#what if... she... stepped on me instead....

[fortjester]

still thinking abt the time a woman came into the shop and asked for recommendations of albums "like hozier". and immediately my mind was going 100kmph like "well I could show you john lee hooker or tom waits or aretha franklin or muddy waters or any other soul/jazz/blues singer i can think of that the man has literally ever called an inspiration loudly and publicly and on the record but i bet that's not what you mean" so i took her to the lord huron section and showed her Strange Trails, noted the story album elements they both share, plus incredible harmonies and country influences. and then she bought red (taylor's version) instead.

[rupicoluu]

| "No…No! This is how it all began! Get away. Get away from me!"

Honestly I love how in 'Wildcard!' (Batman #450) we get a Joker traumatized from the events of aditf. Jason haunts his narrative too, dc should have let him do that more often

[crittertalez]

sometimes deltarune fans will be like "theres no platonic explanation for this" or "you cant possibly see x and y as just platonic" and then like the characters literally have a normal friendship dynamic . yall must have some very shallow friendships

[zeb-z]

agree or disagree, I just need people to understand why Anders did what he did. especially now that I’ve played through the game, begging the chantry to do anything but sit with their thumbs up their ass when they could be stepping in to do literally anything. he couldn’t have targeted the gallows without directly targeting the mages as well, and while his actions are short sighted with his drive for vengeance above justice, it was still done with a desperation to stop the injustice mages face. and the templars are so associated with the chantry, despite how that order of authority had sort of swapped in Kirkwall.

“Anders thought he was wrong, he can’t be right,” “Anders fought injustice, he can’t be wrong,” Anders was inevitable idk what to tell you. mages were actively being oppressed and killed, the boot was coming down anyways, Meridith had already been calling for the Right of Anullment before the chantry was even a target. though Anders was the inciting incident that kicked off the mage and templar war, his action was far from the first act of violence.

was the problem ultimately in how his decision was not truly made with the greater mages safety in mind? vengeance instead of justice? no thought to collateral? yeah. but wrong or right, he spoke the truth when he said that they were already dying, it was just a matter of how quick or slow. of course he targeted the chantry, when inaction in the face of oppression is a sort of violence in its own right.

[flaming-toads]

[cloysterbell]

HAVEN | 4x06 'Countdown'

[littlefankingdom]

I think I now know exactly how it feels like to be Batman and be the only competent one in the team, and handling all the bs nobody else is doing but is important.

[roseofcards90]

Do you ever think about how Hypatia tries to find comfort in Margaret and it’s almost suffocating with how Hypatia clings desperately to Margaret’s affection and the aurum secretum dove she gives her because it was the one thing that gave her any semblance of relief and that every time she feels pain she goes back to the dove aka Margaret’s power which is placating people to the point of submission so they stop resisting and the fact that this is framed as a temporary solution to a major problem that Hypatia has to bear with for the rest of her life and so it eventually stops working, with Hypatia breaking the dove itself in her torture nexus to show that she can’t and shouldn’t rely on Margaret’s help forever. That, along with her fear of hurting those whenever she tries to seek guidance, she ends up ironically destroying the thing that was manipulating and controlling her:

AND do you ever think about when she is finally facing all these demons, the one thing that gives her clarity and manages to calm her down is Rust covering her eyes. It’s Rust’s presence that manages to ground Hypatia, not the illusion of Margaret who tried to lead her away, but the real Rust who simply covers her vision so she doesn't have to keep being tormented by what hurts her 🥹🥹🥹 so she can get herself together to have the mental fortitude to confront them head on and endure: