#the implications here are fascinating

[jekyllnahyena]

Give it some time Fox, he's trying his best

more dumb doodles in the Fox is the fav and thus has somehow ended up with an allpowerful evil grandpa

#commander fox #sheev palpatine #yan dooku #in his lil form here #'what do you mean you love your family and care for their well being? fascinating concept. I've only ever used it for manipulation' #im sorry to all the people coming up with deep thoughts for this au #but seriously #it all boils down to palps being saved by the power of friendship #well. more like #'i didnt know why people cared so much for their commander and then I got one of my own' #'if anything happened to Fox then I'd destroy the galaxy and then myself' #thats it #thats the au #i see what everybody is doing with thinking about implications. but this is just. dumb and silly. sorry :/ #ajekyllsart

[dent-de-leon]

can you imagine being Essek and watching this tiefling on a total power trip turn into a 10 feet tall--incredibly ripped??--god and kill the boy you're catching feelings for?? And brand you with some kind of evil cursed hivemind magic you're worried might corrupt you forever?? This thing that your friends swear was once family, but all you see is something monstrous and otherworldly and tearing himself apart at the seams, screaming when all their loved ones call out to him??

Just. the way it must have felt to see Lucien go from that to. Just the most sweet and affectionate little tiefling. Gentle and curious and so full of joy and wonder. He's got the brightest smile and warm eyes and this mischievous playfulness. He runs off at first--startled, scared. But then once he's calmed, the first real word he says other than Empty is Love. And right after that he calls out for his Magician, for this man who did everything he could to save him, held him close and kissed him so tenderly on the forehead--

And Caleb throws his arms around Essek and Veth and just watches the Nein all descend on Tealeaf and embrace him amidst laughter and tears and Molly's starting to smile again and Caleb's so so happy just to see him finally alive and.

In that moment, Essek understands why they came all this way--

#it is so so fascinating to me that deuces and ess knew lucien fIRST and i am so intrigued by how that would color their perception of #tealeaf when he's reborn #but also #there's something beautiful to me about seeing someone who you can't help seeing as a villain and a 'monster' just...finally break free #from these chains and become so warm and full of joy and love #seeing lucien melt as this gente affectionate tiefling who brings beau and yasha flowers and who gave everyone tiefling virtue names #also the implications of tealeaf calling the two members of the nein he doesnt recognize 'Empty'--deciding that theyre new #blank cards in the deck just waiting to be filled-- #anyway sorry this was in my drafts and im just going through them now so heres this--

[aroacesigma]

Sometimes I feel like we moved on a little too quickly from this

#fascinating implications here #why did studio bones add it #does Sigma work out because what the fuck #why would Dazai do that also . actually i think we know why he would #sigma bsd #Dazai #ramblings

[orcelito]

ok I don't think we as a fandom talk about the way Vash cries blood enough

we only see it once or twice from what I remember, the one definite time being here ^ when the puppet attack first begins & he's dealing with the emotional agony of seeing so many of his family turn into puppets.

so it's clearly something that comes out only when he's in severe emotional distress.

the interesting thing is that Wolfwood is fucking TERRIFIED of him bc of it.

whatever this moment is, Vash is giving off the same sort of oppressive energy that Wolfwood's experienced with Knives. it's the first time during their travels that he's really been forced to recognize What Vash Is. he knew it of course, saw him in Jeneora, but he's such a goofy guy it's easy to forget.

but whatever Vash is doing here, it makes Wolfwood Incredibly aware of what he is.

so the real question i think is What exactly is going on here? is it unintentional? is it simply a response to the emotional agony?

Vash isn't the type to indiscriminately terrify everyone in the vicinity on purpose. he wouldn't be doing this purposefully out of anger while Wolfwood's there. no, in this moment, he's not even angry at all. he's Distraught.

going from This

to this

in just a moment.

yeah. that's some fucking emotional agony. i dont think Vash is doing this entirely on purpose.

but THEN...

as both Leonof and Wolfwood stare at him in fear, Both feeling his oppressive energy, Vash then lets out some sort of blast that blows against everything between him and Leonof. it doesn't destroy anything, doesn't even injure him, but it's a physically tangible effect that scares the Shit out of Leonof & spurs him into motion.

there may be some anger involved in this moment, but it's not the hair-trigger rage you would expect from seeing his family turned into puppets. it's something Quiet, something almost cold. he's distraught, Resigned, & retaliating just because he has to.

