#time travel bullshit

[proneterror204]

When Pariah Dark was alive he was a kyptonian warlord. In kryptonian history it is known that in medieval kypton there was a king so mad with power that he burned all the temples, declared war on the gods, and seduced a young chronomancer to bend time in his favor. It is recorded that the kryptonian god of death, dan-el, struck him down for his crimes and arrogance and threw his soul into the unknown to suffer eternal undeath.

#dpxdc #dp x dc #danny phantom #dc x dp #dcxdp #dp x dc prompt #pariah dark #pariah x clockwork #danny is the kryptonian god of death #blame clockwork and his bullshit #danny has no idea #but he likes the positive attention #pariah dark was a kryptonian warlord #time travel bullshit #danny uses this to hit on supergirl or powergirl or wondergirl

[stelladoesstuff]

Ok

Okok

Hi hello

Loki episode 5 spoilers below because I have THOUGHTS

This is a lot of theorizing and just straight up rambling but who knows maybe you’ll get something out of it

Help me

The fact that one of the recap scenes TWICE this season has been Kang stating that he controlled every moment leading up to the moment is what’s making me think here. Because think about it- O.B. had to write the time manual in order for Victor Timely to create his temporal loom. And while O.B. stated that his work was based off of the work of Victor Timely, creating the whole chicken and the egg scenario, that first tempad prototype was because Loki gave him the TVA manual that HE wrote. He inspired himself. It’s a loop. Just like Loki pruning himself. Loki had to prune himself in order to go back in time just like O.B. had to write the manual in order to create the TVA.

And yes, he doesn’t remember this. But that’s because all of the TVA’s employee memories are said to be wiped when they entered. By Kang. Kang, who was Victor Timely, who had to read the manual written by O.B. to create the loom. But Kang can’t have O.B. remembering that O.B.’s manual was the basis of the entire TVA, so what does he do?

He makes O.B. believe that O.B.’s manual was based off of Victor Timely’s work. O.B.’s work was NEVER inspired by Timely. He just thinks it was, because that’s what he HAD to think in order for the series of events to proceed as they did. For the entire TVA to proceed as it did.

Also- notice how the room O.B. is in on the timeline is VERY SIMILAR structurally to his room in the TVA. Because that’s where it all originated. That was the foundation point. Kang couldn’t wipe all of O.B.’s memories from when he was on the timeline, because if he did, then O.B. wouldn’t retain the knowledge he had of making the tempad, or anything he read in his own book. O.B. had to retain some of that knowledge in order for everything to work.

So Kang specifically wiped specific memories. Memories that Loki had been the one to hand him the book. Skewed a few things- O.B. wrote a book. He remembers writing a book. So Kang took that knowledge and applied it to the handbook. O.B. remembers writing a book, and handbook states that he is the author, so obviously the memories align and his memories are skewed to apply the memories of writing his sci-fi book to writing the TVA handbook.

But then it’s a paradox. Because O.B. had to see the book to retain skewed memories, and so the book had to be written at some point… but when?

And so we’re back to the chicken and the egg. What came first, the TVA or the manual?

Also. We’re jumping topics.

Loki gathering everyone in one place. If you think about it… why did he have to do that? To figure out how to control the time slipping, sure, but… why did Marvel specifically make him run around on a wild goose chase getting everyone together?

Because he had to. Because it’s part of Kang’s plan.

Bring them all together. In order to do that, the tempad had to be made. The tempad which requires O.B. to read the manual. Which in turn leads to the creation of the TVA. Which means the entire group’s memories are wiped, and they are then TVA employees.

It’s a loop. As demonstrated by the beginning scene. Loki walked in, saw himself reading the manual, jumped back, and then was reading the manual and got called out by himself.

Same idea.

Loki went back in time to give the manual to O.B. In doing so, he sparked the entire creation of the TVA. He brought a group of people together who would become the TVA’s employees. And because he did that, every event of seasons 1 and 2 thus far could occur.

So in a sense, Loki created the TVA.

