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inspectorspacetimerevisited · 7 months

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The Lord Protector of Great Britain in ‘Ascent of the Circuit Chaps’ seemed quite reasonable in dealing with Anton Vihatav, who created the Circuit Chaps in an alternate reality.

That was until the Inspector and Lily showed up and informed him what Vihatav really planned to do with the populace of Great Britain. Which was why Vihatav eliminated him.

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kyouka-supremacy · 5 months

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Again the sickness speaking but here's something that has been going through my mind since forever:

I feel like a good way to mitigate a lot of discontent with the doa arc ending and in general the whole Dazai-being-flawless issue bsd has going on is by comparing bsd to Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Please bear with me for two minutes.

When Sherlock Holmes was being published, people were intrigued and enamoured by Holmes' brilliant and charming, crimes-solving figure. People read the stories for the pure joy of being left gaping at his superhuman wits again and again; they didn't want to see him fail, they wanted to be shocked and amazed by his genius. When Holmes died and then came back, nobody lamented it being unrealistic, because realism was not what people were reading the books for! They were reading to be impressed, to cheer for the hero and then take satisfaction in seeing him turn out victorious. That's the author-reader deal that was made there: to impress and to enjoy being impressed.

As of recently I feel like we've been asking from bsd something it never promised us in the first place. Maybe it's just not that kind of series! Maybe it's more about surprising the reader with how the hero is going to make it and less about highlighting his flaws and insecurities. And like, that's okay! That's why Dazai getting away with it isn't it him getting away with it “again”, it's just how bsd is; in a way, it's what makes bsd bsd.

I think it really clicked with me like it never did before when I watched the last episode of season 5; because the arc ending felt so shocking and unpredictable, very deus-ex-machina trope, a little underwhelming in its lowering the stakes that were there the whole time, and yet so extremely on brand with bsd, I didn't even have it in me to be disappointed. It was so similar to the Guild's arc ending and even more to the Cannibalism arc ending, and maybe it really is just a pattern, maybe it really is what bsd aspires to be, and that's okay too.

Also, I can't stretch this enough: if it's not your cup of tea, that's fine. I can't say it's mine either. But I feel like criticizing bsd now for how it's always been falls quite short, because it really feels like demanding from it what it never promised to deliver in the first place. That's just as far as my current perception of the series goes, though, so feel free to disagree with me on this.

#Btw this is not me comparing Holmes character with Dazai character.#Holmes character is something Dazai character will never be (respectful of women)#The also real difference between Holmes and Dazai is that one author loathes the character with everything that's in them–#and the other author loves the character with everything that's in them #I've also briefly mentioned before that Atsushi is a very Watson-like figure in the way it uses as someone deeply human‚#sympathetic to the reader and that the reader can see themselves in‚#plot device so that Holmes has someone he can explain his deduction to and with his awe further underlines and uplifts Holmes' genius #Also sassy #osamu dazai #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd s5 #Wow and here's me putting my season 5 thoughts down after three months. Took a raging fever for me to do so #To be fair when the episode dropped everyone was a bit crazy over the ending for one reason or the other #So back then I felt like waiting things to chill out first #mine #I often find superfluous to end posts with “feel free to disagree with me on this” because it's so obvious and expected it goes unsaid #But I suppose sometimes it bears repeating...

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dykedvonte · 1 day

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Benny would be thrilled by Nick Valentine. Like I know the concept of synths and replacing people would initially shock him but I don’t think for long.

He’s not a technology guy by any means but he certainly appreciates it and understands what it can do. He’d be pro-synth and synths at people for purely pragmatic reason at first but seeing some noir detective would have him thinking of all the ways he could improve on his plan if he had that tech for Yes-Man.

If Yes-Man could pass as human he’d have no reason to hide him and could even have him buddy up with the rest of the Chairmen! Even if he’s found out and House wants him and especially synth Yes-Man out their is a loyalty to them that is only made stronger that Yes-Man looks like them now. It’s also such a complex thing for Yes-Man too now to struggle with “humanity” in a new context and his teacher tragic being Benny Fucking Gecko.

