#like sacrificing himself for his kid

[minimoefoe]

btw if I have to watch troy otto die on sunday I'll be depressed as fuck and also kinda fuming

#twd txt #troy otto #i actually do think #theres ways they could kill him that would be good #like sacrificing himself for his kid #or even madison (tho thats unlikely lmaoo) #and I'll probs like whatever they do bc i tend to adapt to things and like #them #like i was baffled by tracy and now im like okayyy i kinda love her #but idk #I'll still be annoyed about it even if i do like it i think #bc it'll feel like a waste to bring him back after all this time just to kill him off again #and yknow the whole thing the writers have spoke aboht is second chances #so like............ #surely troy should he involved in that #and making it so he somehow shows hes worth a second chance or something would be good #but also him proving he's worth the second chance could be a reason to kill him like he dies proving he's worthy #fuckin hell #don't do this to me #kill madison instead 🙏 #except don't actually bc bringing her back just to kill her would be an even bigger waste than killing troy #tho for selfish reasons id rather it was her lmao

[twinstxrs]

idk if this is accurate but i’ve felt like in previous seasons riz & gorgug have been one of the inter-bad kids dynamics we’ve seen the least of & this season has been so great in that aspect. gorgug having helped make some of riz’s magic gear. riz helping gorgug with his studies. the shared birthday party. gorgug’s gift to riz being something he himself made to protect riz. riz’s gift to gorgug being something he illegally grabbed to protect gorgug. gorgug who utilizes rage to put his body on the line for his friends & riz who will take deep levels of mental stress for his friends. even though it was within the context of a joke, riz calling gorgug an “absolute sweetie.” like yea they might not be in a band together or both part of a presidential campaign team or owlbears teammates, but they’d go to war for each other, because they’re best friends.

#riz gukgak #gorgug thistlespring #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #these kids are all so self-sacrificing but i do think riz gorgug are the most clear (& juxtaposed) self-sacrificers #riz will mentally tear himself to pieces and get lost in cases and take on ungodly levels of stress for those he loves #gorgug will use himself as a human shield. he will take hit after hit if it means his friends are okay. #and they’d both do the other thing too. riz would let himself get hit for gorgug. gorgug would pull all nighters & take stress for riz. #even if mechanically they can’t or it wouldn’t make sense. they would if they could. #also #the starstruck barry mechanic of being a guard is so gorgug. it’s soooo gorgug like that’s literally him #anyways love this tall green guy & this short green guy so much #especially because gorgug is tall & considered intimidating but protective in a deeply kind way #while riz is short & underestimated but protective in a deeply vicious way (affectionate) #i hope this makes sense but i think riz is primarily ‘i would kill for you’ & gorgug is primarily ‘i would die for you’ maybe #this does not mean gorgug would not kill for riz or riz would not die for gorgug. they both would. #but those are the primary ways their love manifests due to the nature of their strengths/personalities. To Me #idk this is all just me saying stuff when i should be sleeping 😭 #sorry if i missed a riz gorgug moment in the main post btw i’m tired

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

A reminder that Spinner canonically compares himself to Dabi and feels inferior to the rest of the League of Villains.

Part of the reason he allowed AFO to manipulate him is because he wanted to be reliable, as in he wanted to be stronger to be of use to Tomura. So again, he's canonically kinda jealous not only of Dabi's quirk, but of him as a person.

#as much as I'd like to joke about how Spinner is sooo gay for Tomura please acknowledge that this is a critical point in Spinner's character #him feeling unworthy or inferior comes from the discrimination he has faced all his life #he doesn't value himself like he should #and since Tomura is the person who has showed him the most that he matters exactly like he is #Spinner ended up sacrificing everything to save the one friend that has offered to destroy the world for him #AFO did all of that deliberately to break Spinner btw #He saw Spinner's loyalty to Tomura and used it against them #AFO can't allow someone who loves Tomura to be whole and safe #he's like a bad kid with a toy #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #league of villains #lov #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #spinner #shuichi iguchi #dabi #touya todoroki #toya todoroki

[imminent-danger-came]

You know, I think when some folks hear me say "Wukong left MK with Pigsy" they assume I mean Wukong is a deadbeat dad and only that. But, in another sense, I also think Sun Wukong gave MK his place by his friend's (or their reincarnation's) side. Like. How did Sun Wukong develop as a person? His story in JTTW is an allegory for enlightenment, and a huge part of that process was because of his friends (at least in lmk).

