#he's better than anyone will ever be

[white-moon-kitty]

Most people: I love you.

Luka: You're the most extraordinary girl, Marinette. As clear as a musical note and as sincere as a melody. You're the music that's been playing inside my head since the first day we met.

#miraculous #miraculous lb #miraculous les aventures de ladybug et chat noir #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #miraculous ladybug #miraculous fandom #luka couffaine #lukanette #luka x marinette #marinette x luka #luka supremacy #in this house #we stan luka couffaine #he's better than anyone will ever be

[mxtxfanatic]

Fandom Gripe #23: I know that fandom is in some deep denial about its treatment of female characters that are canonically involved with fan favorite m/m ships, but do y’all realize that when you disappear female characters from the narrative wholesale to push the idea that your canonically straight fav was “secretly gay all along!” you’re making several bad implications? That 1) bi men don’t exist, 2) bi men do exist, but those who have genuinely loved a woman before cannot genuinely love a man after that (therefore bi men don’t exist in practice), 3) women cannot inspire genuine love and devotion in men, therefore any relationship with a woman is “lesser” than the one they later have a man (see previous parenthesis), or 4) to acknowledge the existence of a lovable woman who isn’t a terrible person, where if a relationship previously existed, it did not end because of “incompatibility,” is enough to destabilize the present relationship between two queer men?

Because why is the tgcf fandom allergic to acknowledging that He Xuan had a whole ass fiancée that he loved? Why does no one ever seem to remember that the kidnappings and murders of He Xuan’s sister and fiancée were the final straws that sent him on his rampage, and he still keeps a shrine to them in the present-day of the story? Why is her entire existence and significance to He Xuan as a man, character, and to his character arc disappeared in favor of pushing Shi Qingxuan—the brother of the man responsible for his fiancée’s death—into that same role, as if to say that her impact on He Xuan is significant... just not when it's from her? Why does He Xuan’s life in fandom essentially begin not just after her death but because of it?

#tgcf #human gripes at fandom #anyways these are rhetorical questions because I already know the answer #i just absolutely hate it #why do y’all hate female characters so badly 😭 #especially when they ‘get in the way’ of m/m ships? #mxtx shows that woman more respect in the book than fandom does outside of it #and she didn’t even give that character a name! #simply embarrassing #i could have also talked about jgy here #but let’s be real: that man never loved qin su (or anyone) #so i did not want to include him when discussing people who are *actually* capable of unconditionally loving others #but anyways #mdzs fandom sure loves to either disappear qin su #or act as if she’s the one responsible for why their precious ‘meng yao’ can’t just hop into bed with his bros #you know? the one he killed and the one he used as an accomplice in his murder? those bros? that he so obviously loved with sincerity? #at least moreso than he could ever love a *woman* amiright? #(for legal purposes that last tag was a joke) #i also really hate the implication that he xuan had no life before shi wudu ruined it #that in fact shi wudu made his life 'better' by tying him to shi qingxuan #the romanticization of shi wudu's actions to make way for a ship is... a Choice

[pinkkittycoffin]

batman : prodigal (1998) pt.2 | (( pt.1 ))

#yes i do have MORE #i just really love this comics man it's insane #well that being said #don't let anyone gaslighting you that tim drake and dick grayson doesn't have the greatest brotherly bond EVER #if they do just ignore them #ppl like that are just weak #also wicked unbased unreal and wouldn't even survive this summer #my bro tim was literally out there saying he likes the sound of nightwing and robin a whole better than batman and robin #HE'S A DICK GRAYSON FAN SINCE DAY 1 #literally protect him at all cost from those evil writers #New52 sucks #oops #tim drake #robin tim drake #dick grayson #batman dick grayson #dc fanart #nightwing

[hyperfixatinator]

DPxDC idea related to this post

Tim finds a lead about a strange city in Illinois that the government has hidden for years. Due to personal reasons (Tim's long lost brother could be there, and he's unsure if getting Bruce involved would be a good idea), he goes AWOL to investigate the city of Amity Park himself.

Upon arrival, Tim faces a new dilemma. While the civilians are unaware of Gotham and it's batclan, the GIW agents are keen on ridding all signs of outside vigilantes from public eye. If even one agent spotted him as Robin or Red Robin, he'd have a whole government branch hunting him down all the way back to Gotham.

Conclusion? Tim needs a brand new hero alias.

#dpxdc #tim drake #danny and tim are brothers AU #I'm loving the name Cardinal I've been seeing #He's still a bird but now he's spreading his own wings #Then again I also like the idea of Tim keeping the Robin title in case Batman ever ends up without one again #Tim knows better than anyone that Batman needs Robin #So he's the Robin that stayed

[your-villainous-neighbour]

can't stop thinking abt takahiro arai's evaluation of jean and javert's dynamic, coupled with the massive bold "LOVE IT!!!" at the bottom

exactly, mr arai.

exactly.

