#destined path

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The World That Never Was

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #the world that never was #scenery #my gif #i really love how sora's side of this world is dark and eerie and fully leans into how dreams can distort and twist reality #the city looks mostly normal at first aside from the ghostly fog that seeps down from buildings and drifts along the floor and rises up #but as you keep going the ground beneath you is no longer a street but rather the faces of more buildings that stretch over an abyss #it's no longer the sprawling city you first arrived in but instead an uncanny one way path towards your destination #the buildings now twist and contort and are crooked and grow out of the ground in all kinds of ways that make no logical sense #it's the first time that a sleeping world looks easily distinguishable from the real world. it looks wrong. like a nightmare #meanwhile riku's half contrasts heavily by appearing to be fairly normal #the interior of the real castle never made any practical sense so nothing here feels too out of place compared to how it usually looks #it shows how much more in control riku is in comparison to how sora is losing his grip on reality as he descends further into their trap #cool stuff! love me some environmental storytelling #also i finished giffing every world in this game yippee i'm done (is covered head to toe in blood)

[finalgirlsamwinchester]

guy who so desperately tries to find god. who wants to have faith in a higher authority to guide him out of the hole he's in. from the weight of guilt from simply existing, as the person he is. but every time he thinks he's answered his higher calling it turns out he's made the Morally Incorrect choice and his path to goodness and holiness was the road to the devil all along

#now trusting god will give you a way out? there's your real crime!!! #guy betrayed by the protestant promise of a direct connection with god. but is also somehow. joan of arc. #see he never achieves actual martyrdom tho bc he's not allowed to stay dead lmaooo #sam somehow the most unintentionally catholic AND protestant character of all time #dean the atheist who sees religious predestination as the curse it is from the get go. framed as the narrative's Real Moral Authority #but also in the process reifying patriarchal familial power n authority. very very important Value of the Church #i don't think it's that deep. the show's attempt at critiquing christianity. but the way it reinforces christian cultural values??? #'religious predestination and absolute faith in a higher authority...bad' #nice nice ok tell me more? #“so you should put your faith in family. in your patriarch (big brother)” #????????? #the thematic incoherence of it all. it's like the world's stupidest puzzle box to me. i can't leave it alone. #sam = maybe i can find god thru following my destined path. wait oh shit. #cas = maybe i can find god thru rebellion and seeking my own destiny. wait oh shit. #dean = god is fucking dead and me i also feel not so good #the “guy who so desperately wants to find god parallel” <- me coming out as a secret sastiel fan #both of them...finding god in de-[sniper on the roof kills me in one shot] #spn bible studies #j.txt

[nelkcats]

Grim Reaper

The moment he gained consciousness as he emerged from the Lazarus pits, Jason noticed a curious thing: A shadow was always following him, waving with happiness, even though it was rather threatening in his opinion.

At first, the shadow looked harmless, greeting him and hiding most of the time, almost like they were friends. But when Jason returned to the streets of Gotham and killed the first person he considered "bad" as Red Hood, his "friend" came out of the shadows and revealed his identity: Death.

Jason was sure it was Death, with the scythe in his hands, his black hood up and his green eyes judging him completely serious (he even saw him collect the soul of who he had killed!). At that moment he knew that he had made a mistake and began to escape from it. He wasn't going to die a second time, and death was not going to catch him. This of course, started some kind of supernatural persecution in Gotham.

But contrary to what Jason thought, the Grim Reaper wasn't trying to kill him. Danny was actually trying to prevent Jason from becoming a Grim Reaper like him, this being one of the worst punishments in his opinion.

Many years ago, the Observants punished him probably in an attempt to prevent his fate as Dark Dan after the death of his family. For what reason was this punishment assigned to him? Killing everyone associated with the G.I.W. Danny considered what he did fair, they had attacked and he had responded.

In his opinion they deserved no mercy, not after what they did to his family and friends, not after what they did to Amity.

But his thirst for blood and revenge only got him so far. After leaving that bloodbath behind, the ghosts told him that the Observants were waiting for him in the Realms; When he arrived they gave him a punishment for his actions by assigning him as a "Grim Reaper" supposedly to "teach him the value of life" he still thought it was absurd, it's not like they knew it themselves.

