Baby (who still has no name) is warming up to Geralt, who also starts to connect some dots. (Like, I think he suspects that he's Jaskiers son, adopted or otherwise, but he won't even humor the idea that he could be the dad.)
That being said - the kid is an angry teenager sometimes. Jaskier tried all he could as a single parent and they have a very loving relationship, but I also think they do argue quite a bit, and there is some tension.
And the more he gets to learn how Geralt truly is the weirder is gets, cause. He's a good guy? And either Jaskier is petty and was too dramatic and kept him from meeting his dad for nothing, or Geralt isn't a good guy AT ALL and has hurt Jaskier really bad, and he doesn't think Geralt has it in him, but some people (and especially alphas) get really weird and archaic around omegas? And he had to witness again and again, with how little respect his unbonded, single father of a bastard child was treated - is Geralt like that too? But Jaskier still only ever talked somewhat kindly about him. And from all he saw... he trusts Geralt. He's a quiet, but witty and honorable man. But is it fair to doubt the parent that was there for him, that raised him, that sacrificed so much for him? The poor kid is so conflicted.
Cap's got a new voice claim! feat. a tiny bit of Sparrows n her's unchanged vc because 1. it's cute to hear them together and 2. I snorted. The vibes are so different
[songs: So Familiar by Jean Castel and Driving Myself Home by Rose Betts]
bad who is ready and willing to go full scorched earth, but at the same time, knows that what he’s doing is hurting people. he knows he’s hurting who he loves, he knows he probably will have to do much worse, or at least is convinced of such. it’s not so much he doesn’t care, but more so that he cares more about results, so he’s willing to cause that hurt. doing what’s necessary - and anything is necessary so long as it gets his kids back.
but he’s hurting, and hurt people hurt people. hurt people hurt themselves. he’s taken to torturing himself as a penance for this guilt that just keeps building. he’s doing things that he knows are shocking and extreme, and it’s not showing results. every day he cannot find the kids is a day he takes personally because he feels he has failed them. he hurts those he cares about, he hurts those who are innocent, and he’s going to keep doing so - so he’s going to hurt himself to make it fair.
but he doesn’t see that his suffering is what’s causing the most suffering for those he loves. he’s stuck in this cycle of guilt and blame and unending misery, and he can’t let himself take the hands of those that are trying desperately to pull him out because he cannot face it himself.
he’s got a one track mind on vengeance and he himself is as much a target as those he’s hunting down.
Hate it when I see people say shit like "the Violet paradox mons are so stupid and lame, they're all just robots!" like uhmmmmm yea they are and it OWNS ok. blasts you with my beam attack
so kendall has dealt with pretty severe anxiety for most of his life because that’s what happens when logan roy is your fucking dad. another thing that happens when logan roy is your fucking dad is getting told not to “be a fucking pansy” when you go to him showing symptoms of pretty severe anxiety. i think kendall learned young that the only way he could get attention when he wasn’t feeling well was to claim physical illness, which actually makes logan tend to him rather quickly (kendall isn’t aware, at this age, of what happened to rose, but he does know that his father is aggressively invested in keeping his children free of sickness). ten-year-old kendall felt like he was being clever, not knowing that, at forty, he would stop being able to distinguish between physical discomfort and mental anguish. the week after the vote of no confidence, kendall thought he had the flu; he didn’t, he was depressed. there’s a bunch of sandy-frank-karl-era acquaintances of logan’s who all think of kendall as “logan’s boy who’s always ill.” a couple of people (rava, stewy, siobhan) know that kendall is this way, but they can’t do anything about it because kendall denies ever having lied about being sick whenever anyone points it out.
Say what you will about the Cyrano movie (and one day I'll be able to in a halfway articulate manner), but I am still mildly obsessed with "Every Letter", and I think about this ending couplet all the time...
Your letters are drawings on me from above
I know who you are and I know you are loved
Just... the idea of Cyrano and Christian receiving a letter in return from Roxanne and feeling their breath catch both with ecstasy and with bitter regret.
I know who you are...
But she can't. But she mustn't. But it would break her heart--she would never trust them again. But it wouldn't be fair to Christian. But Cyrano could never show his face again. But they already feel themselves burn under her gaze, and to meet it honestly without the armor of a soldier, of these letters, would scorch them until nothing remains. But the only true honor is to hide, even if they know it's really the coward's way out. But the only safety (if they were being brutally honest with themselves) is to hide.
I was talking to this guy earlier after I posted a pic of me in my workout gear (looking hawt as hell, might I add) and he literally said that he just wanted to ruin me and his entire purpose in life is to ruin me and me only. would I be wrong to use that in a fic LAJSKSJDKDFJ
i love how i unintentionally gave lloyd more dragon-esque features rather than oni like the show explores more of, though that could just be me not knowing exactly what features oni’s have off the top of my head
also probably because i’m not a big fan of horns protruding from his forehead but that’s just me
hm i have no energy to write anymore, but should i start a side blog for my card readings and ghost stories? im so estranged from life and my home, i cant get comfortable without being connected like i was before i moved, even reading cards is hard to do now.
Since Eloise pretty much believed in love after seeing Sophie and Benedict fall in love it’s gonna be nice to see her story follow Benedict’s (that being if S5 if we get it is going to be Eloise’s)
I guess, but Eloise never had the assumption that Benedict was going to remain unmarried. She always thought that Penelope was going to be a spinster with her. I just don’t know what’s going to be the catalyst for Eloise to realize that she wants love or at least a companion. She knew that all of her siblings were going to get married, but didn’t know that Penelope was. Of course, the show put those two at odds, but the point still stands.
Eloise is definitely influenced by them, which is probably because Benedict and Sophie were the first to actually choose each other as both Simon & Daphne and Anthony & Kate were forced into marriage and lucked out in love. It’s slightly different in the show, so I could see Anthony and Kate being an influence as well.
I hope they keep the time jump and keep Eloise being closer to thirty for her story. That’s a change of pace as most of the other women (minus Francesca, but that’s a different story) are in their early twenties. I still think that combining Eloise’s & Francesca’s stories is the way to go, as they take place at the same time and outside of London. Make the season a little longer, eliminate a handful of the useless side plots that don’t do much for the characters.
OMG JUST SAW YOU TESTED POSITIVE SENDING HUGSSSSSS have plenty of warm blankets and hot soup and orange juice and medicine. do not think "eeeehhhhhh im doing fine today i can move around" STAY IN BED YOU WILL REGRET GETTING UP. love you bestie hope you're better soon
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im feeling a lot better than I did yesterday, im definitely getting better but i think the main factor in this feeling is dayquil. its a miracle drug istg
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