Vash hates all of this. he doesn't want to fight him. he fucking Knows this guy too, knew him as a kid, & none of this makes sense. but he knows that he needs to fight him, & doesn't have any kind of choice.

but he's not happy about it. not in the slightest.

#speculation nation #fanny reads trigun #fanny's trigun analysis #trigun #trigun spoilers/ #trimax spoilers/ #adding that tag for tag goers. since this is a very trimax moment. #im just fascinated by the implications here. there's so much we don't see about Vash's abilities. him and Knives both. #there's the implication that he can read people's minds in the way he sometimes responds to thought boxes #and also the entire mental conversation he has with Legato. NONE of this is brought up. #the way Knives created that tree. they obviously can generate vegetation just like their sisters. or at least Knives can. #Vash creates that barrier. which I see as an extreme manipulation of gravity to prevent anything from going through. #and of course there's the explosions. with the angel arm theyre huge. #but then we see at least once Vash turn his finger into a lil canon. aka it can be done in a smaller form #and also the implications of him just making Bomb Bullets? mini versions of his giant explosions? What?????? #so it brings the question of What If they could do these things on smaller scales? would Vash be capable of minor manipulations of gravity? #would Knives be able to just generate a fruit in his hand? #so many weird little things!!!! and we have no idea!!!!!! #but ykno what me as a fanfiction writer my entire PURPOSE is to extrapolate from canon. which includes their weird ass powers. #aka im going to make assumptions from the little bits we see in canon and im gonna RUN with them #definitely looking to do something with This moment too. Vash's oppressive energy... it will Definitely be fun.

[superiorjello]

I don't understand all the people in various different fandoms I've seen lately ragging on rarepairs/non-canon pairs because "they don't talk to each other/have no on-screen chemistry" or "you're just putting random people together because they're not dating anyone else"

Folks.

The point of fanfiction is that IT'S NOT CANON, it's you sitting around with your fave action figures and SMASHING THEM TOGETHER

Sometimes that happens to be the most common pairing or something actually canon. But sometimes, that's you taking a square and a circle and putting them together and saying WHAT IF!

Sometimes it's looking at the parts that make up two entirely different people and asking "What would it take for these two to work together?" and the joy of that sort of exploration and discovery is INDESCRIBABLE

FANFIC DOESNT HAVE TO CARE ABOUT CANON

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT *DID* HAPPEN, IT MATTERS WHAT *COULD* HAPPEN

Thank you and have a nice day

#I'm not even getting into crossover fics here #like??? #do y'all remember when superwholock was a thing? #no the doctor and Dean Winchester never had a scene together #but they sure could have some fascinating conversations #jesus christ #let people play #this was prompted by many things #but the straw that broke the camel's back was someone hating on xicheng #my dudes #the implications of their different personalities being forced to interact are so incredibly delicious #okay last tangent #but do y'all remember teen wolf? #like half that show's fanfic is based on vibes and not canon #and that fic is still some of the top rated shit on ao3 #jello speaks #rarepair #non canon

[suffarustuffaru]

ok but im getting emo over heinkel again so im gonna talk about him again because yeah hes yet another sad character in a sea of sad characters and i love rezero for that but like he is a character consistently characterized by one loss after the other. it's a rollercoaster and its going straight fucking down and he is so miserable and absolutely alone and its both his fault and not his fault at all. but the way it starts is - its all out of his control. the more you think about the trajectory of his life the sadder it gets.

imagine you are heinkel and your parents are the sword saint and the sword demon and you come from a long line of knights and sword saints so thats almost definitely where youre headed, right? thats whats expected of you. you are nineteen years old and youre a knight in the royal guard, which was expected of you, and you have a wife and a beautiful baby boy, which was also expected of you, but at least you have so much joy and love for the latter while the former is just another chain on the astrea family line of people who are stuck to knighthood whether they like it or not. but your family is also just another chain because youre nineteen and your mother is still the sword saint and youre playing with fate here because either youre going to be the sword saint or your son will be.