#he gets it better than anyone ever has or ever will #jean valjean #police inspector javert #javert #valvert #jean x javert #jean valjean x javert #les mis #les miserables #takahiro arai #les mis manga

[stargirl-and-potts]

Every pirate was so damn sure Ed was going to go after Stede, and Stede’s complete confidence he would never just looked like hubris, but Stede was exactly right. He’d rather hide under a blanket than hurt a hair on Stede’s head. Stede knows Ed.

#better than anyone ever has #and Ed knows Stede #Jenkins said it and he meant it #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2

[rendiggitydog]

Big update! Change log is in the tags, plus a much cleaner look!

Doc link

#hypno changed to 6’4 with an official source #iskall now 5’10 with an official source #(which cracks me up coz he claimed to be taller than Ren lol) #tango moved from yellow to green #Grian changed to 5’8 and yellow #(bc Joel says they’re the same height n it seems Joel is 5’8 but I couldn’t find a clip of him actually saying it) #and possibly most controversial: #Bdubs moved back to green! #I know he jokes abt it a lot n other ppl joke abt it a LOT but #the majority of instances he sticks with 5’10 #I’ve linked 3 sources where he says that #but if anyone ever has more sources #either saying 5’10 or saying anything else #hmu! I wanna provide as many links as I can so ppl can make their own decision #that goes for anyone! #the more sources the better #thanks again all! #hermitcraft heights #rae art #hermitcraft #quick edit to fix jevin who’s been marked wrong for who knows how long LOL

[fluffydice]

And the thing that tears me up the most about the Asumi incident is the fact that Kusuo still made sure his first and last friend would be protected. He made sure he wouldn’t be bullied again. And maybe he didn’t see the isolation that might result from that as a bad thing because Kusuo thought that he’d be safer that way

#they’re so tragic #for all his attempts at fitting in Kusuo really doesn’t understand how social needs and contact works #and for all touma’s absolute dedication to being himself regardless of what anyone said #he understands better than Kusuo ever will I think #ugh I’m so insane about them right now #saiki k

[feluka]

for every joke about joe biden's age i realize that this man has lived a long life and will likely pass peacefully and in comfort without ever knowing punishment for his crimes, and once again i hope hell is real because i can't bear that he gets away with it all.

#piece of shit in my notes on the 'all politicians uniting to bomb the middle east' post telling me he's better than trump at least #i will NEVER EVER forget that he said the number of palestinian deaths is doubtful. and i won't let anyone forget it.

[trunklewunjle]

(VOLUME WARNING) I’m easily persuaded, I will post this here, i love them so much they’re my life

Killer belongs to rahafwabas

Nightmear belongs to Jokublog

#undertale au #utmv #ink sans #killer sans #nightmare sans #they’re married #killermare #I love them so much they’re so silly #the characters were supposed to be switched so it would be accurate to our roleplay server yea our nightmear is more pathetic and sad #i still love this though and i’m glad the person who plays our killer perfectly and lovingly and wondeful liked it jaja i’m yea we love our #killer he’s so good at playing him he’s great he’s actually the most perfect human being ever and we couldn’t have anyone who plays him any #better than he does i love him he’s so hajajahjaj hajsj i love him #WROFOX WROOFO AWROFO W AU AU AUUUUU WROOF i have nothing to bark at theyre so wholesome i love them so much i will never be the same without #them so i’ll just bark and howl at the moon #i did this as quick as i could so they’re a little funky and silly and eh

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #p4g #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #man yosuke really? more scared than when your own life was in danger in the tv world when your shadow was lashing out? #when you didnt have a persona and you didnt think anyone would do anything to help you? #(i believe it. it's just like yosuke to be like that.) #chewing glass at how invested hes become in nanako and in yu's family I'm honestly just #of course everyone wss terrified for nanako but yosuke describing it as the most terrified hes ever been is really just #also man i wonder what he was going to say when he started trailing off #i bet he was going to say something about how devastated yu was but thought better of it #and im #I feel like for yosuke in that moment when nanako was missing and his partner was emotionally distraught #he must have felt so helpless too #throughout the entire year yosuke took each kidnapping really personally he kept seeing it as a personal failure on his part #when he said he wasnt smart enough or good enough to prevent it even when he knew it was coming #and then to have it happen to someone close #i think yosuke definitely felt all of yu's pain #but he also felt the pain of not being able to do anything more for yu while yu was emotionally falling apart #like hes not just let nanako down but also his best friend too and IM JUST #ok im shutting up now bye #he's good with his queue

