#handpicked by him

[enden-k]

its my lomls birthday and hes sending paimon books to read again im losing my mind (hes so sweet)

(if ppl forgot, isak is the lil boy from aaru village whose grandpa we saved and who had to dress up as nahida later in the quest)

#he doesnt bother w his birthday thats evident and all its just so cute to see how he keeps on sending books for paimon #handpicked by him #that he thinks theyre suited for her interest and not too difficult for her #i wihs he would send me books too AHHH HAITHAM MY LOVE MY LIFE MY- #loml tag #tbd

[grimfantas]

10 years in the future for Nanako-chan

#nanako dojima #persona 4 #yu narukami #ryotaro dojima #tohru adachi #a little sister... a LITTLw sister. you expect me to not fawn...? to not crumble? ok.... #go on. look....... go on. GO ON!!!!! (crazed) (eye twitching) (i like these 4 and nana-chan especially) #hope you like my older design for her... #funfacts i said on twitter so i'll put on tags here: #adachi did his time in jail quick. yu's 27 and still looks the same. pretty bancho #i think nanakos signature color would change from pink to yellow. yu doesn't actually wear any yellow at all in p4g IIRC #but it is a color you associate him with the most. i want nanako to adopt that color. BUUUTTT #for self indulgent's sake she does wear pink to get yu to dote on her more. (reminds him fondly of baby nana-chan) #(AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!) #oh yeah and adachi's a hag. i think his fashion is handpicked by yu probaably. #(thinking if i missed anything else) ahhhh........... nanako-chan... return for p6 or something. ok byeee!

[thelastharbinger]

Tenoch Huerta on why the idea that “hard work always reaps its rewards” isn’t true. Talent and hard work alone doesn’t guarantee entry into certain spaces (you’ll always be sidelined even when you’re included), but it will determine your longevity once you force your way in.

#so yeah there are a bunch of tiktok recordings of tenoch speaking his business and doing the lord's work but alot of it is w/o translations #essentially i am here to provide my services and share the wealth. happy holidays this is your gift from me #also this feels like a full circle moment for him bc he never auditioned for the role of namor- he was handpicked based off certain critera #and ofc his acting. my dude has nearly 70 acting credits so there's no doubt about his abillity #sigh i continue to love him #tenoch huerta #namor #k'uk'ulkan #namor the sub mariner #liik'k talokan #bpwf #black panther 2 #wakanda foreve #black panther #marvel #mcu #namor x shuri #nashuri #activism #loml

[s0fter-sin]

09 soapghost au, ghost was a member of soap’s unit before roba and they were together until he was taken. when he comes back and takes up the ghost mantle, simon riley is declared KIA and the hope that soap had let kindle in his heart that he’d come back to him dies. he throws himself into training, into becoming captain so he won’t let down another soldier the way he let simon down

then he recruits ghost to the 141 and ghost sees how much he’s changed, how much harder he is; slow to smile, never relaxing and he realises how much he fucked up by never reaching out. he’d thought he’d be better off without him, without the shell of the man he used to love but he’d done nothing but hurt him

after the close call with shepherd, soap wants to get right back into it, wants to hunt makarov down for almost getting his sergeant and lieutenant killed and ghost is yelling at him to just take it easy and heal first when soap snaps back, “i can’t lose anyone else! not again!” and ghost just rips his balaclava off, showing his face for the first time in years…

and soap says nothing. he just looks at him, completely unreadable. ghost clenches the balaclava in his hand, waiting for anything; even injured, soap can still pack a mean punch and he’s waiting for it, almost hoping for it… but he still does nothing. just stares

“well? c’mon!” he growls, stalking in closer. “let me have it! tell me how pissed you are! that i left you alone! that i ruined you the moment i touched you! that you regret ever fucking looking at me! scream, shout, say something!” until he’s leaning over soap’s chair, chest heaving

soap’s hand lifts and ghost can’t help his flinch before planting himself, ready to be struck, longing for it, to be punished the way he punishes himself-

soap’s hand gently cups his cheek and he freezes, breath catching as his thumb caresses the snake bite scars on his lip; feather-light and reverent. just like he used to

“you’re as beautiful as the day i lost you”

#i am not immune to the romantic scene of all time ft mr stoic how to train your dragon 2 #og soap is Young for a captain #like even if we arent given a canon age hes still like 30s maybe 40s if were pushing it #i dont know a lot about military shit but that seems young to me #so just soap who let himself become cold and focused everything on forcing himself to be better faster strong to protect everyone #until he finds himself as a captain of his own elite unit #handpicking men #and if he loses a single one it will be unequivocally his fault bc he chose them to be here #even ghost #this man that has no history beyond a few years of military service #no name no family even getting his blood type out of him was like pulling teeth #but sometimes #sometimes his complaints ring just a little too familiar #the way he holds himself tugging at his memory #even the way he idly flips a knife when waiting to be called in to interrogate someone #he doesnt dare to hope not when hope has never gotten him anywhere before #but then ghost takes the balaclava off and his walled off heart beats anew #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #we’re a team. ghost team #talk to me ghost #soapghost #ghostsoap #john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #soap cod #ghoap #09 soapghost #09 ghostsoap #save post

[ohitslen]

Guys, guys, hear me out-

more blood.