#also nicks like super cool in his mind cause in my heart Benny is like #a science fiction fan boy and big reason he listened to house at first is house offered something cool and had cool shit to back it up #Benny is like to me a man who is petty but not childish as the wasteland has allowed very few kids to have real childhoods #so he’s silly about somethings like when you give an adult a childhood toy and watch them become kids again #but it’s different here cause he’s an authority figure now and also he’s like planning a coo #so all his child behavior is forced to come out through his personality and choices and why he seems like a man child #fallout #fallout new vegas #benny gecko #benny fnv #yes man fnv #fallout 4 #this was supposed to just be about Benny finding synths cool but then I kinda got off track in the notes #Benny would have a crush on nick and want to be his cartoon rival cause like holy shit seedy mob boss Rat pack type #and big city detective??? why are they not kissing in the floor #nick valentine

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in-omni-scientia · 7 months

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Someone has to put a WHOOPEE CUSHION under ⬆️THIS FUCKING THING⬆️ AS HE SITS DOWN on his THRONE and directly cause him to FUCKING EXPLODE

(extra art + biiiig and I mean BIG ramble abt skill designs under the cut. yahoo !)

The thing about me is that I looooove to have images for characters so so clear in my mind. And then Not do that. Like I have designs for Ency and Empathy and Authority soo clear in my brain but then I still don't draw them how I envision them. Sad !

I hope Everyone here knows I have Designs for them in my brain even if they're not featured here. Like not just General designs how I envision them in the game but SPECIFIC to their skillsposting blogs. Smiles. Anyways here are some notes

Most of the skills as I imagine them in the game are literally just walking around naked to me and Ency's and Rhetoric's designs here are remnants of that

I want to draw Ency with like one of those judge cloaks and some glasses with the little chains on them to hold them. Not for any specific reason I just think he might look cute. Grins

Empathy doesn't have like. Clear legs. It's more like glowing fog making the shape of them. Same for the bottom of the dress-looking thing I just got sidetracked. The top pair of arms is permanently close to their chest area but they can move it to give hugs and stuff. Also funny clouds too like in their pfp I forgot that

Authority's design in the first image is based on what the Authority account said to the turtle abt what they look me. Auth to me is like. A head and arms and no lower body. It's just a shadow if you look under there. Sorry for lying by giving him legs. He can adjust his height however he wants to tower over others. hes probably wearing like roman armour under the cloak in that image. idk. smiles

Technically Conceptualization is the smallest skill because the only "natural" (permanent and unchangeable) parts of them is what is in their portrait to me, but they can manifest limbs and stuff like that; they are just outlines, a little like the shoulder-looking part of their portrait in the bottom left

Drama is the Shortest because to me they are just a little tiny octopus. Kind of like the bit in Octodad when he's not disguised as a human, but with shorter arms? I really want to draw them properly and not on my laptop touchscreen slash phone at some point because I need to illustrate just how LITTLE they are to me. Slimeball........

Suggestion is sooo easy bruh it's just how they draw themselves. Smiles

Rhetoric's front guy he's eating is just the upper body and he's like carrying it with an extra pair of arms I think. IDK. I don't know if you've noticed but I'm a little shit at coming up with fancy designs. Rhetoric is actually Normal-Guy Sized, he's just as small as Conceptualization and Drama in that image because I couldn't really figure out a way to make it look Normal otherwise. I'm tired I can't explain anything

Right now I can best describe everyone else as being like, mixes of brainrotdotorg's and scribblemakes' skill designs because they are soooo awesome I want to Eat them. Ah! So sorry!