[skylarbee]

the day am fans realise that miles/milex shippers are less problematic and harmful to the fandom than lv/her supporters will be one of the best days of my life

rant incoming because I'm going insane:

i will never ever understand why am fans have so much beef with milex shippers.

i have been in SO many fandoms throughout my life, I've been obsessed with SO many bands whose members are shipped to the point of insanity, and it was never a problem. sure, some people didn't like the ships, but why are so many am fans acting like this is something unique? bts, mcr, dan and phil, harry potter, I've seen fucking everything. every other fandom in the world are just this obsessed with their ships, trying to prove that two men are fucking, posting theories and so on. shipping was always a thing in fandoms and always will be, especially if we're talking about male celebrities and teenage girls.

having said this, the kind of fandom i have never been in is one where grown ass women bring this much toxicity to the community and behave like children. there are hundreds of celebrities whose girlfriends are not liked by the fans, but no girlfriend ever engaged this much with the haters, probably because they realised that it would only make things worse, and the fans would hate them even more.

we could've had some peaceful end of the tour content, but no, we have this instead. every few months something has to be done by a certain someone in order for people to pay attention to her, and so that in the end fans will forget the reason they're fans and engage in stupid shit like this, defeating the whole purpose of being a music fan.

all this drama is slowly making me not want to have anything to do with am or the fandom anymore. if not for miles and him being connected to am, i would've stopped giving a fuck about alex years ago (technically not through his fault, but then also because of him). this whole thing just makes me sad because miles does not deserve to be associated with these people and the fact that he will never be able to get rid of them is so not it.

#look i could talk about this for hours but it makes me so angry it's best to just stop #i saved the spiciest things for the tags #matt used to be my favourite but now i cannot even stand to hear his name #such a disappointment i really thought he was better than this #which also makes me question what the hell alex sees in him #and then again alex is probably not the best person in the world #which i guess we knew ever since the absolutely disgusting behaviour towards taylor and him being friends with ppl like josh homme #and cameron avery #sigh #it's just a shame that his music is really good #(anyone looking to buy some am vinyls? 😂) #oh miles the things i endure for you #i have such a love/hate relationship with alex it's crazy #one second i love him the other i never want to see him again #which then makes me think about how different things would be if he had a different girlfriend #she really ruined absolutely everything #(not) sorry #rant #alex turner #milex #louise verneuil #arctic monkeys

[ninjasmudge]

Quick question: what is steeplechase?

basics out of the way first: steeplechase is the latest campaign in the adventure zone, a comedy/adventure tabletop rpg podcast by the McElroy brothers and their dad. griffin, travis and justin are the same ones who do 'my brother, my brother and me' if youve heard any of the clips from that floating around.

its a really fun campaign bc its set in a futuristic theme park that got so huge its basically its own city, with a large criminal underground. the game itself is centred around building rep in the underground and pulling heists in various themed sections of the park (one of them is themed on nostalgia, one of them is themed on detective noirs, one is a love island style dating show).

i think its nearing the end of the run now, most of the eps are out already and ive really enjoyed it! the setting is fantastic, the player characters are some of my faves and the npcs are all memorable. id actually recommend it to anyone who enjoys that sort of genre

#i dont like feeling like im pressureing ppl to watch/listen to stuff so im not gonna say GO GO GO LISTEN #but if you or anyone else likes that kind of setting and genre id give it a try #although if im being 100% real id say if its your first time listening to /any/ adventure zone campaigns ever then id say there are better- #-ones to start off with than steeplechase #not bc steeplechase is bad but bc steeplechase is the first time justin has ever dm'd #and he definitely finds his feet pretty damn fast but i also think the first episode setup for taz amnesty or taz earthsea goes a bit- #-smoother for a first time listener #if anyone out there is looking to get into the adventure zone as a whole id recommend starting with either amnesty or the original balance- #- arc which is a little messier but it /is/ where it all started and its still very good #taz #tazs #taz steeplechase

[greenforestflowers]

Can you imagine if, seeing Sindri so broken, after the funeral, Kratos had had the chance to quietly tell him that he also lost a brother? A brother who he deeply loved. Who he loved so much he wasn’t able to name his child after him, because he couldn’t bear being reminded of Deimos every time he thought of his son. A brother who he had also looked for and tried desperately to save, only to lose him forever.

In fact, they both lost their brothers twice. They both thought they had found them again only for it all to be ripped away.

Kratos understood exactly the kind of grief Sindri was going through, how heartbreaking that he wasn’t able to tell him so.