your wife, the only equal you have, falls asleep one day and never wakes up. you are twenty-one years old and a single parent and then you are twenty-three years old and your son's fate is so much bigger than youll ever be. having the worlds love means that your love pales in comparison, doesnt it? everyone knows about your comatose wife because you keep searching so much for a cure that its just another thing to gossip about. every year that passes by she just continues to look the same as she did when she was awake and alive and loved you. (you dont know it yet but your son is going to reach the same age as her, because you dont find a cure for another sixteen years and you know that she wont love you anymore because who does? theres no one left because your son doesnt count.)

and everyone knows about you because of your family. because yeah, youre a good swordsman, but youre not liked by anyone in the knights. youre not a friend and youre certainly not a sword saint or sword demon. your son mind controls someone because he loves you so much that he would do anything for you and looks up to you like youre some hero, but youre just a wreck whos scrambling to keep what little you have. youre twenty-four and you lose your mom because you were too scared to go on the mission you were assigned on, because youre a coward and youre in over your head and you know, because everyone knows, that you dont measure up. you could never be prepared for this. in a long line of people who have to carry the weight of the world, you crumble easily. your mom goes on that mission and dies and your son becomes the sword saint like this was always going to happen. this is what being loved by the world means. you just killed your mom because you just couldnt suck it up and die on that mission instead. on top of that, your dad says that your five-year-old god of a son killed your mom. its just you and your son and the two of you both killed your mom but youre the worlds biggest laughing stock and your son is the up and coming hero and monster. but you still love your son. you really do.

right?

#rezero #heinkel astrea #i have. many feelings on him always. no i do not condone his abuse and i never will. but he is such a fascinating character #and this is not even getting into like. post-reinhard being five years old. cries. there is so much happening my god. the tragedy of it all #i swear theresia and wilhelm act like they dont even like heinkel fr sometimes too i swear aldfjldfjl theres just implications behind that #relationship too. and implications to heinkel and reinhards Everything with what little we've seen of them. like little kid reinhard truste #his dad SO MUCH heinkel was very loving in the beginning. it hurts how badly it turns out later alsdlfj bc you just Know that reinhard is #internalizing this like. my dad used to love me and now he doesnt anymore and its all my fault. #BUT HE STILL DOES LOVE REINHARD DEEP DOWN BC WHY ELSE WOULD HE HAVE SCHULT AS A REPLACEMENT. GOD. GOD. #arc 5 spoilers #i always like. theorize that heinkel used to be someone who tried to follow the rules to the T. try his best. try to be a good perfect #knight. a bit of a people pleaser. WHICH IS LIKE REINHARD RIGHT and it explains why heinkel is so bitter and jaded and angry now. god. i #hate it here. the astreas make me sooo crazy #like heinkel really does seem like a guy whos just trying to be a goody two shoes in like the once upon a time from lugunica ss but he fail #miserably bc hes too Emotional and also going through a lot of stress aljsdlfj

[agnesandhilda]

a twitter thread by an in-universe bltv fan breaking down which neo egoist league players are stage gay (field gay?) vs. who actually just acts like that

#bolo liveblogs #blue lock #bllk #I am fascinated by the implications of the nel being an in-universe reality tv show with viewers that get to see even *half* of what manga #readers do. I saw someone on here talking about how it must be an unholy mix of dudebro sports fandom and like. bts twitter. #and frankly I agree #also wrt to the main post I think kaiser is (initially) viewed as stage gay and people think isagi is just a freak

[cafeconbrujeria]

Do individual crows have specific sounds (like names) for each other? I don’t know, but there are some interesting anecdotal stories that might shed light on this. Pet ravens who’ve learned to mimic human speech will yell their own name when searching for their owner. This suggests that while the human assigns the name to the bird, the raven assigns the name to the pair bond between them. (x)

#crow #corvid #ethology #occult #fascinating implications for spirit work here #that is: are you calling the spirit or are you calling on the specific bond you have with a specific spirit? #the godhead or ye local manifestation of god you get tacos with and cry and pray to?