So, when we're talking about the potential for chaos and destruction and pain, and now we have this little blank slate creature with unbelievable power like Wukong, how do you set it on the path of good?

You give it friends. You give it a family. Some good food, people who care about it. And so that's exactly what I think Wukong did with MK. He left MK with the people who changed him as a person, letting MK grow up as a normal(ish) kid. MK was originally created as "a simple creature with no past, no family, and no name", but over time gained all of those things. And that was in a large part due to the choices Wukong made. Wukong gave up his own spot with his friends to give it to MK.

And it makes sense, doesn't it? I mean, when the Lady Bone Demon in 3x14 goes, "You would let this world fester and rot? The eternal misery of countless souls because of your sentimentality for mortal pleasures!" MK replies, "The perfect world is what you make it. So as long as I have my friends by my side...this world is perfect!". What distinguishes MK from LBD, even if they both fight for what they think is right, even if the paths all lead to pain, is that MK DOES have sentimentality for mortal pleasures. For his friends. And I just think it would be so so good if Wukong played a key role in that. Think about what it would mean thematically

#was it the right choice? was it the wrong choice? idk. but it was a choice. #Wukong is also a self sacrificing bitch. And sometimes that can hurt the people around him #Like when he left to fight LBD alone. Or in s2 when he hid the truth from MK to go off and figure out how to defeat LBD on his own. #Or even his plan to put the Samadhi fire in himself like #IT'S SO IN LINE WITH WUKONG #GIVING HIS OWN SPOT IN THE STORY TO MK. #lmk #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk MK #lmk SWK #lmk Sun Wukong #lmk analysis #still on vacation still quoting things off of the top of my head lol o7

[iindigoeyed]

will never get over the poetry in those stupid feather children knowing each other so well and being cut from the same cloth, made of the same design, created in a perfect image, made as things to be used and tossed aside once the goal has been reached, created as monsters, yet learning how to be people and being so loved regardless, choosing to see the human in each other, caring so deeply about each other so as to bend the rules in order to ensure each other's safety because 'it's them and they understand me' and and, et cetera does anyone else wanna talk about it

#this is about all three of them but yeah whatever #kagami and felix being world's most devoted people ever #and don't bring up that adrien doesn't know about the amoks #i know. i'm aware. i'm just taking the logical leap here #adrien would absolutely be so platonically intertwined with them like #look at him sacrificing himself for ladybug on the reg and TELL ME that boy wouldnt sacrifice himself #for his feather buddies if he had to like. Listen. #it's not my fault adrien is unaware. but i'm not stupid i know that boy #also the fact is that feligami are objectively incredible #oh you and i are made of the same stuff. wanna make out about it? #it's just kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss!!!!!!!! that's it that's all they know!!!! #UGH yeah i'm gone #season 6 so help me GOD if you dont give us adrien learning about the amoks and developing #like an actual friendship with felix........... i will NEVER watch this show AGAIN #ml #adrien agreste #kagami tsurugi #félix graham de vanily #indiposts #every day i wake up and think about the senti kids!!!!!!!!!! #Anyone wanna talk about the allegory for marginalized identities while we're here or whats up

[echoheart]

Absolutely tragic when you have a super old fic you once read trapped in your head but you're pretty sure whatever site that was doesn't even exist anymore and you're doomed to remember it from afar