#oh my poor heart :( #if he ever sees sindri again #maybe he will one day be able to tell him #because no one else knows that pain like he does #twice trying to save your brother and losing him all the same #a brother who you desperately love? #Kratos understands that better than anyone else that sindri knows #also #(I’ve edited this because a couple of people have pointed out it’s not really that ooc and on reflection I agree) #Kratos #sindri #brok #Deimos #Atreus #god of war #god of war ragnarok #also the bit about names apparently comes from Cory himself #but i haven’t seen or heard it firsthand

[bombusbombus]

It is vitally, vitally important that Clark Kent is boring.

I don't mean 'boring' in an inherently bad way. A desk job is boring. Data analysis is boring. Due process is boring. All of these things are imperative for a functioning society but almost nobody will ever be praised for them.

When my car got stolen a year ago, the guy who took it stole a bunch of other stuff too. I was sitting with a cop in a backroom of the campus police station for almost an hour while he was doing paperwork (to make sure everyone would get their stuff back), and at one point he looked up at me and he said, "sorry about this. It's not all shootouts and car chases like on TV."

And I almost said, "well, due process is sexy" (I didn't, for obvious reasons). But he looked surprised when I told him I thought due process was pretty cool. Like nobody is supposed to think due process is cool. Things are only cool if they're glamorous or flashy.

The guy who stole my car was horribly addicted to meth. The sheriff told me, "you should press charges so we can put him away for as long as possible."

The sheriff was lost in a world of heroes and villains. He was the "hero." The addict was the "villain." But the person who helped people was the guy at a desk, who went back over the mile long paper trail and returned every stolen item to its owner. The important stuff is when some guy in an office writes an algorithm to save endangered whales, or when the third double blind test finally shows sufficient evidence for the efficacy of a new cancer treatment. The goose that actually lays the golden egg almost never cackles.

This is why the 'Glasses' comic is so important, to me. We live in a world which glorifies exciting acts of heroism but not "boring" ones. We live in a world that thinks people like Clark Kent aren't important, when they're often doing the most important work, solving the systemic issues, saving people who aren't lost yet. Sometimes we need firefighters, but in a perfect world, we'd only need safety inspectors.

And sure, Superman is necessary within the story. There are disasters and villainy he can prevent. There are lives he can save. But being Superman is ultimately a terrible sacrifice, and if the heroism wasn't necessary he'd be Clark Kent all day. That's what makes him not a cop: he's not enjoying the car chases and shootouts. He avoids letting things get 'interesting' at all costs. He avoids glory.

The comic Strong Female Protagonist (by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag, BRING IT BACK) has several fascinating pieces of philosophy on superheroes and society, but my favourite is this:

Kal-el, living solar battery, isn't just someone who contributes to society from the outside or the top. He plugs away at boring, everyday kindnesses just like other humans. (This can make for great contrasts with Lex Luthor, who is the epitome of a light bulb person and could never understand why Superman would want to be a battery.)

Clark Kent is boring. Clark Kent plays things by the book. Clark Kent is sexy in the same way that due process is sexy, and any character who thinks the Clark Kent side is 'less than' the Superman side, is textually a goddamn idiot. "No glory save honour" and he will always have both.

#I can't find that post about how Americans glorify short acts of heroism but not long term ones #god tier trope is when someone likes Clark better than Superman #It's interesting. I was just reading all star superman #and a parallel I noticed was that Lois doesn't like Clark as much as Superman because he's clumsy and weak #because she has that weird lightbulb-centric american attitude going on #whereas Luthor likes Clark MORE than Superman BECAUSE he's clumsy and weak #because Luthor associates 'battery people' with 'being an exploitable resource for ME' #and BOTH of them are WRONG #gnashing my teeth crying on the floor etc etc #superman #clark kent #dc #posting this WITHOUT EDITING ARE YOU READY BOYS #IT IS PAST MY BEDTIME #anyone else out there read sfp #is it ever coming back #they were so close to finishing it #that comic shaped my whole brain

[blobbei-art]

Anyone else thought that must’ve just been kind of mean from Descole’s POV

#professor layton #descole #desmond sycamore #emmy #emmy altava #azran legacy #art #my art #fanart #i KNOW she technically didn't say all that in this scene. and shes supposed to have Luke grabbed #but consider this: i didnt want to draw all that for a joke #anyway i keep fucking thinking about this because descole must've been so fucking pissed hearing about emmy's backstory #descole @ bronev: AM I A JOKE TO YOU #imagine this random person telling you your dad was a better dad to her than he ever was to you #he left u when u were 10 and you thought 'i guess he got kidnapped and turned evil and didnt have time for kids' #and then you hear that he took in a new kid #but never fucking came back for you #great job bronev #shoutout to anyone who gets the reference of the pose in the second pic