peter: he’s harmless
miguel: chokeslams teenager
idk i guess the comparisons between tristamp and manga knives taking agency away from the plants bothers me.
it's more complicated than that... whereas tristamp knives uses his sisters as Soulless Husks to Reach The Higher Dimension, it's at least in my interpretation that manga knives asks for their help after explaining his side to them. then, in later chapters, we learn that plants do have thoughts and feelings and free will and can choose what they want to do. knives never took that away from them... literally the only instance i can think of is when he absorbed domina and attempted to absorb vash but independents play by different rules and i’m specifically talking about dependents here..
In this sequence of panels he’s shown to approach a plant and explain his reasoning and apologize (with him knowing that plants share a collective hive mind and will pass around his message. We don’t know that at this point, though) he reaches his hand out to touch the glass and the plant comes down to meet him. She isn’t yoinked out of her bulb.
Plants having free will and their own ability to choose is something that gets hammered in in later chapters. It is said over and over again. It is literally how knives is ultimately defeated.
On top of this, i think a very important concept to take note of is that Knives can extend feelers outside of the stratosphere of the planet and it is implied that this is how he is helping his sisters support their own body. They can be seen floating around the ark doing whatever plants want to do. Yes, they’re just following knives around, and in a different lens you could say that they’re taken hostage, but they listened to knives’s message and they want to help him.
They can free float when they are merged with Knives, and when they’re not merged they’re collapsed into a body slop that needs to depend on the human race to give them life support. They CHOSE that. They chose to leave knives to return to that life because vash shared his experiences and message of having hope despite a lifetime of cruelty. Even he could not force them to unmerge with knives. They had to make their own decision.
And to say that knives never cared about the plants and only used them in his quest of power feels ridiculous. Plants are interconnected and psychic. He has a goal that his sisters wanted to help him accomplish, but because of the nature of how plants are it was very difficult to stay mentally dominant amongst them. They looked to him as their leader because he asked them to. It’s been said that knives knows so many secrets about the bodies of plants and that he’s been researching it all this time. Yes, he’s dumb to not have expected to be bombarded with the thoughts and feelings of tens of thousands psychically empathetic and intensely emotional beings (he being one of them!!!). He should have known better. he is struggling to fight for a better future for them because of his own biology in my reading of these panels. But just because vash said that he was on a crusade of hate does not mean that’s the correct reading of the situation.
and, in the end, when the plants make their decision to leave knives and follow vash's message... they leave him with his body destroyed to the point that he has to nearly kill himself to rebuild it.
does this plant reaching out for him look like she never cared about him despite what she chose? idk man
“Profiles are based on the TV series, except for "Creator Comments," which are Yasuhiro Nightow's comments on the comics as printed in the Puff magazine interview.”
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Plays our theme song but alone this time
Hey I really liked this scene *screams*
So here's a fun and wacky headcanon for TriStamp Knives before ep. 12 rips our hearts out until season 2:
Besides a lot of eye symbolism generously sprinkled into Knives' characterization and motives, both for the Eye of Michael and Tessla's missing peeper, there's a interesting detail to notice on where he placed it on his hand:
The placement of the eye seems to work to not scrunch it up when he balls his fist (and knife hand), but to literally make him talk to the hand for either violence or as a hand puppet. I mean, ep 12 is possibly going to tackle Knives' connection to Tessla since he put in so much work to get her approval and fishing her brain/body out of the SEEDS wreck after who-knows-how long. So even if their sister suffered a long, painful, and silent "death", Knives at least gave her the liberty of having a mouthpiece when she never had the chance to speak her mind. Even if it's for murder and genocide, that's fine for both of them.
But also in the span of 5 years (and more to come), before creating the Eye of Michael and officially starting his warpath on humankind, he only had the shambled remains of his older sister as company. Which he turned this
into this
And to be fair, Knives was already off the deep-end at this point but I don't know if I should laugh or cry about it.