#shes been gone a long #time daddy #there was once this great Danny/Vlad fic one some yellow and white site and Danny got knocked up by him #they told everyone it was Danny and Sams kid but only immediate family/Danny's friends knew the truth #They have like 2 kids #BUT ANYWAYS at some point Vlad decides to go back in time to kill Jack and Danny goes back to the 80s to stop him #he was pregnant with kid 3 lmao #he dresses as a woman and it works someone politely opens a door for him and hes like OH WOW #Vlad was about to kill jack just before the accident but danny jumped in front and died instead #i remember OFTEN Clockwork coming in and judging him while he goes “I deserve this” and clockworks like #“Yes... but daniel does not” #and then smth happens where Danny's alive but I think Vlad sacrificed himself? Unclear. But Dannys with his fam #and one of his kids vanishes out of existence and only he remember bc of a time medallion and the other kid is like before also eventually #When I tell you this whole thing lives rent free in my head a lot you dont understand. It's been like 15 years. Its the worst #i will never read this again #danny phantom

[movietimegirl]

The only way I'll accept Din dying is if he dies from old age. That's the only death I'll accept.

#It's still going to be sad as hell #Since grogu will still be young #But I think its better then getting killed by the empire or something like that #I will not accept him sacrificing himself either #He deserves to live a long life with his kid #And for once #Not have a father figure in star wars die a horrible death #Din is going to break the tread #It ends here #like seriously #Din and Grogu are my comfort characters #i love them to death #the mandalorian #star wars #din djarin #grogu #grogu djarin #disney plus #disney+ #pedro pascal #mandalorian

[scattered-winter]

TRAIN TO BUSAN????!!!!!! its literally the most perfect zombie movie EVER

YEAH. god...yeah.

I finished it like 3 minutes ago and I've just been sitting in utter shock for that entire time like. holy fucking shit. holy FUCKING shit. that was the most stressful 2 hours of my entire LIFE.

also . I can't think of any other zombie movie where the characters actually like. tried to help each other. usually it's every man for himself but there were so many times when people held doors open just a half second longer, or they helped others get up, or they used their own bodies as a wall so a larger number of people could escape. and like that shit made me tear up almost as much as all the death scenes because it's all about the HUMANITY of it all!!!!!!! instead of abandoning the pregnant woman and the elderly woman and the little kid, the entire group fought like hell to keep everyone alive, not just the young strong people. and the fact that the pregnant woman and the kid were the only ones to survive speaks VOLUMES because they wouldn't have made it that far if everyone was like that businessman guy who could only think of himself. in fact, if everyone on the train was only trying to save themselves, I'd bet that nobody would have made it out alive.

I'm just. g o d. I can't even form coherent thoughts right now because I just kept getting bowled over by little moments of humanity even in the face of all that shit. and my entire brain is reduced to soup but I mean that in the best way possible because that was probably the best zombie movie I've ever seen in my life

#GOD. i literally cant even form thoughts its just a garble of weeping and crying #THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SOON-TO-BE FATHER. THE WAY THEY HATED EACH OTHER AT FIRST BUT THEN. BUT THEN. #THE SOON-TO-BE GAVE PARENTING ADVICE. AND SAID IT WAS ALL ABOUT SACRIFICE. BEFORE SACRIFICING HIMSELF TO SAVE HIS WIFE #AND UNBORN KID. AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT GROUP. #AND THEN THE FATHER WENT ON TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE AND DID THE SAME THING FOR HIS OWN KID. AND FOR THE SAME WOMAN. IM FUCKNGKIFNDKFJDKNGJ #also the difference between the businessman (who was only thinking about his own survival) and the father (who went from only caring about #his own and his daughter's survival to caring about the entire fucking group) #because the businessman killed everyone who came into contact with him. either on purpose or just by the nature of bringing a whole horde #of zombies down on them and leaving them to die #whereas the father (after joining the group) helped everyone in that group survive far longer than they would have if everyone was working #alone #and like YEAH only 2 people total survived but the thing that gets me is that neither of those people were ever trying to save themselves. #they survived BECAUSE they were the first to help others. and in return everyone was inspired and turned to help them. #it all came full circle in the end #and GOD. IM FUCKIN JJHHFGSDHJFHJFHJSLFJDSJF #GOING LITERALLY INSANE. IM GONNA REWATCH THIS MOVIE 574 TIMES AND INJECT IT INTO MY BLOODSTREAM #asks #rye 🍞 #train to busan

[designernishiki]

bro kiryu is a terrible parent. he may be happiest when he's surrounded by the kids at the orphanage but what kind of genuine happiness has he given THEM? the dude provides them no stability and haruka is the one that actually looked after them the whole time while he runs off to fix up the tojo again and again. it's better that he stays away from them. even kiryu finally sees that. it's why he chose to do what he did at the end of 6. i hope he continues to leave them the hell alone.

park mirei is that you????

