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[reefs-camp-blog]

ive probably said this before, other people have probaly said this before, idc

percy is not an unreliable narrator, he just hates himself.

thats it. thats literally the only thing that makes him unreliable. youre calling him 'slow' or 'oblivious' because he didnt realize nico, annabeth, rachel etc. were in love with him? no he just didnt realize that anyone could loev him. because he sure didnt.

percy also always underplayed his own abilities, because he hates himself. he has shitty self esteem, of course hes going to mention only the basics, he thinks hes fucking sucks at everything.

percy is literally one of the smartest and most observant characters in pjo, he can pick up on body language and subtle social cues and notice things about people really fuckn easily and then use that against that percy (read: charon scene in book one), its just that when it comes to himself all that goes out the window because he just fucking. hates himself. he doesnt think hes worthy of literally anything i think people forget that gabe wasnt the only form of abuse he went through pre-demigod life. we hear over and over again just how bad his classmates treat him, people who are supposed to be equals. of course hes going to hate himself, no ones shown him hes worthy of love aside from sally.

[legendmarried1606]

Happy Anniversary to these two crazies!

May 26th 2013

[astro-can]

process of elimination

[greenconverses]

[fandom-101]

No NO NO

Leave PJO alone!!! U can fuck whatever u want post-hoo or pre-hoo or go to an entirely different timeline BUT LEAVE THE 5-ILOGY OF PJO ALONE

[stevenrogered]

8x09 / 9x18

[poughkeepsiesjr]

buck getting diagnosed with ADHD via his biological child 5 minutes after meeting him is the funniest thing they could've possibly done

[fandom-101]

Lmao this is frying me

[uinferno]

People naturally are discussing the nature of Twilight's feelings in the recent arc, where pragmatic super spy ends and protective husband begins. Naturally he's acting because he cares about and understands Yor, but I think one thing that should be reiterated is that he thinks Yor is a civilian. And that's critical.

For as noble as a man who gets between a gun and his wife is, I think a massive part of his motivation loops back to his desire to protect people in general. He fully knows Yor can protect herself, but as a civilian he's fully resolved that she shouldn't. It shouldnt be demanded of her to protect herself from violence. That's *his* job. Not because she's his wife and he her husband. But because he's a combatant and she a civilian.

I say this not to undermine the swoon-worthy romance of it, but to emphasize key traits of Twilight's character that the rabid neurons craving romance in this slow burn overlook.

It's a common trope in general when a character's weighs how much a romantic interest's behavior is done out of devotion or charity. "Do they truly love me, or are they such a nice person that they'd do it for anyone?" (Something Yor thinks in this very chapter). The catch with this rationale is that it's a false dichotomy. They can both do it out of love AND simply be nice enough that they'd help anyone. In fact, it reaches a point where a character is MORE noble and MORE charming when the answer to that kind of question is "they are just that nice." Because that means their kindness and service to their romantic interest isn't simply done out of the pursuit, even a repressed one, but that it's fully unconditional.

Does Twilight step in front of a gun for Yor because he loves her? Maybe. Would Twilight step in front of a gun for a complete stranger? 100%. Would he fabricate a scheme to help someone other than Yor visibly shaking at the thought of kissing a stranger? I think he would.

This sort of thing is often the difference between a character being nice to sweep their desire off their feet, but their behavior changes when the initial high wears off *or* they're rejected, and someone who genuinely is that nice.

And this is about a guy who is 100% aware that he's using Yor (and Anya for that matter) for his own ends.

[fandom-101]

I think there is a telltale difference, in Twilight's perspective, why he seemed so rattled over his 'emotional' display for Yor's safety against the cost of the mission than in any other time where he would have been kind and spare a stranger civilian from horrors; its his rationale.

We and he knows that, above his mission for ending this war, he also doesnt want to put civilians in danger or risk. He even risked operation strix when the school board member was being a shithead to Yor and Anya becuz it went deeply against his values and care for people. He constantly reminds himself to not use Yor and Anya as pawns cuz they are people too and regardless of their fake family situation, if he can solve problems without making them complicit, he would rather do that.

So we know tht twilight would do, what he did for Yor, for any other civilain. So the question is why was he so rattled by it? Why not reason with himself as him being nice and considerate just like before??

Its because of 'I kindly ask that you stop threatening/pointing a gun at "my wife''

He didnt rationalize it in his head, his monologue, as 'yor is civilian therefore i must' [which would be true from his perspective and something he has done and thought about before] but 'Yor is family and he was protective as a loved one' and THAT is the emotional aspect tht freaked Twilight out. He knows he didnt do it cuz it was the right thing to do, as this inherent duty to save people, one of the only 2 people there trained for this. He knows that this time he did it becuz he cared about the person [yor] on a deeper level that it made him protective. went beyond how good he is, he was emotionally invested (or compromised however u wanna look at it) and that is dangerous

[mcu-fandom]

“At least Tony died before he forgot who Peter was!”

If Tony was alive NOBODY WOULD’VE FORGOTTEN PETER

If Tony was alive, Beck never would’ve been able to trick Peter, and expose his identity which led to the events of No Way Home.

AND THATS WHAT MAKES IT HURT SO MUCH MORE.

If Tony didn’t die, May would still be alive and MJ and Ned would remember him.

Tony died so Peter could live. And yet, his death is what made his life fall apart.

