#normally i'd link it but...

[jooheons]

happy birthday, namjoon! ♡

#dailybts #networkbangtan #btsgfx #btsedit #usersky #happyrmday #kim namjoon #* #cn!e #mahoneysuga #scans are by mahoneysuga #tumblr has this weird stupid feature where if you include a link in the caption #it won't show up in the tags #normally i'd link it but... #anyways please check out mahoneysuga's work!

[lovvecherrymotion]

it's late and i just saw this tweet and it made me think of bojere and now i'm emotional

#bojere #bojan cvjetićanin #käärijä #op linked two studies about it but even if it wasn't true i'd chose to believe it #but yeah bojan and jere on their weekly video call and they're laughing together and even their heartbeats are synchronized #i'm feeling very normal rn thanks for asking

[queernarchy]

just thinking about scary's relationship to normal again. because like. more than anyone else normal represents the team. he represents trust, and love, and second chances, and scary knows that. under the zone of truth she tells norm that she's impressed by him. she looks to him for reassurance when she finally tries to work with her friends.

she feels it. she needs it. and she can't stand it, the same way she can't stand terry trying to love her, or her mom, or herself. in a lot of ways they're all the same. like terry, norm is too clingy, he gives her too much trust, too much love, too many chances to love herself, and for that, she has to punish him the same way she punishes terry, the same way she's punishing herself.

and it's just so fucking sad because you can see the kid creating her own cycle of violence in real time. allowing the pain given to her by her father to corrode everything and everyone around her, especially the people who love her. especially the people who let her think that maybe she might be worthy of it.

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #scary marlowe #and i'd like to talk about norm for a hot sec because he deserves so much more jesus christ #he tried so hard with the school. SO hard with his dad. so hard with his peers. #and all he got was laughed at and called stupid and a freak #and now it's happening with scary - and link doesn't even wanna be friends anymore????? jesus christ!! #normal oak

[elecman108]

If there is anything that makes me wanna say "I called it" on, it's the characterization of the Daycare Attendant (Sun specifically) in Help Wanted 2. My version of Sun's personality is almost exactly like the Sun in HW2, and I made him after playing Security Breach (the only difference being he cusses and that Moon is more chill).

I deadass looked at this cheerful weirdo we barely got to see in that game and went "he is both the only adult serving cunt and the most friendly guy to ONLY children out there". And now that's CANON. He is the exact opposite of that one meme image that has "fuck them kids" on it. Sun says "fuck them adults" lmao.

#the disappointment speaks #a day in the life of the disappointment #screaming into the void #love my brain doing this to me #if I had a nickel for every time I called something by accident before it occured (game related) #I'd have 2 nickels. one for Banjo in smash and one for Sun's personality. #if we include irl itd be 3 bc I once told a resident that she's win big at bingo and won 7 out of 11 rounds that day #btw I'll never live that bingo moment down. We manifest bingo winnings to rival the gods here. #but yeah I didnt think I could compare me calling Sun's personality and Banjo in Smash Ultimate ever but here we are! #its like sans and the queen dying. unrelated yet somehow forever linked by correlation. #oh wait I gotta do normal tags too #fnaf #fnaf help wanted 2 #help wanted 2 #okay enjoy my word vomit people going through the hw2 tags on tumblr. ily

[sisterdivinium]

At the end of my post about Jillian Salvius' clothing and how it mirrored her inner happenings, I briefly mentioned Mother Superion and her attire, planning to develop a fuller analysis at a later date; this is where I attempt it.

A glance suffices to notice how Mother Superion stands out compared to the other members of the Order of the Cruciform Sword, given how starkly her all-black habit contrasts with the hues of blue that characterise the other nuns.

However, it is not common amongst nuns for such dissimilar, distinctive appearances to exist within a same order. The flashback in episode six of season two, through which we are speedily acquainted with the dress code of Suzanne's own Mother Superion, proves that the striking black silhouette she eventually adopts is exclusive to her, Suzanne, rather than some peculiar tradition within the OCS. The other woman, after all, even despite her hierarchical position, wears blue just the same as all other sisters.

