#i'm confused

[mxd-mortells]

reading posts made by the locked tomb fandom having never read the books is so wild. Like on one hand i think people must be exadurating but on the other i've been in some batshit fandoms before so all this could be entirely plausible.

why did the tiny bone lesbian give herself a lobotomy???? did jesus call someone a slut?? what does that mean?? is everyone really a lesbian? do people switch bodies or get reborn or something what is going on?

#whats a pool scene? #the locked tomb #it's romantic but they spend an entire book not talking??? apparently?? #i'm confused #is it good tho? #harrow the ninth #gideon the ninth #This mortells coil

[assaahashi]

I like to imagine Astarion flipping every fey creature he meets just to see what they'll do :D

#wyllstarion #bg3 #Struggling to make Wyll look like Wyll ;-; #wyll ravengard #astarion #why does this app has so many tags?? #I'm confused #and exited

[tondroom]

why does every picture of the phantom show in italy either look like a concise renaissance painting or vintage gay porn

#poto #phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera italy #poto italy #i'm confused #WTF is happening in that show #my shitposts

[zenkindoflove]

Elucien and Sarion Parallels

Ever since I finished HOFAS, I can't help but think of all the parallels between Elain x Lucien and Sathia x Tharion. It's definitely not a coincidence and it makes me have big high hopes for both ships in the future of their series. So I made a big list of all the ways their characters and situations are paralleling each other. HOFAS spoilers under the cut.

This is the most obvious parallel. Both Elucien and Sarion are strangers finding themselves in a romantic entanglement. Elucien's mating bond snaps as soon as they meet each other, effectively making them strangers who are soulmates. Sarion is a marriage of convenience trope, where before ever speaking to each other, they both agree to marry so that Sathia doesn't have to marry one of the Murder Twins. Both have to essentially get to know the other one under the circumstances of having a romantic bond between them.

Tropes Are Troping.

There are tons of similarities in the actual situations that Elucien and Sarion first meet. They are both in a throne room, standing in front of an evil Fae King who is putting Elain and Sathia in a very high-stakes, traumatizing, nonconsensual situation. Before Elain is turned Fae and before the mating bond snaps, Lucien protests what is happening to her, leading to his bondage. He breaks through the bonds once she is dumped onto the floor, running to her to cover her with his jacket to preserve her modesty and provide her with his protection. As the CC crew bargain for Sathia's freedom, which is going nowhere fast, Tharion offers himself to marry Sathia so that she doesn't have to be shackled to one of the Murder Twins forever. He's effectively, like Lucien, the only one who takes the extra step to protect her.

Meet Cute.

Given the trope that Elucien and Sarion are both in, both couples effectively belong to one another right from the start. Lucien and Elain are often referred to each other as mates and Lucien's internal thoughts claim her as his mate. "Mine. You are mine, and I am yours. Mate". In Tharion's POV, he very quickly labels her as his wife and seems comfortable embracing that label for her. Literally, one of my favorite parts about these tropes is how these romantic and intimate labels now have such a distinct and powerful punch against the background of the tension behind the trope.

My Wife/My Mate

This section really deserves a bullet point list because omg, there are so many parallels in these two characters.

Lucien and Tharion

-Redheads

-Flirty rakes who like to "dally"

-Depicted as having lots of low-commitment sexual encounters before they meet their love interest.

-This part of their characters seems to be a defense mechanism to protect their hearts.

-As soon as they do find their love interest which is an instant high-commitment, they are both singularly focused on them and loyal. Feyre states Lucien no longer enjoys the company of females now that he's a "mated male" and we no longer see Tharion flirting with or hooking up with any other characters.

-They're both self-loathing, broody sad dudes who don't have high opinions of their worth. Lucien: "I am seventh son of the Autumn Court" And a whole lot of nothing. Tharion: Captain Whatever. More like Captain Worthless.

-Both jump around in their allegiances after finding themselves in abusive power struggles. For both characters currently in their respective series, they've jumped from court/queens several times, and essentially find themselves aimless and without homes, relying on the generosity of their friends to hopefully take them in and see their worth.