[Extra headcanon/theory: What if, despite everything, Knives doesn't have complete control over Tessla? Like Alien Hand syndrome (in the literal sense), she might have some autonomy and control at times in more subtle ways. There might be a few hints to that, mainly on the left side since that's where Vash usually is.]
two birds by regina spektor plays in the background 🥲
two birds by regina spektor plays in the background 🥲
Anonymous asked:
Do you think Batman could empathize with Terra?
Short answer: Yes. Long Answer: Oh, here we go again.
So, Terra is my favorite character of all time. I want her to live, recover from her trauma, and then become some anti-villain mercenary that just shows up to annoy the titans.
However, I will forever defend the decision to kill Terra at the end of Judas Contract. Her complexity as a bad victim and the tragedy that Terra was just too complicated a victim for anyone in her life to notice or save is what makes her character good. The whole point of the story is Terra should have been saved, but she wasn't. That gives the story it's punch. Terra is a teenage girl who joined the Teen Titans, put on a costume, and died. Her creators sort of half-realized this and half didn't when they made the decision to kill Terra.
"Hers was the power over the earth itself. She could have brought life to deserts, heat to the frozen tundra, food to starving millions, she could have damned raging rivers and funneled water to lands parched dry, and dead. Her powers were limited only by the mind that controlled them. A mind which sought not hope, not love, not life, but death."
Even the panels that narrate her death that call her a psychopath and victim blame her, also speculate on how much potential good for the world is lost by snuffing out life as young as Terra's. Hers is the story of a young girl who by the narrative is doomed to die hence why there is nothing, no hope, no love, no life just death in her mind.
That's what makes the question of "Could Batman have empathized with her" so compelling, because it makes you think and realize there was a chance for Terra, miss "Dead at the beginning of the story" to be saved. So, why wasn't she? Why couldn't anyone involved in her situation empathize with this troubled teenage girl?
Out of context of her creators intending her to be an irredeemable monster, don't these lines, the last one especially sound horribly tragic?
"A mind which sought not hope... not love... not life... but death."
A rat never looked more like a rat until the moment it was spread out on the metal tray in biology, guts open for the world to see and soaked in that disgusting formaldehyde solution. Dissected and cut open for a bunch of kids who are only there for the grade and don't actually care about learning. Brown fur dull and matted from death, limbs pinned through to a silicon mat, scalpel off to the side after cutting open its guts.
Thad watched those Styroband files with morbid fascination multiple times over.
Almost as much as he watched the Styrobands that actually focused on Bart Allen. That actually showed Bart Allen. That presented Thad's never ending frustration as he wondered how exactly Bart kept winning.
There was no coherent thought behind those frustrating golden eyes. Just impulse and energy and a confusing tangle that Thad needed to figure out for the sake of his mission. To him, Bart Allen was the rat. Scurrying around but too cute for anyone to dispose of. Eating all the food out of the cabinets and chewing through the plastic and leaving a mess of everything he touched but somehow still loved. Still considered human.
Thad was better.
Thad should be the more human of the pair.
He could think. He was far more intelligent. He had goals and plans and he functioned the way any sane human being should.
So why was he the rat, and Bart the human?
Why was he the one deserving of being pinned and ripped open and dissected for someone who didn't care and just wanted to go on with life?
Maybe a human just looks more like a human when ripped open, too. Except no one was looking for a human underneath all of Thad's plotting and lies. Max was dying and Bart wasn't focused on Thad.
Thad was the rat because no one cared enough to let him be human.
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Supergirl Comics Explained
[IMAGE ID: 5 Supergirls (Post-Crisis Kara Zor-El, Power Girl, Linda Danvers, Cir-El and Pre-crisis Kara Zor-El) flying through space. END ID]
5 am, perfect hour to draw without judgement or energy wiiii.
| AU |- what if the powers the moon gave to jack frost are actually from the soul of a night fury that died in the ice in another world. And when jack ends in the archipelago his soul is separated from his body. Jack wants to go home but his soul wants to go to the other night furies that are hidden.
Have an unneeded word vomit on worldbuilding for the httyd tribal courtships for my fanfic.
[btw I have not heavily researched courtships but I've some fan ideas and tiny specks of actual courtship traditions.]