Of course, we know that Suzanne is ultimately responsible for this Mother Superion's death and we could assume that, as a Queen Victoria in mourning until the end of her days, her choice in wardrobe could constitute some sort of morbid tribute to her "victim". It might serve as a reminder of her tragic blunder — in Catholic logic, so steeped in ideas of sin and guilt as it is, it would not be unreasonable for Suzanne to wear her own dark grief on her literal sleeve, adding yet another symbol of her failure to the gallery of signs of mortification that the event had already left on her. A grim cloak of funereal black goes along rather harmoniously with a large facial scar, a limp, a cane, all constant reminders of what her mortal sin of pride had done to someone she loved.

Could it be a pesky remnant of that same pride, setting herself visibly apart from her sisters as well as physically? Would penitence not be more properly lived in the humility of looking just like all the others do? Perhaps, but these are conjectures and there is still much more to this our twisted female Oedipus, the unwilling killer of a mother whose place she takes by "marrying" to her same duty. This black outfit Mother Superion dons strangely brings to mind that of an Orthodox priest.

Surely, the reader will recall some defining traits of the Orthodox church, namely its total independence from Rome following the Schism, as well as the autonomy and authority that each of its branches possess; the reader will also kindly remember the definition and etymology of the word "orthodox":

orthodox (ˈɔːθəˌdɒks) adj 1. conforming with established or accepted standards, as in religion, behaviour, or attitudes 2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) conforming to the Christian faith as established by the early Church [C16: via Church Latin from Greek orthodoxos, from orthos correct + doxa belief] (via The Free Dictionary)

Correct belief, as in faithful to its origins, to its heart — to what is understood as and felt to be the truth, uncluttered by scholarship, free from control by a single ruler. Let us keep those words in the back of our mind: correct belief.

For now, we must return to season one, to the inner conflict faced by Mother Superion as she oscillated between choosing to follow Duretti's lead or to stick to what we might tentatively call her own conscience. It is clear that she finds herself at a complicated crossroads.

She does attempt to "conform with established standards", to follow the orders received, to act in accordance with what is expected of her in her position — simply put, to be orthodox in her approach, as much as it seems to disturb her.

I have spoken of verticality before (and, to be honest, so has Sylvia de Fanti herself), so these moments of reasserting her adherence to the rules serve to place Suzanne in that scheme, where she is the superior to the girls but also always the inferior to someone else. They establish how she fits into all of this — and how she must squirm to do so, smothering herself in the process (smothering the same confidence, the same pride which up until then had been a cause only for shame?) so as to serve her purpose within the structure.

The issue of authority and the struggle of accepting or rejecting it are not novelties for Suzanne.

Here is what is most fascinating about our Mother Superion when considering her unusual looks: she is simultaneously orthodox and unorthodox.

Fidelity, methods and intentions mix in her, pulling her in the direction of the church's rigidity or in that of her own individuality, torn between duty (or what is understood as duty) and what we could perhaps call faith... Real faith.

We needn't indicate how unorthodox it is for a nun to defy the orders of a higher-up, most of all when that higher-up is the Pope himself, and yet Suzanne does it; she confronts Duretti both indirectly, while protecting Ava from Crimson (whom he had himself reintroduced in the OCS) and directly, openly questioning him about what at that point was assumed to be Adriel's bones, and, later, even questioning and criticising his way of dealing with the situation involving Adriel.

At the same time, with someone with this image of hers, so reminiscent of the Orthodox, these were the most orthodox actions she could possibly take, distancing herself from Duretti, thinking for herself, splitting from him just as the two churches have done.

Yet there is still more to examine.

It is already quite unorthodox to picture a member of the Catholic church — she being a sister warrior notwithstanding, with all the unconventionality that entails — wanting to acquire a "more modern approach" to something, but it is more so when we consider that this touch of "modernity" in Suzanne arguably comes from the alliance forged with Jillian Salvius and the technology she brings — the very same Jillian who served as antagonist to Duretti and the church, to whom Mother Superion is bound, in season one.

Still, a certain orthodoxy permeates this unorthodox, almost blasphemous choice.

This is because what directs Suzanne, what guides her after she has broken free of her spiritual, intellectual, emotional, symbolic imprisonment is what can only be called her correct belief: her devotion to her girls.

