#commander root

[knightofthenewrepublic]

#artemis fowl #Artemis Fowl series #artemis fowl memes #commander root #julius root #captain short #Captain Holly Short #holly short #Eoin Colfer #My memes #foaly

[checkoutmybookshelf]

You Tag Me Before I Tag You, and You're In. No Questions Asked.

Before we get into Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex, we need to take a small detour into one of the few Fowl Short stories. Before we continue to Artemis's saga, we need to spend a little time with the Root brothers. The Artemis Fowl Files is technically two short stories and a bunch of miscellaneous worldbuilding and activites--it's a kids book, you guys--but we're going to just focus on one of the stories. Let's talk "LEPrecon."

As always, SPOILERS ABOUND below the break, so if you're not caught up on the whole Artemis Fowl series and the short stories, catch up first, then read this.

Content Warning: Arachnaphobes might want to skip this post and this book, because there are scary AF spiders, and I will be talking about them.

We're all very familiar with--and love despite his grumplestiltskin nature and low-key sexism--LEP Commander Julius Root. We're also very familiar with Captain Holly Short, first female elf to make the Reconaissance Squad, or LEPrecon. What we are less familiar with are a) How Holly got herself on recon, and b) Commander Root's dickhead older brother. This short work gives us the story of Holly's recon initiation and introduces us to criminal mastermind wanna-be Captain Turnball Root.

Y'all know that I love Opal Koboi. Well, Turnball makes me sad. Not because he's not a good villain--he is--but because his entire cat-and-mouse game with Julius is sad and it gives Julius the big sad. The TLDR on Turnball is that he was using his position as an LEP Captain to run a smuggling ring and Julius caught him with his finger on the button of a massive explosion that would have wiped out half of Haven. Julius couldn't shoot his own brother, so Turnball escaped and the two have been cat-and-mousing for 500 years.

So when Turnball shows up on the Tern Islands to fuck up Holly's initiation and strip Julius of his magic--and thereby his life, because the LEP does not employ magic-less fairies--the heartbreaking thing is not so much Turnball himself as Turnball's effect of Julius. Julius goes from the most possibly exhausted "not this shit again" to "god I wish I could just hug it out with my brother and make everything ok" to "you threatened my officers, look in my eyes and tell me I won't pull this trigger." And yet, none of that prevents Julius from instantly going for the coffee grounds when his big brother swallows a tunnel blue spider.

SIDEBAR: Holy shit Colfer, did you HAVE to stick a carnivorous spider with claws sharp enough to cut air that is small enough to TIP DOWN SOMEONE'S THROAT in the path of an utter psychopath like Turnball goddamn Root??? I was not ike...thrilled with spiders before I read this short story, and the fact that tunnel blue spiders are Turnball's favorite way of torturing and murdering other elves was NOT COMFORTING.

So yeah, Julius didn't hesitate to use the coffee grounds to stop the tunnel blue spider's heart and save his brother's life. This relationship is hard for both brothers, and the tragic thing is that not only do they both know its hard but they also can't seem to break the pattern.

Now, what does this have to do with Holly? Well, it's her initiation into recon that Turnball completely fucks up to get to Julius. The rules for the initiation are that the rookie and a senior officer (Holly and Julius, respectively, in this case) go hunting for each other. The rookie has zero resources and the senior officer has a full arsenal. Typically, these initiations are recorded and reviewed, and candidates may or may not be promoted to recon based on the review. There is, however, a loophole: If the rookie tags (with a paintball gun) the senior officer before getting tagged themself, then they skip the review process and are in, no questions asked.

Despite fully managing to pull both Julius Root's and Trouble Kelp's bacon out of the fire and successfully facilitating the arrest of Turnball and his two accomplices, Holly is basically told that she isn't trustworthy enough to be in recon. She did have to disobey a set of direct orders and demonlish a human house to rescue her people, but JULIUS, COME ON. And yet, we know that Holly is a member of recon. So what gives?

In the ballsy-est move I think I have ever seen, when she is asked if there is anything she can do to prove that she's trustworthy, she shoots Julius in the chest with her painball gun three times.

*stands up. Applauds.*

Hell yes, Holly.

So overall, I'm not generally a big short story girl; I tend to prefer longofrm storytelling, or at least a novella. That said, I thoroughly did love this short story. I thought it was a nice addition to Holly and Root's relationship, and I think it does a wonderful job of setting up Turnball for his role in The Atlantis Complex.

#eoin colfer #artemis fowl #the artemis fowl files #holly short #commander root #julius root #turnabll root #short story #short story collection #middle grade sci fi #middle grade fantasy #middle grade books #middle grade fiction

[stopaskingmetocreateanaccount]

*chewing my lollipop stick to a pulp* i’m such a juliuspilled rootcel

#artemis fowl #julius root #commander root

[serdaig1e]

So anyway have a meme involving one of my favorite jokes in the book

#This isn't completely accurate but whatever #artemis fowl memes #fowldom #foaly #commander root #root af #push the button #before I push it with your face #Artemis fowl

[korel-monrui]

getting to the opal deception and commander root dies but theres a few that died and lived so u brush it off expecting him to come back to life by the end of the book but now youve finished the whole series and like What.