I really don’t think it’s that simple. I don’t think he’s a bad parent and I don’t think he’s a perfectly good one either. I think some of the things that make him a “bad” parent are actually his fault, while other things haven’t been, and are instead more of an inevitable product of the shady world him and haruka both were born into.

TLDR: it’s literally factually incorrect to say he didn’t/barely raised his kids and instead just left haruka to do it (most of 2007-2011 he was fully present and solely devoted to raising them, no other job, no other intentions), and he absolutely has done a lot for them and their happiness. however, he’s made some bad choices as well and has his fair share of flaws as a parent. most importantly, his past does tend to find him in one way or another regardless of what he does, which is not something that’s easy to solve. taking himself out of the picture hurts the kids tremendously, while staying in the picture potentially endangers/hinders the kids. I can’t say what the “right” thing to do would be, because it’s not black and white. all I can say for sure is that he did have an important and positive impact on their childhoods, and they care about him just as much as he cares about them.

(more in depth version below)

the idea that he hasn’t done anything for his kids and didn’t actually raise them is something I wholeheartedly disagree with and is just factually untrue. before he starts getting threatened and manipulated by various groups/people to get him to leave, for several years (most of 2007-2011) he was a caring parent who devoted all of his time and effort to raising those kids and it shows from how much they love and miss him when he’s gone, and in the personal problems he helps each of them with whenever he can in y3. On top of love in general, he provides them with stability, a sense of family and home, and helps some of the more traumatized kids regain the ability to trust and overcome survivor’s guilt. he’s responsible for the years of those kids’ lives they would almost undoubtedly all consider the best of their childhoods. “what kind of happiness has he given them?” a whole damn lot, frankly.

kiryu never goes back to deal with shit in the tojo clan fully voluntarily. it’s basically always because something is threatening the orphanage and the kids’ wellbeing, or because there are people he cares about in the clan, which makes for a lot of potential issues but– considering he’s not heartless and can’t just turn off the bonds he has with certain people– can’t be avoided, considering the closest people he had to family were yakuza/yakuza-adjacent, and cutting all of them (that he has left) off completely isn’t as easy as you make it seem. when daigo– who’s like a son to him in his own right– gets shot and very nearly dies in y3, no shit he’s gonna be concerned. and he’s deeply conflicted at first on what to do (or not do) about it. it’s really really really not as black and white as him being a good person or a bad person for being dragged back into clan ordeals– much of the time it’s not his fault at all. by all accounts he feels guilty and horrible for his past endangering the kids, and it’s a HUGE recurring theme/conflict that contributes heavily to his distancing in y5, and further distancing in y6.

HOWEVER. he has absolutely made some iffy choices and I’d never say he’s a perfect parent. for one, I definitely think haruka was allowed to be more parentified than she should’ve been– he needed the extra help, considering one adult raising that many kids isn’t easy, but he should’ve gotten that help via employing another adult (I was hoping mikiyo from y3 would do this, but he doesn’t get mentioned after y3 for whatever reason sadly), not relying on her for more responsibility than a kid should have.

moreover, despite her parentification, there’s several times where he makes huge decisions for haruka (and the kids in general to some extent) without her input / against her wishes, and recklessly puts himself in grave danger despite having kids who rely on him to take into consideration. it absolutely baffled me at the beginning of y6 to see that there wasn’t any real adult put in kiryu’s place while he was in prison, and that it’d just been the older kids seemingly who acted as caretakers for the household. that was a horrible oversight and I think he should’ve known better– yeah, he didn’t have much time to find someone to fill the role, but he was in contact with haruka and he could’ve had her get help from one of kiryu’s friends to find someone. there were definitely options and I’m not gonna make any excuses there. he’s not infallible, no doubt.