Suzanne's "orthodoxy" has little to do with theology. The issues of transcendence and god are not in question for her, not that we've seen (if Camila mentions a slight concern given the events of season two); the crux of the matter for her is, to again borrow Sylvia's own words, the "root" of religion, etymologically speaking — religion, "religare", the idea of tying together, fastening, binding... This tie which defines her "correct belief", her "religion", is the one with the other members of the OCS.

As much as the trauma of killing a mother might have pushed Suzanne into the stable, predictable place offered by "order", by a severe structure such as that of the church, necessarily stifling that murderous sin of pride lurking within her troubled breast, there is only so much anyone can bear to bury within oneself. The cage of penance is all too likely to end a tomb and one's genuine self must break through eventually so that life isn't brought to an end while the heart yet continues to beat — Mary provided the key for Suzanne to free herself of this fate.

Duretti is not the church, he is not a woman and he is certainly not directed by selflessness, on the contrary, and all of this runs counter to her "correct belief" of, as Mary knows too well, caring too much about the other nuns.

After this truth is expressed and accepted, it is never again a secret and we are witnesses to how profoundly Mother Superion is moved by what affects her sisters, be it in the loss of Mary herself, that of the countless women slaughtered during the global attack on the OCS, or even in quieter moments such as the ones shared with Ava or when learning Camila and Yasmine are still alive after a failed incursion. As much as a certain stoicism remains about her, feelings do find their way outward much more easily.

It is also in the name of those very same sisters that she so vehemently punctuates her participation in Duretti's bloody conclave.

Again, Suzanne proves to be both orthodox and unorthodox at once, for it is highly unorthodox for a woman to speak thus (as highlighted by the Archbishop of Canterbury), but it is also the most orthodox course of action for her to take in respecting and honouring her own correct belief — remaining true to her convictions, devoted to her sisters, those who are now around her, not above or below her. This is what I (and, once more, the very actress that breathes life into the character) have elsewhere called a relationship of horizontality.

Curiously enough, at the conclave, Mother Superion is placed right beside the one Orthodox bishop present at the meeting.

The camera avoids showing them side by side, perhaps to equally avoid the recognition of how alike their clothing is, but it is notable that they should be close: here are representatives of autonomous churches, almost solidifying how much Suzanne stands for what is a faith all in itself.

And perhaps it is, in a way. For the proximity in vestment is, let us repeat, due to the similarity to the robes worn not by Orthodox nuns, but by priests — it is the masculine garb that sees itself reflected in her looks, that which is worn by men, that very sex holding real authority in either of the two real churches. A priest, a minister, a shepherd, one invested with the necessary knowledge to perform sacraments in the faith...

Even though her cane is no longer necessary following the miracle performed by Ava, we see Suzanne using it post-resurrection. This opens intriguing paths of inquiry, for, yes, the cane might serve as a signature weapon, effortlessly hidden in plain sight, but it might also hesitatingly draw a connection in light of the priest comparison... Perhaps, symbolically, the cane is as a discreet crosier in the hands of this apostle of "correct belief", now prepared to welcome others into the same family-faith of fellow women...

But this is egregious speculation and possibly tainted by the present author's own wish fulfilment, going well beyond the scope of this text; we must not pursue this line of investigation further, not without the aid of more concrete evidence to ground it.

Be it as it may, it is enough to conclude that Mother Superion presents a rich, delightful paradox in her successive "states" of orthodoxy and unorthodoxy, often at the same time; she who first appeared as a figure illustrative of the strictest order in her stern black might be one of the most subversive characters in a cast already marvellously distinguished by its psychological depth and how full of life it is.