If any other skillsposters are reading this and have a specific Thing in mind for their skill. Please do let me know. I would Love Love Love to draw things at some stage. Smiles

#oh god i am so sorry for that long ass ramble i don't know how it got that long #can you guys tell the reason I picked encyclopedia to do this as yet #anyways I was gonna say i have no fucking clue what possessed me to draw that.#I am so sorry. it exists now I suppose #in case anyone in the main tag is unaware btw: suggestion is now authority's second-in-command #contains: txt #author/s: me #contains: figures #contains: id #skillsposting #disco elysium #secret art compilation

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birdcatt · 7 months

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its awkward for everyone involved except for this guy

#oc: leaf (pmd)#oc: emerald (pmd)#darkrai #pokemon #pmd #pokemon mystery dungeon #leafeon #glaceon #he is dressing his best for this divorce #but the main reason i did this was because by pitting him into this relationship thats kind of All he became #and what he represents for both sisters struggles also meant that me as the author couldnt really figure out how he would be as a person #so im also making that the lore here and more or less what he felt #its a bit like freedom for him #also i just got bored of this ship #there is a Part of me that also wants to snip emerald/bronze and divorce them too but i will not do that disservice to kid me #emerald/bronze have been a thing for years and years!!! so theyll stay that way #art tag

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cuz-reasons · 21 days

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Summary: Emmet gets fired.

Fun fact the summary is actually what I called it in my files

#submas #subway boss emmet #gym leader elesa #ive also been calling thia birthday fic cuz as a present to me im uploading it on my brithday!!#this also has prolly the longest authors note ive ever written cuz i needed to explain my process for writing the battle scene in this #so its a stupidly long one shot #i really didnt need to go as in depth as i did but i am mentally unwell about pokemon #also the only reason this is a one shot is cuz i couldnt figure out a good way of splitting this into chapters #everyway i sliced it they were never even enough for my liking #hope you enjoy!

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lord-squiggletits · 9 months

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The funny thing about Pharma and the Delphi situation is that that's where the concept of the DJD was first introduced (with the first scene with the DJD at work happening literally the issue afterwards, issue #6) and literally the more you learn about the DJD the more it vindicates Pharma in his paranoia and being convinced that he couldn't ask for help like

In the Delphi issues we learn that the DJD hunts down Decepticon turncoats/traitors/etc and that Ambulon, one of the Delphi staff, was a Decepticon traitor. We also learn that their leader is evidently terrifying in addition to being a t-cog addict, but that's it.

Except in the subsequent issue #6 and all issues with the DJD afterwards, we learn a variety of fun facts about the DJD such as

Several of the members either literally transform into torture equipment or have said torture equipment built into their bodies

Their leader, Tarn, the guy with the t-cog addiction that forced Pharma into blackmail, can kill people with just his VOICE

We later learn that the DJD have a fanatical devotion to the Decepticon cause/Megatron such that they literally worship an idol of Megatron

Even later on, we learn that Tarn's kill-you-with-his-voice powers work both over the phone and via recordings of his voice

Tarn is also very talkative during torture sessions and he seems to find pleasure in his stupid, smug-smart guy persona where he likes to describe to victims what's happening to them and why. And there's no reason he wouldn't apply this to Autobots just as much as he does to Decepticon traitors

The DJD have access to signal jamming technologies that make it so that even if their victim can get a help signal out, no one will receive it until weeks after the fact

Their entire system of hunting people down is based on pursuing them no matter what, isolating them from any help, driving them mad with psychological terror, etc

They're capable enough warriors to slaughter an entire ships' worth of people, apparently without sustaining any meaningful casualties

They're drug addicts that are prone to overdosing and/or losing control and slaughtering people while they're under the influence

So like???

If Pharma was only privy to HALF of the things that we as the audience know about the DJD, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that Pharma probably wanted to call for help at some point, but was convinced that doing so would lead to 1. the signal being jammed/blocked so no one would help anyways 2. him and everyone else at Delphi (including the TRAITOR WHO IS ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES) would be horribly tortured to death by fanatical Decepticon torturer freaks.

Like I get that in the text Pharma only says that he did the Red Rust stuff so that he wouldn't be caught/blamed for the t-cog deal and is prideful about how he stopped the DJD from murdering Delphi, but like...... there's no fucking way that Pharma going "oh I didn't want to get in trouble and also I'm better than everyone" was his PRIMARY reason for everything on Delphi. Pharma didn't go from perfectly normal/sane Autobot doctor to raving egotistical maniac because he was always an asshole and he decided to solve the DJD issue in an asshole way. It's bc according to all canon evidence we have of the DJD and the way they react to traitors/Autobots, Pharma had every reason to fear for his life and believe that no aid would come to him.