-Both have had someone they love tragically taken from them that greatly affects their motivations and self-loathing.

TBH there are probably a ton more but this is just what I'm thinking of on the fly.

Elain and Sathia are a shorter list but I think that is only because we know less about them than Lucien and Tharion respectively.

Elain and Sathia

-Both are a more traditional feminine archetype. They're described as beautiful, petite, with many characteristics associated with upholding tradition and fulfilling more stereotypical feminine roles.

-Both are shown to value marriage and seek it out from men with power and influence. Elain with Graysen and Sathia in the HOSAB bonus chapter when she asks about Cormac.

-Both fall madly in love with their first love. Sathia says her separation from Collin is her "Ordeal". Elain is shown to be horribly depressed and desperately runs to find Graysen the first opportunity she gets. As Sathia does once she sees Collin again.

-Both are described as having some "vapid" traits that makes people underestimate them. Elain's interests in gardening and cooking is dismissed. Sathia is described as a fairly stereotypical rich and prissy girl who Ruhn thinks only cares about her manicures and clothes.

-Speaking of that underestimation, we see at different points in their series that characters around them are often surprised when they reveal that they are actually quite intelligent, thoughtful, and brave.

-Both have a moment of "standing up" for their love interest. Elain's famous "His name is Lucien" line and Sathia standing up to the Viper Queen on behalf of Tharion when they meet her in the alley.

-There is of course a bit of a difference between them. Elain is described as being more timid. Ruhn refers to Sathia as "a predator". So they both take a bit different approaches to how they fit into their social groups.

Elucien and Sarion both enter into their romance trope with other love interests either in their pasts or currently that they're involved with. Lucien has Jesminda, who he still loves deeply and mourns her death. Elain has Graysen, who she is engaged to but her turning Fae puts a big wedge in their relationship. Sathia isn't with Collin but clearly still loves him. It's unclear how far their relationship ever got. Tharion is the only one who is emotionally "unattached" but he is very much still in the web of the River Queen's daughter and his 10-year long engagement of duress to her.

It's complicated.

In both cases, Tharion and Lucien are effectively unattached. Maybe it's complicated but they are more free and open to the bond they now have to this stranger. Elain and Sathia are not, however. Both Elain and Sathia show that they still have a deep commitment to their former loves and take similar actions by giving into their most romantic fantasies and running after their first loves to try and save the relationship. We know for Elain, that her seeking out Graysen was the nail in the coffin for them. With Sathia, her situation with Collin is left very open ended. But both are full of angst and both show that Elain and Sathia are very romantic at heart and commit deeply to the men that they love. Both Tharion and Lucien are shown to be very understanding and not possessive of Sathia and Elain. Lucien is not present for Elain seeing Graysen but he gives her space to work through her feelings and it's known he's met Graysen and doesn't think highly of him yet its implied he has left him alone. Tharion does not go after Sathia as soon as she leaves to find Collin and even hopes that should he die she'd be free to marry Collin if he can get away from the Viper Queen.

She is still in love with her ex.

Now we don't know how Elain or Sathia truly feel for Lucien and Tharion. We have neither of their POVs. We do however see Tharion and Lucien's POVs and at least based on actions alone, Lucien is clearly more interested in pursuing the mating bond than Elain is at the moment. When Sathia leaves to find Collin, Tharion spends a lot of time with her letter and its said he can't stop thinking about her as he makes his way to help Bryce with defeating the Asteri.

He falls first.

Lucien and Tharion both go to "rescue" their love interest. Lucien desperately wants to leave Spring to make sure that Elain is okay after her trauma in Hybern. He still doesn't trust the Night Court and has no idea what they're doing to her. He crosses Prythian with Feyre, going into Autumn Court where he knows they could kill him on the spot and where he experienced some of his worst traumas. But he braves it all just so he can see Elain once and make sure she's okay. He's fully aware she has a fiance and may not want anything to do with him. Tharion, after the Asteri are defeated, is seen in his last chapter of HOFAS returning back to the Meat Market where the Viper Queen holds a bounty on his head and essentially owned him as her slave. But he returns so he can make sure that Sathia is not in danger. Similar to Lucien, he's returning to the place of his trauma, risking it all with little expectations that Sathia will "choose him"

Damsels in distress.