But when he saw his own mentor looking at him sadly he accepted. He was immortal, it's not like he had much to do. But the duty of a Grim Reaper was arduous, exhausting and sad, Danny didn't want anyone else to go through it. That's why when he heard that another immortal could be punished just like him, he rushed to meet him and try to avoid it.

But he had spent so much time alone that he didn't know how to approach, he had forgotten his humanity and only knew Esperanto! How was he going to keep Jason from getting lost in the path of blood and vengeance if he couldn't talk to him? He even tried to smile but the guy looked terrified!

Other than that, Jason kept running away every time he saw him, was it impossible to stop him from turning into a Grim Reaper like him!?

#dpxdc #Danny is the Grim Reaper #it's some sort of punishment for him #Jason is destined to become a Grim Reaper too #If he doesn't change his path #Danny is trying to help him avoid that destiny #but misunderstandings arise #and everything is a mess between the two #dp x dc #dc x dp #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #Jason is confused #He thinks Death is coming for him #And he doesn't want to die again #That's the reason he escape #Danny uses a scythe #He still need to do his work as a Grim Reaper #Collect souls and all #He is not trying to threat anyone tho #The scythe is cool #But Jason thinks otherwise #He is sure Danny is trying to collect his soul #Jason doesn't know he is immortal #or his destiny #grim reaper

[plusbeam]

theres this unfinished fic i reread sometimes where tajima cant tie the buttons of his shirt and hanai offers but he refuses and like, no i need that scene actually

#its called its not the path but the destination that matters #its unfinished! but i still recommend it #tajima yuuichirou #hanai azusa #tajihana #oofuri #ookiku furikabutte #big windup #nice mistake! #they are supposed to be older on the scene but i just like drawing tajima the way he looks on the manga #big ol eyes

[squirrelstone]

me watching the Spider-Man franchise become a metaphor for determinism in direct conversation with the original concept

#spider man #madame web #across the spiderverse #spider man meta #spiderverse #tasm #original comics and raimi movies: it’s up to you to do the right thing; your actions will have consequences but you still have a choice #tasm films: you’re destined to repeat the same events as your predecessors #nwh: you can change your destiny but you will end up sacrificing far more than you bargained #spiderverse: destiny is a tool used to exploit those without power but you can fight it #madame web: all paths lead to the same ending but helping others is mutually beneficial #op

[druidonity2]

2021 Shadowlands fanart.

#world of warcraft #anduin wrynn #Garrosh follows this with something like 'yeah your not but maybe i am' so i sorta take the quote out of context but #I remember Anduin being very upset about the mere idea hes compaired to Arthas #Its always seemed to me that his similarities with arthas are something that lowkey bothers him because so many only see that in him #Of course people hurt by Arthas will be a bit weary of a human boy with blonde hair who claims to champion the light and justice #Especially one who is a prince of an important human kingdom #So its something hes self-conscious of and is keen to prove people he's not destine to fail #Which is why #even if he didn't become another Arthas entirely #what happens in SLs is so much more traumatic to him #He hurt people he cared about #he hurt innocent souls #((and his situation of mind control is more akin to sylvanas' then arthas but does he see that that way? Or do his fears blind his view?)) #And blizz didnt go into detail what this meant but Arthas was used against him literally #My headcanon is that Anduin knew and could feel it and hear arthas in the sword #but in the cinematic anduin is surprised by arthas' soul appearing so canon says anduin didnt know #He dissappers because he is unsure if the bad feelings he felt orignated from him or zovaal or arthas so #prehaps he is afraid that everyone was right to be weary of him #Maybe he didnt end up as arthas at the end of shadowlands but that doesnt mean he can't still go down a dark path #he is afraid he is more capable of becoming an unjust and cruel leader then he thought he could #His people have every right to be upset that he abandoned them #but they dont know that he left because he was afraid he could hurt them and feel joy from it

[cupidskissx]

hi!! idk if u accept prompts but i love ur monaco malaise and- yeah

mastermind by taylor swift. but make it lestappen

Thank you for the love on Monaco Malaise, it truly mean so much to me! 🥰🤩

*Frantically listens to Mastermind for the first time, downloads lyrics and annotates*