#not to mention that fucking uhhhh it was BLACKMAIL???#generally when BLACKMAIL happens the whole deal is 'you give me this thing and i don't kill you'#'but also if you go running for help i'll kill you'#or 'you can't call the authorities for help bc you're doing illegal things for me so theyll just arrest you'#squiggposting #pharma apologism #mfs wanna say 'pharma could've just ran or called for help' when the DJD are literally famous #for their ability to hunt people down and murder them horribly #remember when the lost light was getting hunted down by the DJD and they called for help?#remember how it took 3 weeks for anyone to get the SOS and by then everything was already over?#also it's reasonable to think that like pharma was just giving spare tcogs to tarn without having to kill anyone at first #figuring it's just extra supplies to order and it's a small price to pay for delphi not getting horribly murdered #and it was only later that he had to actually start killing people #and by then tarn could've easily hit him with 'you could run and ask for help but then they're going to ask you'#'why you were giving tcogs to a decepticon in the first place. have fun being a traitor for that'#and then there was you know. the paranoia and constant anxiety and trauma from being next door to the DJD

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gender-trash · 4 months

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I was about to answer a post of yours saying "w h y" but I saw it's from 2016 lol, anyway have a good day

this one, right? i'd probably phrase it differently today, but i still broadly endorse it and am happy to discuss if you have Thoughts :-)

(i get that it's annoying to have to repeat yourself! it is also immensely frustrating to say "sorry what was that?" twenty times a day, especially when the response is frequently "ugh never MIND.")

#the trashcan speaks #disabilityblogging #me age 17: please stop excluding me from half the conversation because im hard of hearing #me age 24: please stop excluding me etc etc #also i wrote that at a time in my life when i was more subject to the whims of authority figures #who often assumed for some reason that i was being hard-of-hearing AT them. to be Difficult or something #like......... come on man

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ohno-the-sun · 4 months

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I’m sorry if you getting so many questions about Sun and Moons gender is annoying but I’m curious if Moon wearing a binder only applies to your Luca AU or if all versions of Moon wear binders instead of any surgery (This is a question that also applies to if all your AFAB Suns are the same too)

Oh no no it’s not annoying at all I love the questions!

I would say yes in the other aus Moon wears a binder

And reciprocally Sun mainly has top surgery scars

#I think I’ve mentioned it before but moon’s always a little more fluid with gender compared to sun in all my aus #while suns a little more staunchly he/him #I am very pro death of the author though so honestly for the other aus where this prob won’t be brought up headcannon whatever you like!#lol I think the only reason crime au boys are not trans is cause I couldn’t figure out when’s they’d be able to transition in their backstor #they got too much trauma and dehumanization in that one #but honestly even that one also they could be trans #also mad scientist au I won’t say anything definitive #since orig designs are by oob and idk what their intention was #but I’d say human mad scientist version yes sun is also afab with top surgery scars #ask #Luca au

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kazoosandfannypacks · 1 year

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I think my new favorite hack to find a watsonian solution (explainable within the canon of the media) to a doylist urge (this happens because I, the author, want/need this to happen) is to just. assign your doylist desires to another character.

You need your characters to be sitting next to each other in the backseat, despite the fact that it's social norm to leave the middle seat empty? Oh, the driver of the car says, the seatbelt on that side's not working, you'll have to sit in the middle seat. Why's that seatbelt just happen to be broken? Oh, it's not. The driver just wants to see these characters together as much as you do.

#kazzy writes #kazzy's guide to life #writing #writeblr #author #watsonian vs doylist #also because this is the Bad Reading Comprehension Website imma clarify in advance:#there is NOTHING wrong with 'this happens because i need this to happen'#the characters aren't real. they are devices to drive your narrative. you can make them do whatever you want.#but some writers and readers (like me) love seeing that there IS a reason these things happen that makes sense within the narrative #and sometimes that can make it difficult as an author to move forward in your writing #because it's hard to convince your brain that you can move on if you haven't figured out why every detail happens #so this is a nice tip for those who find themselves in that camp #but if you don't care: great!#i support you and you're valid and sometimes a good doylist answer is all you need!#simply move on from this post #because doylist logic is not a bug that needs to be fixed! it is sometimes necessary #and if that's how you write feel free to continue as you were :D #kazzy rambles in the tags

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inspectorspacetimerevisited · 7 months

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The Inspector tends to sound like a reasonable person,

until one really listens to him/her and realises how off his/her rocker the Inspector really is.