Shit gets really complicated when it comes to him leaving the way he does a number of times. He does it in the hopes that it protects the kids from his past that keeps springing up and endangering their futures, but the issue with this is that BECAUSE he did, in fact, lovingly raise these kids for the most fundamental years of their lives and become their father figure, ripping himself out of their lives can’t be good for them– especially considering they’re orphans who have already had parents ripped from their lives and undoubtedly have abandonment issues as it is. this is terribly complicated and doesn’t have a black or white answer at all– leaving them has the huge emotional repercussions I just mentioned, and staying potentially endangers them and their futures. there is no easy way to slice it, and even the best parent on earth would be torn if put in that scenario.

personally I can’t help but hope he gets to reunite with his family, as I know they’d want that as much as he would; but it’s for the best at this point that they don’t have to fully rely on him and him alone. kiryu needs other adults to lean on in his life, and so do the kids. I think the kids are capable of this– of building new bonds and broader support systems– but kiryu has got a ways to go.

#but damn bro I’ve never heard anyone be this aggressive in their hatred for kiryu as a parent bchfhdbdbdb….. #like I’ve heard people saying he’s a bad parent and making decent points about it but. this sounds like some kinda personal beef ngl #kiryu is not real and he can not hurt you. it’s okay #interesting to contrast kiryu’s predicament with majima’s whole reason for avoiding a ‘normal’ family #family life or what have you. he’s made it clear that once you’re involved in the yakuza you’re ‘stained black for life’ and thus he’d made #it a point to avoid dragging anyone else down with him even if it means sacrificing his own happiness or potential shot at a more fulfilling #life. which is interesting because like. I don’t think either of them have made a /better/ choice than the other #kiryu tried and (arguably) failed- where as majima chose not to try at all in the hopes that it’d save people who’d potentially bond with #him some grief and suffering. I don’t think it’s wrong that kiryu tried to live a fulfilling life and give kids the parental backbone #he didn’t really have when he himself was an orphaned kid. it’s just the difference between an initially optimistic outlook and a nihilistic #(on a personal level) outlook. #god what I wouldn’t give to get a heart to heart beteeen those two on this topic man………… #anyway. yeah. I spent way too much time answering this lmao #kiryu #rambling #asks #long post

[queenangst]

i was rereading some wha chapters the other day and then i cried over them if that tells u anything

#specifically the great hall arc after where coco tries to go to the tower of books #i have a VERY soft spot for that handful of chapters in defining coco as a witch/qifrey as a teacher/their relationship #like. #qifrey being questioned if he is a good teacher or if he's using coco for the sake of revenge #coco having to face that she may not be able to achieve her goal #and then qifrey sacrificing himself to give her the chance to get there. and then coco choosing neither to go back to safety or to go to #the tower of books #because she had to save HIM #n then beldaruit being like. i see . youve made up your mind about what we talked about and your teacher because she chooses him #and qifrey went to save HER because he has come to see her as like. his kid #they chose each other....th #and their parallels #so i cried. duh. i have read it so many times. i was crying #i. care them. so bad. #ely talks #ignore me lol

[akkivee]

we had dice and kuukou take one for the team in their respective battles, so i wonder if we’re going to get a similar thing happen in dh vs bb??? and maybe bb vs mtr vs fp????

