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elvencantation · 4 months
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“i’m gonna fucking kill you now” and “phantasmal and resplendent” always make me fucking cry dear god
am i tempted to write a lup, alone, fic as a companion to my lucretia one? maybe 👀
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pretzelcoatll · 1 year
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Kinda stopped doing my reactions to the new TAZ episodes here. But???? The end of episode 18!? Taako!? The Hunger!? Oh this is going to be good. Plus the intro to 19! (I am about time listen to I was an episode behind).
The fact that apparently story and song actually happened in the plane of thought (I think it was) is funny enough. The fact that most of their names are wrong is even funnier.
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barry-j-blupjeans · 2 years
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john and merle w/ fluff 6?
6. “Can we stay like this forever?”
((sentence starts here - no longer accepting, but thank you to everyone who sent one in!))
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The waves of the ocean are crashing against the shore, not violently, but enough to spritz water against Merle's legs. He's still got his sandals on, but there wasn't really any time to take them off. Next to him, John is quiet. He hasn't said a word after his greeting. Merle moves his legs up so he could wrap his arms around his knees and hug them to his chest. They're watching the sun get lower in the sky.
The waves tickle his toes.
"Merle," John says finally. He sounds exhausted. "The last time we talked- not the last time, where my face was split open and the Hunger was... more unpleasant than usual. The time before that, I mean."
"Where I told ya to fuck off?" Merle asks.
"Yes," John laughs. "That one. I just wanted to say that..." John looks towards the sky, instead of at the slowly lowering sun. He takes a deep breath and then glances over at Merle, instead. "You were right."
"Of course I was right," Merle says. "... about what, exactly?"
"About- about everything, Merle," John says empathetically. "Everything you said about friendship and joy and life- You were right, Merle, and I... I was wrong. And I am so, so sorry, Merle. I- I feel kind of stupid for everything now, but..." He lets out a shaky laugh, even though Merle doesn't find it very funny.
He looks back towards the sun. Merle does, too, only to find the sun has dropped dramatically towards the horizon, just starting to dip below it.
"Can we stay like this forever?" John asks quietly. "I feel like that's a ridiculous request but, well. Can you blame me for wanting to?"
"It's a little ridiculous," Merle admits and John cracks another smile. His hands are combing through the sand, almost like he can't seem to sit still anymore. Merle doesn't mind. At the very least, it means he's feeling. "But I think you've come a long way, John. How's it feel?"
"It feels..." John tilts his head as if trying to find the word somewhere in the sunset. "Warm. I think I remember that it felt warm before the Hunger and everything. Is... is that normal?"
"I'd say so," Merle says, patting his arm. John grins this time but doesn't look away from the sunset. It's getting dark way faster than it should be. Merle leans back on his hands, watching. John does the same.
"I think I like being your friend, Merle," John says.
"I think I like being yours," Merle says.
The last silver of sunlight disappears over the horizon and takes John with it. In a second, Merle is back on the Starblaster, shadowed by the monster that is the Hunger, but the inside of his chest still feels warm.
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yardsards · 1 year
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more taz balance thoughts:
you ever think about how in real life, the names "john" and "johann" are just different translations of the exact same name
and how the characters of john and johann are foils, in a way
how both characters had their ideas spread throughout the multiverse, whose ideas were heard by everyone, who showed what power a word or a story or a song could have on the world
how john started off as a motivational speaker, meant to spread hope and satisfaction. how johann's first appearance showed him as unsatisfied and hopeless, meant to be forgotten.
how john ended up spreading hopelessness, how johann ended up becoming a beacon of hope
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Some costume designs for each arc.
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snuffkip · 27 days
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Drawing a Taako for every Balance mini-arc
#8 Story and Song
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See my Taako designs for the other arcs below!
Here There Be Gerblins
Murder on the Rockport Ltd.
Petals to the Metal
The Crystal Kingdom
The Eleventh Hour
The Suffering Game
The Stolen Century
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sisiren · 8 months
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I discovered Audacity was free and decided to make a TAZ: Balance edit! More information under the cut.
