#listen. LISTEN.

[its-your-mind]

thinkin bout how orv starts with kim dokja actively working to ensure that kim namwoon dies during the first scenario

thinkin bout how kim namwoon was a teenager at the start of the scenarios, dealing with the apocalypse using the mental paths that came easiest, jumping into the new world with both feet

thinkin bout kim dokja as a teenager. tired. hurt. alone. his internal and external struggles ignored by the adults around him. choosing to throw himself off a rooftop because there wasn’t anything in his life worth living for

thinkin bout how kim dokja woke up again, even though he had planned not to

thinkin bout a teenage boy. lost, alone, broken, scared, angry, in need of someone to come and show him how to keep moving forward

thinkin bout a protagonist in a webnovel who is an example to you of how to survive against all odds. a mantra to repeat when living life as yourself is too hard

thinkin bout a hardened and powerful hero who knows exactly how this world works, who holds out a hand offers you a place with him

thinkin bout teenage kim namwoon, looking to yoo joonghyuk as captain, teacher, and protector

thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, looking to yoo joonghyuk as role-model, hero, and refuge

thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, who saw himself more as kim namwoon than any of yoo joonghyuk’s other companions

thinkin bout adult kim dokja, reclusive and unsocial, hiding his phone from his coworker so she doesn’t see what he’s reading. convinced that yoo joonghyuk would look down on him if he learns who he “really” is. ashamed of any details kimcom learns about his past

thinkin bout what happens to a life when the person living it has never seen in it any redeeming qualities or objects of value. how someone feels about life when they tried and failed to give up that life a decade ago, and every day since has felt almost accidental

thinkin bout the lesser fire dragon. the disaster of floods. the strongest in seoul dome. the devourer of dreams. the 73rd demon king. the industrial complex. the war between good and evil. the wager with secretive plotter.

thinkin bout the most ancient dream. an empty station. a cold and hard bench. bandages and a notebook and a too-loose uniform. smaller than he should be for his age and more broken than any child should ever become. alone.

thinkin bout an unbreakable faith, shattered. a family frantically throwing themselves at their heart to save him from himself. desperate hands prying a blade out of shaking ones, moments before the jagged edge pierced deep into vulnerable flesh

thinkin bout how the younger kim dokja, recently released from the hospital, does not watch. instead, he instinctively curls up to protect the parts of himself already hurting the most. he begins to repeat his mantra

thinkin bout how kim namwoon kicked and fought and screamed and stabbed. and then, when he realized there wasn’t anything he could do, he got down on his knees and begged kim dokja for his life

thinkin bout how kim dokja just stood over him, held him in place, and looked at him in silence as the clock ran out

thinkin bout kim dokja at the beginning of his story and at the end of his story. in a subway. looking down at a teenage boy.

making a choice. the same choice, both times.

the first time: an explosion, a blood splatter on his reflection, and a confused and wary protagonist who has lost one asset and gained another

the last time: arms holding him back, a family hugging him tight, and another protagonist who steps in front of him. holds the child close. forgives him everything. offers up anything more he could need. and kim dokja watches as the person with the strongest claim to vengeance upon this younger facsimile of himself instead gently gathers up the most ancient dream, tucks him close against his chest, and walks away with him safe and sound in his arms.

#orv #omniscent reader #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader novel #orv spoilers #omniscient reader spoilers #kim dokja #kim namwoon #most ancient dream #secretive plotter #LISTEN. listen. #I JUST THINK ABOUT KIM NAMWOON A LOT OKAY #literally there was like #one line in the 1863 arc where kdj was like #lol yeah I used to imagine replacing kim namwoon in the squad bc I thought I could do him but better #and then my brain short circuited #literally changed everything I felt about kim namwoon in like .02 seconds #cuz like yes kdj unreliable narrator #but I had not unlocked the kim namwoon mystery until that moment #anyway justice for kim namwoon my bby boy deserves better #he was a C H I L D #lee jihye also killed someone day one and kdj doesn’t hate her for it #anyway I’m just sayin that everything we see is through kdj’s eyes and if he thought Kim namwoon was cringe af #BUT ONLY BC teen kdj thought the edgelord thing was kinda badass #obvs we only get the bad vibes #I mean also there was an attempted stabbing #but only after kdj stopped him from doing old lady crimes specifically with the intent to make sure he didn’t make it thru scenario 1 #no old lady saving desire present

[scintillyyy]

also. currently obsessing how tim's reveal of his return to robin & his secret life & his inability to be a normal kid anymore to jack is marked by physical distance--they can't look at each other, they barely touch each other. they sit next to each other. but there's distance there.

robin #130, #131

meanwhile, when tim gets a chance to tell alternate universe janet everything, the body language is completely different. they face each other, they look at each other, they hold hands, they hug.

batman #134

coincidence? yes completely i think not.