#warrior nun #mother superion #with all of these links to myself i'd ought to just change my url to mothersuperionwiki #(it's a joke i'm not going to change my url!! but yes i might not be entirely Normal about suzanne oops) #(and this is a post solely about her clothes jfc) #analysis and similar #exercises in observation #also the links are not me fishing for notes in other posts #i simply do not expect readers to be acquainted with everything else i've been writing about suzanne and the show in general #and it might be useful for someone just stumbling upon this post to know where it's coming from

[swashbucklery]

over salt sea and flowerdeep fields (Willow, Kit/Jade/Elora, E)

Everything feels the same, and everything feels different, all at once. Because the victory, the heart-pounding elation of fighting the Crone and rescuing Airk and actually doing it, that's incredible. It's everything Kit ever wanted. Everything her bones knew she needed when she'd dreamt about having adventures. But it fades, quickly. Into sore shoulders and bruised ribs and the realization that they have to sleep and eat so badly. + (Kit and Jade and Elora and the long journey back from the Immemorial City, sorting out all the things that love and home can mean.)

AO3 Link

#my fic #willow fic #kitlorade #tanthamore fic #look i for sure posted this back at the beginning of may #and normally i let old fics lie #and let folks read them when they get to them #but i'm posting the sequel in about two weeks #and this beast is 60k #so i thought i'd share it again in case anyone wants to reread #willow: medium powerful magic once adjusted for inflation #also if any mutuals need a dl link to rewatch the series #i've got u #just let me know

[princess-of-purple-prose]

[ID: An edited page from Trigun Volume 10 Chapter 7, overlaid with lyrics from "Death Valley" by Fall Out Boy. The lyrics are from Genius and highlighted in russet orange. The view looks up on confetti fluttering down from the sky, and Wolfwood looks stunned before opening his mouth to scream, a tear rolling down his face. Overlaid is the line "But don't take love / off the table yet." End ID]

Posting this alt page of my vol10 web weaving separately because I'm still really fond of it! Forever guilt and unending penance and blood enjoyers etc etc

#i really do like this version compared to my other alts which were all so busy or poorly designed #actually i PREFER this one to the one i ended up going with as it's both cleaner and more in line with the conclusion of ww's arc #this didn't make the cut solely because the one i went with was more heavily vashwood and that was indeed the point slkdjfh #trigun #described #described by me #also i'd normally link to op's own blog if linking someone else's post it feels conceited not to #but i've had links break before so i'm trying to avoid that :( #my web weavings #<- i'm super aware none of my lyric edits technically count as web weavings but listen. listen #my posts #kay talks #trigun spoilers #trimax spoilers #ONE DAY I'LL STOP FORGETTING TO TAG THOSE #okay christ this has been in my drafts for days and i've edited the id no less than six times so RELEASING THIS INTO THE WILD NOW #wolfwood

[tarnussy]

graftheads, look at this Godrick ink art on twitter for Soulstober

edit: I got permission to share the art on here, the post is here

#blew my socks clean off #you know normally i'd ask artists if i could repost this with credit of course plus i'd link their socials as well naturally #so far i think i wanted to do that with 3 pieces bc the artists are not on here and the artwork is too good not to share with tumblr #but also just messaging someone like that seems like it's so invasive i don't have the heart to do it #so this is the next best option

[phoenixcatch7]

If there's one thing I like more than time travel it's crossover reincarnation, so.

Botk link reincarnated as Damian Wayne.

An incredible weapon master of all types, but especially prodigious with a sword - he was beating knights at the age of 4 and with his memories as intact as they get for him I can see that goalpost moving even further (probably with traps and tricks, a 3yo doesn't exactly have great bodily control).

He's an excellent survivalist, agile, strong, durable, cunning and creative. He can move like a feather in the breeze, strike from behind with ease. His first kill, an animal, did not stir him as it did the other children. With his poise, grace, skills, obedience, he ought to be ra'as' finest assassin in the making, a jewel in the crown of the league.

Except he never speaks a word. Half his targets escape unscathed. He skates by true punishment on the merit of his skills and achievements in other missions. Testing has shown it is not a physical deformity that prevents his speech, but not even talia has been able to coaxe a word from him past his second birthday.

It is a defect ra'as is growing more and more frustrated by, as each attempt to fix these two final flaws ends in resounding failure. Less extreme solutions are running dry.

Talia fears those solutions. Her child does too, she knows. For them, there is a possible solution, more extreme than anything ra'as would tolerate.

She sends him out of the league. To his father.

To Gotham.