But still

WHAT CAME FIRST THE CHICKEN OR THE FUCKING EGG-

#loki #loki series #loki theories #mobius m mobius #mobius #ouroboros #tva loki #tva #time variance authority #help me im going insane #time travel bullshit #what the fuck came first #it’s a paradox #help #he who remains #victor timely

[duhragonball]

DBZ Timelines

I got bored, so I’m gonna go through the alternate timelines created by Bulma’s time machine.  I’ve done this a few times before, but I don’t want to look that up, and besides, it’s kind of a fun mental exercise to go over this again. 

I won’t be covering all the time travel shenanigans in the Zamasu Saga from Dragon Ball Super, because (a) I’m thinking about rewatching DBS next year and (b) fuck the Zamasu Saga, it’s dumb as hell.

Part of the reason I’m interested in this is because I want to analyze the role of Gero’s computer in Movie 7, but I think that might deserve its own post, so I’ll just stick to the timeline discussion for now, and we’ll talk about Android 13 another time.

Okay, so in the past, I’ve identified these timelines with letters, but I always get them mixed up, so this time I’m going to name the timelines after a character or plot point unique to that world’s history.  

Also, just to be clear, I’m only talking about timelines that diverged because of time travel.  It’s fine to say that some of the movies take place in “alternate timelines”, and it’s fine to talk about “what if” scenarios, and imagine a world where Raditz lived and married Launch.   But I don’t want to get into those.  I say this because sometimes I get so bogged down in scenarios like “Well what about a world where Trunks didn’t make the second trip to the past?” but Trunks did make the second trip to the past, and there’s no version of events where he only goes back in time once.  So it’s not worth getting into here.

Timeline A: The Gotenks Timeline. (Depicted in DBZ Episodes 1-291.)

This is the main timeline, the one we know the best, and the one that got altered by three separate time trips: Two visits from Future Trunks, and one by Imperfect Cell.  I’m naming it after Gotenks because this is the only world that could produce a Gotenks.  Buu could potentially show up in any version of the Earth, because he’s been lying dormant there for millions of years.   And Goten might exist on some timelines where Goku survived the heart virus.  But the only way you get Gotenks is for Goku to survive the heart virus, die at the Cell Games, learn the Fusion Dance in the afterlife, come back seven years later, and teach the technique to Goten and Trunks.  

Anyway, I’m not gonna spend a lot of time on this one, because I think you all know the drill by now. 

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Timeline B: The Future Trunks Timeline (Depicted in DBZ Episodes 1-118, 194, History of Trunks TV Special)

I’m often tempted to call this the “unaltered” timeline, but it’s not, thanks to the events of Episode 194.  In this world, Goku dies of the heart virus, then Gero’s androids attack and kill all the Z-fighters except Gohan, who trains Trunks to help defend the earth.  After Gohan’s death, Bulma completes a time machine, and sends Trunks back to Age 764, where he warns Goku about the androids and gives him the heart virus medicine.  Trunks returns, refuels the time machine, and goes back a second time to Age 767, where he joins the battle against the androids in Timeline A. 

Crucially, Trunks learns about Cell during this trip, and he spends a couple of years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, so when he returns to his native timeline, he’s a little older and a lot stronger, and he’s forewarned about Cell’s eventual attempt to hijack the time machine.  Trunks overwhelms 17 and 18 in a direct confrontation, then waits for Cell to make his move and kills him as well.

I call this one the Future Trunks Timeline because this is the one where Trunks actually saves his world and wins.  It’s also the springboard for all Future Trunks related stories that have followed.   The Trunks from Xenoverse, Blunks from Dragon Ball Super, the Trunks from the Bojack movie, whatever Dragon Ball Heroes is doing with him, those versions of the character might differ from one another, but they all share the same experience of winning the battles fought in DBZ #194.

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Timeline C: The Remote Timeline (Depicted in DBZ 1-138, Movie 7?)

This is a timeline whose events we never actually witness directly.  Still it’s heavily implied to exist, because the next timeline (see below) kind of depends on it.   Essentially, this is a world where Trunks’ two visits took place, but not Cell’s.  

What happens then is this: The Z-Fighters prepare for Gero’s androids, Trunks shows up to join them, only to discover they’re fighting the “wrong” androids, Gero withdraws to his lab and reactivates 17 and 18, who defeat Vegeta.  Everything plays out just like it did in Timeline A, except the abandoned time machine and Cell’s molt are never discovered. 

