do feel like Alex and Kelly's adoption and marriage was a good progression for them. They are very wholesome lesbians, but c'mon y'all this is the CW, the best we'll get is Nia yelling and wanting to murder(very good work Nicole). Not even touching Lena and Kara, they were fine. Just fine. I think Lena needs friends more than anything else. Nia was great this season but her arc was just so not. I mean I get that she wanted her mom, but they just glossed over that in season 5 so it felt really out of nowhere. She just seemed all over the place in season 6. Lena's arc was paced poorly, and while there's nothing wrong with magic, there hasn't been much precedent for it in Supergirl(except maybe in crossovers? idk) so same as above. I have no idea what to say about Kara revealing her identity. I guess she felt it was the right choice, but doesn't she realize what will happen? You've got enemies Kara, and they've already come after your friends, now they'll come after even more of them. I suppose it was meant as a conclusion to her ongoing identity crisis but man, literally anyone who's read the comics knows why superheroes have secret identities, especially the Superfam. This problem could have been solved the way I thought they were going to seasons ago, by having Kara go to the future to join the Legion, but that would have required a very different procession of events, for longer than just season 6. Do I mean KaraDox? Yeah, I guess, but I no longer care at this point. Supergirl is just a little disappointing, in general.

As for how they massacred my boy... Brainy's characterization and arc for the first part of the season were not bad. I feel like they gave up and just made him a joke character, but also tried to keep giving him depth? Most opportunities for deeper exploration were passed over in S6, including his relationship with Nia. They hardly spend any good time together in this season, and I'm expected to believe he said "sprock the timestream" for her? I barely believe it even if I can hear Jesse's voice in my head as I type. His end-of-season arc was just so random and poorly executed. Those sorts of things can only be meaningful if the character goes through with it! But they just said no, he's gonna come back without sacrificing himself actually. I'm also certain it was out of character for him. He'd rather Brainiac 5 die saving his planet, because then he's finally redeemed his family name, and there will be no more Brainiacs(presumably, in this universe). Do you agree, fellow Querl Dox syndrome havers? I think having him go and not come back, and showing him giving up his sense of self to the(so-called) Big Brain would have been a meaningful end for him.

*sigh* I've run out of steam, but this post is long enough. Thanks for reading.

#supergirl #supergirl spoilers #supergirl season 6 #my thoughts #long post

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finsterhund · 10 months

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I found a story where the narrator starts off by describing his uncle as "probably on the spectrum" that goes into detail about how he's weird and reclusive and doesn't like talking with his family only then for his special interest he poured all his love and care into coming to life and killing him with his last words being how much he saw the error of his ways and wished he could have spent more time with people (and evidently been less neurodivergent) and the narrator going on about how if he just spent more time with people and less time isolated with his creepy old special interest he wouldn't have died. And the narrator ending the story with a "be careful having obsessions because you don't know what they'll do to you" ass "the moral of the story is" segment and man neurotypicals really do just fucking hate us for existing huh. How meanspirited do you have to be to think that way? It's like a completely taken seriously made for the purpose of revenge "my trains" (lemon demon) ass scenario where the story really does feel like it was only written for the purpose of getting revenge on your relative who builds models by literally having it where somebody is killed by theirs with no rhyme or reason as to why. Nevermind the complete lack of narrative logic of why something you cared for and treated with love would come to life and murder you in the first place. No reasoning was given beyond "the narrative is punishing him for having a hobby in a way that isn't societally approved" like logically if this thing was alive it only thrived because the dude laboured over it and by killing him it guaranteed itself to languish and rot and suffer and ultimately be destroyed. Makes no sense. Just left a bad taste in my mouth. It's the polar opposite of that cute comic I saw a while back where someone finds a haunted doll and as they laboriously restore it the toy feels loved and as a result doesn't harm their new owner.

Idk maybe I'm just reading too far into this but it really came off as a "fuck you for devoting your life to a weird hobby instead of making yourself available to other people in a neurotypical way" and that sucked.

Also an aside but it frustrated me when the narrator was like "oh these models aren't really around anymore, they've fallen out of fashion for being creepy and dated" as if the problem isn't that the neurodivergent people who'd love nothing more than to pursue these hobbies can't because their status as "lesser than" in our capitalist wageslave society making them exploited and unemployable means they're a group less likely to be able to afford these hobbies in the first place and less likely to have the space, time, resources, accessibility to pursue them as their contemporaries/elders did decades ago. If you have the space you're a "recluse" for spending time there, if you don't you're a "hoarder" for trying to pursue these hobbies in the tiny little boxes afforded to you. No I'm not bitter that one of my many childhood dreams after visiting Miniature World is impossible because I don't even have a fucking basement of my own that I can set up a little model town in why do you fucking ask?