There are a few things that vary from tribe to tribe in my worldbuilding but let me word vomit it all anyway:
- The requirement to begin a courtship is a weapon made by the courter or paid to be made with a design the courter asked for, it is in my head a way of giving the other a way for protection and saying they wish them to be well-protected.
- Through what sort of weapon one gives also says a lot, if its an unfit weapon than there is a lack of attention put into it and it is, unfortunately for unobservent lads, an offensive gift that says they do not know the person they want to court beyond physical appearance.
- Heavy jewellery is never a good gift, as a courtship gift should be practical even if it's only for show and much of the characters have duties to deal with in their day-to-day lives. Light earrings, bracelets, armbands, etc. Majorly, things that do not disturb them but still show that the person is in a courtship. These gifts usually go on to be worn even after marriage.
- This is a more true to life courtship point but the father of the bride (in this case groom works too I suppose) asks for hand in marriage in place of their children. In my world, it's seen as a show of good-will between in-laws to be and an acceptance of the joining of two families through marriage.
- The courtship requires the two courters to have one advisor each personally and one that works between the two as a counselor of sorts. This is to insurance no misunderstandings happen that lead to a dissolve of the courtship and build better relations between the two. As majority of times the courtship can happen between previously unknown parties but also between previously friends to courters.
- Courtship requires the two to spend much time together, which means they are either together during events or alone away from others. Spending time to get to know each other better, come to an understanding of what they might require from this marriage, etc.
- When one is ready to move the courtship to a marriage, which usually takes a year or two at the most to happen unless the courtship is broken off, then the two come to an agreement of when, how, where through their advisors and are given a day to spend together before it is announced. This is a last effort to insurance that the marriage is a good choice through private discussions and time spent together.
So, this was my—very unneeded but wanted word vomit on—courtship ideas and how this will very likely come into play in my fanfic.
An added fact, anything made by either of the courters is seen as a sacred gift because the person spent time and effort to create it. So, Jack with his sewing and Hiccup with his smithing go a long way in this fanfic later on.
Anonymous asked:
I am adoring Sunshine Falling but I am curious why Thad speaks in only lowercase. I have never seen that in a fic or even in a book and I think it's really cool. I only wanted to know why and where it comes from.
Glad to hear you're enjoying it!
As for Thad's speech that is a stylistic decision I made based on the fact that Thad's speech bubbles in Impulse have an added effect around them which suggests there is something going on with his voice that makes it unique.
Impulse #66
When you see speech bubbles with some sort of border in comics generally it means their voice is altered and does not sound "normal". Sometimes it doesn't mean anything and it just is there to separate the dialog so you can tell who is speaking, or to add an impact, but often it is a meant to give the reader an idea that this character's voice might be... off.
So I thought about how do I convey this crawling seething effect of Thad's speech bubbles in a way that is still pleasant to read?
the answer for me was to have thad speak in all lower case letters. no matter the intensity of the situation.
I haven't really described Thad's voice in the fic, and I am not sure if I will really. I myself haven't settled on how his voice differs from those around him but I am leaning towards that his voice is actually somewhat soft and yet droll sort of like Daria.
Thanks for the question.
gestures that gets me on my knees.
(feel free to use<3 the kisses ones are.. im- i-... yall better tag when u write these or else check under ur bed before sleep! :) )
- lingering with your lips open, touching, but not kissing, and this one glance at their eyes and you say fuck it and pull at their collar to kiss them
- heavily breathing after a kiss (damn ittitit)
- gulping when they get a little too close
- and not knowing how to talk or exist after they finish kissing you like they've been needing that kiss for a lifetime!!!
- loosing your mind when they tilt your chin to look you in the eye
- pulling them by their belt to kiss them>>
- lazy kisses in the morning, that starts with a grunt as they pull you closer to them as you try to get up and lazily placing kisses all over face and ends with a hoarse whisper from them asking you to stay. fucjfuck
- their mouth at your ear, whispering!!!