Thanks.

#nicholas d wolfwood #nicholas trigun #wolfwood #trigun fanart #trigun #trigun maximum #trigun wolfwood #cw bl00d #eyestrain #guys guys please listen #LISTEN #he is my girlfriend #okay maybe our girlfriend I’ll share just this one time because I am a nice person #finding references of how the hell he holds the Punisher resulted in a lot of WW handpicks now residing in my gallery #tbh I was very tempted to add the choker with a cross in it but I have a better idea for that #so for now trimax flavored wolfwood #shamelessly drawing him and Vash that way when I am yet to actually go further OWJJSJ #for reasons I’ve already said but that won’t stop me #lenssi draws

[vampirepunks]

Since Kojima’s been saying that the Death Stranding film is going to tell a story that can only be told through the film medium, I really hope it’s a prequel to the game. There are a lot of background events represented through text and dialogue that wouldn’t translate well to a video game format on their own.

It’d be really cool to see the start of the Stranding, Victor and Igor’s backstory (as seen in the DS novelization), snippets from Sam’s childhood/early years with Bridges, the development and construction of the chiral network, and most of the events described in Higgs’ journals.

Coffin’s decision to leave her family behind, start a terrorist uprising by radicalizing the porters who unknowingly abetted human sacrifices by delivering BBs for the chiral network, and the decision to adopt Higgs as her protégé? That story alone would be worthy of a film.

#just thoughts #i would kill to see little baby Peter #and witness his Becoming™️ from that scared kid into the man we know and love #i know that ‘new world with a new sky’ moment would be POWERFUL #and what of his porter partner who died? what did that relationship look like? how close were they? #what of his relationship with Fragile after Coffin died? having a best friend who probably never saw his face? #not to mention his tragic rise to power and the secrecy that came with it. having to kill to maintain his DOOMS because people needed him #like he was handpicked as the inheritor of a rebellion against Bridges/the UCA and suddenly ended up with a LOT of responsibility when- #-Coffin died. and suddenly he was living a double life to care for and protect the people of the Western region #and those folks responded by calling him King Midas. naming him after a folk hero whose defining tragedy is being powerful but alone #everything he touched turn to gold but it’s so hard to form connections when you can’t shake hands #(sorry not sorry lol) #it’s such a complicated and nuanced backstory & so many people don’t even know about it because it’s in hard-to-reach texts & a side quest #idk I just think it’d make a really good movie. bonus points if it canonized him being a repatriate #it’d make a really good sci-fi political thriller/horror #i would vaporize in my seat if it cold opened with higgs saying 'once there was an explosion...' but now i'm just being self-indulgent #death stranding #death stranding movie #death stranding a24 #higgs monaghan #logan.txt

[allthoseotherworlds]

It's honestly pretty frustrating sometimes how I feel like so many people say they love Martha, but mostly what I actually see people saying about Martha is how much she probably does/should hate the Doctor for not returning her crush, or sometimes how much people hate Blink/Family of Blood/Last of the Time Lords because they were hard for her.

And like, the former of those is frustrating because a) Nobody is obligated to return someone's romantic feelings, b) Being oblivious to someone having a crush on you might suck for the other person but is not actually a moral failing and c) Martha was sad about it but like. She didn't leave because she was furious at the Doctor for not returning her crush? She left because she knew her crush wasn't reciprocated and wasn't going to be, but couldn't get over it on her end while travelling with the Doctor. And also because the past year had been pretty traumatizing for everyone, including her and also the Doctor and also everyone else who was on that ship thing.

Anyways

I just wanted to talk for a bit about the things I like about Martha, or that are interesting, that are unrelated to those points above.

I think she's the first companion in New Who to join Unit, and I think still the only one to be a medical doctor with a strong scientific backing. Which is cool!

I think it's interesting that in the first episode she appears in, her family is shown to be kind of messy and kind of frustrating, and it feels like that's something she's a little glad to be getting away from for a bit when she travels with the Doctor (though it's not the reason she travels with them). And then, at the end of the season when her family is in danger she prioritizes their wellbeing enough to snap at the Doctor about it. If I remember correctly their phones were tapped or something and it wound up making things a bit worse, but I appreciate the nuances of her relationship with them and how important they are to her despite the messiness.

