Feels like hope.

my name is alaina & this is where i yell about media & famous folks. xhe/xer/xyr, she/her/hers, fae/fem/faers. If you need stuff tagged send me an ask. i have Bad social anxiety so pls be patient w me. art blog: alainascribbles header image: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/theshitpostcalligrapher/692931862417555456?source=share

[cosmicrhetoric]

just sitting here thinking abt that bit in two towers where gimli speaks at great length of the beauty of dwarven caves and how mich he wishes legolas could see them and it's the longest he speaks in the whole book and at the end legolas goes gimli! you have moved me, and insists that if they make it out of this adventure alive theyll spend some time traveling together, just the two of them, and he'd take gimli to the forests and then they'd go see the caves of helms deep together and share in their wonder. homie is it gay to tenderly plan a honeymoon together

[kingjasnah]

sorry just remembered that jrrt invented both romance and the buddy cop film in one go

[everoutoftouch]

Mokona as the girl with the pearl earring!

[billie-pipers]

#the holy trinity

[gorandomshesaid]

I think you’re forgetting good ole Buffy 

[vhen-harel]

[cyphir-spacerobot]

Victor Frankenstein after achieving the impossible and building a fucking person from scraps of the dead: Oh god, ew, ew it's ugly! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew! Ew! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew!

[libraryofgage]

Having been a librarian for almost 3 years now, I find myself wondering what being a librarian in Gotham would be like

Like....the professional ethics are still in play, right? The core ideas of open access to information free of judgement so long as patrons follow library rules like don't smoke in the building?

I just, any Robin except Red Hood and Oracle (I feel like they'd Know and Respect the librarian ethics) coming in and it's a conversation like this:

Librarian, sitting at the front desk by the entrance: hello, welcome to the library, how can I help you today :^)

Robin, returning a book with burnt edges: so, uh, did [insert villain] steal this or something

Librarian, after checking the book back in: all I can say is that it was checked out a few days ago. If you want to know more, I'd need to see an official warrant :^)

Robin: right, like, [villain] escaped Arkham Asylum a few days ago, did you seriously let them borrow "Pyrotechnics for Dummies?"

Librarian: if they requested the book, we gave it to them :^)

Robin: they were in Arkham uniform????

Librarian: we often get former incarcerated people who visit the library for computer access immediately upon release :^)

Robin: but you just???? Gave known villian???? A book that would lead to crime and explosions??????

Librarian: its not my job to assume what they do with the information I provide :^)

Harley Quinn, entering with her hyenas, both of which have those legit Service Animal Vests on: hiya, [librarian]! Got some books for ya

Librarian: Hello, Miss Quinn, just leave them there

Harley: sure thing, toots. Heya, little bat, never seen you around before. Kiddie section is over there

Robin, after Harley heads towards some shelves with her hyenas: Harley Quinn???? Those are hyenas???? Dangerous animals?????

Librarian, calmly checking in books: they're service animals that have been trained to perform a specific function related to Miss Quinn's health and safety :^)

Robin: you've gotta be fucking with me

Librarian, suddenly incredibly serious: please watch your language, Robin, or I'll have to ask you to leave

Robin: ME??????

[thestuffedalligator]

Human Is is a 1955 Philip K. Dick sci-fi short story where a guy goes to another planet for work and when he comes back to Earth his personality has flipped from an asshole to a sweet, kind, considerate man. Everyone's immediately convinced that an alien has taken over his body, this goes all the way to court, and in court his wife testifies that she's noticed no changes at all and so the charges are dropped.

And then there's a bit right at the end of the story as the wife and the husband are walking out of court:

Jill turned abruptly. "What is your name? Your real name."

The man's gray eyes flickered. He smiled a little, kind, gentle smile. "I'm afraid you would not be able to pronounce it. The sounds cannot be formed..."

Jill was silent as they walked along, deep in thought. The city lights were coming on all around them. Bright yellow spots in the gloom. "What are you thinking?" the man asked.