- "give me a chance. to prove what i can make you feel." (ohmykgodks)
- when they kiss you, hard, gripping, shaking breaths, fists in each other's clothes, against a wall, but they stop. and smirk, "you want that, love? i want cuddles though." and their grin is too wide, stupid and cocky and
beautiful. - you're holding on by a thread and they sort of grin against your lips, mumbling, "just lose control, love."
- that glance at your body with their eyes subtly widening, almost gulping as they take in your attire. fuck.
- the lips are hot, soft, settling, nibbling and gasping, pulling onto each other for more and when you stop, they have their eyes closed, heavily exhaling, hair ruffled, and they look like the prettiest mess ever.
- holding your hands above your head as they kiss you
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- Character A getting dopamine from the slightest brush of hands
- Character B who knows A is touched starved and always hugging/holding hands/patting them
- Character A is too shy to admit they really like being held so they make up excuses (ex. They broke their leg, twisted ankle, feel sick etc…)
- Instantly pulling away from a person who touches them instinctively
- Pretending they hate being touched but absolutely melting at another person’s touch
- Asking for help in something physical that requires touching another person
- Blushing when Character B confronts them for always wanting to be touched
- Character A and B are in very close proximity but not touching. Character A is already feeling stimulated from the close distance
- Rubbing or touching the area they were last touched and reminiscing in the memory
- Trying to control themselves from panicking after holding someone else’s hand
- Getting overwhelmed when more than one person are touching them
- Freezing up all the time when touched
- Slowly inching closer to another character every few minutes
- Purposely being clumsy just so they can get caught or picked up
- Borrowing clothes from Character B in order to feel like they are closer to them
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Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007) / Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Secret Origin (2020)
Something I realized about Superboy Prime
I learned this from watching “The Panda Redd” on youtube in his DC comics discussions but Superboy Prime is the perfect critique of toxic masculinity and toxic comic fans. Like, most of the times when a writer tries to cover toxic masculinity in their works, it backfires because they end up making people like the ones they’re critiquing think the character is super awesome and “it’s totally like me!” but Superboy Prime is so hateable and pathetic.
He has so much power and caused so much destruction but at the end of the day, he fails to be intimidating because he says shit like “I’ll kill you to death!” and “Everything was better on my world!” he doesn’t have grand villain speeches. He sounds like a toddler having a tantrum and is basically DC holding a mirror to toxic fans and those with toxic masculinity and saying “This is you. You’re an overgrown, whiny jerk and you need to cut that shit out.”
Now, why do I bring this up when Panda Redd and Linkara have already covered him? Because I realized something. One of the toxic fans that Superboy Prime represents are the ones that killed Jason Todd and in his big villain turn, he brings him back to life.
See, when Jason was first created, he was a carbon copy of Dick Grayson. Hell, he was even part of an acrobat family called “The Flying Todds” and his parents died the same way. The only difference was that he had red hair. No one minded…until post-crisis where they not only gave Jason his own backstory and personality but used him to discuss darker topics like abuse and homelessness. That’s when the most toxic aspects of the DC comics fanbase came out and started throwing a fit. They would send angry fan letters to DC offices, leave angry phone calls and basically broke down the ones in charge until they finally said “Fine! We’ll kill him off but only if it’s something you really want!”
And despite what many believe, it wasn’t that many people calling the number to kill Jason off. It was mostly just a few people repeatedly calling the same number over and over again. There’s even a story of one guy rigging up his phone to his computer to call the “kill Jason” number again and again.
This adds all the more delicious irony when Superboy Prime, punching reality in a fit of nerd rage, ended up undoing one of the most famous events caused by toxic fans. Not only did the representation of those fans bring Jason back to life but they made him more popular than ever before and a beloved member of the batfamily.
Anonymous asked:
Got any thoughts on the anti-monitor as a Superman rogue?
The only time I ever enjoyed him was when Superboy-Prime beat the shit out of him and called him a loser.
Absolutely hilarious and by far his best showing. Otherwise he's just your generic "cosmic evildoer" who wants to destroy all of existence. Never found him compelling and never gotten all that hyped when he showed up.
