Bedtime Stories for the Wicked

Sparcina on Ao3. Avatar created by emptymidnight for Killers Dancing. Blorbos come and go (wink). Blog 18+

[bhaddad1994]

Mermay 2026: the Baron

It took me a long time to finish it. I thanks @ljalja who suggested it. Hope all Zemo fans will enjoy ☺️

[knebellindemann]

[catchymemes]

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

[questionablepastries]

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

[ach-sss-no]

when brandon sanderson talks about villains in his famous free youtube writing class video lectures he'll say 'what's the difference between gollum and sauron' and of course he means the villain that's present in the narrative and characterized in a way the audience can potentially relate to or sympathize with vs. the looming threatening anonymous far-off force (among other things). but every time he asks that i think 'well one of those guys tracked down frodo and got his ring back'

[mysteryteacup]

Brandon Sanderson: What's the difference between Gollum and Sauron?

OP: Skill issue.

[the-haiku-bot]

Brandon Sanderson:

What’s the difference between

Gollum and Sauron?

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[gnollgirl]

To go into more detail on what's glossed over a bit more in the OP: Gollum is the antagonist who is at the mercy of power throughout the whole story. At the mercy of Sauron, yes, but also every smaller power, from the Elves, from Men, from Orcs, and even the heroes: he is at the mercy of and victim to all of these lesser powers as well. Gollum's antagonism is marked by choices to act, be acted through, or be acted upon.

Sauron? He is the Power who Acts Through Others.

[kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd]

sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.

[acutecoral]

Some clarifications and an update

[biglawbear]

This person has more emotional intelligence and healthier skills in navigating relationships than most people

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[anthraxofeffervescence]

The core conceit of Lord of the Rings is pretty funny. You are a twenty three year old in a suburb of Maine. The little bracelet in your grandpa’s attic has an inscription on it that is the password to the world’s entire nuclear arsenal. It is up to you to walk to the only hydraulic press in the world, located in Arizona, before the FBI finds the bracelet, kills you, and enslaves the suburb of Maine you currently live in

[anthraxofeffervescence]

Also the 90-year old hobo that your grandpa beat in a rap battle for possession of the bracelet while hiding from the Romanian secret police really loved the bracelet because it was coated in small amounts of LSD and tried to hunt and kill your grandpa to get it back. He was then apprehended by the FBI and instantly gave them your grandpa’s address. Seal Team Six is about to break down your door and shoot you, says your local congressman who can also do cool magic tricks

[bloodyraven1001]

There's a guy in NY who MIGHT be capable of destroying the codes but won't coz he simply wants to spend time with his wife. So it's up to your grandpa's old friend in rural Ohio to get you the friends capable of finishing the task.

[ariaste]

And we must not, at any point, remember the existence of aircraft and ask aloud why we can't just fly to Arizona

[crazy-pages]

The aircraft are all under the command of the Australian government, which has declared that the nuclear arsenals are not their problem and that no aircraft will help anyone out with that problem. Your grandfather did fly with the bracelet one time, but he only got away with that because no one involved knew what the bracelet was and it would have been a huge deal if anyone had realized what was up. If you charter a flight towards the world's only hydraulic press, the Australians will know and throw lightning at the plane.

[earhartsease]

also your husband is a landscape architect

[auckie]

What if you poked me in the chest and your finger broke through like you were cracking into a rotted plank of wood and dust came out and I just crumpled into nothing and my spores got into your nose

[kelleysroom-deactivated20200511]

I would not hang out with you again that's for sure!

[auckie]

Well there you have it!

[zsparz]

Fungiship

[anthonysperkins]

Teo Le Baut and Victor Crepin via TikTok

[alaspapilio]

[tragbarerpanzrabwehrkomplexfagot]

[existencebringsonlypain]

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Voting ended onMay 13

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i'd love if you could reblog for reach

[sleepy-bebby]

Shedding 🐍

[grizzlyadventures]

Snope (snake pope)

[bhaddad1994]

Haunted

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

I wanted to visualize Zemo's inner torment. Those hands represent the suffocating weight of memory, a constant, unwanted touch reminding him of those who are gone. They aren't trying to stop him, but to remind him that he belongs to them.

[molabuddy]

i couldn’t think of a better way to communicate this so its this . my struggle

[bronkenj]

[daxite]

the ride never ends

[weirdstrangeandawful]

[bowenoke]