#spoilers #the absolute DENIAL i was in when reading opal deception #then i finished the series and was like wtf he's still dead #artemis fowl #fowldom #commander root

[genderlesssnake]

This is such a commander root song and no one can tell me otherwise

#I’m ignoring the fact that he was supposedly a loose canon when he was younger #artemis fowl #commander root #fowldom #Youtube

[creelcarlbrun]

Did… root just call foley a slur?

#Artemis fowl #artemis fowl reread #the arctic incident #commander root

[shukruut]

eepy

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#rex your roots are showing #captain rex #commander cody #star wars #the clone wars #501st #212th #clones in hoodies #we are so back

[dontbelasagnax]

Coruscant Ballet presents Romeo and Julien--a critically acclaimed, passionate retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with some twists--returning this season by high demand. Equally joyous and poignant in its queerness, Romeo and Julien tells the story of two young men from families that would rather think their sons dead than accept their love. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Cody Fett have captured our hearts with their evocative performance full to the brim with yearning and a love so deep that you'll feel it from the balcony seats. Mace Windu takes Prokofiev's score and gives the haunting despair hope. Combined with Shaak Ti's inspirationally beautiful and tender choreography that simultaneously challenges and subverts the standards of masculine and feminine roles in ballet, this is a production you don't want to miss.

@codywanweek day 3: dancer au

[prints available!]

#codywan #star wars fanart #my art #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #codywan week 2023 #went back to my ballet roots for this one!! #i have soooo many thoughts about this au #it's so juicy to me #this is supposed to be a promo post for the ballet btw #some poor social media manager is fielding homophobic comments while everyone else is vibing and excited #i want to watch this balcony pas de deux SO badly but i can't because the choreography only exists in my head aaargh

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Gay wrongs tournament, finals of the minor bracket

Propaganda:

For Root and Shaw:

Canon queers. They start out as enemies (Root even threatens Shaw with a hot iron during their meet cute), they even both kidnap each other at some points, but they end up ready to sacrifice everything for the other. Shaw is a self diagnosed sociopath, who is only on the side of ""good"" because she's bored and they've got a cute dog. She has no qualms about killing or even torturing people. Root is kind of unhinged, torturing and killing people in order to find and then protect a Machine that she thinks is a god. Eventually the Machine teaches her the value of friendship and life (kinda), but she's still a psycho at heart. They work so well together, even if they're like a four alarm fire.

For Lord Hater and Commander Peepers :

Lord Hater is the self-proclaimed "universe's awesomest evil-doer", an immature, attention-seeking manchild with electric powers and a short temper. He rules the Hater Empire with Commander Peepers as his second-in-command (technically third, after his beloved pet spider-xenomorph, but who's counting), however it soon becomes *very* clear that the cunning, remorseless, hardworking Peepers is the *real* brains behind the empire. Peepers might be frustrated at Hater's incompetence at times and isn't above manipulating him to reach an end goal, but he'd never dream of usurping him because, well, he's really gay and in love with him (as much as he can be in an early-10s Disney cartoon, anyways). Hater might take Peepers for granted a lot of times, but as his oldest friend and closest confidante he's the one who Hater is closest to. Whether it's invading other planets or kicking puppies for fun, these two are *delightfully* terrible jerks and the epitome of gay wrongs. 

Commander Peepers is both Lord Hater's right hand man in villainy AND his jilted stay-at-home-wife-guy (Also in villainy. Hater is really good at getting distracted from productive and efficient villaining.) Lord Hater was the greatest villain in the galaxy thanks to how well he and Commander Peepers worked as an evil team to run the Hater Empire!

Lord Hater conquers planets and is such an edgy bastard. Peepers is the actual brains behind the operation. Peepers is often pushed aside by Hater, they are besties and yet Peepers is always pining for this guy who will never notice. Peepers is so horribly gay for him if you watch the show he wants his stupid boss so bad. Peepers is so scared of him season 1 but then starts yelling BACK in season 2 and has to deal with him like a babysitter or something and yet STILL idolizes him and that’s just such a fun dynamic. His password is H8RNP33PRS43VR (Hater and Peepers forever). They are so evil and everyone fears them and they are villains and they are gay and the side of the fandom that draws them as a married couple that needs counseling is absolutely correct. The fanart of Hater openly liking him back is wonderful but I swear you don’t even need that. They are so gay and villain you have to love them they are

Villains that conquer planets and do evil stuff, my favourite characters, not really canon but they are the best :)

#this finale is so funny to me #person of interest #wander over yonder #poi #sameen shaw #root person of interest #commander peepers #lord hater #minor bracket finals

[knightofthenewrepublic]

#my memes #artemis fowl memes #artemis fowl #artemis fowl graphic novel #eoin colfer #artemis fowl books #artemis fowl series #artemis fowl ii #holly short #commander root #julius root #lep #lower elements police #LEP Recon #leprechaun

[completeoveranalysis]

[1]

Chapitre 209 - The Demon King and The Puppet

Get in losers we’re going to Outo!