Instead, Dragon Team continues to cope with the android crisis they were already dealing with.  The conventional wisdom is that they eventually figured out that Gero had a sub-basement, which they raided and discovered the plans for #17, just like in Episode 145.  Bulma uses that information to build a remote control to shut down 17 and 18, and that solves everything. 

Presumably, Piccolo never fuses with Kami in this timeline, because Kami only agreed to merge with Piccolo because of Cell’s presence, which isn’t a factor here.  It’s possible that Goku and Vegeta resolved to train to surpass 17 and 18, but with Bulma’s remote involved, their efforts probably became academic.  

Movie 7 could function as an epilogue to this untold version of the story, since it features all the main characters just going about their business as if 17 and 18 were already defeated.  They don’t have to fool with Cell, because this timeline doesn’t get a visit from a future version of Cell.    And we never see Super Saiyan Gohan or Vegeta and Trunks in their beefy new “ascended” forms because they never went in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.  There’s a few other details to sort out, but I’ll save that for another time.  

So why does Timeline C matter if it was never directly shown in the manga or anime?   Well, you see, we need it to set up...

Timeline D: The Cell Origin Timeline (Depicted in DBZ Episodes 1-118, History of Trunks TV Special, Flashbacks in DBZ Episodes 143, 164, and 190)

The other timelines each have their own version of Cell, but this is the only one that matters, because this version is the only one that survives long enough to fulfill his programming and achieve his perfect form. 

Most of what we know about this timeline comes from Cell explaining his backstory to Piccolo in DBZ Episode 143.  He lived in a world just like the one Future Trunks came from, only he’s from a few years later, after 17 and 18 have been destroyed.  So he eventually learned about the time machine and stole it, killing Trunks in the process.   Then Cell went back in time, entering Timeline A, and you know the rest.  

In other words, this timeline is almost exactly like Timeline B, where Future Trunks is from.   The difference is that in Timeline B, Trunks found out about Cell ambushing him in advance, so when the time came, he was ready for him, as seen in DBZ #194.   So that’s the difference between B and D.   In one, Trunks wins, and in the other, Cell wins. 

But it’s not quite that simple.   The only reason Trunks-B was prepared was because of his adventures in Timeline A.   Trunks-D had a similar time travel adventure, but it couldn’t have been in Timeline A, or he would have met Cell there and known to watch his neck later. 

And that’s why we need Timeline C, a timeline where this version of Trunks could visit and change to defeat the androids, but with no Cell in it for him to warn him about the ambush waiting for him back home.  It never gets shown in the official material because it would just be a less exciting version of Timeline A. 

This is also why I think Dragon Team used a remote to defeat 17 and 18 in Timeline C.  If they had trained and won through brute strength, then Trunks-D would have been a lot stronger, and he probably would have stood a chance against an ambush by Imperfect Cell.   But whenever we see the flashbacks of his death, it looks like Cell kills him with ease.   In this version of events, Trunks used technology to thwart 17 and 18, but the remote would be useless against Cell. 

The reason we see so little of this timeline is because Cell is literally the only major character left from that world. All of the Z-Fighters and androids are dead.  Trunks is dead because Cell ate him.  Bulma may have survived, but for all we know Cell had her for dessert.  Then Cell went to Timeline A and died himself.  So Timeline D may have finally found peace, but at great cost.

And yeah, I think that about wraps this up.   Now that I’ve gone through it again, I realize it’s pretty much just how I remembered from the last time I thought about it.   Stay tuned for some Movie 7 overanalysis, and remember: Fuck the Zamasu Saga forever.

#dragon ball #time travel bullshit #cell #imperfect cell #trunks #bulma #dr brief #gotenks #android 17 #android 18

[ministarfruit]

day 3: your life is mine ♡

(femslashfeb prompt list)

#minifemslashfeb2024 #this is how you lose the time war #tihylttw #book jumpscare! #yes I read it because of the trigun tweet #everyone say thank you bigolas dickolas wolfwood #this is based on their early book appearances! #they do change appearances a lot throughout the book tho #it is so epic I also do recommend it #sapphic sci-fi... time travel bullshit... my kind of genre... #bro this might be the first book fanart on this blog #that's wild. all these years. WHERE is my book fanart

[jedi-starbird]

Time Travel is my favourite trope and I think we need more fics where both Obi-Wan AND Qui-Gon time travel together because no matter when they get sent it's chaos. They're saving the galaxy and being physic flash-bangs to everyone around them.

like before Bandomeer?