[fandom-101]

How did Tales of '85 mogged anything ST 3, 4 & 5 put out. in every department🤣🤣 it aint no s1 and 2 thats for sure but it was leagues better than whatever coked up bullshittry the duffers tried to feed post S2 and i didnt even have any hopes for this show!

Also the animation is so phenomenal. They cooked with that lightning and shots

[lady-pendragon-9]

I put all my effort into colouring this panel.

Man, she was terribly scared of losing him 😭

The loss of her loved ones it's her trigger, my poor baby.

[gayvampyr]

people don’t want to acknowledge that adhd can actually be debilitating. they’ll just be like “why do you keep ruining your own life. you’re so lazy”

[justaz]

“The first skeleton fired. I won’t say I could see the bullet, but I could feel its path, the same way I felt water currents in the ocean. I deflected it off the edge of my blade and kept charging.”

(The Titan’s Curse, Chapter 12)

yeahhhh taking that as evidence + support for the theory/hc that percy can latch onto the water molecules in the air bc why else is he in tune with the bullet’s path 😭 like if it was just his brain/adhd working to “slow down time” around him, then he would just have extra time to realize the bullet is headed toward him and shift his blade to block it. but he said he could feel its path the same way he feels water currents in the ocean…? 😗

[aaaaalice]

The most impressive thing here isn't sensing the water in the air, the most impressive thing is that he is able to think and move faster than a bullet, not to mention with enough precision that the bullet gets deflected without hurting him or anyone around him.

[depsidase]

[fandom-101]

I prefer the ending and the cliffhangers for s1 more than s2. Damon dying could have been played up a little bit more for angst—i guess ita a theme to have him NDE in every finale 🤣🤣— and not have the cast be so seperated. (Stefan definitely should have been there rather than spending most of the episode in 'vague plans of stefan's darkside buddy Klaus') and ending it with Anna and Vicki's ghost haunting Jeremy?? Like ???

But thats a wrap on s2 and it was hefty and good one. Some frustrating moments. Some very incredibly great moments. Some shocking reveals. All in all, exactly what i hoped for from this show. A+

[fandom-101]

Wait hold on a damn second!

How did Katherine get the cure to Damon. She cant get inside the house without an invite and only Elena can give tht. Tht was literally a whole plot point!

[depsidase]

[amalgamasreal]

One more reason to de-google your life, below the cut I'll list some options to replace all the major services that they offer.

Google Search replacement:

DuckDuckGo: One of the more mainstream private search engine options, is the default search engine for the Tor Browser and has an AI off-switch.

Startpage: A private search engine, offers the option for anonymous view which will load sites, news stories, and images within a secure container that blocks all tracking. That being said it's not completely anonymous if you know what you're looking for, if you want that you would want to use the Tor Browser as well.

SearXNG: Self-hosted search engine that acts as a proxy between you and the other search engines it aggregates from. It should be noted though that if you are self-hosting this to be very careful who else you allow to use it as searching for illegal or even just more heavily monitored search topics could lead back to you.

Gmail replacement:

Mailbox Mail: 2gb free to start work, can be upgraded, they offer multiple layers of encryption and if you want to be anonymous they offer a legit cash option for payment.

Tuta: Service focused on security and privacy, has been in operation since 2011, based in Hanover, Germany; offers 1gb free to start with.

Android replacement:

Graphene OS: The current yardstick for "de-Googled" android. On top of removing basically all of the Google fluff and built in spyware to android it also offers additional security hardening and privacy improvements. Currently only works on Google Pixel devices but they have recently signed on with Motorola to offer devices through them.

Google Drive replacement:

Tresorit: Hosted in Switzerland, winner of multiple ISO and IEC security awards.

Peergos: Is a decentralized open-source platform for storage with some of the highest levels of encryption currently offered today. Also offers a self-hostable solution.

Nextcloud: Self-hostable for free or cloud options, completely open source and has multiple plug-ins to replace other office options for collaboration.

Google Photos replacements:

Ente Photos: End-to-end encrypted, open source, the free plan offers 10gb of storage, and supports automatic back-ups on both Android and iOS. Also has a self-hostable option.

Immich: Completely self-hosted, open source, offers apps with auto-backup options on both Android and iOS.

[fandom-101]

I prefer the ending and the cliffhangers for s1 more than s2. Damon dying could have been played up a little bit more for angst—i guess ita a theme to have him NDE in every finale 🤣🤣— and not have the cast be so seperated. (Stefan definitely should have been there rather than spending most of the episode in 'vague plans of stefan's darkside buddy Klaus') and ending it with Anna and Vicki's ghost haunting Jeremy?? Like ???

But thats a wrap on s2 and it was hefty and good one. Some frustrating moments. Some very incredibly great moments. Some shocking reveals. All in all, exactly what i hoped for from this show. A+

[fandom-101]

Klaus wants stefan to be part of his entourage? I was expecting this ngl. I wondered how were they gonna kickstart Delena without taking Stefan out of the pitcure cuz Stelena has been going strong and steady— i love them so much even tho my posts dont show it lmao— (and have somebody be "worse" so Damon's action doesnt seem all tht bad in comparison) and my mind did went to him 'joining the darkside' to save somebody or be compelled lmao. And this way we get the additional brotherly angst of Damon in-turn being responsible for Stefan actions, indirectly, the way Stefan has felt all this time while simultaneously worry about him (tho i dont know if tht is the direction the writers will take. Who knows)

AND biggest of all!! We'll finally get a stefan storyline that isnt just him being Elena's Boyfriend. I have been begging since the relapse arc from s1!