Song: Experience - Ludovico Einaudi
Quotes (in order of which they appear in the audio): “One day I made the decision to… stop championing other people's heroism and to take the direction of my life into my own hands.” - Lunar Interlude III, Rest and Relaxation
“This is just for a little bit, I’m gonna stop this, what we’ve done to this world.” - The Stolen Century 7
“And, I lost dear, dear friends because of that decision, but it was the only one to make.” - Lunar Interlude III, Rest and Relaxation
“I’m gonna find you a place where you can be happy again, it’s just for a little while, and then, you’ll remember, I promise.” - The Stolen Century 7
“Magnus Burnsides” - Here There be Gerblins 1
“T-A-A-K-O” - Here There be Gerblins 1
“Merle Highchurch” - Here There be Gerblins 1
“Barry Bluejeans” - Lunar Interlude V, Reunion Tour 1
“I’m Davenport” - The Stolen Century 7
“Blasted the letters L U P into the wall.” - Lunar Interlude III, Rest and Relaxation
“I pull out the Umbra Staff and I point it at Lucretia” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“You fucking took everything from me” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“Oh shit! Is it today?” - The Stolen Century 6
“It’s today.” - The Stolen Century 6
“I did this one already. I did this world and kind of… crushed it.” - The Stolen Century 1
“I’m begging you, let me finish this and we can talk about it.” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“Are you my friend?” - The Stolen Century 4
“To have friendship, Merle, it requires you to...[sighs] love someone.” - The Stolen Century 4
“Our capacity for love increases with each person we cross paths with throughout our lives, and with each moment we spend with those people.” - The Stolen Century 5
“I said: I love you, Jules.” -The Eleventh Hour 8
“You are my heart.” - The Stolen Century 6
“I - I love you dad.” - Story and Song, Finale 3
“I love you too, baby.” - Story and Song, Finale 3
“And these things, Merle, friendship and love and happiness, they’re- they’re all so… small.” - The Stolen Century 4
“But I’ve been living a hundred years with me and one year with millions of people.” - The Stolen Century 7
“Honestly; do whatever you want. I don’t care anymore.” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“Everybody else that I ever met, aside from the six of you, were dust.” - The Stolen Century 7
“Dead…got turned into ash.” - Lunar Interlude V, Reunion Tour 1
“They were just talking dust.” - The Stolen Century 7
“I have nothing, and I don’t give a shit. The world is ending, and I. Don't. Care.” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“But the one thing we do have, is the thing that people in love rarely ever have enough of. And it’s time.” - The Stolen Century 5
“You found her! Maybe not how you expected to, but when you weren’t looking you found her.” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“Who?” - The Stolen Century 7
“I wonder which one would be worse to take from you: the person that you loved or the person that you… hate.” - The Suffering Game 5
“They are beings of pure, concentrated evil.” - The Suffering Game 1
“And they’ve all been evil?” - The Suffering Game 1
“Invariably.” - The Suffering Game 1
“Lup, they don't trust me.” - The Eleventh Hour 9
“The light is a sickeningly powerful energy source. Any items powered by that energy are going to be...devastating.” - The Stolen Century 7
“This is it!” - The Stolen Century 7
“Lup made us promise that we would never again put a world in danger just to thwart The Hunger's plans. And that is exactly, exactly, what we did to this world!” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“Did we make the right decision?” - The Stolen Century 7
“Sometimes there aren’t right decisions. Sometimes there’s just decisions.” - The Stolen Century 7
“Kind of seems like I've got you right here.” - The Stolen Century 4
“And the devastation it wreaks is immeasurable.” - The Stolen Century 7
“What if you didn’t have to worry and you could just cut out the bullshit and do good recklessly?” - The Eleventh Hour 7
“Merle...will you sit with me? Just...just for a moment?” - Story and Song, Finale 3
“...You got it, buddy.” - Story and Song, Finale 3
“And suddenly thousands of bonds are threaded between the three of you.” - Story and Song, Finale 3
“I know we don’t say this enough, but… Thank you.” - The Stolen Century 7
“I saw seven birds: The Twins.” - The Crystal Kingdom 11
“You ready bro?” - The Stolen Century 7
“Hell yeah!” - The Stolen Century 7
“The Lover.” - The Crystal Kingdom 11
“It’s only been twe— Um… Twenty-one years…” - The Stolen Century 3
“The Protector.” - The Crystal Kingdom 7
“Magnus rushes in.” - Story and Song, Finale 3
“The Lonely Journal Keeper.” - The Crystal Kingdom 7
“I’m gonna save us all, I - I promise.” - Story and Song, Finale 1
“The Peacemaker.” - The Crystal Kingdom 7
“I find joy whatever I do.” - The Stolen Century 4
“And The Wordless One.” - The Crystal Kingdom 7
“Have we not… earned a little wrath?” - The Stolen Century 6
“You got all the time in the world, my man.” - The Stolen Century 3
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entguarde · 1 year
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I am drowning, there is no sign of land,
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mcelquotes · 3 months
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Joaquin, I'll take one taco, with extra destiny.
