#also consider:

[taxus-fraud]

Good rule of thumb is that the fewer words in a final bosses title, the more dangerous they are. You don't want to pick a fight with a guy who calls himself 'The Final God of Pain,' don't get me wrong, but you FOR SURE don't want to cross something that calls Itself 'The Witness.'

[morganbritton132]

I bet Bruce was fighting for his life the first time Dick swears. The man is so used to ‘leaping lizards’ and ‘holy guacamole, Batman’ and then one day, Batman is crouched down next to a dead body covered in some strange slime. He beacons Robin over like, “Robin, come here. What do you think of this?”

Robin comes over, squats down next to him. He tilts his head, puts his hand on his chin in thought, and then says in his plain nine year old voice, “Batman, what the fuck is this?”

[halyasgirl]

"Once we launch Hail Mary. What will you do then?" "Me?" she said. "Doesn't matter. Once the Hail Mary launches, my authority ends. I'll probably be put on trial by a bunch of pissed-off governments for abuse of power. Might spend the rest of my life in jail." [...] "Are you at all concerned about that?" She shrugged. "We all have to make sacrifices. If I have to be the world's whipping boy to secure our salvation, then that's my sacrifice to make."

Once again marveling at Sandra Hüller's skill conveying Stratt's selflessness, understanding, and acceptance (with just a hint of ruefulness) in just a moment.

[frogdivorce]

ok but consider: modern merthur au where arthur and merlin are in a production of hamlet together (arthur is playing hamlet and merlin as horatio, unfortunately and obviously) and merlin remembers everything from his past life BUT arthur doesn’t 😀! he’s just some guy. arthur thinks they’re only friends because merlin let him complain about the director for an hour on the first day. meanwhile merlin’s waited centuries for this exact person to come back and still somehow doesn’t know what to do with him now that he’s here!!! and now 8 times a week merlin has to stand on a stage and deliver “goodnight sweet prince” to this man who has no idea 😀!!!!!!! to a man who thinks they’ve known each other for 6 weeks!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀!!!!!!!

[theyautjaarchivist]

I feel like the one thing Yautja underestimate about humanity is their pack bonding ability. Like sure, they probably wouldn't see much of it due to the whole "humans as prey"thing.

But I think it would be really funny for a few young bloods or even older yautjas that have come to earth, somehow ended up working with a human/humans , and be completely confused by how fast humans will friend them up after like 1 positive interaction.

[crownedwithstars]

I don't personally think this is even a particularly hot take, although you might think so judging by how much you see Noldor bias in the Silm fandom, but just hear me out:

Olwë doesn't owe the Noldor and/or Fëanor shit. His refusal to give the ships doesn't mean he doesn't care about his kin in Middle-earth. He has every reason to be suspicious of Fëanor and his company just showing up at Alqualondë, demanding for ships. He is not and never was involved with the unrest of the Noldor and at this point probably has only a vague idea of what has happened. He probably thinks something ought to be done about the attack on the Trees and undoubtedly is sorry for Finwë's death, but is that going to be managed by a crazed Fëanor leading only a small group of Noldor? Yeah, that's weird. If this were a Valar-approved mission, then it would be more orderly, Eönwë or some other high-ranking Maia would be commanding it, and the rest of the Noldor and Vanyar would be there, too. Or, they would not just show up requesting passage - there would be messages and planning and preparations, not angry and heated demands.

Olwë and Teleri were never involved in the Morgoth debacle because Morgoth thought about them as useless, so the atmosphere at Alqualondë would be very different than in Tirion. They are content in their circumstances and are not interested in going back to Middle-earth. They don't want to go on a potentially dangerous journey on a moment's notice, their ships are as precious to them as the Silmarils are to Fëanor, and they probably want to hear what the Valar say about this all. Perhaps they even have concerns about whether their ships can sail all the way to Beleriand.

Look, I like Noldor as much as the next person but not everything is about them.

[jessicas-pi]

"the Enterprise could beat the Millennium Falcon!" "the Millennium Falcon could beat the Enterprise!" okay first of all, stop pitting two queens against each other. Second of all, neither ship could beat the other because the Enterprise is too big for the Falcon and the Falcon is too fast for the Enterprise. Third of all, why would Captain James T. “Spontaneous Dramatic Speeches About Freedom And Liberty” Kirk care about one measly little freighter when the Empire is right there, in all of its despotic glory? Like, I don't even care if the Enterprise could beat the Falcon or vice versa. I wanna see Kirk and Palpatine trying to out-ham each other.

[nowavs]

severance season three. gemma is free. with devon, with ricken. mark s and helly and the rest of the innies are building a revolution --- they unite the departments, block the elevator and the stairwell, take control of the security office and the override protocols. they stand together. they make their demands.

but mark scout is there --- reintegrating. fleeting, in bits and pieces, mark s. feels him, his memories looming at the side of his vision. mark s. sees his wife, his outie's wife, he sees their wedding day, he remembers dancing in their living room. he remembers choking on her ghost and drowning in whiskey. he remembers crying in the car and on the floor and maybe he remembers being drunk during a lecture and standing in high places.

but reintegration is messy. and then one day mark scout isn't just at the edges --- he's there. they've switched. and he flies into a rage. demands to know where his wife is. he kicks and screams --- he throws a fit. and helly is there. to try to reason with him. at first it's useless. but then eventually he slows. he feels the memories, too, the other side. the life that his innie built when he was throwing his own away. the life he never truly saw. and he starts weeping. and all he can ask is --- is she safe? did she get out ? and helly says yes. yes, she's safe. she's with your sister. and mark takes a deep breath and he says, okay. okay. she's safe. as long as she's safe. his innie did this for him, he gave him those precious moments with her, and he got her out safe. the least he can do is give his innie the same grace, the chance to find a way. the least he can do is trust him in the driver's seat, make him the agent, for once.