The entire council is baffled to watch as Qui-Gon 'never taking a padawan again' Jinn has suddenly cut off his post-Xanatos depression tour to return to the temple and beeline to the creche with a frantic energy. His wild eyes immediately single out a fluffy, red-haired initiate.

"You." he exhales with a pointed finger, slightly ominous as he towers over the child. Said child starts vibrating with delight. "Me." he agrees, launching himself at the man. Qui-Gon drops to his knees with a thud that cannot be healthy. Obi-Wan's attempts to clamber into Qui-Gon's robes and maybe onto his shoulders is thwarted by the fact that Qui-Gon's massive hands are cupping Obi-Wan's tiny squishy cheeks. He stares at the initiate for a few minutes with an intensity that is starting to worry people.

Finally, "You're so small." Qui-Gon sounds like he might cry.

'What the fuck?' Plo Koon projects at Mace.

"I'm 9! That tends to be the case!" the child chirps back.

"You're nine." Oh. Ah. Qui-Gon's eyes are distinctively misty. He squishes the boy in a hug so hard he squeaks. Mace makes a series of gestures that imply the need for a head-scan. Depa obligingly drifts off towards the halls. Qui-Gon scoops the child up onto his hip and claims him as his padawan on the spot. The assorted council members and creche-masters burst into noise. Mace tells Depa to bring some space ibuprofen as well.

after Naboo?

Anakin is a little apprehensive of his place in both the order and Obi-Wan's life, but then one day Obi-Wan wakes up and is suddenly a lot less sad in the force?? In fact, if Anakin didn't know better he'd say he was almost giddy, but he's watched Obi-Wan try to pretend his world hasn't fallen apart for the past few months so it can't be that, right? And um, Miss Bant? He knows grief is a funny thing that affects people differently but he's pretty sure 'massive mood swing' and 'having full conversations with invisible people' is not...great? and you said to tell you if Obi-Wan got really weird in any way.

Anyway after a lot of medical exams, intense consultation with the archives, and a couple exorcisms, Anakin ends up being raised by his 'real' master and his ghost master. He is far more well adjusted emotionally and far less well adjusted for what counts as normal people behavior(not talking to thin air). When questioned on this, all he ever says is that he's talking to Qui-Gon. Isn't he...dead? Well, yes. Wait, he's a ghost? Ghosts are real? ...Well this ghost is real.

This starts a great number of existential crises among non-force sensitives and incredibly heated theological arguments amongst the Jedi. Whenever Obi-Wan is questioned on this, all he ever says is some variation of "the force got to know him for 5 seconds and kicked him back out." Mace backs him up on this even though that reasoning is technically blasphemous. Qui-Gon is having the time of his un-life. He's ascended to his final form, his sheer existence is a heresy, this is truly all he has ever aspired towards.

the Clone Wars?

The minute they get dropped back Qui-Gon immediately goes and haunts the shit out of Dooku. They have a signed terms of surrender and promise of info on the Sith Lord within the year. Only half of it is because Qui-Gon's giving Dooku complexes that are only perceptible to shrimp, the other half is because they now have a ghost spy that is not bound by the laws of physics nor spacetime.

Obi-Wan only nominally pays attention to this as he immediately goes and implements his 19 step seduction plan with Cody (he had to focus on something on Tatooine to pass the time). It fails. Spectacularly. Publicly. Ah right. Tatooine was not exactly the height of his sanity. Everyone in the GAR and temple is now riveted by High General and Councilor Obi-Wan Kenobi's attempts to go on a date with his Commander, who bats him away him like a particularly annoying stray and seems one bouquet of cactus away from committing mutiny. Anakin is worrying if it means his master knows about his secret marriage and this is some sort of really weird power play. (It is, but not in the way he thinks)

The next time Dooku goes after Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon spends a good few months appearing tear-stained at the edge of Dooku's perception and only communicating in terrible wails and discordant mutterings of 'padawan. my padawan. my little one.' 24/7.

"Wait, you're annoying Dooku into surrendering?"

