#other's selves

[scoutpologist]

wakes up in a cold sweat thinking about the concept of a c!tntduo soulmate au. would literally be so horrible for both of them i need it now

#op #bites and kills and screams they'd be such a good opportunity to explore what it means to actually 'complete' another person #like i think that people are 100% whole on their own and i do not like any idea otherwise but the concept of two people who just #need each other and can't stop needing each other despite being around each other being painful and difficult. god i'm sick!!! #learning to work with another persons' flaws as if they're your own and slowly growing into each other until you are extensions of each #other's selves #then ripping each other apart and letting the scars grow over and shoving each other together again. #like a twisted remaking of pangea. like the way people line up the continents and they don't fit quite right anymore. but they did #they used to be the same thing. and they still rest on the same plates. and if you let them keep going they will inevitably collide #together again on the unscarred side and become something new and beautiful #anyway i like them can you tell

[rubydubydoo122]

I’m just gonna say this, the main reason people don’t like Damian Wayne as a character is the same reason people didn’t like Jason Todd back in the 80s

People don’t like either of them because their favorite Robin (Tim Drake and Dick Grayson) got replaced by them.

Damian and Jason are both really interesting and complex character, objectively more complex than both Tim and Dick, but some people (cough, obnoxious Tim fans, cough, and Dick fans who over sexualize him, cough) don’t see that and just want their little blorbos to never grow into their own character apart from Batman.

#damian wayne #jason todd #tim drake #dick grayson #batfam #this isn’t #anti tim drake #or #anti dick grayson #it’s anti annoying fans who don’t appreciate other characters #or change their favorite characters to the point where they’re unrecognizable from their canon selves #Tim is not some shy innocent insecure little baby #dick isnt some happy go lucky person with sun shining out of his ass #Damian is literally a child with a horrible upbringing #yet certain Tim fans completely villainize him #Jason is shit in canon #but most of his worst actions towards tim were horrible out of character #Jason is written too inconsistently #and not to mention #Duke Steph and Cass go completely forgotten because of this

[greywoe]

child ward in search of belonging indulges in juvenile fantasies as a coping mechanism. sad!

#my drawings #asoiaf #asoiaf fanart #theon greyjoy #not tagging the others bc they’re products of his imagination #so @ their fans: dw they’re not real……. #well i mean they’re not real anyway but as in a portrayal of their canon selves etc #this has been finished for so long but i debated whether or not to upload it here lol i’m not super happy w it #i think i did this mainly bc i wanted to draw fancy and ornate clothing (at least by my standards lol) #but it’s a quote i think abt sometimes bc it’s kind of endearing and sad and funny at the same time #adwd #well the quote is from there #also he’s yassifying himself a bit in his imagination… he’s handsome and successful and everyone admires him #and sansa’s kind of.. reduced to his prize in a way. while his focus is on ned welcoming him into the family #legitimacy and validation and safety 👍

[your-turn-to-role]

moment of appreciation again for what is possibly my favourite later game percy quote that everyone always forgets about

(said to vex, of course)

#another thing tlovm hasn't touched on yet that i hope they do (bc next season would be a great place for it) - #both percy and vex struggle so much with anger issues and holding grudges #and the reason they work so well together is because literally a few minutes before their first kiss #they make a commitment to helping each other learn how to forgive even when it's hard - because that's the only way to grow #percy had orthax and vex had saundor both who fed on those impulses and tried to turn them into their worst selves #and they both could very easily have fallen to that! but they don't want to. so they're going to keep each other on the right track #and this is really the pinnacle of it #percy being able to recognise when he really wants to hurt someone and going hmm nope vex seems to be objective here im gonna listen to vex #cr1 #c1e99 #percy de rolo #vex'ahlia #perc'ahlia #cr thoughts

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I love to think about is every iteration of Leo’s relationship with Splinter and how Splinter’s interests always define how a Leo presents himself.

I used to abide by the idea that a Leo will simply emulate his Splinter directly, and to an extent I still believe that to be the case, but moreso I think Leos have a tendency to mold themselves into what they believe is their Splinter’s ideal son - someone who embodies all the traits Splinter has explicitly shown to admire or value in a person.

Most of the time, they try to be a dutiful and honorable boy abiding by the full extent of ninjitsu teachings. Then you have Rise Splinter, who very much still has undeniable prowess in the art of fighting and being a ninja, but when it comes to how he shows his interests to his boys…one thing reigns supreme.

Acting. Shows. One liners. Flamboyance in the name of gaining an audience’s attention.

