#like empathy

[murphmurphthejerk]

Oden his first week with the Roger Pirates after offering to babysit Shanks & Buggy by himself while the rest of the crew decides to spend the day in a bar with hookers on the new island they just docked at.

He thought it would be good practice for when his own kids get older, but afterwards he realizes why they all left laughing & giving him pitiful looks. He's left simultaneously scared & impressed by these ultra violent children. Pirate kids are just built different I guess.

[winepresswrath]

I would love to hear your take on JC's facial expressions in ep42, when WWX and LWJ are escaping from Koi Tower and Jin Ling confronts them. How much of his consternation is concern for his nephew, and how much is concern for his brother? He has so much trouble ever showing he cares for either one of them, I love his reactions here!

I think he’s having about thirty different feelings in ten different directions, as is his wont, and it progresses over the course of a truly terrible evening. Once again, thank you for giving me an excuse to yell on the internet and I’m sorry for how many screenshots I put in here. In my defense WZC has a very good and fun face.

Stage One:

Even I didn’t think you were going to break into Jiggy’s treasure vault, find your missing and conveniently sealed sword, and use it front of the only people who have more pressing vengeance dibs on you than me. When it would have been CONVENIENT and HELPFUL for you to draw your sword it was all “nooooo, i’m a goth now i don’t do jock stuff fuck the man,” but the second you have a chance to get yourself killed and traumatize our nephew you’re all over it. I hope you’re enjoying exceeding my expectations. Now someone’s going to try to set you on fire for real and I’m going to have to decide what to do about it. Fuck you. Please don’t die. Again.

Stage Two:

The only good thing about the way you died was that it spared Jin Ling the hating yourself for caring about Wei Wuxian merry-go-round, but I guess we’ve fucked that up for him now. I really should have handled this shit earlier. He should not be in this position. I’m going to take thirty seconds to be too busy being heartbroken to be furious or terrified as my baby first explains why you totally can’t be Wei Wuxian and then his other Uncle explains that you totally are Wei Wuxian but he doesn’t blame our nephew for befriending and protecting his father’s killer. I love how there’s a small crowd of witnesses for this very touching family moment. Very on brand for us.

Stage Three:

FUCK. Oh, Fuck. He stabbed you. You were stabbed. Are you going to be ok? Is he going to be ok? If you die does that count as him killing his uncle? It would have counted to Yanli. He looks really upset. When the fuck did you have the chance to get your claws so deep into him anyway? Is it an inheritable condition? Are we just fucking collectively doomed to love you, and hate you, and hate ourselves for failing at both of those things? Yanli didn’t hate you, or herself. fuck. I don’t want him to have to live with having killed you. I don’t want him to be fucked up about you like I’m fucked up about you. I hate each and every single one of my feelings, individually and as a collective.

[repmet]

@actuallyhansolo noticed a mistake in the flowchart after you refuse to kill Kamski’s Chloe so I fixed it.

[thefairygodmonster]

Catching up from my twitter here is a BNHA sona/oc I made. Their name is Mariko Madoka also known as Empuppy! Their quirk is Empathic Absorption. They can absorb negative emotions from everyone in the nearby vicinity and then use that energy to launch psychic type blasts.  Mariko is generally a very relaxed and even shy student. They admire their classmates and want success for everyone. They understand stress and tough times come with being a hero but they will do anything to ease those heavy emotions.

Also some interactions with @silvermender and  @gh0stdoe because I love their OCs >:’C

More details below.

The strengths of their power is that when they absorb a negative emotion it is taken from a person. So if someone is feeling stress, anger, sadness, embarrassment etc. they’ll suddenly have that feeling sucked right out of them. Its great for calming folks down when they’re in a bad emotional place. However it doesnt stop them from having more negative emotions later. The more negative emotions absorbed the more powerful Mari becomes. They tend to be well suited for conflicts because they can absorb the tension on the battlefield. Funnily enough they actually hate conflict. However whatever emotion they absorb they start to feel so Mari has to be careful not to let others’ emotions become their own. If they absorb too much negative energy they can become a ticking time bomb so they need to be sure to expel the negative energy before they reach that point. The good thing is once expel all the negative emotions they will be back to normal. Mari takes measures to deal with their quirk. They regularly attend therapy and have a few different coping methods to help them when they are holding in the negative emotions. They have a collection of gemstones, particularly ones supposed to help with calming. Mari doesnt necessarily believe that stones have healing powers but it works like a placebo, plus gems are pretty and feel nice to hold. Also they listen to a lot of different music, some happy to lift their spirits, some sad or angry for catharsis.

[broadacre]

I don't know what you kids are on, but Ladybug is GOOD, sometimes even GREAT. The slow burn really burns, but the payoff makes it all worth it.