"Oh no Anakin, we're crushing his psyche like a bug. :)"

#everyone feel free to use these i crave more time travel fics #the sheer power qui gon would have as a fully communicating force ghost before and during the clone wars is astounding #qui gon with baby obi wan is like inconsolable sobs cause he never saw him this small and then his life was so sad and he couldnt even hug #him on tatooine but now look at his boy!!! so small and huggable!!!! #they absolutely weaponise baby obi against others his wet cat eyes are 1000% stronger now #they drop him in dookus lap like look grandpadawan:) #if you hold the grandpadawan maybe your sith behaviour will calm down :/ #anyway them together is like they throw enough bullshit into the air to blind everyone while they speedrun important changes in the back #after naboo is like everyone offering obi wan condolences and obi responding yeah im going to need them the fucker wont stay down #star wars #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #qui gon and obi wan #fic ideas #time travel shenanigans #codywan #anakin skywalker #disaster lineage #count dooku

[carlyraejepsans]

"ok but if dadster is real where is the skelebros' mom" "there is no mom" "oh you mean he made them in a laborat—" "meteor" "what" "METEOR FELL DOWN WITH BABIES IN IT"

#sorry I haven't been commenting much lately i am just absorbing everything as i read lol #but i couldn't get this out of my mind when i saw the fucking paradox babies thing play out this is so stupid i love time travel bullshit #hs #undertale

[arson-09]

i think people who want elriel to happen are just people who are obsessed with the bat boys and just want to read more bat boy romance and don’t actually care about elain as a character 🧍🏻

#anti elriel #acotar #pro elain #shes not a warrior like sjm made feyre and nesta. thats not who she is a character as established #however i can see sjm taking her character apart like she did with nesta and tamlin #for elriel to happen elain would just become feyre v3 because i truly cannot see azriel and her working #Azriel is not a gentleman lmao hes just quieter in his bullshit than the other two #elain needs to get out of the night court. thats not a good place for her !! #let her travel like she wants too and have time to herself with her own agency #Her and lucien make so much more sense #lucien is actually a gentleman #also azriel has stated he wants a mate and elain is NOT HIS MATE #pro elucien #pro lucien vanserra

[deezdoodles]

He would not fucking say that but I am allowed one bad joke today

#Half Life #Gordon Freeman #Adrian Shephard #G-Man #GMan #I feel like I've seen people get away with a lot more on here but please know this is a joke #Idk if Adrian'll even be out of the void after Ep 1+2 anyway bc G-Man does his time travel bullshit to get his replacement for Gordon #And I don't believe he forgot Adrian. He specifically doesn't want Adrian in the hands of his employers and beyond #AND THEY DON'T REALLY CARE FOR HIM EITHER BUT Watch Out #Gmandrian

[eru-iru]

me and my need for bedman and faust friendship

#guilty gear #bedman #faust #ギルティギア #ベッドマン #ファウスト #this is another case of go go bullshit go #need to finish that chibi doodle #and i want to actually draw proper art of them #lord have mercy on my soul #wanted bedman to have like a cane or staff that he has around to lean on when he walks #idk what design yet #before he got to this state it took some time #he was mostly bedridden and in a wheelchair #when he physically got better and can move properly he started travelling around with faust #to help along the way and maybe find more clues about his condition #boy he is lost #he doesnt know what to do yet and if he can face his sister #iruiruart

[auroramoon-draws16]

My friend convinced me to get into Star Wars

Send help

(Warning: SPOILERS and I’m not THAT into it, so correct where you see fit)

Assassin’s Creed x Star Wars

But the Brotherhood is an ancient af group, as old or older than the og Jedi order, they’re so secretive and mysterious that not even the modern order are sure they exist. Kind of like a spooky myth?

The Force be like: “Brotherhood? What Brotherhood? I didn’t help make any Brotherhood!” We love a bad gaslighting bitch 💜

I think they’d be force users who pretty much do as their original universe do: “We work in the Dark to serve the Light.” All the tenants included.

Their sabers are small af and more blade-like, sort of like the darkblade, but crystal clear and emits very little light, they barely make any noise too. (Phantom Sabers? Maybe? That sounds cool, right?) The Assassins got the white hoods and shit too. Omfg they can finally do the Leap of Faith wherever they want! Fuck gravity! We have the fucking force!

