#the syndics

[dilettantefish]

#1662 #rembrant van rijn #the syndics #detail #art #oil on canvas #cat #black cat #cats

[teaboot]

Was gonna clean my closet today, however my contacts have informed me that I will soon be holding guardianship of a newborn kitten. As such all plans have been put on hold as I prepare for the arrival of my new heir.

Ive already put a nametag order in at the engravers and have been scouring the internet for "toddler-size sofa" for the better part of three hours now

#I've received ONE shitty out of focus photo and am already enamored with the young lord #He will become a fine leader for the syndicate

[yaelartworks]

🍟✨The Syndicate go to McDonalds✨🍔

(also niki's design based off of @pineapplefishh 's)

#this is very funny to me #yaelart #my art #mcyt #art #dream smp #fanart #philza #technoblade #techoblade fanart #mcytumblr #dsmpblr #niki nihachu #connoreatspants #ranboo fanart #ranboo #the syndicate #dsmp lore #niki fanart #philza fanart

[cirrusea]

Game night at the commune! I've always wanted to do this meme haha

#dream smp #technoblade #philza #niki nihachu #ranboo #tubbo #connoreatspants #the syndicate #dsmp #i kept laughing while drawing phil in this #my art

[celaenaeiln]

Dick Grayson's talent for manipulation literally brings the world to its knees.

Part 1 post

My absolute favorite trait about Dick aside from his craziness is his ability to control every single person in existence. The best part is, he's so clever in the way that he does it that people almost never notice.

Bart Allen

"Oh! Ahh..you're trying to get my DNA sample. You need my spit! Ha! That's such a Dick Grayson thing to do."

Bart knows!! Dick's brilliantly sly okay. Honey catches more flies that vinegar? He takes it so far that breaks he the ceiling with it because by the time he's done, people don't even know they've been manipulated. And if they do, then what can they do about it? He always wins.

With friends and family he does it to make them feel better without being so overt and discomforting them.

Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis

Jon came to him when he was feeling lost and upset and Dick set up the perfect conditions to encourage him and pick him up. He's just so good at doing what he's doing but he does it for all the right reasons.

But the extent Dick can go trick and manipulate someone is off the charts. A virtuoso.

In a Titans comic, Dick literally spent MONTHS acting depressed and weak after Donna, Wally, and Garth were kidnapped to another dimension by a villain just so he could trick the villain into thinking that his career was over and bring him into the same dimension so Dick could take him down.

He fooled everyone.

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TBP 2 Part #1

"Batman taught me how to be a totally convincing actor! So if the only way you could send me here with your ring was if I filled my brain with evil thoughts, I just faked it! My facial expression was pure evil-but my mind remained pure good." MONTHS.

He planned, pretended, and calculated every single fiber of his own mind and body until the whole world was fooled by his acting. He tricked an interdimensional being who had psychic access. That means he was so extraordinarily manipulative, he can control his own thoughts inside his head to trick someone else. Voldemort's legilimens has nothing on Dick's talent.

Like Bart, sometimes his allies are aware of this like with Selina-

Gotham City Sirens Issue #23

Selina's literally having a mental breakdown trying not to fall for Dick's manipulation and tricks.

But even if they know he's manipulating them, they still are forced to fall for it anyway.

Gotham City Sirens Issue #23

"Damn it."

Like a goldilocks mad scientist - he does it just right.

His acting is just so on point that he outschemes the schemer.

When the Crime Syndicate (Superwoman, Ultraman, Owlman, Power ring, etc) arrive on Earth to take it over when Dick is Batman, Dick needs to do something fast. But to make things worse, there's a being that's so powerful, that both the Crime Syndicate and Justice League combined have a snowball's chance in hell of defeating him.

So what does Dick do? He runs the game.

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #52

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #52

"Of course he had a plan the whole time. He's Batman. He always has a plan."

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #52

He tricks everyone.

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #52

And in the end, the Justice League wins and Dick saves the world.

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #52

I love how they characterized Owlman as a snake because that would make Dick a mongoose since mongoose eats snakes. And do you know what Mongoose represent in folklore? Action, adventure, boldness, fearlessness, impulsiveness, independence, optimism, rebellion, resistance, resourcefulness, speed, adaptation, agility, quickness, intelligence and wit. All characteristics that define him.

He plays the world like a chessboard, always five steps ahead.

He always has an ace hidden up his sleeve.

His thoughts are always masked behind a disarming smile.

He has mastered the art of manipulation.

And that's while he's outright fighting. His subtlety is just so seductive.

Take a look at the way he smoothly evades answering in this panel -

Grayson Issue #9

He's so smooth. She's constantly on the watch but she instantly fell head over heels for his charms in a half a heartbeat, that's just how good he is.

Grayson Issue #10

He's a master manipulator who knows exactly what to say and how to act to always end up winning.

It's seriously such a shame that one of his greatest skills and talents isn't talked about more because this man?! Flawless.

He's the spy everyone on TV wishes they could be. He's the type of spy people read about in history books and marvel at the ease, grace, and legendary story he leaves behind. He's the spy that everyone knows and dreams of in their fantasies.

Nightwing (2016)

And oh how they so are.

He can just get people to do whatever he wants.

There's a reason why Batman's only contingency plan against Nightwing is "Let's hope he fucks up." Because with his intelligence, skill, power, charisma, and raw talent - he's goddamn unstoppable.