Idk maybe there's another perspective of what happened in this universe where the uncle has an entire online friend circle catered around his hobby and the evil paranormal shit happened because of a bitter family member casting some curse and it turns out the narrator of the canonical story is full of shit and it's a classic case of wildly unreliable narrator. That would be funny in a very morbid ass way. Like,

Narrator: my mom cared so much for him and tried to keep him in her life even though he kept pushing everyone away

Uncle, on his Usenet board: my sister keeps mocking me for spending my money I earn as an adult on my models and acting like she's our mother. She's had our entire childhood to practice being cruel about the things I care about without overtly coming across as abusive and she gaslights me when I try to confront her about it what do I do?

TrainBoy64: She's trying to hurt you but knows better than to do it in a way that will make her look like the asshole. Try "grey rock" like I mentioned last week. Nobody deserves your time or commitment even if they're related to you.

Uncle: thanks man. Wanna see the new conductor I painted?

TrainBoy64: sure thing just remember to keep the photos under 200kb this time. My bandwidth sucks.

Narrator: my uncle freaked the fuck out when I accidentally damaged one of his models

Uncle, online: hey guys, today my sister brought her kids over and I tried to explain to them how these things are delicate and they need to be careful because they're not toys but my nephew directly disobeyed me and damaged my favourite building. I got upset and started crying and my sister yelled at me and said how her kids were more mature than I am but I thought I very clearly explained everything. I still feel bad though because I want to encourage kids to get into the hobby and don't want to stop them from visiting if they still want to.

TrainBoy64: your sister probably talks about your models to her kids as if they're toys and speaks down about you around them. I know it hurts but try to remember that it's their mom's fault, not theirs. If you want to keep inviting them over maybe try setting some ground rules until they're a bit older or make a cheaper area just for them to play with.

The uncle: thanks. I love my nephew and it makes me so happy when he visits. I just wish he was a bit more careful.

TrainBoy64: that will come with time. Remember when you told me how you accidentally ruined your first model plane when you were 11? Maybe he felt just as bad as you did but was better at hiding his emotions.

The narrator: after my uncle went missing my mom did everything she could to get law enforcement to take the case seriously and she was very upset

(the mother feels an extreme amount of guilt for pushing her brother away just as much as he "pushed her away" and it took him fucking dying for her to realize this. Or, alternatively, the guilt at her using dark magic to "teach him a lesson" and accidentally killing him in the process is absolutely fucking eating her up inside)

Idk. That's what I'm going with now. Made me feel a little bit better about the whole thing.

#text post #negative #long post

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yuugami-tan · 2 years

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must release all my thoughts on the dlc cases............

MAJOR aa5 + aa6 dlc spoilers BEWARE

ok i finished turnabout reclaimed days ago but i haven't been able to get this off my mind like WHY DID MARLON HAVE THE COOLEST BREAKDOWN EVER. LITERALLY THE COOLEST

also that was just in all a really fun and nice case??? all the characters were cool and brought something neat to the table. i'm in love with sasha and dr. crab (WHO WAS A GREAT RED HERRING BTW. I WAS REALLY CONVINCED IT WAS HIM). shoutout to rifle the penguin. AND IT HAD A REALLY REFRESHING RESOLUTION....................it made me happy. ALSO thinking of that one comic of simon begging miles to let him take the case. hmmm it does give me whiplash thinking of this case vs the big reveal in the main game though lol.................especially given That guy's there. who? heheheh.........FIGURE IT OUT

can't really say the same abt turnabout time traveler ALTHOUGH I REALLY LIKED THAT ONE TOO. i'm a sucker for LOVE.....i can see why so many ppl are eh about it though. i think there were too few new characters introduced.......not to say the whole reunion of trilogy characters was bad or anything, i just wish characters like athena and trucy weren't pushed off as comic relief yknow..............we already haven't gotten enough of either of them. GIVE ATHENA HER SPOTLIGHT RARARARHAGRHAGRHGHR she got turnabout storyteller and that was IT.............and even then that was more of a lol funny case. but i digress

as for the new characters that were introduced hmmm.....................i DID like them however i was really annoyed by ellen and sorin just because how long it took for them to finish their animations lol. THEY'RE SO CUTE THOUGH.......queen and king of being Like That. anyway i thought it was pretty cool to learn about sorin's whole thing. seeing him panic was kinda relieving to me honestly? not to say i LIKED it but heh. might i say he just like me. he just like me fr

AS FOR PIERCE.......i think he was okay. definitely very hot and very sad. it was nice to have a character who was so evil coded from the start. HOWEVER........i think in this case, in wouldn't have hurt to make sorin a little more evil-seeming. JUST A LITTLE. cuz even with the reveal about who was driving the car and his disability i just could not be convinced it was anyone other than pierce who did it. i do like pierce though!!! i love a character who makes another character doubt everything they've come to know (see: remember). heh. ON A DIFFERENT NOTE I LOVED HIS BREAKDOWN. very very reminiscent of a trilogy villain breakdown. replaying it in my mind like yes......YES..............pain and suffering for YOU my beautiful tragic man.

anyways that's my little brain dump for the day. week????? idk. i still need to talk abt all my thoughts on aai2. i was thinking of listing off every single character and giving my opinion on them.....yeah i think i'll do that. SOON I WILL.....but for now i must sleep. cries OK GNIGHT THANKS FOR READING

#aa spoilers #ace attorney

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elenatria · 7 years

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ngl, i feel like GOT is going downhill very quickly this season. like the battle scenes are amazing, but so many characters (jaime etc.) have just lost all the character development they've built up over the past few seasons and i feel like the plot is just fanservice-y and rushed :/ idk man just my opinion lol

UGH!!! Finally, someone dares talk about the elephant in the room here.

