#she's living she's serving

[riccissance]

jackieshauna and sainthood is such a rich topic and it's been stuck in my head for a while now. jackie definitely has saint vibes, but i think there's an argument to be made that shauna is the saint and jackie is the god she devotes her life to. shauna constructs this elaborate shrine of punishment and shame that at it's core is a twisted form of worship. she suffers because of jackie and she suffers for jackie and that suffering defines her entire existence. the saints are all tragic, after all. and it adds another layer to their connection if shauna sees jackie as her saint but shauna has actually become the saint, just like she tried to become jackie. it's yet another form of consumption and jackie's actual body was the communion that started it all

i also love the idea of saints having visions of god while shauna gets visions of jackie

#not that shauna herself is saintlike but the level of devotion is #jackieshauna the codependent toxic bffs of all time #what if she was your saint but you are her saint #and you try to brute force yourself into the life she might've had because she didn't live long enough to see it #but it doesn't actually fit either of you so all it brings is pain and suffering that serves no purpose except to construct a mausoleum #i am losing my mind over them #yellowjackets #shauna shipman #jackie taylor #jackieshauna

[prideprejudce]

AU Reds Poster: Alicent joins Rhaenrya as her advisor and wife after escaping her father's influence.

She escapes Kings Landing with Helaena and her grandchildren just in time. Unfortunately, her father has already sunk his teeth into her two sons who are ready to fight for their right to the iron throne. How will Alicent choose between her family and her beloved Rhaenyra when the time comes?

#alicent hightower #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent x rhaenyra #rhaenicent #rhaenyra x alicent #house of the dragon #hotd season 2 #im sorry the posters just looked so good next to each other and alicent looks like she's gazing at rhaenyra with worry #basically alicent had an epiphany after viserys died (him screaming about the chosen one crap didn't happen) #but her father already had the ball and floor moving for the crown and to overthrow rhaenyra #and alicent had a dream or prophecy that told her that the greens would destroy the entire kingdom and her family including their lineage #she tried to convince aegon to leave with her too but he was already drunk on power and not listening to her anymore #so she goes to find rhaenyra to play peacemaker and diplomat and reluctantly joins team red #but then aemond kills luke and things go to shit #helaena is then betrothed to jace to protect both her and her grandchildren #and she basically serves as rhaenyra's conscious and calm to her storm through the war #in the end daemon gets exiled after killing aemond and betraying rhaenyra's orders #otto is killed for treason and aegon forfeits the crown for his life #jace and helaena rule after rhaenyra one day passes and wives live happy together #it makes sense because I say it makes sense

[shaxza]

#dahlia hawthorne #ace attorney #phoenix wright #dahlia x phoenix #alexa play dark red by steve lacy #my art #since i dont want to make a dedicated post let me use my notes to vent about how much i love dahlia conceptually and how much i wish AA + #writers weren't sexist #dahlia was given the shittiest set of cards when she was a kid and she was a victim of grooming by that terry loser #she is CONSTANTLY objectified and sexualised and i think her design as a skinny young looking individual makes it even more distasteful #but i think it works if the writers could have done something with that #what i love about dahlia and phoenix's relationship is the contrast - phoenix needs to see people as innocent before jumping to help them v #dahlia who has if you think about it is innocent to a degree given how fucked up her childhood was #dahlia could have been a great case study into compassion for phoenix as she has hurt him directly but in his role as a lawyer he has to se #past certain flaws so justice can be served #and it can PUSH his understanding of what is “guilty” #yes dahlia killed people but also i choose to believe her worldview was severely warped by her enviornment and she's a product of it #or if they wanted to make her a villain and stick with it i think as a rival ro phoenix she should have been a cautionary tale #of what happens when you never learn to move beyond the shitty hand youve been dealt with and live non judgementally #anyways ^_^

[avatarfandompolice]

…and another thing:

If we’re removing Sokka’s sexism from the live action show, what point does even introducing the Kyoshi warriors and/or Suki serve?

The whole purpose of that episode is for Sokka to learn a lesson about his narrow worldview. There’s a small bit of Kataang jealousy stuff and a generic action scene towards the end. The Kyoshi warriors exist in that episode narratively to prove Sokka’s sexism wrong, and Suki is the forefront of that. It’s her actions towards bettering Sokka that even make her relevant to him and the rest of the story.

If she’s just gonna be there as a love interest that they encounter, then the weight of her purpose that makes the relationship feel valuable is lost. She’s just another pretty girl Sokka likes. She’s redundant when Yue is thrown in the mix later. The reason she continues to be important is that impression she made on him. Without that, there’s not much (not saying she isn’t compelling on her own, mind you).

And the Kyoshi warriors, while cool in concept, now only serve a singular purpose of just being another force on Aang’s side, whereas again they serve to strengthen the idea of women empowerment in the cartoon along with that. That feeds into Kyoshi’s vision of why she even started the group. Now they’re just some task force. Cool. Why even have them there?