Lucien is an emissary and he is well known for his social skills. Elain similarly has been described as being very charming and sociable, able to befriend servants or nobles. It's a common head canon amongst Eluciens that Elain and Lucien, once they start spending time together, will find themselves in a situation where they have to act as emissaries and Elain will impress Lucien with her natural skills. We see this scenario play out with Tharion and Sathia when they try to convince the River Queen to protect some of Crescent City's most vunerable members. Tharion is impressed at how skilled Sathia is when talking to the queen, able to charm and "speak her language" which is that of nobility and politeness.

Emissaries.

Prediction: I have a feeling that not only are both Elucien and Sarion end game, but I think their end game is going to be mirror images of where they started. Elucien started with a mating bond and I think they will fall in love and choose to marry each other. And the reverse, Sarion started with a marriage but I also think they will fall in love and the mating bond will snap between them. It would just be such a cute additional parallel to how SJM has set up their characters and story arcs.

#elucien #sarion #hofas spoilers #elain x lucien #sathia x tharion #tharion ketos #tharion x sathia #sathia flynn #lucien vanserra #elain archeron #pro elucien #pro sarion #sathia hawthorne #i'm gonna need someone to tell me sathia's full name #i'm confused

[rey-jake-therapist]

Am I an idiot or....

I've just seen a post saying that since even if Dream look like an human he isn't one, therefore he doesn't do anything like a human and for example he can't eat real food...

And no I'm confused because I was actually sure that if Death could eat an apple Dream could definitely do as well, he just doesn't need to eat human food and didn't want to eat THIS apple because he was too busy moping and feel sorry for himself?

Like, I naively thought these "people" were divine entities who could do pretty much what they wanted, not E.T. or man-made robots with restricted abilities, the key word being "want" of course.... I always interpreted the apple scene, and later, the meal scene with Destruction and Delirium, as Dream not being interested in connecting with humans through what they eat, while Destruction and Death are...

Please help I'm confused!

#the sandman #Sandman trivia #i'm confused

[ventismfsblog]

Warning, never talk to people who use 'Varian' and 'tall' in anon asks

uh... HUH.? what is this even about😭⁉️

#does that mean i'm not supposed to talk to you. oops #what's the reason #i'm confused #i'll be careful i guess⁉️ #vat7k #varian and the 7 kingdoms #varian and the seven kingdoms #varian #tangled the series #tangled varian

[itosevenito]

I'm just a little concerned and confused as to why people ship Larry with Ahkmenrah? First, I don't see it at all, they barely have any screen time together also second didn't Ahkmenrah die as a 17/18 year old? Yes I know he's 4000+ years old technically but that's still his young body and Larry is like what, in his late thirties? And Ahkmenrah is a mummified corpse that only comes to life at night because of a magical tablet and Larry is a normal human. Wth

#natm #larry daley #ahkmenrah #i'm confused

[princessbutler1316]

Okay...

HOW DO I LIVE KNOWING THAT THESE TWO HAVE THE SAME JPN VOICE ACTOR????????

I'm confused

#lupin iii #lupin the third #lupin the 3rd #arsene lupin iii #lupin the iii #lupin 3rd #koichi yamadera #koichi zenigata #I'm confused #ice age #manny #manny the mammoth

[matcha-x-matcha]

So far I've collected the following information about what people expect from opla! Ace

EITHER

He is unreasonably sexy

He's greasy and stinky

#Opla #Opla ace #One piece love action #Ace #portgas d ace #Which one is it people #Greasy stinky man #Or sexy man?? #I'm confused #WHAT DO YOU WANT

[firehouse-subs-fr]

we should probably find which dimension they came from then

tell their actual parents an all what happened

- quests

I'm pretty sure they're from this dimension Quests

I think Subway and I hate eachother so much that they just kinda poofed into existence

