Fuck whatever DC is doing with the al Ghul's characterizations and story lines, I've decided that from now on the al Ghul's are gonna be DC's version of the Addams Family instead.
Now I don't mean just give the various al Ghul's the exact personalities of the various Addams and call it a day. That's boring, that erases all the interesting parts of the al Ghuls, that's just using "find & replace" and not actually adding anything. I mean give them the vibes of the Addams Family.
Keep the al Ghul's as the al Ghul's with all their scheming and machinations and world domination attempts but give them all the unhinged energy, the casually insane view of the world, the deranged levels of love and devotion for family. Make them that group where objectively they are batshit insane but also you cannot argue with the fact that they are indisputably the most stable and functional family in the entire universe.
They're creepy, they're kooky, they're mysterious and spooky. Ra's many opulent homes and impenetrable fortresses are a museum and the al Ghul's really are a screa-um whenever people come to see-um (or when they lay waste upon their enemies in a surprise attack that has been planned for months and is just the first domino in a series that will ultimately lead to achieving a far greater goal).
They all love each other and want each other to be happy, they express this primarily with stabbing and murder attempts (its fine, death is a thing that happens to other people).
And forget the League of Assassins being a cult. Just make the whole vast globe spanning organization a collection of cousins/aunts/uncles/dear old friends ect. No one (not even the al Ghuls, if they cared to keep track of such things) is sure who is actually related to them and who just got absorbed into the ever expanding family tree based on their vibes being right.
(Is Sensei Ra's father you ask? Well he's certainly someone's father - probably.
Anyway have you heard about Cousin Cheshire? Despicable poisoner of a young woman, capable of the most horrific things imaginable - yes she is the sweetest dear. Like I was saying though, she just had a baby!
Everyone in the family is just so excited to throw a baby shower to celebrate! Ubu has really gone all out with the spike traps, he does so love getting to welcome a new addition to the family.
Talia of course has cultivated a brand new strain of the most toxic plants imaginable to make a brand new kind of necrotizing poison. You know, as a nice little romantic gift for Cousin Cheshire and that young man of hers. It really is so important to make sure you take time for you and your partner to go on dates and have a few pitched battles to the death on dark rooftops in the pounding rain when you have children.
Now there is some to-do about it all of course, you know how family get together can be. Everyone is arguing over who should get to give little Lian her first weapon and what it should be. Nyssa is pushing for grenades but Ra's is insisting on a sword - he's traditional like that you know - but Dusan has the vote so far on throwing knives. You know the kind that have the little divots along the edges of the blades them to make it easier to get the poison you dip them in to stick.)
I'm just saying that the al Ghuls should be a delightful cross between the Bond Villains they were originally conceived as and the lovingly unhinged Addams Family. It just feels correct in my heart.
(Again keep the interesting aspects of the characters and the nuances of who each of them are like their drive to save the world through destroying humanity and their strong environmentalist leanings and their constantly playing 5D chess and everything, but like, take away the racism and the cartoonishly evil for no reason bullshit and give them some fun feral energy to go along with it).
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✨️Team Dynamics✨️
Welcome to the series no one asked for, but you'll get it anyway.
Tired™ Cyro Dads:
Kaeya, Wriothesley, Klee, Freminet
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They met when one of Klee’s bombs accidentally went off somewhere in Fontaine. Klee hadn’t meant for it to go off, it just happened by accident, and she feels really bad.
Think of the scene where Abledo is frantically looking for Klee and explosions go off behind him and he whips around and starts booking it--that’s what Kaeya had to do in Fontaine because how did she already sneak off?!?!?
(maybe he shouldn’t teach Klee how to break out of her room when she’s grounded anymore…)
Wrio was tasked with finding their asses, who knew Fontaine had such strict laws? (not Klee)
Honestly, it wasn’t that hard to find them, Kaeya, being the responsible™ older brother and kinght, was already headed towards the Grand Courts of Fontaine with Klee to hopefully talk their way out of being thrown in jail.
If that couldn’t happen, he could at least take the heat for Klee and pray to Barbatos that Jean can get him out in a timely fashion.
Give him a little credit, bro likes chaos, but he's here on knight business, and it wouldn't be a good look to run off after the spark knight blew something up
Plus, he's trying to set a good example for Klee
Poor Klee is scared and crying outside of the courts. Kaeya is trying his best to calm her down, but Fontaine’s courts are just so scary and intimidating.
That’s how Wrio finds them.
He calms Klee down with promises of sweets (he knows Neuvillette has some in his office somewhere), but is ice cold to Kaeya because he’s like 90% sure a child wouldn’t have a bomb.