Any adaptation that reduces characters’ importance in the story to nothing, then throws them in anyway because they want the nostalgia jerkers to clap is NOT a good adaptation. Unless they somehow develop some other motivation for Suki to bring and maintain her value to the story, removing her importance to Sokka renders her useless to the plot.

#atla #atla live action #netflix atla #avatar the last airbender #Suki #Sokka #again no hate towards Suki #she’s cool #but she widely serves as a foil for Sokka in that episode specifically based on a trait they’re taking away from him #and that’s baaaaaaad news

[fromtheseventhhell]

Arya offering Sam food and helping him + executing Daeron for being a deserter is so Lady of Winterfell-coded

#arya stark #asoiaf #her fulfilling her duty as a Stark? the same duties as her father even all the way in Braavos? #this is why her being Lady of Winterfell eats because she's still fulfilling tasks not traditionally associated with women #Arya making her own place as an unconventional woman >>>>>>>> #I don't understand people thinking she'll give up her position as a lady when her identity is so intertwined with her being a Stark #specifically a Stark who serves her people like her father which is why she is always recalling and trying to live by his advice

[blinkplnk]

SOOJIN ✧ AGASSY

#soojin #seo soojin #e: agassy #femaldolsedit #femaleidol #shes HERE and we are SEATED FOR THE SERVE #this mv is so pretty i want to live in it #welcome back queen #myserymade #myserygifs

[knowthatiloveyou]

Hannah Waddingham at Paris Fashion Week for Tony Ward Haute Couture January 22, 2024

#hannah waddingham #she served so much c*nt at this show my god #the chemistry between her and saint jhn was whooo boy #she looked stunning #paris fashion week #tony ward haute couture #saint jhn #she really is living her best life

[sharpstake]

rod makes me so so insane even all these years later. logan who believes the lie that he’s more cutthroat than he is, lying to himself that he’d cut and run when it was time, only to cling to scraps of affection. mona who doesnt carry the same defensiveness about trust that colt and logan do, who refused to let herself be tied down, taking the fall for a pretty girl once more, finally finding someone worth trusting. colt watching his father burn up and wish only that his son escapes a life he never knew any differently from, only for his death to solidify colt’s reclamation of it.

#playchoices #crazy fucking insane 🤧🥴 #oughhhh those diamond early scenes where mc and Logan just look one another in the eyes and LIE #colt throwing logan directly under the bus for entrapping ellie (even if ROMANCED) because it serves his interest in that moment to turn #attention from the fact the crew has conducted a kidnapping #kaneko being like I care for Logan but I could live with myself if he died. not Colt. CRAZYINSANE #Mona saving Ellie again and again when she’s also a mirror of ellie but gay and jaded beyond measure #the way you can make ur romance even tastier by betraying them all this time #tunes titters #they all make me crazy insane ROD polycule u will always be famous

[a-heart-of-kyber]

Not Tav knowing Mystra may essentially cast Gale out of the afterlife when he dies and going full Devil's Backbone by the Civil Wars and begging their god to claim him.

#100% have a fic in my head about this for gale and celine but i haven't even finished the game yet 🤭 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #gale x tav #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #gale x celine #eilistraee would take him for her and celine would serve devotely til she dies #like celine covertly planning this the entire time by introducing Eilistaree's rituals into their loves #lives** gdi #like they have 2 maybe 3 actual wedding ceremonies because she is Determined

[nguyenfinity]

She’d stay with them while visiting I think

Bonus:

#enstars #mamagi #rinne amagi #niki shiina #rinniki #i think despite him being raised to be served she'd have taught him how to at least do basic things #basic cleaning and cooking #even if he's technically serving as chief he's not living in the village as one so like. go pick up the broom son #number 1 niki defender is rinne #number 2 is rinne's mother #also she's the type of lady to call you 'hon' and 'dear' and 'sweetheart' and stuff like that #i don't know if i'm writing her right but i really would like to think she's a kind lady. #if she's like everyone else at the amagi village i'm gonna be so sad. #also i love how every time i'm like 'this is gonna be my last drawing for a while' i come right back because i am an impulsive fool #also i think rinne d o e s help out around the house it's just that niki's significantly faster and more efficient when no one's in his way- #-in the kitchen--

[cabin10diaries]

my roman empire is jason grace

#he lived 2 lives ... #his first was washed away like it was worth NOTHING #his second was in war serving the gods ... doing his duty #he died without knowing who he used to be and had no time to figure it out because he Died #he died to save piper and lester and meg #his ex who he knew had a whole life ahead of her. a god he'd been taught to serve. a girl who he had to help bc she shouldnt have been- #-involved at such a young age. #he never even got to wish leo goodbye. never said bye to anyone properly #a spear through the chest #his legacy is dedicated to the goss too #shel says shit #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #hoo #the heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #toa #the trials of apollo #jason grace

[rozunderpressure]

Ladybug: Wait... Why do you hate her? Claw Noir: Because she killed my best friend AND LOVER?! Adrien: NINO?? Ladybug:... Nino was your WHAT? Claw: What? No! Not that nerd! Chloé! Adrien: YOU KILLED CHLOÉ?? Toxinelle: She bullied me! Adrien and Claw: That's NO EXCUSE FOR MURDER!! Ladybug and Toxinelle: Its just Chloé tho... * they look at each other with pure love * Adrien and Claw: . . .