He showcases Lou Jitsu movies on repeat for the boys, passing down the morals and words from those movies to them with no small amount of pride. All while fully expecting them to respect these teachings.

So, of course, Rise Leo picks up on this. He’s a Leo, after all, as much a daddy’s boy as any other variation of him, only he clocked his father’s interests to be different than most others. He picks up on the art of showmanship, of keeping things to himself so as to be a more exciting twist later, of treating the world as a set to act in.

He’s an actor, not just because Splinter himself was one, but because Splinter likes acting and showed one particular actor (unknowingly to the boys, it was himself) as the pinnacle of all his teachings. As someone to value and admire. And even more than that - Splinter focuses on the character the actor is portraying rather than just the man himself.

And I think this is all even more interesting when taking the turtle tot short into consideration, because very, very briefly, just as with many times else throughout the series, we see how easily Rise Leo aligns with his other selves, seeming to pick up the sword easier than his brothers do their own weapons - after quoting Lou Jitsu of course. After emulating his idol - the person who his father seems to admire so much.

Point being, it’s so interesting to see how Leos tend to mold themselves in one particular way throughout every variation - that being, what their father is shown to value most in people.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #tmnt leonardo #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #this is mostly a rottmnt post but it aligns with others as well #idk I just think it’s so interesting #because at his core rise leo is the SAME as the other Leos #they’re all goofy they’re all natural leaders they’re all quiet wanderers they’re all daddy’s boys #but these inherent traits take second to what they believe is valued more #specifically what their splinter values more #and sometimes what is valued allows them to more commonly broadcast themselves as who they actually are #but other times their core personalities directly go against what they think they NEED to be #so they stifle it #and soon enough their emulated selves become so tangled into their real selves that it’s a struggle to tell who they are without it #god I love Leo #and this is not to say that the other bros don’t do a similar thing #they just tend to be much more separate about it in terms of what they admire and who they are #whereas Leo blurs that line #don’t mind me just once again overanalyzing a fictional turtle boy #edit: AND ANOTHER THING #but Splinters value placed on Lou Jitsu ALSO helps push Leo into being someone who does things on his own #sure he loves his brothers and they’re everything to him #but he pre invasion he often does things himself or just expects to handle things on his own #y’know #like Lou Jitsu who notoriously does NOT have a team #so this Leo doesn’t care about being a leader - because who he’s emulating isn’t one #he’s like ‘okay we’re just a group of Lou Jitsus’ #and there’s something so painfully childlike about this

[notemaker]

The angel on the devils shoulder.

#I love their dynamic #They're each other's opposite selves but not quite because they also coincide in many things #its interesting. it might not seem like it at first glance #but there's something wildly interesting in understanding how these two fit despite their diferences #on another note #I inspired myself a bit on the art style from the Gernika #I do love lines that don't quite make sense anatomically #but do in the big picture #one piece #zolu #one piece luffy #one piece zoro #roronoa zoro #zoro #luffy #luffy fanart #monkey d. luffy #straw hat luffy #monkey d luffy #straw hat pirates #op #one piece fanart #my art #art post

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt in Memes 6

Let's make it some in-world memes this time :)

#prompts #memes #meme #cryptid batman #cryptid batfam #cryptid batfamily #battinson #They somehow travel back in time & makes it everyone elses problem #They do not communicate with anyone else besides each other lol #give battinson a robin #but it's time travel and he has all of the robins at once #except Damian but they're going to grab him the moment he exists #Jason: wait does this mean I still have my all-blades #bruce is a good dad #but also so very done with his kids but in a of love and exasperation way #8 year old Dick & 5 year old Jason & 3 year old Tim showing up at the manor: B let us in it cold out here #3 year old Steph kicking down the door: Hope u missed my presence #5 year old Cass crawling in through the window: :) hello family #The kids: Wow Bruce u wear makeup that heavy that's funny lol #But can u imagine battinson with several tiny children following like ducklings #They're perfectly behaved in public but go back to being their lil shit selves when they get home #Gotham: aw the Waynes are like lil angels #Also Gotham: Oh my gosh did you SEE Robin Bite that poor person I hope they don't also turn into an undead cryptid

[tastycitrus]

there's an alternate timeline where the new 52 reboot kept all three batgirls but retconned all the robins except for dick, who went back to being robin with nightwing banned from being mentioned at all

