#mostly on twitter

[platonichug]

might start shit by saying Lestat isn't monogamous... ya know just to feel something

[foundharmony]

If I could decenter our minds from men I would

[alligatorpie1945]

If you don’t want to watch a show about The Bad Batch (then maybe you shouldn’t be watching it)

[snailofawoman]

As much as I hate how things turned out this episode and voiced my complaints, I'm seeing people take jabs at the cast like bro wtf is wrong with you it's still just a dnd show. 🙄

[end999s]

Your a pice of shit for that gaslighting joke have you ever spared a thought for people who have been gaslight you fucking Asshole go kill your self every one who you love will be happier without an Asshole like you in there life

damn my bad?

[microcroft]

work in progress Temple of The Blood God on my friend's and I's Minecraft server. I'm the only one here who actually currently watches him, my friends have been very supportive though, listening to me and helping gather materials.

sorry this caption isn't very great the world is fuck and im emotionally exhausted, I just wanted to share.

love you all

[animus-inspire-archive]

would reeve be a good dad?

Yes. (but he doesn’t think so, and nobody’s perfect).

Reeve is said to have filial piety so I take that as meaning he was raised with patience, love, encouragement and understanding by both parents. He does have a paternal drive, and deep down desires the opportunity to raise a child in a similar fashion. 

Yet he cannot have biological children of his own, and feels that his commitment to his work and the people of Midgar / Edge stands in the way of being a good parent. Reeve does not like to half-ass his responsibilities. He’s incapable of it to be honest. 

But if he were to be a Father, he would be a good dad for these reasons:

He is protective by nature, being essentially the guardian (the Reeve) of Midgar and then Edge. I think this would lead him to be a devoted and loving dad. 

He has a sense of whimsy, a creative imagination, strong intellect and an element of child-like playfulness to go along with it (Cait Sith is a prime example)

His intuition I believe would help him understand and encourage the potential in his kids, and that is something he would find incredibly rewarding to cultivate. 

Along the same lines I believe he would be a patient and thoughtful teacher/mentor.

He also has a side that embraces risk (gambling motifs, his confidence clearly going up during a crisis) and is forward focussed. So again, he would likely encourage, not stymie, a child’s growth and independence. 

He is used to positions of authority and appears to be well respected by subordinates in both Remake and DoC. It is not a stretch therefore to say he is fair and clear as an authoritarian. 

As for the potential negatives:

He holds himself to incredibly high standards and that also kinda applies to how he treats others. It’s a bit of a blindspot of his. He has to believe that others could be as committed to working for the wider causes as he is (without seeing evidence to the contrary) and with that comes expectations**  Thus, as a parent, he might apply pressure on his kid/s without even meaning to. 

His focus has always been on improving the lives of the many, running a large city/hub and managing an urban populace. I’ve maintained that Reeve has to remain detached because of this, to a certain degree. He will express his feelings on occasion when warranted (see his defence of Shalua when talking to Shelke) but he’s not like that all the time. He is certainly not cold and would never be neglectful, but he might not be as emotionally available as some children need. 

Being a dad is something that we are exploring further with the wonderful @chosenbythecrystal, though it is very much early days. Reeve has adopted children (of a fashion) before - most notably in another AU where he was Cid’s engineering husbando. Also a shout out to @cinderella-gurei’s Chadley who Reeve would have likely adopted into his family with @ofgeneticperfection if they were still around sadface 

As someone who is childfree by choice for as long as I can remember, this part of Reeve intrigues me because he does so much want to be a dad but he denies himself in the vast majority of his verses.

Read more for extra drivel around his expectations and manipulations...

**This is evident in the way he is seen to manipulate throughout both the OGC and DoC without compunction - if he feels it is for a purpose, he does not hesitate to do so, assuming others will feel similarly to him if they could just understand the outcomes of his actions. In fact he might not even admit to himself the extent of his manipulations, justifying it instead as friendly persuasion (e.g. Vincent) or the only available option left for him (e.g. Marlene).

But this is how it is… No compromises. 

In relation to children specifically...

It was only after Denzel met him did Reeve make the decision to not involve kids further in the work of the W.R.O. Now don’t get me wrong - I don’t think he actively wanted vulnerable underage individuals to be working for him (I would argue he would be opposed to unfair child labour, given he was but a child himself when he came to work in Shinra). But I can imagine him justifying it at the time with his lean towards a means-to-an-end thinking:

It’s not throwing them in to die fighting a bloody and pointless war. Gathering up scraps of iron to help build Edge provides a purpose and focus in this chaos after Meteorfall. Plus they get food and goods in exchange for their efforts. 

Also he would not have been on the ground much at this point being phenomenally busy and travelling a lot between the ruins of Midgar / Edge and Junon (I would guess Kalm too, for the refugees). Given his detachment and frenetic level of responsibility - his own high standards would’ve defaulted to the assumption that the majority of people, including the kids, would want to be doing something to help if they could. 

It was only when he heard from Denzel that it was not an active choice for most of them - at the same time as being reminded of his own childhood in how Denzel spoke of Ruvie - did he finally take the time to consider that wasn’t the case. Good thing then that he is flexible (a little too flexible some might say!), and has been shown to change his mind rationally based on new evidence throughout canon.

[producingtrashycontent]

Damn I just heard about the copyright strikes with Shueisha and all that crap. I don't think writing for Black Clover would fall under that category, so I'll keep requests open for now, but if writing about these shows falls under those copyright strikes, I may need to close requests. For now, everything is still open.