#'gee phoenix that sure sounds like that dp x dc you're normally rattling on about' yeah lol I steal tropes and sell them on the black market #Anyway this has been slowly rotisserie-ing in my head for a while I just like shaking canon like a magic 8 ball #I'd love to explore how link would react to Gotham and how he might see getting suddenly dumped in a found family as the youngest #And how that contrasts with both his expectations in the league and his role as the saviour last hope of a whole country #Because that kid cannot have a modern interpretation of killing. Like monsters? Kill with prejudice loot the corpses. #The yiga might have a little more hindsight understanding and he never killed them anyway but zero hesitation blowing them up #And ganon is so far removed from the concept of 'killing is bad' because a) human??? Monster??? B) literally the problem #C) he's been killing people so it'd even out d) everyone wants him dead So Bad e) been killed already like a dozen times what's one more #I get the feeling he'd assign the same role to the joker like 'widely considered the source of all evil. 'died' several times and came back #personal source of absolute misery for several heroes. Killed many' = slay the monster. Straightforward. #Like yes link always chooses kindness and has a strong morality and Opinion on killing people it's just a lot would be solved #By hitting the joker until he stopped making life miserable for everyone and if that means permanently well that's kind of link's job. #And like with Jason the bats understand that a lot better than they pretend to. But that is a 10yo who should not be thinking like that. #I think it'd be interesting to see how that'd change their reactions to 'Damian'. Like he holds a very similar opinion to og and Jason he #Just goes about it completely differently. #And I'd love to explore the differences between two fictional worlds and how they can go from pretty much the most black/white morality #To probably one of the greyest areas while still holding near identical themes and methods of dealing with that. #Found family compassion as a weapon against evil and copious amounts of weapons and cool gear lol #Also link should keep the arm he's earned it. Reincarnating with all his memories knocked a few other things loose I'd imagine #Mostly because all the loz games I've played have absolutely altered the way I view any link and also I love referencing them. #Damian with telekinesis and infinite glue would be great. A tiny 10yo sword master choosing instead to drop a dumpster on you #In between hurt comfort link beginning to bond with his family and begin to speak and learn sign language from cass #There's also the sound of explosives and a small figure clinging to a flying door as it crosses the Gotham night skies #Speaking of cass I bet her and link would be great friends in this au. #batman #batfam #bruce wayne #loz au #Loz #loz totk

[ztmachine]

I just finished Links Fabulous Flashback Montage and I cannot recommend it enough. I started reading it for the Sidlink (which is there and amazing) but I hyperfixated on it and read like ~400k words in a month because of the amazing storytelling. It is SO, VERY long and some of the time travel stuff is SO, VERY confusing but Jesus if it isn't the best fic I've ever read. It got me over Revalink (if not Revali himself, the hatred is still strong) it has boys kissing. It has *the* boys getting married! (legit some of the best fluff I've read) it has time travel. It has setup, payoff, and twisting the knife. It has an absolutely BEAUTIFUL and heart wrenching death scene. An ending that makes me want to read the 2 mil word monster that is FGA. Did I mention the confusing time travel? There's soooooo much time travel, of which I understand about half. (And I am really trying to) Anyyyyyyways if you have 100+ hours to burn, I highly recommend it, and the previous entry: Sidon's Epic Pining Adventure.

#there's also some sex scenes/jokes but no smut or anything. it's just personally not my cup of tea so I skipped over them. #from what i can tell it didn't effect my reading experience too much #some people might hate me for it but i'd put it in my top 5 books #like i literally cried at the death scene #and normally I'm pretty impossible to make cry like I got a huuuuge cut on my leg a while back and was just. not *calm* but i didnt cry. #got off topic there but it is seriously so well written #sidlink #obakeari #fanfic #fanfiction #links fabulous flashback montage #sidons epic pining adventure #sepa #lffm #zt adds something

[black-and-yellow]

I’ve Got Your Number

New tablet, new Loudspeaker.