#incorrect miraculous ladybug quotes #I mean... I hope its incorrect... #Paris Special #miraculous ladybug #Ladybug #Claw Noir #Toxinelle #Adrien Agreste #In loving memory of Chloe Bourgeois #She lived she served she died #''... You actually killed her because she was dating him right?'' #''Oh yeah! Real reason right there... I mean how dare she leave me for THAT EMO NERD??''

[maomao9jinshi]

Jinshi told Maomao to refrain from such a bet [the one with Lakan] from now on because if she loses, she lives with someone else.

Maomao was like she would only serve alcohol to Lakan & nobody else but Jinshi was like [nope not even that].

Maomao: "What's the matter….."

#Jinshi told Maomao to refrain from such a bet [the one with Lakan] from now on because if she loses #she lives with someone else. #Maomao was like she would only serve alcohol to Lakan & nobody else but Jinshi was like [nope not even that]. #Maomao: “What's the matter…..” #kusuriyanohitorigoto #maomao and jinshi #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya anime #love #jinmao #aesthetics #jinshi #theapothecarydiaries #maomao #the apartment #the apprentice #anime #Maomao no hitorigoto #kusuriya no hitorigoto

[yeahyouremedicine]

we don’t talk about “how I’m feeling now” enough, seriously such a great album

#remember the live she went on to get help with lyrics for anthems?!? such an era omg #she served the boots house downnnnnn #charli xcx #how I’m feeling now #the 1975 #george daniel

[necromycologist]

do you ever think about how harrows curse is to keep living. to live in a house destined to die, with dead parents, in an empire built on death. to live as a grave, a memorial, an avenging. how everything she has ever loved or even known at all slipped between her fingers just so she could keep standing. the children of the ninth, her parents, mortus, ortus, gideon, nona. harrow is a walking tombstone and it is the thing that keeps her going and it is still not enough. it is not enough to bring them back and it is not enough to give their deaths meaning

#she is the ninth lyctor to serve the prince undying the greatest necromancer of her house and it doesn’t matter! it does not justify it! #she will never be enough her birth will never be anything but a senseless cruelty and she has to live with it. #sometimes surviving is harder than death. sometimes what doesn’t kill you fucks you up even worse #harrowhark nonagesimus #tlt

[moeblob]

I'm suffering Fates Brain Rot so I drew OCs? Logical!

Nytis (blondie) is a demon cleric who hates feeling any form of pain but lives to cause others pain (he does indeed see the irony of becoming a cleric). In order to help protect himself he forms a pact with Elnae (red gal) and she basically fights in his place if there is a threat of injury. She also does little errands like info-getting and sneaking around for him.

The thing is, while he can hurt others no problem and it's satisfying, he was granted the ability to heal others after he swore allegiance to a deity he holds no respect nor regard for. He honestly doesn't care about whatever gods exist. HOWEVER. As a demon, simply using holy magic actually hurts him so he's a pretty stingy healer and has a sword "just in case" he has to fight.

That said, he does actually have one thing he refuses to let go unpunished: a kid being injured/cursed. He might be a messed up demon but he draws the lines at letting kids suffer. When El asks about it and is like "haha what, did you have a bad childhood too, buddy?" he's like "???? How else would I end up like this? As a cleric? Hurting myself to heal? What the hell is wrong with you YES I had a bad childhood."

#my characters #hes actually really mad when hes planning to be in a town for a day and then dip and he sees a kid in the markets #who looks like a zombie almost while still living and he realizes that someone CURSED THIS CHILD #and so he orders El to go dig up the dirt around town and he goes over and lifts the curse #its super painful on his end but seeing the life return to the kids eyes is like aight i can take it #and then he finds out the church of that town had some really shady dealings and they cursed the kid #and that the kid was supposed to die when they turn ten and hes like hey wtf lets go ruin the church el #and shes like are you.... are you declaring war..... on some church.... as a cleric.................. sir. what. #anyway they argue a lot and bicker and are secretly good friends #neither one will admit it tho #also shes super gay and is like you know if i didnt have a pact to serve i would love to travel and flirt with women thatd be nice #and nytis is like great thank you for the info now go do (thing) #i dont really draw them much but i really like them