I’ve never had an actual prompt before, 🥹 I’ve been afraid to put the call out, it’s such a lot of pressure and risky 🫣

That being said, I loved writing this! If anyone else has any prompts, please send them my way! I hope you enjoy this little AU, Anon ❤️

~~~

The first time Max saw Charles, he knew.

He wasn’t sure what he knew, but he knew it. Call it luck, lust, or destiny, or perhaps a combination of all three. Whatever it was, he felt it in his bones.

He’d heard whispers Ferrari were considering a new team boss — some hot shot who flew up the ranks at Maranello. However, Max’s two week, no-contact vacation with his mum and sister saw him miss the media storm after Leclerc’s appointment.

The summary of meeting minutes and critical updates that his Executive Assistant compiled upon his return only had him mentioned once, in a two sentence dot point:

Charles Leclerc to replace Frederic Vasseur as Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari. Effective: 1 January 2028.

It was easily skimmed over in favour of actioning the mass of paperwork requiring his approval.

Maybe if he’d known how this man would shift all his focus and ambition in a matter of moments, he would have at least read his profile online. Or, perhaps issued a full investigation to learn everything there was to know about him — signing it off as: “getting to know your competition”.

Alas, he did neither, leaving the universe — in all her surreptitious glory — to place them in the right place at the right time.

*

The Bahrain briefing room was hot and stuffy. Max was half out of his jacket when the door opened. An unfamiliar figure squeezed in. He was flushed, his hair spiked up. He had a notebook under his arm, a pen perched behind his ear, and he was struggling to get his phone into the front pocket of his jeans. The meeting was yet to start, but he shot Stefano Domenicali an apologetic look.

The man, who appeared close to his age, secured his phone and scanned the room for an available seat. It was surprising, concerning even, the way Max’s peripheral vision reduced until all he could see was this flustered, handsome man in the doorway.

It was like one of those cliché moments in a rom-com, the lead actress walking in, hit by a spotlight, the only one in the room — Max couldn’t look away. The man’s gaze landed on Max and his lips twitched up in a small smile, enough to make Max’s heart stutter. Max forced himself out of his stupor, smiled back, and continued to take off his jacket.

Niels Wittich tried to squeeze passed the man, knocking into him, forcing him to move out of the way and make a seating decision. He weaved through the row in front of Max, and was considerate enough not to sit directly in front of him, choosing the next seat over. Max surveyed the room, every other Team Principal was there, so that could only mean one thing. He was Charles Leclerc.

Charles settled into his seat and checked the spiral spine of his notebook, he paused. He opened it to a fresh page then started to pat down his pockets. Coming up short, he checked the spine again. Max squeezed his lips together to prevent himself from laughing. Before Charles could frisk his pockets a second time, Max leant forward and tapped his shoulder.

Charles turned around, his furrowed brow smoothing out. Handsome wasn’t all-encompassing enough to describe him. He was ethereal, timeless beauty carved by an ancient, wise deity.

Max didn’t trust his voice so he gestured to his own ear. It took a moment, but Charles’ face split into an embarrassed grin, his dimples popping, and cheeks flushing. He plucked the pen from behind his ear.

“Merci, J’oub— oh, sorry, I just got off the phone with my brother...”

Max didn’t have the opportunity to tell him he understood French — he’d lived in Monaco for long enough — because Charles wiggled the pen and kept speaking, “Thanks, I’d forget my head if it wasn’t screwed on.”

Charles looked down to clip his pen through the wire bound spine as Max said, “Now that would be tragic.”

He looked back in Max’s direction, his smile shy, his eyes twinkling under the fluorescent lights, Max’s chest flooded with smug satisfaction and something else. Something that tingled. And because Charles wasn’t presumptuous, he leant over the back of his chair, offered Max his hand and said: “Charles Leclerc, I’ve taken over from Freddy.”

“Max Verstappen, TP for Red Bull,” he shook his hand, “Enchanté, and all that.”

Charles snorted a laugh, “And all that,” he repeated, his tone soft and warm.

“Welcome to another season gentlemen,” Stefano said from the front of the room.

They broke their lingering handshake, acknowledging that their conversation was over, their smiles faded, and Charles turned around to face the front of the room.