#manipulative dick grayson #dick's honest to god terrifying for what he can do #so thankful he's on the good side because the world doesn't stand a chance with him on the bad #dick grayson #nightwing #bart allen #dc impulse #jon kent #super boy #selina kyle #catwoman #dc titans #owlman #robin dick grayson #crime syndicate #justice league #spyral #batman dick grayson

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

#Trump #trump crime family #trump crime syndicate #republican assholes #traitor trump #crooked donald #traitor #resist #maga morons

[get-along-little-khornedoggie]

So the thing about c!Technoblade (I say, as if there is only one thing) but one thing about him that always sticks with me is the choice of his codename in the Syndicate.

Because at first glance, Protesilaus was the first bloodthirsty stab-happy warrior off the boat in the Trojan War, eager for battle, unheeding of death, which is one way to view c!Techno's character (how many times did characters view him as a resource or a weapon before or even after Doomsday, where he was literally screaming, "I'M A PERSON!").

And at second glance, he’s a willing martyr, who knew about the prophecy that the first man to land at Troy would be the first to die, and would rather it was him than his friends, which is another way to view him, one that seems closer to who he actually is ("leave Phil alone, just take me!", anyone?).

But c!Technoblade chose his name without ever abandoning his catchphrase of "Technoblade never dies", which is what sticks with me -- because he didn't just state that he'd die for his friends and leave it at that. He promised to protect them and to live for them.

Protesilaus is destined to be the first of his comrades to die by immovable fate, but also Technoblade never dies, which means that none of his comrades will, either.

He made it a promise. "I won’t die, therefore the gods will have no choice but to let all my friends live."

By something as simple as choosing a name, c!Technoblade (who for months was wary of identifying who his friends even were, especially after what the Butcher Army did to Philza, whose only crime was being his friend) told everyone in the Syndicate that if harm came to them, it would be because he was already dead, and that he never intended to let either of those things happen.

#technoblade #c!techno #the syndicate #welcome to my blog where i lie awake at night wondering who harpocrates was #and how one man turned a boastful gamer dude catchphrase into a declaration of protection for his friends and im very soft about it

[raceweek]

fernando alonso found at the scene of a crime. fork found in kitchen etc

#aston martin criminal syndicate #china 2024

[ramshackledtrickster]

I’ve been wanting to animate something with “jokes jokes jokes” for years and I’m so happy I finally got to get this down for one of my classes!!

#assassins creed #assassins creed syndicate #jacob frye #animation #my art #fanart

[beescake]

Hello!! I want you to know that you are the reason I developed such a deep love of SolKat. I never really thought about it much but you have been fueling this ship's potential for me and I love it so much and I love your art! :D !!

Keep up the wonderful work and I hope you're doing well!!

yessss all part of my agenda, ty for sharing ur experience!! :))c

i think theyre a beautiful ship when loud and even moreso when quiet

#thanks for the well wishes too ayy have a good week!! #ask #the-cryptic-syndicate #homestuck #sollux captor #karkat vantas #solkat #2024 #vioart

[embers-archive]

The syndicate my beloved, you will always be famous to me.

This is a redraw of an old drawing from 2021, comparisons are under the cut :D

August 2021 vs March 2024

#weird time to be having a Moment about dsmp i know but i was watching old techno vids and i wanted to redraw smth :] #ahhh its been ages since i posted dsmp fanart #ah well enjoy :] #dream smp #dream smp fanart #dsmp #dsmp fanart #philza #technoblade #nihachu #ranboo #philza fanart #technoblade fanart #nihachu fanart #ranboo fanart #the syndicate #art

[rejectingrepublicans]

#trump crime syndicate #trump crime family #republican assholes #maga morons

[simplepotatofarmer]

three years and one day of the syndicate <3

#i was rewatching streams i can't believe i missed it yesterday #but yesterday was. well!!! #technoblade #dream smp #philza #ranboo #niki nihachu #the syndicate

[rev-pirate]

IT’S DONE!! 6 months, 20,000 stitches, and ~240 hours of work later and the syndicate cross stitch based on @valeriapryanikova pixel art piece (original can be found here) is finally complete!! You may have seen WIPs of this floating around but the whole thing is finally complete!!! I’m so happy with how it turned out. The colors presented a unique challenge and i had to invent most of them by blending threads. But I had a whole lot of fun stitching this :D

#technoblade #niki nihachu #ranboo #philza #fanart #dream smp #dsmp syndicate #mcyt #dsmp #cross stitch #rev stitches

[cirrusea]

Syndicate meetings are very productive

#dream smp #dsmp #technoblade #philza #niki nihachu #the syndicate #if u saw this last night no u didn't <3 #the background was bugging me #my art

[nientedal]

Roxanne: "You wrote a ballet? Starring...you?"

Megamind: "I did! Yes!"

Roxanne: "You dance ballet?"

Megamind: "Of course! Doesn't everyone?"

Roxanne: ".......You know in retrospect I'm really not sure why I'm surprised."

i think today's prompt was "lasers and spikes"? which i have decided is the name of whatever show he's dancing in. technically a work in process, but that's until i can get back to it and add the lasers digitally and do touchups etc. and i have no idea when or if that will be. so! posting it anyway!

#megamind fanart #megamind #megamind vs the doom syndicate #megamind rules #dal is a fanart #dal draws #12daysofmegamind