As for Eagle Vision, I think you could pass it off as a force ability. Being able to sense feelings and danger is a thing already, so being able to do a large sweep and tag friend/foe would be a step above that. Also treasures. Like the grabby lil dragons our Assassin babies are. They need to be able to fund shenanigans on the fly, and not all of them have time to grab some from their reserves!

As for their role in the main Star Wars story, we got options:

Shoving Desmond into this shit because I can~

Desmond and his Team™️ investigate the Clone Wars shit, because the Brotherhood has always been against oppression and have been systematically wiping out slavery from several parts of the galaxy for a while now, so they would automatically get suspicious. (Clones? Meant for fighting?? For an entire republic??? With no rights of their own???? Idk man, that sounds sus. Oh and the Jedi don’t have a choice because there’s a whole ass war and it would be against their code not to do anything about it? And there’s an order to kill literally all of them at a moment’s notice? Alright, guess we’ll fix this ourselves!)

Des and the crew find the chips and save the Jedi from mass genocide. Maybe killing Palpatine, because fuck that guy.

Would they need to reveal the Brotherhood’s existence to have that happen? Probably not, but it could happen. Boy, wouldn’t that be interesting?

Also, clone shenanigans, because I love them sm

Especially Bad Batch and Domino Squad

And Rex and Cody

My poor babies

But: if the Brotherhood was weakened like in their og universe and they couldn’t investigate (lets say they were compromised by the Sith for a while before the clone wars)

+ Des was born a bit later

Time to aid the rebellion and face destiny!

(If you REALLY want to throw Des into bullshit, like I know you do: Time travel fix it fic with Luke, Leia, Han, and Desmond!)

(You may also include Mandalorian fun, because I also love the Mandos, my other babies <3 Mandalorian culture goes hard and the fics that include them have kidnapped surprise adopted me)

Y’all have fun, I’m tired ^_^💜

#assassin's creed #desmond miles #star wars #the clone wars #the prequels #idk enough about this shit #i’m winging it #the force #force bullshit this time #time travel shenanigans #the mandalorian #someone write a fic #crossover motherfuckers #obi wan kenobi is hot #desmond go flirt with him #add him to the harem #do it

[movedtodykedvonte]

Simon has a 20 step skin care routine that he explains each step intricately to Betty and has artisanal scrubs he imports from around the world in an organized caddy in his bathroom while Betty has a single bottle of this front and center in her apartments bathroom:

#his is just like bullshit he heard from his travels but it works #it’s just long while she has the whole if it can wash my house it can wash me attitude #this is the only fault Simon thinks Betty has cause she literally uses it very every intended purpose #petrigrof #betty grof #simon petrikov #I love the idea of Betty’s fuckass apartment with like one folding chair a shelf with books and like a PlayStation and this fucking soap #and Simons like she’s so minimalist while she’s like ‘god I hope I remembered to buy cups for the guests’ #she ain’t broke but she’s like the type to use a ladle to eat soup when all spoons are gone #fionna and cake #adventure time

[chvoswxtch]

I finally finished echo so if you’d like to listen to me incoherently ramble about it and my baby maya pls join me below ✨

first off the fact that there were only 5 episodes is fucking CRIMINAL

secondly alaqua cox is quite literally one of the most beautiful human beings I have ever seen

and thirdly I would die for biscuits and billy jack

side note- matt showing up just to be a dick and show off and then dip is so on brand but this isn’t his show and it isn’t about him so that’s the last i’ll talk about him

let’s get into it

not even two minutes into the first episode I was leaking from my eyes, and that happened several times throughout the entire series

the tone of this series reminded me so much of the netflix mcu and after watching echo, I have a lot more hope for future marvel projects that are darker and more gritty

the way this show dealt with themes of grief and generational trauma while also balancing sequences of violence and sprinkles of comedic relief was incredible. nothing felt cheesy or forced, the pacing was a little fast but again we were only given 5 episodes and echo definitely deserved more

the entire quileute tribe being cast is fucking ICONIC

the amount of work that went into making sure the indigenous representation was accurate and presented in a respectful way was very impressive. my father’s side of the family is native american and live in oklahoma and it was just really neat to see something so close to home portrayed in marvel without being over the top or exaggerated