#recently remembered Passion Pit exist so that's your problem now #I don't know if anyone actually checks out the songs I link in my headings so it could very well not be anyone's problem at all #bnha #mha #present mic #bnha au #Loudspeaker au #hizashi yamada #last night I dreamt there was a shop called What Pigs Buy (it was pig themed for some reason it was pretty cute) #and it was like a social commentary on buying products marketed as being for a specific race #I'm not sure whether like deodorant for specific races of people exists in real life I'm 99 percent sure it doesn't #but in my dream it did and this shop had something to say about it #so all the products were labelled normally but with 'for pigs' at the end #cornflakes for pigs. bar soap for pigs. courgette for pigs #I enjoyed the theming #they were also selling Barbie dolls for £1 #not for pigs or anything just normal Barbies #the only explanation I have for this is that my brain was trying to think of the expression 'when pigs fly' and got dreadfully confused #but if there's a pig-themed shop anywhere I'd like to go and visit it #sorry for telling you all about my dreams but I can't suffer alone I have to make it everyone's problem

[glynder]

I'm like a month late to posting these, but these are my favorite attacks I did for ArtFight this year. I was thinking about them again, so I wanted to post 'em!

Links to each attack below, in order:

Chalk + Fisker

Pandora

Mistletoe

Starlingpool

#myst doodles #artfight 2023 #gif #genuinely really proud of these models considering I had JUST started modeling like two weeks prior to AF starting #i dont wanna spam my friends with reposted attacks so #im posting them here instead #I'd @ the owners of each character but idk if ppl do that? #like is that normal? if so ill edit it in but #for now just the attack link works I think

[rainy-circle]

url tag game ⚔️

rules: spell your url with song titles & then tag some friends!

Tagged by @erythromanc3r a.... while ago WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AGO

R - Reaper by Sia

A - Any Way You Want It by Journey

I - I'll Be There by Jess Glynne

N - Numb Little Bug by Em Beihold

Y - You Know Me Better by Róisín Murphy

C - Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

I - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

R - Roller Coaster by Serena Ryder

C - Crossroads from the Hollow Knight soundtrack

L - Lately by Vashti Bunyan

E - Electric Love by BØRNS

I SHOULD BE IN BED SO UHHH I'LL JUST TAG SOME RANDOM PEOPLE if you don't want to do it you don't have to!!! @basil-touche @sharpenote @ensrensage @phoenixwrites @unmaskedcardinal

#{ about } #under normal circumstances I'd try to link to youtube videos but. i am sleepy

[enekorre]

Hey there - jsyk, the post with 'I never even got her e-mail adress' was from tactfulsaboteur, who is a transphobe. I thought you should be aware.

Argh i scrolled two days back and didn't manage to find the post, but i know which one you mean. I hope all transphobes heads explode

#M #Asks #If you have the link I'd love it so i can delete the post #It's rough when they make 'normal' posts bc you can't really tell without going through people's blogs and i dont have that time #Posts with radfem rethoric i feel like im decent at spotting #I wish there was shinigami eyes for mobile bc im almost exclusively on tumblr via mobile these days

[cryiling]

crying because I only just realized when the blight ganons in the divine beasts form, they pull blue light from the divine beasts, the kind of light that forms when link's soul gets teleported when he fast travels

which means the blight ganons are made from not only ganon's malice but from the actual souls of the champions that are stored in the divine beasts, and link has to basically fight the champions to free them 🥹

#yes im replaying the entire game yes I had this realization when fighting windblight ganon yes I was an inconsolable mess during the entire #fight when I realized link was fighting revali's soul #idk if anyone has posted about this before ik I'm probably not the first to figure this out #but I thought I'd share anyways #botw #breath of the wild #legend of zelda #loz #link #me being So Normal about this game

[mukuberry]

9, 15, 32!! (blows u a kiss, if you wish)

😘!!

9- do you bite your nails?

Yeppers i used to do it really badly but now i only do it when they're getting too long... i dont own nail clippers and theyre too hard to use anyway >:(

15- have any pets?

2!!!!! They're terrible ♡ little dogs... they smell bad and r kinda mean but theyr a lil cute so its fine

32- what is your favourite colour?

Orange 🧡🍊🔶️🔸️🟠🟧!

#thanks for the ask! #i already answered the last 2 oops... normally I'd just link where i answered them. but thanks to how tumblr does asks now i cant >:( #the wonderful beautiful power of copy and paste... !