[blueiight]

Coming slowly to know his evil, or being catapulted into it ... was all the same. I wanted none of it finally. And, deserving nothing better, I closed up like a spider in the flame of a match. And even Armand who was my constant companion, and my only companion, existed at a great distance from me, beyond that veil which separated me from all living things, a veil which was a form of shroud. (IWTV, 1976)

#yn. #iwtv #tvc #armand #louis de pointe du lac #how u gone tell this story w him in the same room👀🫣 #AxL being together in the amc show verse has so many implications #what stage r we in the AxL relationship? i find it so fascinating. #all the hooplah on DM cuz white fans need a white face to insert in& im like did lou already bury armand in the st louis cemetery?… #no shade but im js if they kept a or l as white we would have more convos/speculative fiction on the nature of their dynamic #i fucking love it. lou terrified deathly of the fact that there is no maker sister wife dynamic w armand #meeting an entire vampire cult. knowing hes in charge of them. & he let u kill them all. whos to say ur not next? #a spider in the flame of the match… bait for a shark. the way lou frames himself here is fascinating #armand’s later descriptions fawning over how pitiful and morose and easy to abandon louis was #getting broke up w in audubon park cuz armand wanted to see if les would snitch on himself & spur lou into some emotion… #louis making up the part about lestat and the baby. my god💔💔💔💔 #ig this is an answer to one of my old anons who wondered if book lou harbored suspicions on a & his role in clauds death.. yea #i love how amc made all the retcons part of the question of memory itself & what is narrative #the hegemony & hierarchy of relatability - the white man as the conduit for a tale told thru a black man’s complex lense #s

[afieldinengland]

this is obviously old news but i'm thinking about it

#satire was dead like that pig which he fucked as a joke etc #remember when the men (read: cunts) (read: with blood on their hands) at the top of british politics were called cummings hancock + johnson #really fascinated by chris addison's last quote here. the implication that 'monster' is a wide and yawning spectrum #and 'bad person' is a negative moral extreme. i like that #malcolm is a monster but he's a monster like so many of us are #the thick of it

[books-and-dragons]

hi, i saw your post about grigori angels and was wondering why this disproves the kokabiel and baraquiel!crowley theories? sorry if this has been asked before, or it's obvious!

hey anon, nothing to be sorry about!!

i wouldn't necessarily say the fact kokabiel and baraquiel are grigori disproves the theory, if only because we don't know how the grigori story fits into the good omens canon- and playing fast and loose with the bible stories is always an option so it's still a possibility, just an unlikely one if we follow the orginal biblical canon; as the grigori arrive much later on, and their 'fall' is not the same one as we see with 'lucifer's angels'

regardless, the grigori are fascinating to consider- especially in the gomens universe! they're unique amongst angels, and still vastly different from demons- the only ones who well and truly get humans

i'll start by quickly sharing the grigori lore, then bring it back to crowley

The Grigori

the grigori are detailed in the book of enoch, and their time is after eden, after the beginning. with sin now being an option for humans, the grigori were created and sent to earth to understand human behaviour

their name translates to 'the watchers'. an apt title for their role: watchers over humanity. the reason for this is debated, but fundamentally we come down to the important fact that the grigori, with their unique position as Watchers, understood humans better than any other angel- which was the whole point. why humans sinned, and how to influence them towards virtue and faith while still allowing humans to maintain their free will.

then, things began to change. the grigori started to interact with humans, taught us of technology and knowledge that we would soon discover ourselves. they later began to marry humans. they copulated with humans- from this, we had the nephilim. i don't need to reiterate how that particular tale ends. at least, not for the nephilim.