Despite all the ado made about her crush on the Doctor, I really loved how she really seemed to get the point of travelling with the Doctor. I think that she nailed both the joy and excitement of the unknown, and the compassion and sense of care that motivates the Doctor's travels, and which I think is vital to all of my favourite companions.

It also contrasts in interesting ways with how her personality shifts after she stops travelling with the Doctor - she still cares about people's wellbeing and seems to value the things she learned while travelling, but working with Unit and Torchwood does make her more military, and then of course doing freelance alien fighting (? or something?) in the End of Time.

I think Martha and the Doctor are an interesting duo because they contrast each other in interesting ways. They're both compassionate, hopeful but practical, and good at what they do, but they reflect those qualities in ways that almost, but don't quite, fit together nicely. They don't conflict, really, but they're not quite sustainable either.

They work well together and care about each other, but they're too similar in some ways and too different in others to ever quite see eye to eye, which is why they end up going in different directions. And I think that's not anyone's fault, or indicative of any deep flaws in either of them. Or even really a tragedy, because Martha seems to be doing new and interesting things every time we see her, with plenty of options available and a decent rapport with the Doctor whenever they show up.

Anyway this got way longer than I meant it to. Tldr: There are so many more interesting things to say about Martha than just "She must hate the Doctor". Here are some of them.

#Also I didn't have room here but. I understand hating the family of blood stuff but. John Smith is not the Doctor. That's the whole point #John Smith is absolutely rude to Martha and I dislike him as a person. But he is also not the Doctor #And I absolutely do not believe that the Doctor handpicked the persona and went “Yeah. Making him rude and racist and like guns” #I think they just got out the chameleon arch and said #“Here's the time and location that gives us the best shot at avoiding the family of blood. Give me and Martha random identities. Thanks” #That said it's actually not an episode I particularly like so I don't know why I'm rambling about it here #I get anxious about things where characters are Not Themselves and being rude and mean in ways they aren't #And also found the ending a little Too Much personally #Anyways I'm just monologuing now #Doctor Who #Doctor Who Meta #Martha Jones #I am talking #I am just some guy (gender neutral) #This post brought to you by another person joking about how Martha is so strong for putting up with the Doctor because of the crush stuff #And me as an aromantic not enjoying the implication that I am something to put up with and that the most interesting thing anyone can say #about a dynamic between two people is how much it sucks that one of them didn't know the other had a crush and 'led them on' #or whatever. But just ranting about that again didn't feel constructive so I tried to say more interesting things instead

[queenielacy]

Omg CM Punk asking who Chose Drew McIntyre and he can’t answer because Vince chose him

#if you remember the original chosen gimmick #he was handpicked by Vince #what paragon of virtue???? #wwe #drew mcintyre #cm punk #he cornered him

[goleb]

C. barnesi 

#DHMIS #DHMIS Roy #Roy Gribbleston #Don't Hug Me I'm Scared #Dont Hug Me Im Scared #Roy #Mermay #mermaid #The Arts Parable #Roy Gribbleston 🤝 australian box jellyfish (me bringing them up in every conversation regardless of actual topic) #What can I say I like my men like I like my jellyfish... lethal <3 #The annual contribution to my DHMIS Mermaid AU <3 #it's funnier when you're aware jellyfish Roy has actually been around for years I just never drew anything postable with him :P #I need everyone to know I take my mermaid AU very seriously and handpick the fish-half for everyone involved through proper research #I did heavily consider the Gribblestons being C. capillata but those are just not deadly enough... 😎 #they do have the ability to disguise / shapeshift into other fish though so I can draw whatever I want!! #Also fun fact because I don't plan on drawing them anytime soon - the neo-DHMIS twins of this AU are brine shrimp

[aecholapis]

Draias - Compilation of scenes from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird - Part 1 out of 4

(!) Flash warning (!)

Part [1] | [2] | [3] | [4]

#draias #the brave fighter of sun fighbird #brave series #yuusha series #you can skip to 5:30 if you want to see his bot form #for everyone who doesn't want to watch the show and just wants to see him #there are three people this applies to and I hope you guys don't mind watching this idiot for 35 minutes #it's a long compilation with minimal context and bad editing #handpicked scenes - 99% mechanical 1% organic - processed with care #i hope you enjoy #tw flashing

[frizzy-frizz-frizz]

freshman fox, about neil: he's basically a freshman and still acts like he's better than us. How is he even vice captian-

Kevin, who taught neil everything he knows, offended: that's because he is better than you.

freshman:

Kevin: he mastered the drill you just learnt in a quarter of the time.