#I dunno #I'm confused #I'm trying to get answers from them

[leosparkflame]

brainstorming

List of D&P Dan:

-minimalistic

-black and white/monochrome wardrobe/ not a lot of color

-Plants

-Skulls

-Sister Daniel as an Alter Ego

-Loves food

-Cats

-Queer

-Hates Capitalism

- Heart Eyes Howell

-Emo

-Chaotic Neutral

-Sun

-Muse

-That one part of Toxic by Britney spears that he always flexes he knows how to do

-Loud

-Nerd/Geek

-Good Looking and knows it

-Moss

Phil

Horder/ doesn't throw things away

Blue and green

Sometimes just green

Space

Hates a lot of foods

Cats

Gay

Capital Lester

Red Pandas

Wanted to look emo and attract emo boys

Chaotic good

Moon

Muse

Beyonce

Reserved

Nerd

Seal/Stuffed animals/ Lion

Awkard and Anxious

Good Looking but doesn't know it OR can't see it becasue he's freaking BLIND (*screams into pillow* phil if you don't start loving yourself i'm gonna lose it!!)

Milk

#what things makes your brain go “omg that is so dan coded?” #“omg that is so phil coded!” #omg that is so dan AND phil coded!! #dan and phil #daniel howell #dnp #amazingphil #amazing phil #dan and phil games #phil lester #dan howell #danhowell #brainstorm #tarot cards #visual images #songs #random stuff #dan and phil imagry #not related but why the fuck is milk a scent??? #how?? #sexy milk?? wtf does he mean?? #i'm confused #Moss kinda makes sense BUT MILK???

[cozmicbrowniez]

So I'm a little lost..

Can somebody explain how the trio, (N, V and J) went from the butlers/maids to the disassembly drones? I usually miss a lot of key details in shows and have to constantly re-watch. It could maybe not be revealed yet and I'm JS overthinking but I doubt that so I would really appreciate it if somebody could explain it.

#murder drones #SOMEBODY PLEASE EXPLAINNNN #i'm confused #murder drones details #murder drones fandom #murder drones n #murder drones v #murder drones j #serial designation n #serial designation v #serial designation j #v murder drones #md v #md n #md j #j murder drones #n murder drones #i'm mentally ill #murder drones theory #Murder drones questions #MD #murder drones Disassembly drones #disassembly drones

[call-me-vault]

Ok so...

the nutcracker is, as explained by the terminal, the guard of the masion, he has a purpose. but what the hell is the jester? it's obviously made in the same vein as the nutcracker, but what it's purpose? the nutcracker is quick and efficient at killing you, but the jester is very predicable, and avoidable (if you know what you're doing). I'm just confused as to why someone would make a walking jack-in-the-box with a giant human skull inside and an insatiable bloodlust?

#lethal company #jester lethal company #nutcracker lethal company #random rant #i'm confused #help

[nasirsagron]

Me trying to figure it out what agenda is hidden because at this stage i'm just lost

#LIKE IS HE A CRIMINAL??? #HE IS MARRIED WITH A KID?? #HE IS A SERIAL KILLER?? #HE DOESN'T WASH HIS LEGS WHILE SHOWERS??? #WHAT IS THE TRUTH?? #I'M CONFUSED #hidden agenda #hidden agenda the series #joke x zo #gmmtv #thai drama

[risuola]

throughout heaven and hell, how tf is nanami below naoya? i mean, yup, naoya is hot, visually, but isn't nanami checking ALL of the boxes for being perfect? i'm so confused, people explain this to me.

#why naoya #why not nanami #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #naoya zenin #naoya #nanami kento #nanami #i'm confused

[sunshinemage]

out of curiosity i checked the 'review flagged posts' tab on my page and apparently a drawing of my dear babyfaced twins from hecking 2017 has been flagged as containing sexually explicit material???? excuse???

this one?????

also naturally i made a typo in my appeal lmao

#rory talk show #i'm confused