Max peaked over Charles’ shoulder every now and again, watching him write headings, sub headings and dot points in faint, chicken-scratch cursive.

When the presentation moved on to the compulsory, OH&S policies and procedures Charles started to doodle a small race car in the margin of the page.

It was that moment Max knew he was doomed. He had no choice but to wriggle his way into Charles life, or ruin his career trying.

#lestappen #max verstappen #charles leclerc #prompt #I hope you like this Anon and you didn’t mind it being an AU #Lestappen as Team Principals has given me brain rot #destined for their paths to cross in every universe #I’m a mess over this AU idea #let me know if you want me to continue this #or send in headcanons / prompts for them in this AU #watch me abandon Monaco Malaise Part 2 for this world 🫣 #<< this is also why I don’t take prompts I try to avoid writing anything else so I don’t lose the spark and abandon my baby #but welp I think I’m addicted now #L's Little Things #Writing and Rambles

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Homage - expression of high regard | something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another.

Bad Buddy Series ep 6 | My School President ep 6

Bonus: #tune in next week for boys not really dating and also performing a tragic romance in ep 7! - @grapejuicegay

#my school president #bad buddy #my school president ep 6 #bad buddy episode 6 #bad buddy series #I couldn't wait for someone to make the gif set for this #so I'm avoiding the things that are making me tear my hair out (figuratively) by doing this #a great use of my time when I had wanted to be doing other things but for REASONS I can't #but that's ok because I can YELL ABOUT THIS #both shows are on their own path but the destination is the same #one walked so the other can run #phi bbs and nong msp #its about paying tribute #its about elevating the material #its about the layers!!!! #mjtag #uservid #tonanons #tosnimeat #userconcrete #userrain #usernuria #userbillkin #userkit #userjap #touseranna #user111 #userjjessi #tuserhidden #ninisdarlings

[bonefall]

How did you decide Leopard killed Crooked via poisoning, or was that from one of your AUs? If so, which AU does that come from?

It's gone through incarnations. I'm still very fond of the idea that both he and she have a form of diabetes, and because of that, she knew how to fuck with his doseage and just weaken him without killing him outright.

But then I wasn't sure if that would be in good taste or not, so I've swapped it over to just good old fashioned poisoning for now.

The original idea of Leopardstar poisoning Crookedstar started with Fire and Water iirc, which is an AU written by someone else following a RiverClan Firestar. I can't recommend that fic enough, but I also remember getting the poisoning as ask suggestions a few times.

But anyway it's always been BB, and goes back to when I was still calling it the Bonefall Rewrite. I think it's fitting for her and her ambition, as something underhanded and dishonorable that she felt was neccesary but still regrets.

#Fire and Water really is a great series btw especially if you're fond of Leopardstar redemption #I crave a continuity that doesn't redeem her though #I like my Leopardstar with a sense of beastly poise #Like a regal animal #One who accepts the path she feels destined to walk and most of all despises humiliation #Idk what it is about RiverClan girls man Misty and Leopard feel like knights to me #Both alike in dignity. Both miles apart in heart. #A knight and a leopard #And then sedge in the corner just being a silly billy #The tyrant queen. The usurper hero. The court jester #Im not normal about these three #Bone babble

[blue-eli]

Ink October day nineteen: Reliquiae

Remains of the dead; relics.

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh roxas #roxas #kh sora #roxas kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts roxas #Sora’s heartless #kingdom hearts sora #sora kingdom hearts #blue boi draws #ink october 2023 #ink October 2023 day 19 #there is a moment，one that lasted from hours to maybe only a few minutes，where ‘Sora’ did not exist. #when it was just a heartless and a nobody #worlds apart，one where he died the other in a land he’d never set foot before #but for a moment neither more ‘Sora’ then the other #Kairi recognised the heartless as ‘Sora’ was that what made him truly ‘Sora’ in the end? #or was Roxas such a mix of different people that he was always destined to be something new? #in the end was it Kairi who sent them both down their paths? who gave to Roxas like Sora gave to Naminé， #who looked at the shadow and dubbed it ‘Sora’ #who’s magic gave him his form #maybe. I don’t think we’ll ever know for sure. #but for a moment they are all that remain.