We’re back in the sequence of revisiting family bonding moments in the previous arcs, and to my surprise and great delight this one isn’t a Syaoran and Sakura one but Syaoran and Kurogane! I thought these were a recap montage of the Syaoran/Sakura relationship over the journey, but maybe it’s a recap of Syaoran himself? Our son the clone Syaoran and all the nice moments he’s had on over the arcs we spent together? 

And why would they do that unless they wanted us to hurt us very badly with it? 

They’re either being very sentimental or someone might die, so time to turn up the Suspicion dial for the survivability of all our characters!

Either way, the splash text reads: In order to avoid losing everything, I wanted to become strong, like that person…

IN WHICH WE HAVE A CLEAR THROUGH-LINE BETWEEN KUROGANE AND SYAORAN? BOTH GAINING STRENGTH FOR THE SAME REASON? AND IT GOING OUT OF CONTROL FOR BOTH OF THEM?

For Kurogane his trauma led him down a path of increasing violence where he didn’t value life as much and just wanted to kill people to get stronger. For Syaoran his soul broke so he was forced to follow his clone programming and killed presumably WAY MORE people than even Kurogane could ever have dreamed of, leaving countless worlds devastated in the name of “protecting Sakura” and retrieving the feathers. 

Dark parallels dark parallels!

But eventual misuse of power besides, the splash text sounds like it’s from Syaoran’s POV as he remembers admiring Kurogane’s strength and how he wanted to protect people like Kurogane does. And it’s the past tense that makes it so interesting - as if his soul is awake after all, and he’s thinking back on his memories with the Tsubasa family through this final confrontation. 

Which is only fanning my hopes that he’s planning a ruse and whispered to Lava Lamp to play along. And even more tragic that to sell the ruse he had to MASSIVELY STAB Lava Lamp, absolutely wreck Fai and Kurogane until they were too injured to stand, and kill countless clones. 

So, like. A convincing ruse to say the least!

And we haven’t even talked about the image! Kurogane and Syaoran back to back in Outo! Kurogane holding his sword and Syaoran mirroring his pose but holding wet clothing instead! The matching white top and black pants of their different outfits! Kurogane smiling as he explains and Syaoran listening attentively!

While they stand under a Sakura tree. 

Which (like in the Hanshin cover) is an accurate detail to the setting they were in! The park this training took place in had a Sakura tree in it, but here a branch of the tree is visibly cutting them off from each other. Which makes me want to scream in how appropriate that is - because even here, in Syaoran’s memory, the presence of ‘Sakura’ (and the clone programming that makes him focus on the feathers) is cutting him off from the connection he remembers forming. Despite their bond the Sakura tree is in his way from actually reaching Kurogane - just like his missing soul would have wrenched any feelings for his family away from him, and here in the final battle his need to follow Evil Wolverine’s orders keeps him from even speaking to his family, even if he DOES remember their bond. 

WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE HE MIGHT. 

#I LIVE IN HOPE #But oh the way Clamp make a nice moment framed with sadness #How the Sakura branches and roots surround Syaoran #Separating him from anything other than his programming and his destiny #Even if those bonds he made were real! #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 209 #Tsubasa #Syaoran #Kurogane #OH AND THE WATER #Syaoran drenched in the water #Like the water that loves Sakura and defends her #He is LIKE the water #He is COVERED in the water #He wants the same things as the water #And if you really wanted to pull at a metaphor #You could say him straining the water from his clothes #Is like his clone programming draining out his actual love for Sakura #And replacing it only with the commands to find the feathers #Removing the bonds of the soul to focus on the mission #But even if he succeeds he will still be WET #And that love for Sakura will be a part of his core in a way he can’t get rid of

[cookie-sheet-toboggan]

#commander lexa #Maria Hill #tara maclay #elsie hughes #Poussey Washington #jackie taylor #Root #Vilanelle

[questforgalas]

I cannot wait for the reaction of this fandom when live action Thrawn utters “Perhaps” for the first time

#this is like commander cody and the bad batch season 2 all over again #I’m rooting for you all #it’s going to be my entertainment for eternity #I can just feel the feral energy waiting to be released by you all #star wars #ahsoka series #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn

[garrusvakarain]

normandy texts 17/?

#mass effect #mass effect 3 #commander shepard #kaidan alenko #Shenko #normandy texts #mele #me3 #male shepard #mshenko #showing my litblr roots here with this one #source for the incorrect quote is the raven boys

[psychicism]

started mass effect the other day and i wish you could trans the gener of your imported shep between games...... this is lucrezia "luz" shepard and she loves her fishies. her favorite video game is katamari

#she loves doing her hair too always finds an opportunity to touch up her roots #fuel 10000 credits probes 30000 credits box bleach 15000 credits fish food 200000 credits upgrades 750 credits #someone good at the economy please budget this my normandy crew is dying #i think im tagging this as #femshep #mass effect #commander shepard #my art #im only halfway thru me2 no spoilies please mwah #this has been simmering in my mind but she looks like laios dunmeshi pre-transition... i havent even read that yet