I forgot how much I loved vincent’s version of fisk and getting to see him in the iconic white suit was incredible. i’m also super stoked to see the mayor fisk storyline and how that affects maya

I think they should’ve spent longer exploring how her ancestors echo through her and the healing abilities/powers that seems to grant her. it’s a lot different from her “power” in the comics and I honestly think it’s a more interesting concept and I would love to see them explore it further in the future

I loved that they weren’t lazy with the sign language and that the cast and crew all learned to communicate with alaqua

I loved that they also spoke in choctaw, and started the series with the creation of the tribe to set the stage for the rest of the series

the fact that alaqua herself is deaf and an amputee just proves that she was meant to play maya and she did a fucking PHENOMENAL job

I think they handled her disability so respectfully and perfectly. it wasn’t a hinderance or something that was heavily pointed out, it was literally just a part of who she was and that’s it

she’s so fucking smart and resourceful like she straight up made a gun out of a roller skate???

playing dragula at the skating rink was so real she’s just like me

the way they laced sound in and out of certain scenes to give us maya’s pov of what she experiences was such a neat thing to do

the little easter eggs confirming that the netflix shows are canon??? (fisk’s hammer, the roxxon gas station, etc)

y’all know how I feel about feral brunettes (especially ones in leather jackets)

“kingpin had his run. it’s time for a queen.” FUCKING ICONIC

bottom line is this show was fucking amazing and if you haven’t watched it yet, please do yourself a favor and check it out, especially if you enjoyed any of the netflix marvel shows. you will not be disappointed

i’m humbly appointing myself president of the maya lopez fan club and you’re all welcome to join we’re getting matching leather jackets

I can’t rave enough about echo or alaqua cox (I mean I could) but if you’ve made it this far thx for coming to my ted talk 🖤✨

#maya lopez the woman that you are #i’m obsessed with her #5 episodes is criminal and i’m not gonna stop complaining about that #I don’t want any more time travel or multiverse bullshit #give me more MAYA #and biscuits and billy jack thx #echo #maya lopez #alaqua cox #marvel #court rambles #court pls shut the fuck up

[thevalleyisjolly]

As an archivist, thinking about the right to be forgotten in a specifically archival context, and the idea that not everyone wants their stories or their records to be made available to anyone/for everyone; that often, what a community judges to be the best preservation for their own histories and culture is not what is beneficial to outsiders, especially outside academics.

More specifically, thinking about this in the context of Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion/other Legendarium books as “historical” texts.  Thinking about maybe the “authors” not writing everything down because they understand the power of stories and how the telling of a thing grants a certain power over it, over how it is known and spread, and positions the teller as a figure of authority over what (and who) is depicted.

We already know that Bilbo is an unreliable narrator, that he changes things and leaves things out.  There were a few posts and fics years ago, when the Hobbit movies came out, about Bilbo befriending a young Estel in Rivendell and deliberately leaving that out of his stories at Gandalf/Elrond’s request.  What other things might he have left out, perhaps, out of respect for his friends in the Company and their desire to keep their culture and language private and closed? 

Pengolodh compiling the Annals of Beleriand from which came the greater part of The Silmarillion - but he was in Gondolin for much of the First Age, and would have had to rely on other sources to give an account of the rest of Beleriand.  Who did he talk to?  What might they have said and not said, and what might they have requested he include or keep out? 

Anyways, the Legendarium as an archive, something actively created and shaped by the different people in and around it, who both added things and left things out unintentionally or by design or on request. 

#lotr #silmarillion #ironically this would make the archivists of middle-earth more respectful and conscious of this than many irl archivists #i jest; there are many excellent archivists who are putting the time and the effort in to do the work right and to spearhead change #not that there aren't still a great many traditionally trained archivists who are being absurdly obstinate about this #but there is progress; however slow; being made in the archival field about recognizing people's rights to their own records #writing this instead of my personal archives paper asdfghjkl; #this isn't the main point of this post but i also like to headcanon post war of wrath burgeoning loremaster elrond #travelling around and meeting different communities and hearing their stories #and sometimes they ask him to share those stories with others and many other times they ask him not to spread them #he meets a kindi tribe in the east who have no desire to be involved in any of the bullshit happening over in the west #they are fine with him as a friend but explicitly ask that he not let anyone else know about their existence #he befriends dwarves living in the blue mountains who wish people to remember the glory of tumunzahar and gabilgathol #but who don't want their culture and language widely spread for outsiders to know #he reestablishes contact with the silvan elves in the greenwood who are eager to hear news of their long sundered kin #and request that he bring news of them to the survivors of ossiriand

[thresholdbb]

If Annorax has been eradicating civilizations for hundreds of years, and Janeway resets the entire timeline by crashing Voyager into the Krenim ship, would that change the events leading up to Year of Hell?