Taako
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theheadcanonzone · 3 months
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post S&S, the THB pull a goof every year that every single birthday that angus has is his 10th birthday. it doesnt matter how old he ACTUALLY is, he's the ten-year-old-boy-detective and hes gonna STAY THAT WAY. it lasts long after he passes too, kravitz pulls him up from the astral sea to say "everyone says happy tenth birthday. double digits, very exciting!"
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griffther · 1 year
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i realized that i’m going to have to See taako remove his camouflage spell and reveal himself to kravitz in the graphic novels and i know in my bones that it’s going to break me as a person. like i’m going to read kravitz say “i love you, taako, and at this point, i think that everyone in reality is going to love you after hearing your story, and nothing’s gonna change that” and i’m actually just going to combust
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stroobae · 2 years
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forgiveness 🥲
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pretzelcoatll · 1 year
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Kinda stopped doing my reactions to the new TAZ episodes here. But???? The end of episode 18!? Taako!? The Hunger!? Oh this is going to be good. Plus the intro to 19! (I am about time listen to I was an episode behind).
The fact that apparently story and song actually happened in the plane of thought (I think it was) is funny enough. The fact that most of their names are wrong is even funnier.
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cookie-nom-nom · 1 year
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Everyone complaining about how the new TAZ stuff will never be as good as Balance can finally shut up now that Taako is in Steeplechase. Or, at least, some guy in a cheep wig is. I haven’t even finalized my designs for the trio but I had to draw this immediately after ep 18. Also, Beef gets to wear Magnus’ armor! My headcannon that Beef and Magnus look nearly identical is one step closer to reality!
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bcoppinger · 6 months
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Cursed idea
TAZ Balance: the Musical
When does it start? When does it end? Who the fuck knows.
All I know it starts and ends with Voidfish (Plural). EGGBABE
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cinereuz · 2 months
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Something I find interesting is Travis wasn't actually the one that said Magnus threatened to kill Lucas if he ever saw him again
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That was a joke Griffin made about Magnus still being trapped under the mirror, and it was directed at MAUREEN, not Lucas
The closest other things to that were these two parts from ch7 and ch11
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The first screenshot, Lucas is like nowhere near them at that point
And I guess the second screenshot kind of canonizes the joke Griffin made? Because Lucas referenced it and Magnus was like "no promises" but some people treat it as this whole big thing when honestly it really wasn't
And while I'm typing this I thought of something else so two prawnderings in one !
I really don't think Magnus actually HATED Lucas past the confrontation and it was more of like a heat of the moment thing and also the fact Lucas did what Magnus couldn't - bring a loved one back
He treated him like. normally in every exchange after that
Gonna talk about the San Diego liveshow and I KNOOOWWWW it's ambiguously canon but also even then still like. You know. Would Magnus really let Lucas put a brain spike in his and his friends' heads and put them in the fucking Matrix if he wasn't at LEAST neutral on him
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(Also the "anymore" implies they let him do science to them at other points too)
I seriously do not think Magnus actually had real beef with Lucas after tck and some people in the fandom reaaaallyyyyyy play it up and their relationship is kind of this whole game of telephone in the fandom because from what I've seen everyone is entirely uninterested in relistening to Crystal Kingdom or the two liveshows Lucas is in
And some act like Magnus genuinely wanted to kill him when in the San Jose liveshow he was like EXPLICITLY told to kill Lucas and then he didn't
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