"I was thinking perhaps I will still call you Lester," Jill said. "If you don't mind."

"I don't mind," the man said. He put his arm around her, drawing her close to him. He gazed down tenderly as they walked through the thickening darkness, between the yellow candles of light that marked the way. "Anything you wish. Whatever will make you happy."

And I. God. There's something there. A soupcon of monsterfuckery. To tell your partner in a moment of intimacy that yes, you're something so inhuman that the lips you're stealing can't speak your actual name. You're a parasite that not only had the ability to burrow under this man's skin and take over his life, but you were so desperate to escape a dead, dry, blasted planet that you did.

And for your partner to then turn around and go "I know, I've always known, and I love you" is just. God I know it's not a great Dick story but something about it is making me lose my mind

[thestuffedalligator]

Also it's explicitly stated that the guy's consciousness is still alive and preserved on the alien planet. Jill is told this and then proceeds to defend the alien anyways, ensuring that her husband's brain is stuck in a jar on a desert planet. You love to see it

[kyoshi-lesbians]

my controversial opinion is I don’t think Zuko was confused by “my first girlfriend turned into the moon”

[kyoshi-lesbians]

he was there during siege of the North. he infiltrated the spirit oasis. he has an uncle who studies spirits and the spirit world. he watched the sky go dark then the moon suddenly reappear like everyone else in the entire world did. and most importantly he watched zhao get eaten by a giant godzilla fish spirit.

[kyoshi-lesbians]

his entire life since he saw that beam of blue-white light in the south pole has been ‘this day has already been so goddamn weird’

[edgar-allan-possum]

The only really new information was that that was Sokka’s girlfriend

[library-graffiti]

Important opinion in the tags that I need to have be part of the post:

[clearascountryair]

Also, Iroh was there? He literally watched Sokka make out with the moon spirit. And you want to tell me that a romantic sap like him would not have immediately told Zuko about this romantic tragedy? Please, Zuko has known about this for ages, he just knows that this is not an acceptable situation in which to say “yeah, I know.”

[terriwriting]

Sokka: “My girlfriend turned into the moon.”

Zuko: “I know.” “Yes.” “She sure did.” “Uh huh.” “Tell me something new.” “Are we still talking about that?” “That’s rough, buddy.”

[alexseanchai]

[image: tags by samwisethebold: #it’s not that he doesn’t get what sokka means #it’s that how on earth do you respond to that]

[uberguber89]

When you put it like that, this is actually a legendary display of tact on Zuko’s part

[softgaycontent]

Lucretia is the most fun character in the world because she is set up exactly like the guy who has been a villain all along, but instead the big reveal is that she's your best friend. And she loves you and thinks you're hilarious.

[tflatte]

[sugarsylvie]

Eevee finally accepts the cone!

[chuunifox]

Autism Representation written by an allistic: My name is John Autism and I like the designated autistic interests

unintentionally autistic character written by the creator who hasn't really thought about whether or not theyre autistic: I wish I could be human like the way everyone else is but I know they can tell I'm not. And I know they're right

[mind-vomit3]

[fuzzy-oooze]

There's this really obscure forgotten DC hero named the Heckler, who's basically buggs bunny as a superhero, not having any powers or physically strong, but just really good at pissing people off until they accidentally deal with themselves.

Now they're interesting, but the REAL star of the show is one of his villains, John Doe the Generic Man, who's this guy in a stark white suit with flat pink unshaded, untextured skin with no features or anything who talks like chatGPT and has black text over his face that explains what he's feeling at the moment. That guy is fucking fascinating.

[spiribia]

Why is so much adult oriented 2d animation bastard ugly, do they know they don’t have to do that? The characters don’t have to projectile vomit all the time either, but maybe that’s asking too much

[vintricles]

free my girl she did all that and that’s what makes her such a compellingly complex character. that’s her essence

[elenafisher-archive]

[mavenmemnon]