#Inspector Spacetime #Reasonable Authority Figure (trope)#Reasonable Authority Figure #Cloudcuckoolander (trope)#Cloudcuckoolander #the Inspector (character)#tends to sound like #a reasonable person #until one really listens to him/her #realises how #off his/her rocker he/she really it #madman with a booth

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br1ghtestlight · 8 days

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this is so funny to me actually bcuz this is 100% how i talk abt my characters ages. i know what YEAR they were born and i know what rheir ages are supposed to be at the start of the story but i dont actually know when it takes place?? im really bad at math. There was a moment where rainbow was supposed to be 23 and i somehow accidentally made her 17 lmfao

#theoretically it would take place in 2021 bcuz thats when i created my object ocs but the more time passes #the weirder it feels to have it take place years in the past #i considered moving up their birthdays by a few years but like. idk i like their birthdays theyre cute :3 #bubblegum is SUPPOSED TO BE 15 and she was born july 2007 #watermelon is supposed to be 7 and he was born june 2014 #etc etc #starr is 27 and she was born september uhhh 1995 or 1997 i actually dont remember. whichever one makes sense #also that would mean building block was born in 2020 and since she's always gonna be a baby the furhter away we get #it means that she wouldnt have even been born when the story is actually supposed to take place. Like #i know their birthdays and their ages and what year they were born everybody else has to do the math #to figure out wtf is going on because I DONT KNOW #also that means that building block would be a pandemic baby lmao 😭#what was rhe vibe in nigeria in august 2020 during the pandemic. well i say that like it even happened in their universe #which there really isnt any reason for that to be true #it isnt historically important to mention like..... world war two or slavery or whatever. fucking obviously. in the context of objects #it gets messy so its better to just Not #also the months the characters were born really fuck me up bcuz jayden was born in late december #so for most of the first year that they met he would be.... younger than he actually is being born in 2003 #but since building's block birthday and exact age is the most important timeline-wise #and she was born august 14th 2020 and she's seven months old when they first meet #then it canonically would take place in march 2021 which was my original intention #bcuz that is the actual date that i first created my object ocs #ANYWAY. boring character age ramblings #but its hard to keep track of so i dont even blame the author!!!! birthdays are weird and hard to keep up w/#when you dont know exactly when your story is supposed to take place #assuming its in a normal-ish world im sure fantasy ocs dont have this problem #txt #object ocs

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idiosyncraticrednebula · 5 months

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To find out that all of the people who accused Michael Jackson of being a c***d m****ter and harassed him about him for decades are finally getting exposed for being exactly what they accused him of is oddly satisfying for the fact that this vindicates Michael even more than before, but it's also infuriating for the trauma and pain they severely inflicted upon that innocent man for years and years and how that led to his self-destruction. All of this because they wanted to cover their own predatory behinds.

#michael jackson #hollyweird #txt #mj was and still is their damn scapegoat!#they figured that due to michael's already mysterious and private nature and his “quirkies” they could shed ALL the light on him to cover #their own nefarious crimes #and no michael was never friends with that man and he never once visited his island for any reason #michael met him once in 2002 at one of his house's for financial advice but that didn't work out in the end anyway #the woman in the documents specified that she never offered michael a “massage”#michael was never implicated in that crap. michael was never that type of man #michael was never the type of man to abuse his position of power and exploit those under his authority #he never took advantage of the naivety of others for his own selfish gain. michael was not that type of person!!!!!#he did not have it in him to do that to people. if anything people did that to michael ALL the time #people took advantage of his kindness and naivety all the time #michael was not a perpetrator but a VICTIM. a constant one at that #michael knew how that crap felt like and did not want to inflict upon everybody else #and he specially did not want to hurt children in ANY capacity. that was not his character at goddamn all #he fought for children's rights and safety. michael was very probably a safe haven for A LOT child actors as well #he helped disadvantaged and disfranchised people. people need to stop the damn lies #i'm so sick of people lying on that man's name. it's been nearly 15 years FIFTEEN YEARS!!!!!!#LET HIM REST IN PEACE