Every guy friend of mine contacted me when ep 4 leaked geekgasming over the “awesome ep 4″. The fight scenes are glorious of course, although my personal favourite is still Euron attacking Yara and Theon’s fleet.

But. BUT!!!!

1) Do I even care if Drogon is injured (has happened before), if Daenerys burns the Lannister forces to the ground, if Jaime survives? (of COURSE he will I’m just saying). We know who survives so we’re not that involved anymore. Why? Because LEAKS. Biggest mistake ever.

2) Jaime. Obviously, I’ve put all my faith in Jaime just like everyone else. I hear he’s nothing like book Jaime (his character has been slaughtered). Also he’s the rival to my OTP but STILL I can appreciate his character, his edge, his snark, while I always believed he’s gonna do the right thing, and he will. But he’s spent half this season serving Cersei, no questions asked, and brooding when he’s met with an antagonist to Cersei’s bed. Just that. The last scene with him I truly enjoyed was when he was with Edmure. I thought “What a BRILLIANT asshole, kudos for making me hate him while doing the right thing.” Do I have to wait for Brienne to meet him in King’s Landing in order to care for him again?…

3) Daenerys. I loved Daenerys when she was a heartbroken widow, an underdog and a saviour. Then she turned all snobbish queen with fucking buddies and people she steps on just because she can. How can I relate to that?

4) Jon. Sigh, I’m still Team Snow, and one of the reasons why I loved Tormund at first was because he befriended Jon, our beloved self-sacrificing Christ figure. But how fanservicey can you get, Jon?? Right now he’s only there to a) mine dragonglass b) fall in love with Daenerys c) fight with Sansa. Those scenes are wayyyyyy too long and unnecessary.

5) Bran. All of a sudden he’s hardly human anymore, he has no feelings so no one cares if he lives or dies. His sole purpose is to spread the truths he knows and possibly warg into something. He’s just that, a tool, a plot device.

6) Arya. Sure she’s badass and everything but am I *really* interested in a girl who hardly recognizes her old friends anymore and is so ready to show off her hard-earned skills? I know she has changed, she’s now an emotionless killing machine (and Sansa needs to know that) but how is that supposed to keep me interested?

7) Tyrion is now Daenerys’ consultant, just that. We only caught a glimpse of the loving brother he once was as he was watching Jaime from afar, probably foreshadowing their meeting. But what happened to the rest of his character? Why is he there only for Daenerys?

5) Podrick. His scenes with Brienne used to be SO deep and heartfelt and now he’s reduced to a mere punchbag. I was hoping his training sessions would add up to something, him being badass. With the newest s08 leaks I’m not so certain anymore…

6) Olenna. She deserved more screen time but she got killed off way too early, Ellaria as well. And Tyene, what happened to her sexy promise to Bronn? All their little speeches about being allies went for nothing, they appeared in this new season only to die. How lame and rushed is that.

And I don’t even know what to say about Brienne and Tormund, it hurts too much.

Ok I always knew Tormund was more expendable than Brienne. Right now he does his best with the little time he’s given. But they’ve reduced him to no more than Jon’s servant. And if I can judge by the s08 leaks I’ve read…

Brienne serves a specific purpose as well, she’s there to protect a Stark (just like Tormund is there only to fight for a Stark) and to motivate Jaime to be “a better man”. You can’t become more of a “tool” than that.

And I’ll just put it out there and take it as you will: I can’t stand her character anymore. >__adorable, you know? She makes me want to be reborn as a man (ginger and bearded preferably), learn sword fighting just to be cut down to pieces by her, praise her voice, her legs, her skin night and day, and adore the very earth she walks on. And it’s SO frustrating for me to always find her gorgeous and badass and sexy and skilled and… and not see her change one bit towards Tormund.

To he honest I never expected Briemund to happen but I was hoping for something tiny at least, a glance, a nice word, a smile, that kind of thing. I admit that in my wildest dreams we would be treated with an awesome sparring session between them. But no, D&D gave that to Arya. I’m jealous, y’know?

And I’ve come to the point of believing that Brienne’s meeting with Tormund is an utterly pointless comic relief. It’s infuriating how pointless it is.

I’ve lost all hope and drive to tell you the truth. To the point that I don’t even know if I will care what happens in GoT after my favourite characters die without getting the glorious deaths they deserved.

All in all, I don’t think the remaining 3 episodes will be able to rescue this season. Season 6 made me love Tormund just as Tormund made me love season 6; a season filled with brilliant moments, Briemund being just one of them, the cherry on top.

Season 7 is simply not cutting it.

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