#batman #batgirl #barbara gordon #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #dick grayson #the trade off is that cass’s personality gets derailed and completely ruined by bad writing #while steph changes personality every time she has a new writer and no one knows what to do with her #so not too far off from what actually happened to them *shot* #other things: dick never gets to move on from the robin title. he's just robin forever #when the other batboys are reintroduced they're given different identities instead of robin with new backstories #barbara gets shot in the head as if being shot in the spine wasn't enough and suffers her own ric grayson arc #steph comes out as bi and starts dating some random girl (not cass) while also dumping and ghosting tim for like a year #right after she received memories of their pre-flashpoint selves and confessed her undying love for him #cass stops using the one thing she's most known for (her martial arts) in favor of like. hooks. in reference to the end of her solo series

[elderwisp]

𝔩'𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔢𝔱 𝔩𝔞 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔱

#this is one of those pieces where i had to edit them at the same time and some cool things okok #so in atlas's photos i pulled more towards the cooler side #while with taryn's photo i veered towards warmer colors #but then the colors had to compliment each other also ok with shading #the i shaded the top right and bottom left then swapped it for the next photo so even the vignettes are COOL #i'm so excited after the white rabbit arc bc i feel like these two really grown into their own selves and YEAHH #i'll probably take a mini hiatus before and after that huge arc just so i can get everything perfected #i was looking at the script and we have about 40ish scenes left (50 for y'all LMAO) #but even the way things open up after GAH GAHHHHH #oc: taryn #oc: atlas #ts4 #simblr #sims 4

[copepods]

more of this au... i kind of like it actually

[id: sketches of dsmp!wilbur and qsmp!wilbur in a comic. q!wilbur is sitting in a chair, watching tallulah sleep. behind him, leaning against the wall, his dsmp self says, “i tried, you know. changing things. making my world ‘better.’ you want to know how that worked out?” and he replies “not particularly.” dsmp!wilbur approaches him, and says “hey, i won’t stop you. you can play at peace for as long as you like. maybe some of those friends of yours will even join you.” he leans close to wilbur’s face, smiling, and says “but sooner or later... something’s got to give.” end id]

#some stuff about how this au works... basically dsmp q and wilbur end up in qsmp invisible to everyone but their alternate selves. they're- #-from pre finale; like at their worst possible selves when they're both obsessed with vengeance and each other #they dont know why they ended up in qsmp; quackity thinks he was sent to help his other self become 'stronger'. the same way he tried to- #-mentor charlie #wilbur doesnt really know why hes there. he just decides to sit back and watch the show #qsmp #dsmp #dream smp #art #fish makes art #wilbur soot

[ministarfruit]

local alley cat gets beaten up (colourised)

#vtuber #holostars #holotempus #axel syrios #constantly like. do I draw enough doppelgang to warrant a separate tag #but then again it's still them. hmmpst #oh my god. the fact that you need to keep drawing art to get better at it #GRAAHHHHHHHHH #normal again #GRAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #the smudge tool is my new best friend I use it on everything #my mind going in circles and circles thinking about how like #doppelgang king and huntsman can only communicate to their elysium selves through dreams #but prince syrios can literally just call axel on the phone #like they're SO funny for that. what are they #AND VICE VERSA? AXEL CAN JUST CALL HIM? #syrios family said 'interdimensional contact? no problem!' #I really want to make something about this #it would piss regis off SO much #imagine trying so hard to connect to another world #and your rival just has the other world on speed dial

[crestfallenclown]

so the wolf asking ylfa to put her hand in his mouth while timothy casts cure wounds is def a reference to norse mythos fenrir asking tyr to put his hand in his mouth while the rest of the gods put a magic leash around his neck, and make promise of good faith that no trickery was involved and the chain will not bind him down (lie)

because dear god what a terrific and terrifying scenario! (tyr lost his hand in the end for this deception)

#neverafter #dimension 20 #I would say for sure since the wolf mentions that he has other names/selves outside of the neverafter and the fairytales as a whole #now I'm just thinking of the similarities of tyr and ylfa. both beings of great strength. upholder of the law. bodily changed by a wolf #my god! #also please forgive my underwhelming norse mythos retelling of the binding of fenrir I just think it was neat of brennan to reference

[remysgamingsideblog]

what i thought they'd be like when i started:

xavier: the stoic-but-secretly-shy mild-mannered love interest

zayne: the serious-with-a-sad-past cold love interest

rafayel: the flamboyant-and-careless playboy love interest

what they turned out to be:

xavier: the "i only care about mc" possessive love interest

zayne: the stoic but secretly cute childhood friend love interest

rafayel: the bratty and clingy younger love interest

#l&ds #lads #love and deepspace #i feel like ive been playing long enough to finally make this post #also this is specifically talking about their current selves and not any past/future lives #also also this is based on common love interest stereotypes/tropes #from how i understand it xavier is a good guy but he specifically became that way bc of mc's influence #zayne has bad dreams of his other self but the zayne we know is just a gap moe dude #and rafayel is i *think* meant to be younger than canon mc #(like a marius/yoosung type)

[flowery-laser-blasts]

Well..., that was easy.