The Second Fall

here's the fun part. at least, in the context of talking about 'Fallen Angels'

in the eyes of god, the grigori had left their place of belonging, heaven, in favour of humans and earth. for this act, they were to fall.

except, the grigori didn't fall. at least, not in the sense we tend to define falling.

jude, verse six, outlines as much. 'and the angels that kept not with their first estate but left with their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day'

it would be more accurate to say the grigori were cast out, that they are in 'time out'- for they were not stripped of their grace, nor did they fall to hell/become demons as lucifer's angels did. instead their punishment is to spend the rest of their years on earth, until the day of judgement. for all intents and purposes they are still angels, just not yet allowed back into heaven.

(when we consider that the grigori had already been living on earth, amongst humans, there's something to be said for wondering if this is really a punishment at all. god really fumbled the bag on that one, or maybe it was intentional. the grigori tale is full of interesting debates!)

from what i gathered, this event is [colloquially] referred to as 'the second fall'. it happens after the original fall, the better known one. a long time after- given the grigori are after eden.

the important takeaways about the grigori come down to this: they are unique amongst angels for understanding humans, they are the parents of the nephilim, and they 'fell' from heaven- but not in the same way

Fitting with Good Omens/Angel!Crowley theories

if we're following the biblical canon here, crowley couldn't have been kokabiel or baraqiel for they are both grigori. they didn't fall with lucifer, not as the-angel-that-crowley-was did. by the time of kokabiel and baraquiel, crowley the demon already existed.

the grigori came after the beginning, once humans had already left eden. their 'fall' is referred to as the 'second fall', nevermind the fact that they didn't really fall at all. the grigori aren't in hell, they aren't demons- they're still angels. contrastingly, crowley fell, and very much is a demon- he's part of the first [real] fall, one of lucifer's angels. let's also remember that a very important part of the grigori story is how they fell for, and into bed with, humans- and procreated with them. somehow, this isn't something i envision for the-angel-that-was-crowley

this said, crowley (and aziraphale) were definitely about on earth during the time this was happening. they witnessed the flood themselves (the incident designed for the purpose of destroying the nephilim, the offspring of grigori and humans), and i'm sure at least aziraphale would have heard about the 'second fall', if not also crowley along with the rest of hell (also, imagine how pissed you'd be if you took a million-light-year dive into sulphur, came out a demon of hell, only for these 'watcher angels' to also be called fallen, when all they did was get put in time out for several millenia. the unfairness has to sting)

i like to imagine crowley had a form of healthy tolerance-bordering-appreciation for grigori angels- they value humanity's free will, shared knowledge with humans that often centred on creative and technological developments, even when this meant punishment by god

what makes the grigori so interestingly unique is their understanding of humans and what may drive them to sin. it's a skill that even aziraphale, with his appreciation for humanity, hasn't quite grasped yet

i don't think we'll ever actually see the grigori in good omens, since they're not too widely known of, but they fit so perfect to the good omens theme of discussing human morality and behaviour that we see debated by crowley and aziraphale. they'd both have very different, very strong, feelings about the grigori and their fate- which is fun to think about

#ask #i am fascinated by grigori if it isn't obvious enough asdf i'm s o r r y for that #i definitely deviated from the original point #good omens #crowley #angel!crowley #i called them grigori wayy more than 'the watchers' here but they're called 'the watchers' more often in theology/also the bible #i just prefer 'grigori' #it sounds nicer #please please p l e a s e talk to me about the grigori bc obsession doesn't quite cover it #also what i love so much about the grigori is how you can interpret that story and it's implications in so many different ways #i'd l o v e to write something for this but honestly i'd be too invested and it would be too long so i am choosing ~peace~ #ohhh also also when you remember the grigori side it brings a whole new level of angst to the mysopotamia/noah's ark time period- #for both crowley and aziraphale!! #oh the brainworms are brainworming #i'll never stop thinking about this

[miabrown007]

ok its been two weeks but i have been busy. you reblogged a post from me about futurama and said in the tags that you wanted to watch it. and as a self-appointed futurama proselytizer, i am taking it upon myself to convince you further.