#this is vee speaking #like i would assume the climax of dh vs bb will be ichiro vs rei #but rei shielded his team from bb’s attacks in the vr #so uhhhhh if he did take a hit for his team i feel like the vibe would be more akin to jiro protecting saburo like in bb vs mtc #rather than dice and kuukou sacrificing themselves to get their teammates where they need to be 🤔 #which is lethal in its own way lol it’d be like a parallel to say dh is rei’s family and he’s putting his life on the line for them #whereas rei left his own kids behind lol i like that lol #but the final showdown should be rei and ichiro so imagine if rei took damage to protect his team and they still didn’t make it lol #(HE FAILED TO PROTECT THEM LIKE HE BLAMES HIMSELF FOR NOT PROTECTING HIS WIFE—) #c: rapping boys

[brood-mother]

oh shit, riot actually updating varus’s in game voice/lines to reflect how he’s 1) two half-dead dudes and a demonic bow fighting over the same body, 2) those two dudes are lovers, 3) the demonic bow is hurt and vengeful but lowkey craves redemption, and 4) neither the demonic bow nor the lovers hate each other and have formed a sort of strangled little gay support group. happy pride month y’all?

#i'm going to miss the old VA bc he sounded sad and sexy but it's a hit babes #and of course. them finally putting their money where there mouth is with the first character they ever dabbled w/ LGBT things #and of course them actually honouring the game's first foray into gay shit all those years ago by like. actually including it in the game #remember when varus was just a random bloke who sacrificed himself to save his wife and kids or whatever #now he's a walking talking demonically possessed half murdered gay love triangle; now THATS a glow up #valmar/kai: stopping killing so much #varus: NO!!!!!!! #valmar/kai: stop killing so much....please? #varus:........MAYBE!!!!!!!!

[meatriarch]

specifically looking at the hewitts since granted i know more on the remakes than the others but,

the hewitts only got vague, limited police action looking into them in '03 after erin chops thomas' arm off and gets away. and even though theres' coverage of it and everything, that literally ONLY happens after 4-5 straight years of the hewitts doing what they do, from 69-73 in terms of solely the remake timeline.

that's still a shitton of time to be ACTIVELY killing people to y'know. not fucking die yourselves. then combine that with the sawyers - their additional family members, their own trails of ruthlessness added into the mix, and this entire combined family unit likely has kill counts all around in the hundreds if not even way past that.

but even with the police involvement in the remakes?

its all SO SLOPPY, its hardly conducted with any real CARE about their own well-beings. like??? ya'll went into that house while THOMAS was STILL THERE... didnt even SECURE THE HOUSE.....

and even with the found footage? no arrests, presumably. the remaining hewitts are still at large, thomas is still at large. like... all ya'll did was corral them to their fucking confusing ass tunnel system and made luda (if we count the comics) far more involved and ruthless in the actual killings than she was in the movies lol

and yes technically speaking with charlie's death that could sever the stronghold they've got on the police and sheriffs' around them - but at the same time - how bad would it look of them to SUDDENLY flip a switch and try to unpack the years worth of missing persons, cold cases, murders, kidnappings, break-ins, assaults, etc etc that they swept under the rug? that's WAY too much man power, esp for back then. no one is gonna do that shit.

so. i truly dont think they have much to worry about even in the event of charlie dying - because the fear and influence they've instilled stands for law enforcement to continue to do fuck all - to save and cover their own asses.

#[ ♡ ] ── * the hewitt family. / 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦. #its incredibly tragic because like. its so OBVIOUS something GOD AWFUL happened to this group of kids? theyre literally needing some rough #medical attention yknow. its so fucking clear they went through something BAD. and yet? crickets. theyre shrugged off. dismissed. #given the cold shoulder. told their friend(s) simply ran away. told they mustve been high or on something and cant recall clearly. #even between maria going missing to pre-basement brawl its like. NO ONES taking them seriously. everyone in towns they search in dismiss #them. no ones seen or heard anything. LEO's are just. useless and rude and telling them not to interfere. telling to go home. telling them #to let them handle things when it becomes VERY obvious they just dont give a shit - that theyre avoiding certain locations #like yes i moved maria's timeline of being missing up but like - even while the searches were still considered active? there was barely any #movement or care or concern or manpower that the depts were gathering or investigating. like. how does someone vanish into thin air? #like they tried to imply maria must've - at some point? they were so out of their league so roadblocked so dismissed every step of the way. #maria with the attempt of a search and youre nearly found!!!....and then youre told your friends all left...and they never came remotely #close to where youre kept to find you. lee with sacrificing himself hoping it gives the rest of them a chance to get away - that someone #lives in order to rain down hell on the family in the sense of justice and yet. not a word is said over broadcasts about him - at least #nothing substantial. no search. no missing persons report. nothing. and then danny? my dan the man? the guy with little family ties? #my guy with a strained relationship with his father? whose only friends are again in the situation of 'no one believes us'? #you think theres even a PEEP about him whatsoever? in any capacity? my guy would be lost to the ether - literally. NO ONE but the #friends would ever give a shit if he went missing.