Boy Oh Boy is he surprised when he brings them to an informal hearing with Nuvellette and hears the child does have bombs--so many bombs
(Archons help him. He understands how the child got a pyro vision now, but how is she the strongest knight of Favonius?? What do you mean her mom gave her the bomb’s formula?? Maybe he was a little too harsh on the older knight…)
Cue a whole explanation later and Klee’s tearful apology.
Wrio and Neuvillette couldn’t find it in themselves to press charges against a child--or the adult who was clearly trying to take the blame--so Wrio became their escort to make sure they didn’t get into trouble for the rest of their stay.
He apologizes to Kaeya and Kaeya’s like “nah it’s okay it happens a lot”
He throws in a sly jab at how he wouldn’t mind being locked up if Wrio was the one bringing him in
He did not expect the man to dryly tell him he’d have to invite him for a cup of tea first before breaking the law, if that’s how things are gonna go
I like to think they both have the same humor, Kaeya is more sly and closed off while Wrio has a dry/sarcastic air about him, while being pretty open about what’s on his mind.
Their whole dynamic is sly remarks and witty comebacks between each other (while occasionally doubling up on messing with someone, much to Neuvillette’s displeasure), while having respect for the other
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so interestingly enough, some ppl have been pointing out that maybe miles42 is slightly older than 1610 miles? and i was like "yeah maybe" but looking at miles42's face more and more lately i'm... i'm starting to see it? :o
like if you just compare the jawlines and cheeks, it actually looks like 42 lost some more of the baby fat 1610 still has
and even without the Dramatic Ink Lines, 42 still looks like he's older than 1610 by at least a little! he has slightly more defined cheekbones imo
its kinda hard to tell with limited camera angles and weird lighting tho. there's also the possibility that bc 42 lives in a household that's clearly struggling financially, one could argue he just happens to be not as well fed as 1610
not only that but the different murals they have of aaron in 1610 and jeff in 42 are also completely different. i've heard ppl pointing out that jeff's mural looked more worn out but actually.... the one thing that strikes me is how simplistic jeff's mural is.
almost as if someone younger than 1610 made it.... someone who lost their father at a younger age and started growing out their hair to braid it around that same time. someone who developed an effective routine with their uncle also around that time, and who's had it down pat by the time 1610 appeared in their universe...
but what do yall think?
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Do you think Choi Jung Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk wanted to drag Kim Rok Soo into farming because they recognized he suffered from trauma as much as they did, but with KRS's personality, was more likely to internalize and never ask for help about it? That they feared if he was left alone after finishing their job that KRS would sink into depression real fast and not have any means of getting out?
Farming or even just gardening, an act that moves the body and results in sustenance or beauty, can be rather therapeutic. Aside from being a family business, I can see CJS and LSH wanting to do it for their own therapy reasons, and then going "Hey KRS needs this too, let's make sure we drag him in. We can keep an eye on him."
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something i noticed in ep5 is that it’s mostly (TECHNICALLY) shiny’s fault that thunder got infected with the mites. (calm down there’s a point i’m making) thunder’s vision specifically said “close combat not reccomended” and shiny specifically put the kaiju guts on thunder’s hand.
HOWEVER: it goes unnoticed. nobody mentioned this.
and frankly? THANK GOD
i am SO sick of characters blaming themselves and getting blamed for shit they WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN PRIOR. i am SO glad that the show was not “blame shiny for something he nor thunder had any clue about” and was more like “these are the circumstances that are happening now so we must deal with them”
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there is also a skit i forgot to mention in that one ask of episodes and skits. drip feeding u guys ghostoro TONIGHT
choromatsu has been favoring his merch over his partner for the past few weeks. so oso goes “well why dont you just take it away from him?” and ghost is like “i cant do that. he’ll get mad.” but hes like “well do you want him to be stuck on that idol forever??? be a side hoe when you could be the main????” “…good point.”
so osomatsu and ghost agree to grab every piece of nyaa chan merch he has and hold it “hostage” (in a pile in an open field and they’re about to set it on fire) and they keep choro away for as long as possible until he realizes. he checks their apartment, no body pillow… no merch at his house… WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?!
then him and ghost argue right before they light on fire. “i want you to pay attention to ME, your actual partner, than some stupid idol who you have a parasocial relationship with!” “but shes been with me since day ONE!! she means SO much to me!!” glare. “N-NOT THAT YOU DONT MEAN AS MUCH!!”
they talk it out and it gets sentimental. ghost just wants their boyfriend, and choro wants to have his little niche interest. the stuff doesnt get burned, but it is held hostage at many other points in time until choro somewhat loses interest. but he never does because ghost gives into buying him merch Way too easily
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