#jack drake #janet drake #tim drake #listen. listen.

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

listen... we didn't get "my ugly one" or the actual "dear friend" letters (the fucking episode title and "this is my... dear friend" from geralt in s2 don't count) brought over from the books to the show until s3 even though we expected them way sooner... but we still fucking got them... and geralt is finally at a point where he's being openly soft and caring about jaskier so my point is here's how "you must be insane with fear if you could think I'd leave you" can still w

#LISTEN. LISTEN. #[insert the audio of the opening of the star spangled banner w/ 'get up its all over. listen we had a rough couple of months-'] #mine #geraskier #the witcher s3 spoilers #jaskier #geralt #geralt of rivia #the witcher #joey batey

[ladysqueakinpip]

have some leo and splinter memes in these trying times

the last 4 pics are based on [this video] where this news reporter's supposed son kisses him on air

do not tag as ship ~ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt splinter #leo rottmnt #splinter rottmnt #save rottmnt #unpause rottmnt #squeaky art #listen. listen. #if i see. even ONE of yall. tag this as leo/splinter. its over for yall #i will INSTA-block you. i will block you faster than you can say pizza supreme. #this is WHOLESOME FAMILY CONTENT. WHOLESOME FATHER SON BONDING. #I WILL BE CHECKING TAGS!!! #I DONT TRUST ANY OF YALL FREAKS!! SMH!!

[a-drama-addict]

me dragging this drawing along with me: THIS TOO IS YURI

#listen. listen. #i am unwell about them. they're freaks and im dragging this out of my wips SOON #RAAAA LESBIANS RAAAA #theyre colour coded #my art #wip #karlach #oc: sigrid

[sci-the-superb]

its almost 3am

#tf2 #tf2 engineer #tf2 pyro #texas toast #listen. listen. #listen to me i just #(<- engineer main w a crush on pyro)

[starheirxero]

Multiverse's most mentally stable Sun

He's fine 😁 (lie)

#xero creations #LISTEN. listen. #i know that the canon lord Eclipse dimension had sun be wildly fearful of eclipse #BUT IDK. smth about sunvant being so devoted that he gets intense and self destructive about it is important 2 me HAJSBAJS #like. no he isn't being monitored. no he isn't being directly influenced. #he is just soooo lost in the sauce 😭 #sun and moon show #the sun and moon show #tsams #lord eclipse au #servant sun #sams moon #sunvant

[rayar32]

I know I don't go here for a while but have you considered Zeon!Suletta and her unholy Kshatriya Silver Bullet?

because I have so here's some funny Sleeves Suletta committing funnel murder

#gundam #gundam the witch from mercury #the witch from mercury #wfm #g witch #suletta mercury #my art #whoops there goes ray creating yet Another AU #listen. listen. #i know okay #DOESN'T MEAN I'LL STOP IT'S AU CENTRAL BABY

[idliketochill]

GEGOR HAND IN MARRIAGE REAL?? (WIP)

#limbus company #limbussy #lcb #project moon #lcb gregor #gregor lcb #gregor limbus company #gregor samsa #listen. LISTEN. #I know he’s supposed to be jesus #but.

[xehabraigs]

i will always be the number one kairi kh4 relevance advocate bc you cant tell me that having a girl who 1. has connections to radiant garden and the apprentinort+variations gang that STILL haven't been explored much and 2. has been shafted by the plot for so long that they accidentally made her a direct parallel to luxu, the constantly watching and waiting new main antagonist of the games ISNT the most interesting concept waiting to be explored

#txt #kairi #kh #kingdom hearts #LISTEN. LISTEN. #if they actually agknowledged shes been treated like garbage and let that BE her arc. if they let that be smth she can have feelings abr #it could be so good

[dykeblade]

Men will ask if anyone is about to threaten suicide and then not wait for an answer

#my art #wilbur soot #tommyinnit #dsmp spoilers #LISTEN. LISTEN. #I KNOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SERIOUS MOMENT BUT YOU GOTTA ADMIT ITS KIND OF FUNNY #like during the silence after he said this i was audibly losing my shit #revivebur my pretty pretty princess you are deranged in the silliest of ways #God #crimeboys #mcyt #dream smp #update: someone called me a tumblr noob for censoring the word suicide and theyre not correct (ive been on tumblr for four years) #but i did deserve to be called that. i dont know why i censored it #xoxo #1k