[meatriarchived]

me crawling out of bed to type this and disappear back to my cocoon right after but-specifically looking at the hewitts since granted i know more on the remakes than the others but,

the hewitts only got vague, limited police action looking into them in '03 after erin chops thomas' arm off and gets away. and even though theres' coverage of it and everything, that literally ONLY happens after 4-5 straight years of the hewitts doing what they do, from 69-73 in terms of solely the remake timeline.

that's still a shitton of time to be ACTIVELY killing people to y'know. not fucking die yourselves. then combine that with the sawyers - their additional family members, their own trails of ruthlessness added into the mix, and this entire combined family unit likely has kill counts all around in the hundreds if not even way past that.

but even with the police involvement in the remakes?

its all SO SLOPPY, its hardly conducted with any real CARE about their own well-beings. like??? ya'll went into that house while THOMAS was STILL THERE... didnt even SECURE THE HOUSE.....

and even with the found footage? no arrests, presumably. the remaining hewitts are still at large, thomas is still at large. like... all ya'll did was corral them to their fucking confusing ass tunnel system and made luda (if we count the comics) far more involved and ruthless in the actual killings than she was in the movies lol

and yes technically speaking with charlie's death that could sever the stronghold they've got on the police and sheriffs' around them - but at the same time - how bad would it look of them to SUDDENLY flip a switch and try to unpack the years worth of missing persons, cold cases, murders, kidnappings, break-ins, assaults, etc etc that they swept under the rug? that's WAY too much man power, esp for back then. no one is gonna do that shit.

so. i truly dont think they have much to worry about even in the event of charlie dying - because the fear and influence they've instilled stands for law enforcement to continue to do fuck all - to save and cover their own asses.

#its incredibly tragic because like. its so OBVIOUS something GOD AWFUL happened to this group of kids? theyre literally needing some rough #medical attention yknow. its so fucking clear they went through something BAD. and yet? crickets. theyre shrugged off. dismissed. #given the cold shoulder. told their friend(s) simply ran away. told they mustve been high or on something and cant recall clearly. #even between maria going missing to pre-basement brawl its like. NO ONES taking them seriously. everyone in towns they search in dismiss #them. no ones seen or heard anything. LEO's are just. useless and rude and telling them not to interfere. telling to go home. telling them #to let them handle things when it becomes VERY obvious they just dont give a shit - that theyre avoiding certain locations #like yes i moved maria's timeline of being missing up but like - even while the searches were still considered active? there was barely any #movement or care or concern or manpower that the depts were gathering or investigating. like. how does someone vanish into thin air? #like they tried to imply maria must've - at some point? they were so out of their league so roadblocked so dismissed every step of the way. #like. maria and lee and danny etc in their dire aus its all just... its so tragic. #maria with the attempt of a search and youre nearly found!!!....and then youre told your friends all left...and they never came remotely #close to where youre kept to find you. lee with sacrificing himself hoping it gives the rest of them a chance to get away - that someone #lives in order to rain down hell on the family in the sense of justice and yet. not a word is said over broadcasts about him - at least pos #nothing substantial. no search. no missing persons report. nothing. and then danny? my dan the man? the guy with little family ties? #my guy with a strained relationship with his father? whose only friends are again in the situation of 'no one believes us'? #you think theres even a PEEP about him whatsoever? in any capacity? my guy would be lost to the ether - literally. NO ONE but the #friends would ever give a shit if he went missing. #does this make any sense idk im half asleep still but yknow- #i see kels' post and my brain short-circuited on this- BFKHD #[ 𝟎𝟎 ] ── * 𝐎𝐎𝐂. { renee. }

[bigskydreaming]

I’m ngl, I’m mildly interested in the Lazarus Planet stuff coming up, mostly because I miss being invested in DC comics and also I’ve been very invested in Marvel comics for awhile, and when nature is out of balance to that degree, bad things happen.