freshman:

Kevin: he brought this damn team together in less than a year

freshman:

Kevin: Neil is going to be court someday.

freshman: wha-

Kevin: shut the fuck up and listen to your fucking vice captain, Jack i swear to fuck-

#'neil isnt even that good' #kevin: SAY THAT TO MY FACE BITCH #kevin 'you should be court' day #does NOT stand for neil slander #he is very vocal about his faith in neil in public #i think he would be more vocal in private also post canon #'I TRAINED HIM MYSELF' #'I HANDPICKED HIM' #'YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO COURT' #neil is grinning in the background #like omg kevin believes in him #kevin just gives his faith and trust to neil and andrew #just like that #and they GET how valuable it is #and its SO GREAT #HOLY SHIT #kevin day #neil josten #kevneil #romantic or platonic? #you pick #freshman foxes #palmetto state foxes #aftg #post canon aftg #all for the game #kevin wants neil to get used to dealing with freshmen alone but #sometimes #its just too much

[thelastharbinger]

Lupita Nyong’o on Ryan Coogler’s superpower as a director being that he intentionally surrounds himself with both talented and good people, an example being Tenoch. Full interview here.

#ryan has also said in interviews that part of the reason he casted tenoch was in listening to him talk and realizing #that tenoch is just a good person and cares about people and community #like tenoch never auditioned. he was handpicked bc they were looking for someone of indigenous descent nd his work history speaks for itself #ryan coogler #lupita nyong'o #winston duke #bpwf #black panther #bp2 #wakanda forever #press interview #nakia #m'baku #namor #tenoch huerta #tenoch huerta mejia #talokan #k'uk'ulkan

[yomi-of-gandara]

I love this man, BUT Good sir, what have you* been doing for 500 years? I'm pretty sure that after such a long time the responsibility falls on you to pick better generals

#Getting upset as if he didn't handpick the clown smh #YYH #Yomi #YYH Yomi #I swear I like him

[viviennehoang]

Guys. Since the birthday gate has now been confirmed by the Duffers, should we think of the flowers that Mike gave to El as a present in the airport scene when he reunited her in season 4??? What if those flowers weren’t something that Mike supposedly gave to El as a reunion gift? But it was something that Mike intended to give Will as a birthday gift at first, then completely forget about the idea later so he decided to give it to El instead (for the flowers were mostly yellow - the Will’s color)???? Don’t you guys feel strange about that???? Why gave El yellow flowers when she obviously had no history of liking this color before???

#byler #birthdaygate #I know that you like yellow so I handpicked those for you #excuse me mike who said she liked yellow #maybe there is something in his head reminded him that the one he truly loves like the color yellow #and because Vecna’s influence on Will’s birthday memory #he can’t remember exactly who is the one that he should give the present to #that’s why he unconsciously gave it to el #because in Mike’s thoughts El is officially his gf #and he should do that because boyfriends are supposed to write letters and give presents to girlfriends #even though none of the things that he did for El has carried any significant meaning #with those thoughts in mind he switched from Will to El and decide to give the wrong person those flowers #idk guys but I just had those weird thoughts after watching the Duffers messing around with us about this gate theory

[deathsbestgirl]

i've always wanted diana fowley's backstory because literally. the syndicate seems to be full of rich men and how did they come to choose this woman? part of me feels like she would have been chosen for something specific, like scully was, and then she surpassed expectations and she bought into their agenda. (whereas scully did the opposite of what they ~supposedly~ wanted)

and even marita?? she seemed to hate them from the first time we meet her. how much did she know? how did she climb high enough? and then when they learn of her betrayal, she's turned into a test subject (like scully but more extensively, and like spender too)

#diana fowley #marita covarrubias #the x files #txf txt #like literally they're all legacy with handpicked hired assassins #and why was krycek allowed in the meetings? #when they use him like a hired killer? #though obviously well trained #LIKE WHATS HIS STORY #we deserved these answers #fowley & covarrubias should have been scully's ... foils? #did scully & covarrubias ever even share a damn scene?? #i'm just rambling now sorry #good night

[acollapsar]

going through some recent chapters to make icons of, but since sebastian has appeared very little for a good while now, there's not a lot to make. but as i was going through some pages, and i came across these again and i remember thinking back then how much of a fucking impact sebastian leaves on people to the point that they see him appear before them, taunting and mocking them when they're on the brink of death as they see their lives passing by before their eyes.

#out. / out of character #it's great when you consider the fact that the phantomhive staff absolutely ADORES sebastian. #if it wasn't for him handpicking them for their staff positions they all would have been so far worse off. #but the fact that bard sees him mocking him like this while letting him fall into the darkness #just feels so ominous and unsettling and i love it