[vittoriaisfuckingpathetic]

john marston is just like me (has autism and loves abigail roberts)

#listen. listen. #john marston has autism #autism be damned that boy can bark #john marston #john marston x abigail roberts #abigail roberts marston #red dead fandom #rdr fandom #rdr headcanon #red dead redemption 2 #read dead redemption #marstongail #johnigail #(me not remembering which one is their ship name)

[etapereine]

"On Loving" by Forugh Farrokhzad, tr. Sholeh Wolpé

"On Loving" from Sin: Selected Poems | 2021 Tour de France, Stage 15 | 2021 Tour de France, Stage 17 | 'He can be a Tour de France winner pretty soon': Tadej Pogačar leads praise of Jonas Vingegaard | 2022 Tour de France, Stage 7 | 2022 Tour de France, Stage 12 | Tadej Pogačar Says Jonas Vingegaard Rivalry Could Go Down 'In History' | 2022 Tour de France, Stage 14 | 2023 Tour de France, Stage 1 | 2023 Tour de France, Stage 15 | 2023 Tour de France, Stage 20

#listen. LISTEN. #tadej just. he just never stops talking about jonas and how much he enjoys that rivalry and how much he wants it to continue #and it makes me a bit emotional every. single. time. #not pictured: tadej saying that he and jonas have “a bright future” and how that makes them “sound like a couple” #cycling poetry #tadej pogacar #jonas vingegaard #tadejonas

[presidentofthelipglossclub]

quickshadow should've had a girlfriend

or a non-binary partner. idk she gives wlw vibes. doesn't matter what her sexuality is honestly she might like masc bots too but she should have a girlfriend. i think her and windblade would be a lesbian power couple because they're both used to being solo agents and they're very sassy girlbosses. so they're a deadly team y'know. windy is the badass femme fatale and quickshadow is the tomboy with daddy issues. you agree with me.

#listen. listen. #listen. hear me out #they both have so much sapphic/wlw energy it's unreal #windblade was way more impressed with strongarm standing up to her than she ever was with sideswipe. #quickshadow i don't have evidence but i mean c'mon. #look at her #shes not straight #no rescue bot is but her especially #she's so unbothered by the others i mean she barely wants to be friends with them. #she just exudes “tired queer done with heteronormativity” vibes. also i think she and windblade would be really cute #they'd kick ass so hard #tfrb #tfrb quickshadow #rescue bots #transformers rescue bots #transformers aligned #rid2015 #rid15 #tf rid 2015 #transformers rid2015 #tf rid15 #windblade #rid15 windblade #rid2015 windblade #aligned continuity

[avianii]

okokok guys

hear me out

Top Gun. But WW2.

#anii's random thoughts #top gun #top gun maverick #top gun 1986 #listen. LISTEN. #MAYBE I JUST NEED AN EXCUSE TO DRAW BOMBER JACKETS??? #sooooo #yea lmk ur thoughts lmao

[coldgoldlazarus]

Yanno, Metroid Prime: Federation Force raises an interesting question: How did the Pirates successfully capture Samus for brainwashing in the first place? One of the less dumb points of criticism against the game is, as cool an idea as having her as the final boss sounds on paper, the setup required just doesnt't seem plausible.

The more realistic theory is she was still working through the aftereffects of the Phazon infection and subsequent withdrawl, giving them a chance to ambush and knock her out successfully, while only losing a few dozen soldiers in the process instead of like, a hundred or more.

The sillier answer, that I personally subscribe to, is the Phazon withdrawl thing, but also that in her moment of weakness and loosened judgement, they figured out how to deliberately weaponize her item-collection OCD to lure her into an inescapable trap.

#not a reblog #metroid #samus aran #metroid prime federation force #federation force #samus ocd headcanon returns #listen. listen. #you cannot tell me #that with all the weird shit she has to do sometimes #for those particularly out-of-the-way missile expansions #that that is neurotypical behavior #in the abstraction of a game sure thats just collecting #but for her thats real #she is doing a ridiculously complex set of repeated shinespark redirections #because some old chozo was having a laugh when they designed this building #all for a measly +5 extra missiles #(or +2 super missiles or power bombs) #there's gotta be something at play there #and someone cottoning on to her one actual true weakness #is the only way I can see Federation Force happening the way it did