Like, I’m not expecting it to be GOOD, per se, but it does look like radical changes across the board (even if temporary), and that’s the kind of shake-up that can rattle loose various ideas or set-ups that intrigue me and get the inspiration engines up and running.

Course, first there’s this whole Batman vs Robin set-up to put everything in place, and I’m aggressively trying to ignore all of that and just wade into the eventual Lazarus Planet stuff armed with wiki summaries, because oh look, all the former Robins have been brainwashed into being evil and trying to kill Bruce because brainwashed Batkids is something new and different and oh well, at least they’re just making this about former Robins and not Bruce’s kids so its not ACTUALLY like Cass and Duke have just been left on the sidelines again right?

Hey, completely unrelated, but who wants to join in on a “Its Been This Many Days Since We Last Fucked With Dick Grayson’s Brain” scoreboard as like a Christmas gift for the DC offices?

Anyway, my only real takeaway on this is not only are Dick, Jason, Tim, Steph and Damian all united in being evil and targeting Bruce, they’ve also all been armed with heavy-duty mystical weapons like the Sword of Sin and Cloak of Cagliostro and lol its like wait at what point do you have to take a look at how you hype up the Batkids’ own skills and danger-levels and be like, umm, Bruce really should NOT be coming out of this event alive but okay.

#im just saying they've been hyping up Dick as Bruce's ultimate contingency plan for HIMSELF and showcasing how effective Jason was at #bamboozling Bruce when he first returned as the Red Hood years ago and Tim's been characterized as My Contingency Plans Have Contingency #Plans for decades now and like basically all these kids have their own stories meant to cement them as ridiculously hyper-competent and #skilled across the board so when you keep being like but put them all together and they'll still never actually be on Bruce's level #just...near enough to be a threat to him just not an insurmountable one.... #its like....you do get that it makes all your hype of them in every other comic just read as lip service you know? #if you forever keep their dad as the ceiling their own competency and skill/threat level is capped at..... #guess what? you're actually sacrificing the opportunities for continued growth for like six different characters all for the sake of one #character who doesn't even actually NEED to be upheld as eternally unbeatable and the ultimate capstone of all skill ingenuity and #competency in the DC universe....because being eternally upheld at that tier of Peak Untouchability is also kinda the very thing #that MAKES him so damn unrelatable to a lot of readers and what frustrates them about his role in many stories #not to mention his relative dynamic with most other characters around him - friends family and teammates alike #BUT I DIGRESS

[catharusustulatus]

I know that Steve is probably going to end up with Nancy (ugh) or die in season 5, and I am so bummed at those options. How would he get back with Nancy? Would there even be a proper mourning in the show if he died? I think it would be so much more interesting and unexpected if they addressed the pain he is already in (upside down wounds, breathing toxic air, exhaustion, mourning Max and Eddie, tending to broken hearted Dustin) while allowing him to grow out of romantic yearning for Nance. Alas….

#stranger things #steve harrington #st headcanons #stranger things ideas #stranger things 5 #I just hope that if he does die it’s in a way that respects his character #and that it’s not another stupid time skip #because I’d haunt the duffer bros for life #Steve deserves to be a part of the group without a romantic interest or trauma related gag #I could see him sacrificing himself for the gang and dying in Nancy’s or Robin’s arms #and I could see him getting sick with upside down goo infecting him #I could see him going out like a badass with his nail bat and it being gif’d into the next millenium #but I don’t want any of those #I want him to lose everything and still live and still fight and still care and thrive with these dorky kids around him and his best friend #and live and not have a plan and his future is left on a positive uncertain note #anyway blah blah blah I have opinions on Steve and he deserves #better!