@miss-doodle-jester this one goes out to you.

#one wrong move of them... and their 'secrets' are spilled #they are very cute and lovey dovey behind closed doors #the world may never see their true sappy selves it's only reserved for each other... and anyone else who manages to successfully spy on them #kim possible #kimpossible #ronstoppable #ron stoppable #dr drakken #drdrakken #drakken #shego #drakgo #drakken x shego #shegoxdrakken

[torra-and-the-toons]

I wanted to try my hand at giving them my own young adult designs. We see them as older adults, like middle aged, and briefly as teens sometimes, but never young adults. (that I remember, but maybe I'm wrong)

Maybe I'll use them for something, who knows. 👀

(Also before anyone asks, I probably won't draw any other characters as adults, sorry.)

#torras art #codename kids next door #knd #knd adult au #nigel uno #hoagie gilligan #kuki sanban #wallabee beetles #abigail lincoln #took some inspirations from other outfits / their preexisting older selves in canon #their kid selves are there for size reference lol

[turtleblogatlast]

Here’s a thought-

When Splinter says Leo’s the leader at the end of Season 2…pretty sure he was joking.

After so many high stakes and high emotions, he (a bit cluelessly) makes a joke to add some levity, just to make things a bit easier for he and his sons to digest everything that happened. It was a lot that happened, so it makes sense that Splinter wants to make things that much softer for everyone.

But- making a joke like that, after everything they all just went through…I can definitely see how the events of the movie pave out in response.

For example, by joking about Leo in particular having the responsibility of a leader, that puts him directly in the sight of Raph’s building anxieties. Because after everything, it’s clear that Raph really started taking the hero name seriously to the point that he started undermining his own fun and childhood in the process. So in the eyes of a Raph who is so worried about what could happen if they’re not prepared again, Leo in particular kind of stands almost as a point of danger in that aspect.

And with the joke of Leo “leading” in any capacity ringing out over them, it’s easy to blame Leo and Leo alone whenever he goes and goofs off with Mikey and Donnie. I think as well that the concept of a leader being spoken after the Shredder just pushes more weight on Raph’s shoulders and makes him realize how much goofing off they did before when they should have been better heroes (despite them all just being kids...)

Raph knows his brothers are good, he knows and has pride in them and himself in turn, but it terrifies him to know that they won’t be ready for the next big threat, and Leo directly going against this caution even more than usual just pushes Raph to want to try more.

As for Leo- keep in mind what happened all throughout “Many Unhappy Returns.” Keep in mind what happened all throughout the series in general. In the former, Splinter more than once points out how he would rather have his other sons with him than Leo, especially because they “would take this seriously”…even though Leo was taking it seriously. (Not that Splinter should be expected to read what Leo was doing when Leo wasn’t making his plans clear, but that wording sticks with kids.) Even after Leo’s plan pulled through, Raph’s the one who spoke in trust of Leo, not Splinter.

As for what happens in the series in general…well, we see Leo mess up a lot, apologize a lot, get his brothers out of messes a lot, and even when he does well or is responsible it’s either glossed over or still seen as goofing off (no I will never be over that moment where Leo almost got Gus’s tags and got screwed over out of pure bad luck.)

So imagine hearing a joke like that as Leo, who for a good chunk of especially the start of the series has been a lowkey voice of reason. The idea that Leo being responsible for the team is nothing but a joke…? It’s understandable that it could feel like a blow, that it could push him to want to try less.

Especially after everything they just went through.

They’re heroes. | They’re kids.

Why shouldn’t they care? | Why should they care?

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt raph #rottmnt leo #rottmnt splinter #splinter is not a bad dad but words can always cause unintended harm especially to kids and teens #Leo being the voice of reason in Bug Busters only to be rewarded with a near death experience rip #if I was him I’d clock out too #side note but I actually really like how Bug Busters and the movie kinda parallel each other just with Raph and Leo’s roles swapped #(and obviously the movie is much higher stakes) #splinter: haha imagine blue as the leader wouldn’t that be funny #raph & leo: *speedrun into developing bad habits as a response* #shout out to Raph in the show’s finale he really stepped up #but then he just kept stepping until all he knew was being a hero and a team and not his own age 😞 #Raph and Leo’s dynamic means so much to me it really does #both of them are self made caricatures at the beginning of the movie! not their true selves!! BOTH lean away from these masks at the end!