i asked my friend, who i convinced to watch this show, for a description and she described it as:

character driven show in which everyone is incompetent but also really smart and that is why it’s funny and they fly around in a spaceship and get involved in things they shouldn’t and it all ends up okay on accident usually

and said it's

witty comedy, dark humor, well fleshed out characters, very clippable

some other fun facts about it:

in the course of writing one episode, the writers came up with and proved a mathematical theorem

source of memes such as "not sure if" and "shut up and take my money"

among the guest stars are:

leonard nimoy (repeatedly)

former u.s. vice president al gore (five times)

conan o'brien

gary gygax

stephen hawking = nichelle nichols

lucy liu

hank aaron

sigourney weaver

bob odenkirk

johnathan frakes

walter koenig

william shatner

george takei

mark hamill

david cross

penn jillette

teller

seth macfarlane

snoop dogg

patton oswalt

buzz aldrin

patrick stewart

larry bird

depending on how you count it, the show has been canceled ether two or three times, and that's not even counting the upcoming revival

i present to you this gif, which i made solely for this ask:

anyway PLEASE come yell at me about this show. my inbox is open.

fdghfj THANK YOU, this was a delightful recommendation! truth be told I already forgot I said I wanted to watch it, so a much needed reminder too, not to mention very effective. despite living under a rock and recognizing exactly two of the aforementioned names (stephen hawking and snoop dog), I have.. acquired the first season. the suicide machine in the first episode immediately reaffirmed that I need this cartoon in my life :3

#futurama #I guess this is a tag now #I think I never got into it because the drawing style doesn't appeal to me as much #but all this trivia I'm learning about it is really really fascinating thank you #ask #suicide tw #I guess?? #also why does the suicide machine work with money. what's the implication here #if you're pennyless you're denied suicide too even in a world where it's so normalized it's commercial? #or was the inflation so great during the 1000 years 25 cent is literally worthless and they sweep it on the streets #but then why bind it to money to begin with #the costumer service voice was a delightful touch

[quarklynx]

I did a whole batch of quick D&D NPC sketches so I can just grab one when I need to put a face to a name I've just made up on the spot, and totally not just because I wanted to explore the fashion of the new country I homebrewed

#totally not that last reason hahaha #but hear me out. what if fabric only came in circles and getting long rectangular strips was difficult. consider the implications #the fashion would be fascinating #dnd #dnd art #lynxinks #anyway it was a fun exercise in poses too #i've just kind of been adding a new character here and there when i have time between commissions #which are open btw

[nonbinarylesbianskout]

Hello Nomad tag I have come to once again grace you with my presence

#nomad of nowhere #instead of posting the stuff i put actual time and effort into on my main i'm posting this here i guess #anyway this is kinda based on the fascinating implications that Nowhere has a concept of hell #not only because of what the undertaker says about divine judgement but also the fact that hell has to be a thing for Toth to use the word #like it comes from somewhere #man. #anyway don't worry hes fine hell come back just a little different and in another universe #i hate my art and everything about myself. suffer with me #I'll probably delete this later #but the show put him in this pose in episode 10 and i will too #insert [x] has become catholic meme #don't take this seriously please #christianity tw #idk if thats the right tag

[silentwalrus1]

okay genuine question, why don't you draw hyuroi instead of r*yed. even arakawa herself clearly hates r*yed and refuses to draw them alone together lol plus edwin is canon and theres no changing that

well, if we’re going by canon, i think if anybody has first dibs on necrofucking Hughes’ decomposing corpse, i’d say it’s his wife

#Fascinated by the implications here that Arakawa supports elricest by drawing ed and al together alone all the time #Tell me more anon

[floorpancakes]

sometimes i sit down and randomly remember mentioning that i really liked xxxholic on twitter and someone responded 'omg i used to love it too! are you team doumeki or team watanuki?' and its been at least a year and i still have no idea how to process that question

like what were they cooking please enlighten me

#this isnt a negative it was a cool mutual and stuff #i just have no idea how to process the question #like what point of view results in this being your first question #i think we watched two different shows #like im FASCINATED by the implications of this and it crosses my mind daily #xxxholic #i mean i guess id answer doumeki cause its funny to bully watanuki but like that's besides the question and totally different meaning wise #im so confused #how did op get here #what were they cooking #help #it gets a giggle and lots of confusion out of me #this happened like a year or two ago but it eont leave my brain