#it spiraled from there

[b0unc3m4n]

Torchbearer and Clancy would both call the other “angel” but for very different reasons.

take my hand. walk with me here. i’ll explain.

like. ok. for torchbearer, it’s partially just a sweet pet name— a way to let Clancy know he’s loved no matter what. that he’s good, that he’s doing good. but it has a little more significance as someone who primarily lives in trench.

I love the idea of Trench being like a goddess figure (this is the part that may be au based) and since she is a location / the earth, those who live from the earth are part of her too and are referred to as her angels. This is different than the significance angels would have in vialism (if they have any at all) and Torch uses it to remind Clancy of not only his undying love for him, but Trench’s as well.

CLANCY on the other hand, doesn’t view it as a religious term. IWhen Torchbearer calls him that, he takes it as what it is— a compliment, a reassurance, a sappy pet name to (affectionately) roll his eyes at— but it doesn’t hold the same significance. Any angelic symbolism / imagery in Dema was shown as Bishops, so he has no clue what an angel would look like. But he knows what angels (even if they were shown as bishops) do: they save people. That’s what they’re supposed to do; that’s what allows him to separate angel from bishop in his head (because he’d never call Torchbearer an angel if he associated it with Bishops).

Angels greet at death, they save. Whenever he’s thought he was about to die, Torchbearer has been there. He’s always guided him, had saved him more times than either cares to count. He’d stuck through every cycle to try and save him and was so utterly good— PLUS he had the ability to guide?? Clancy’s waiting for the day he sprouts wings and an extra set of eyes— it’d make sense, after all.

TLDR:

When Torchbearer calls Clancy “angel”, it’s a reassurance. You’re good. You belong here. You are as much a part of Trench as I am. She loves you because you are Hers. I love you.

When Clancy calls Torchbearer “angel”, it’s because he’s half convinced Torchbearer actually is one. You saved me. You continue to save me. You are etherial. I wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you. I love you.

[infpravenclaw5w4idkwhatelse]

Apparently its just in my brain rn but I wanted to make this list for me or for anyone out there who gets into editing before I do (pleas please please idk how to edit and unless I hyper fixate hard enough, I probably won’t take the time to learn lmao) but anyway this is a list of the Robins and songs (by Taylor Swift so there’s a theme and the list has a finite end) that I desperately need an edit of them with.

Stephanie brown- the man (literally can’t hear the song without thinking of her), mad woman (I can see this with interspersed scenes of her father, fighting villains specifically black mask, and Bruce)

Jason Todd- my tears ricochet (absolutely devastating w/ under the red hood, specifically comic version iykyk the difference between that and the movie), haunted (I need this with Bruce and dick and Tim’s reaction to his death), bigger than the whole sky (similar to haunted but more resigned? And still more about characters responding to his death but still His Death), who’s afraid of little old me (red hood transitional period. You see the vision? I know you do.) look what you made me do (obviously. I keep imagining him listening to this song while being the red hood and it’s great), the Great War (just. The imagery. There’s so much potential here. “maybe it’s the past that’s talking, screaming from the crypt, telling me to punish you for things you never did” with a cut to Batman and Joker would go so hard)

Dick Grayson (there’s really no order to this list is there? Lol anyway.)- never grow up (focused on his relationships with his siblings and then after the bridge with the “wish I’d never grown up” with flashbacks to him as Robin oh my god I’d cry), 22 (idk it feels very early Nightwing to me. I need a happy one for him bc he deserves it. Just an edit of him winning and being iconic), New Romantics (in that same vein, with the titans because it’d be fun), the story of us and I forgot that you existed (him and B fighting because I feel people ignore that they do fight quite often and IFTYE especially feels the right amount of petty and sincere for him, you know?), last but not least (can you tell I love him) Style (this and any love interest he repeatedly dates, I was thinking specifically Barbara but I could also see kory, I just think this song is fun for any relationship that gets rebooted in multiple formats)

Tim Drake- enchanted (as itty bitty Tim Drake or Robin, meeting them at galas and Knowing or just working with the bats in the beginning when he was star struck), mirrorball (“I can change everything about me to fit in” …yeah. This is more a fanon interpretation but I read a really interesting fic where Jason comes back and meets Tim and all he can see is his and dick’s Robin mannerisms in him, and can’t find anything that’s just Tim’s until he’s too tired to pretend anymore and it’s stuck with me) you’re losing me (this would be a sad one of people generally looking over or hating him, specifically Bruce calling him Jason, finding out dick made Damian Robin, Damian and Jason verbally attacking him, the events that led to Red Robin) Tis the damn season (for when Red Robin arc is over and he’s still angry but doesn’t know what else to do)

Damian Wayne: a place in this world (it’s not his aesthetic, but the themes of the song are very raised-in-the-league-trying-to-be-a-functioning-family-member), the best day (with him and Dick generally him getting to be a kid, I’m not crying you are), mean (I think the “swords and weapons that you use against me”would be funny with him drawing assorted weapons on people), Innocent (“your string of lights is still bright to me oh, who you are is not where you’ve been” oh my god. I just feel like he needs someone to mean this about him) exile (Talia leaving him, even if she meant to do it for his own good, having to recon with not being in the league anymore), this is me trying (I don’t have words for this one, it’s a vibe)

Bonus:

Anti-hero: you can give all of them different verses that fit best, but I think they’d all sing the song and feel like it was them and I’d love to see an edit of them to it.

Epiphany: Alfred. You don’t even have to listen to it, just look at the lyrics and you’ll Get It.

robin: this I see for both Jason and Dick, so probably split between them.

Mastermind: first off, shameless TimSteph shipper, not even necessarily romantically, it’s just that they’re soulmates and I don’t care what canon says; I know that because they told me personally. Anyway the song is from both of their perspectives. They both think they’re the mastermind

State of Grace: also TimSteph. Fight me.

[jobsoldbootlace]

That awkward moment when you run into your exe while on a date with your girlfriend and not only are they coworkers but they want to fight there on the beach right now please for the love of Ho-oh get me out of here

Featuring some questionable representations of Lorelei's inner thoughts. Someone get her out of there now.

[sohotthateveryonedied]

look me in the eye and tell me i’m wrong

[cheetahsprints]

Pearl: if you don’t kiss your girlfriend on her tiny, soft little forehead wtf are you even doing?

Bismuth: yelling at her for trying to eat a sword.

[mangy-kittens]

autism be like hmmm thomas the train or natural disasters for today

[asteria-argo]

My friend and I invented a new game last night called Evil Improv. The rules of Evil Improv is that you are arguing about something completely nonsensical and must 'yes and' your way into moral superiority the most absurd way you possibly can.

[enevera]

i swear i reach a new level of emotional fragility every fucking day goddamn