[downfalldestiny]

"You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you 🌇 !".

_ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#Chicago #illinois #Path #Ambitious #downfalldestiny #downfall #life #Choices #Fyodor Dostoyevsky #Hate #Achieve #Move on #Try #beautiful places #magical world #magic destinations #magic moments #beautiful sunsets #sunsets #beautiful sunset

[wordsmatter09]

#rj intindola quotes #gandolfo #quotes by rj intindola #life's path quotes #destination quotes

[nmnomad]

Photographer 📸 @Sarah McIntyre, aka @sarahmpix - "This Santuario de Chimayo image is featured in my 2023 ”Holy Faith: Churches of New Mexico” calendar, available on my website.⁣"

#travel #roadtrip #day trip #vacation #weekend getaway #Chimayo #New Mexico #NewMexico #Catholic #church #holiday season #Christmas #farolitos #moment of zen #off the beaten path #beautiful destinations

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

Do you think there’s w reason shanks doesn’t want to met luffy or does he actually believe in that stupid promise from years ago 😭 And why is he always so melancholic

the thing about shanks is that he prioritizes other peoples’ desires over his own. to an unhealthy extent. like, to the extent that he may have sacrificed his own dreams in order to fulfill a final request from his captain.

so, if luffy says the next time he sees shanks, he’s going to be the captain of his own crew, and a crew much better than shanks’ at that? shanks will do whatever he can to make that happen, even if all he can do is delay their next meeting.

if oden says he doesn’t want shanks involved in saving wano, shanks will stay uninvolved. once wano’s been saved, though, he’s free to interfere—if just to keep the navy from interfering.

if buggy leaves, saying they’ll be enemies the next time they see each other… well, probably best not to see each other, then, if shanks doesn’t want to treat buggy as an enemy.

i think it’s pretty clear shanks doesn’t want to do any of this. he wants to see luffy, he wants to see buggy, he wants to help wano and see momo and hiyori… but what he wants doesn’t matter to him.

#asked and answered #one piece #shanks #*shanks hides his feelings #*shanks has a savior complex #as to why he’s so melancholic… just look at his life man #you were found in a treasure chest. no idea why. but that’s ok! you were raised by the greatest pirate crew there ever was! #then your captain becomes terminally ill. you spend four crazy years fulfilling his wish to see the last island & having adventures! #but your friend gets sick and you don’t get to see that island. and your captain has something to say to you after that makes you cry. #then the crew disbands. it’s just you and your friend now. and then your captain is arrested. #and then your captain is executed. you see it happen. and on the same day your friend tells you you’re enemies and he leaves you. #your life isn’t over—you make other friends; you form another crew. but the only time you hear about your old crew it’s lies or executions. #you adopt a kid—you can’t *not* after finding her in a treasure chest—and you find her a friend. and he gives you hope for the future. #then you fuck up and she’s gone. she hates you. and that kid’s on his own path. you get to hear about it but you don’t get to be part of it #(you’re the destination so you don’t get to be part of the journey) #and all the while the wg’s getting more oppressive & people you love are dying & all you can do is hold the line. maintain the status quo. #because you’re not the one who can change things. you’re waiting for him to come find you. that’s all you can do: wait. #i’d be pretty sad too ijs

[melanodis]

charlie needs a blunt I think it'd fix her

#she's like. so distraught at the fact there's no obvious route to take in her life #before she at least had henry guiding her and this divine vision. a role to play that she was unconsciously thrust into #but now shes clueless. nothing more than vague dreams #flashes of color and noise #'It's as if I'm the destined blade of fate itself but I don't know what I'm supposed to do! Before there was always such a clear path.' #'an obvious solution. but now there's... nobody to guide me.' #arc.txt #charlotte emily

[captainkurosolaire]

I've decided my next treasure.

#Gif #Captain Kuro Solaire #Path of Freedom #Choice Granted #Choose a Destination #Screenshots #FFXIV #Final Fantasy XIV #Seeker of the Sun #Pyrate #Messin' around #Missed fiddling with the seas