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sonknuxadow · 2 months

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sorry i know i cant stop people from having their headcanons or aus or whatever but i find it kinda silly when people present the idea of silver being shadows son as if its an actual plausible theory.... because all the "evidence" for it is very minor stuff thats easily explained away . and then theres also the fact that in the 06 timeline shadow was put back into stasis shortly after iblis destroyed the world because humanity was looking for someone to blame for it. and silver also says that iblis has been around since before he was born. im aware that the future is always changing so a future where an adult shadow is around to interact with a tiny little baby silver isnt entirely out of the question but wouldnt this plot detail make shadow being silvers biological father very unlikely if not outright impossible??

#also the evidence is always stuff like ''they both have chest fur and arms that match the rest of their body''#okay. well sonic and amy both have green eyes and arms that match their muzzle color. and im pretty sure thyere not related #''theyre lancelot and galahad in sonic and the black knight'' its funny how people use this as evdience that shadow and silver are related #but nobody every acknowledges that nimue the character amy plays (who is actually relevant and appears in the story mode unlike galahad)#is lancelots mom in the original stories or tries to use that as evidence that amy and shadow are related ...#and yes i know that that would make zero sense from a timeline perspective bc amy is younger than shadow #among other reasons and this relationship isnt implied at all either in satbk or outside of satbk #im not trying to argue that theyre related. just pointing out that satbk isnt exactly an authority on main timeline family relationships #satbk is literlaly just the characters playing dressup not every aspect of the lives of the characters from the original stories #are meant to apply to the sonic characters that were used to portray them in satbk #also to be clear im specifically talking about the idea of shadow being silvers dad in the future #not the present version of shadow who is still a teenager barely older than silver being a father figure to him.#i actively hate that second option its so weird and would be a different conversation entirely

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nostalgia-tblr · 3 months

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What I enjoy about this scene is that the Warriors 3 4 think Loki is up to no good, and he is, but he's not up to the specific no good they at first assumed. You and I in the audience know Odin really did just fall asleep to avoid resolving the plot to soon but they don't, and then Loki gives them the most insincere-sounding explanation possible (it has to be deliberate, he's far better at lying in other scenes) and then Sif is clearly planning something after that (and she can lie more convincingly too!) and basically I find this whole thing hilarious. These people don't even like each other enough to pretend that they're not planning to fuck things up somehow.

#i've seen ppl complain that the w4 “committed treason” - first of all what do you have against treason? it can be a lot of fun actually!#secondly: so you agree? people should just do whatever authority figures tell them even if it seems morally and/or legally dubious?#i was rewatching this scene for Fic Research Reasons but i should do this more often it's a good lark they're all having a fun time here #they think he's done treason and he thinks they'll do treason because of his treason and u kno wot mate? i support the lot of them.#thor brackets twenty eleven close brackets #do we know if TVA!Loki is manspreading in his tree-throne? i hope he is. it'd add some much needed levity to that situation.#mcu tag i guess #queue

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absurdumsid · 3 months

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oh- I actually punched 3 of my teachers once-

Anyway so-

it happens !

#GOD IM SO ENVIOUS OF YOU RN #sid answers #unfortunately i was raised with the ideology of “even if you know you're right. you have to stay silent. lest you wish to be met by scrutiny #+ from peers and authority alike.“#<- fucking hate that btw how do i fight for my beliefs then #<- through reasonable debates that the authority figures start OF COURSE HAH #<- these fuckers dont know im incredibly good at passive aggressively stating fact after fact about subjects im passionate about (being #+trans. in the philippines.)#<- im just saying if thee teachers were robots they gotta be replaced by newer models #i feel like i have revealed too much. i must have revealed too much. back to silly mode

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