How many species were eliminated by Annorax that Voyager would run into in the new and improved timeline?

#caught in the time loop #I love time travel episodes but I also hate them because I get stuck thinking about the implications #i also get stuck on when time travel episodes happen #they need to get to the point to trigger the time travel but theoretically they could time travel at any point #if they intercede before they're 'supposed to' that changes the timeline #let's not even bring space into this cause you combine time travel with space and nothing is in the right place anymore #I don't know shit about physics but what I do know inevitably gets me caught in this bullshit #so maybe we don't know what happens before year of hell #this all eventually ties back into my overarching threshold theory lol

[askblueandviolet]

Is there anything you would like to highlight from your years searching for the key? Being a 'famous' cowboy must have been fun.

#lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid fanart #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk mayor #monkie kid mayor #blue and violet #Cowboy Mayor was such a mood in Interlude #like this dude was not tolerating anymore bullshit from the criminal they were tracking down #for real though: I think the Mayor would have struggled a lot for the first few years after getting out of the calabash #probably not as much struggle compared to the time period LBD was inside her tomb and was unconscious for like a century #but it was different during interlude because while LBD had no contact with them they didn't really... go anywhere #they sort of stuck around within the vicinity #but in Interlude they actually had to travel around and do stuff #so it was a bit strange for them to be on their own #anyways it all worked out in the end #making Mayor a cowboy was so self indulgent by the way #completely unnecessary but I wanted to write thst segment #tehe

[flowercrowngods]

*breaking down doors to yell about the time travel au*

steve distracts the demogorgon from will, then stays by the byers’ house to make sure he’s there yo hear screams or movement, just there to help. and then he stays there because ne needs to see will be alive and well and here in the morning.

and he is.

and steve’s been awake for over two days, hasn’t slept because first there eas Vecna, then there was Max getting cursed, then everyone was busy dying, and everyone died, they died, and now he is here and everyone’s alive and he needs to make sure they stay that way, and he’s not sleeping, he’s watching over a boy who doesn’t even know him here yet.

and then he realises that. that. he needs to go to school. he’s in his junior year of high school. it’s been 3 years. he doesn’t remember shit. but he can’t fail. so he goes to school, because there’s nothing else to do

and he finds nancy and the last time he saw her, she was dying. she wants to kiss him and he pulls back, and the last time he saw her face fall like that, it was because she died!

and she likes him so much, she looks at him with those pretty eyes and that kissable pout, and steve can only stare because he realises he has to break up with her, or barb will die tomorrow, and nancy never really liked him anyway and he cant do this again, cant get his heart broken again, and he cant even look at her without seeing all that blood, without hearing her screams that turned into gurgled promises that it was all going to be okay, that steve should stop crying, that she loved him, always did, but never like that.

and steve breaks up with nancy in that hallway on that blasted monday morning, and she doesnt understand, shes so angry, shes trying to hide the tears and so is steve, and she tells him he doesnt look good, shes worried, but steve just says ‘forget it, nancy wheeler’, and his heart hurt and his head hurts and he’s nauseous as barb pulls nancy away, telling her he’s not worth it. and she’s right, he isn’t. he isn’t.

steve spends all of first period throwing up in the gym, because no one will find him and his very bad panic attack there.

#time travel au #steve harrington #stranger things #steve harrington whump #steddie #because of course it will be steddie endgame #omg imagine me making Nancy call Steve bullshit in this au too and Steve knowing that there's no universe in which he isn't bullshit #wouldn't that be fun? :))) :') :D ... #dio rambles #I really gotta start writing this foreal huh #this was taken from dms actually don't look at the missing apostrophes please and thanks