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sourtomatola · 8 months
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Thing on your swing: The ones who got away
TW: self harm, blood(discolored), some self loathing
(Some background, everyone here is mid to late teens)
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Part 1 (here)
Part 2
Part 3
delving into Sun, Moon' and Eclipse's history with one another
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sol-the-otter · 1 year
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~My Hero~
Self indulgent OC lore!
A story of a Jedi and his medic.
Sol wasn't his name then, but his prior name is lost to the sands of time.
The Jedi fingered the simple pendant that hung around his neck as he flew through hyperspace on their return to Utapau. It was one of a few necklaces that he never removed, and he would unconsciously play with it often. All of them bore an intense significance to Sol, but this was the most important thing he owned. He would sooner give up his saberstaff than this small shard of plastoid armor. He still wasn't sure where it had been obtained, but he had his ideas....
He rubbed his thumb once again across the rough carving in the pendant, a set of four numbers carved in painstakingly, that meant everything to the former jedi. 6116. As in CT-6116, the clone medic Kix, of the 501st battalion in the Grand Army of the Republic. His eyes closed, cutting off unshed tears as he again slipped back into memories.
~~ some years earlier~~
Ahkeema placed a hand gently on Sol's shoulder, "my padawn, you are ready for this. You've got the finest soldiers under your command, and you know how to lead. These boys would follow you into an active volcano if you let them"
Sol smiled at his master and friend. "Well let's hope it doesn't come to that, eh Master Sukrii? And be careful, don't jinx me!" They shared a laugh as he loaded onto the gunships that would take them to the front lines....
Sol had recently turned 18, and it was his first solo mission with the 413th Company. Scout, his soft spoken and trustworthy Lt, helped him lead and the fighting was fierce. They had been dispatched as back up to help supplement the 501st in this battle, and had helped to turn the tide.
Despite their efforts, the battle was still brutal and Sol and a dozen or so troopers had been separated from the main force of their company. Sol didn't know how they'd been separated, which was a problem in and of itself that he would worry about later. He pushed his growing shame and disappointment away and focused on keeping himself and his squad alive for the moment, as they were pushed farther and farther into the ravine.
As they were backed up against a far wall, Sol defended his beloved troopers with his saber, falling deep into the Force; as his boys fired from behind. The droids fell, but not fast enough. Somewhere behind, he felt the explosion of a grenade, and heard Scout cry out as the clone collapsed unceremoniously into a heap behind him. Sol screamed in rage, flinging his arm out, pushing back the front line of droids and disrupting the line, as he kept marching forward. Twitch, the squads medic ran to his side to make sure he was still breathing, shooting droids the entire time. Sol could distantly hear one of the men giving coordinates and calling for help, but it was drowned out by constant blaster fire.
The conflict must only have taken minutes, but it felt like hours as their strength and resolve flagged, and the droids seemed neverending. Sol was hit in the shoulder, and while the shot was blocked by armor, it hit hard enough to deaden his arm instantly, the impact shattering his collarbone, and his saber clattered to the dirt.
Falling to his knees, he grabbed the still lit saber with his left hand, and attempted to keep deflecting shots away from the troopers, but it was getting much harder to do through the pain. He took another shot to the side, and heard another of his troopers cry out. It was nearly over, but Sol', the Jedi and future Mandalorian, would fight to the death for his men if necessary.
"I am one with the force, the force is with me." He repeated the mantra that his master had taught them long ago, in what felt like a galaxy far far away.
Moments or perhaps hours later, the battle ended. Sol heard the sweet sounds of DC-17 fire coming in from behind the droids, and saw the bright white and blue of the 501st as they mowed down the opposition from behind. He sighed in deep relief, battered body shuddering in pain, saber lowering slowly to the ground before it deactivated, as he saw their knights in shining, scuffed armor coming to their aid, lead by the always impressive captain Rex. Sol's eyes glazed over as the adrenaline fled his body and the pain from his injuries took over, and he saw the medic dash forward, catching him before he hit the ground.
"My hero." His shaky voice whispered out, as his eyes slipped closed and his thoughts went dark.
Sol awoke some time later, in the medbay of the transport ship, sore and exhausted, but alive.
"Welcome back" said the soft voice of the medic, as he turned towards them, holding a datapad, and Sol was met with the warmest brown eyes he'd ever seen.
"I'm Kix, CT-6116" the man paused with a smile, "how are you feeling?"
(And then the Republic never fell and order 66 didnt happen and everyone lived happily ever after...... 🙃)
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Spoilers for: Jojo's Bizzare Adventure Steel Ball Run Chapter 20
TW: Blood
Personal note: so many cool poses!!!
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Basically,
Johnny: What is happening here?!?
Gyro: Girl, I Don't Know!!
They get so confused together it's fun to read about.
Also, on another note, what were the referees doing while the fight was going down? Were they just looking at what was happening??
Referee 2: A monster just appeared! We have to stop the fight!
Referee 1: Even if there actually was a monster like you claim, it's their fight, not ours.
Which team are you betting on? I personally bet on the Boom Booms.
Referee 2: Mountain Tim. Also, it's our job to look out for these sorts of things.
Referee 1: Yeah, 'look out' not interfere. It's not our business, so there is no need for us to interfere.
Referee 2: I guess you have a point. Mountain Tim won, by the way.
Referee 1: Yeah, yeah. I'll treat you to your favorite after this checkpoint.
It's my turn, hand me the binoculars, and take some rest.
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It's Papa and Mama Zeppeli!!! Mama Zeppeli looks so pretty!!
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The food looks so edible. The glass and the cutlery are my favorites. Look at it!!! I love this!!
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Bby Gyro!!! He is so smol!! So lovable!!
Tiny!!!
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13?!?! You're telling me that he is 13 in this pic?!? He looks like he's ready to go to Polpo and join Passione. He's got that look.
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This panel!!
The imposing sword and the pink electricity!!
The lighting on Gyro is such a great way to show earth-shattering shock.
The sword looks amazing. I love swords.
12/10 love the juxtaposition between the two images. It makes the whole thing more impact full.
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My man is looking like the front cover of Vogue.
I just wanted to talk about how much I love how he is drawn here. I want to see this animated. I really do.
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So this is his family crest?!
Not Marco's employers crest like I thought.
...interesting
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The Virtuvian Man!!
Look at the depth in this image. The angle shows a set of feet on the lines of the square while the other set is in the realm of the square and circle.
I'm not sure what the words are supposed to mean, but after looking up some of them, I'm guessing that they are parts of the body and punishments associated with them. Like Aures means the chopping of ears as punishment, and words like diaphragm are also mentioned.
It's like the drawing was custom-made for people wanting to know how to injure the human body.
Also, Zodiac signs!!!
25/10 It's like moving around a 3D model of Da Vinci's drawing, and I'm living for it.
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It exists for peace!! Like Hamon!! I'm crying here! I miss Hamon so much.
*looks longingly at parts 1 and 2 but especially part 2*
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molassified-minipak · 3 months
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16. Came Back Wrong
It’s a training day. The faceless shadows Master Deloscuro through Mizrah Atara. When he beckons by crooking a finger, they are there. When he hands his shopping lists to the merchants, they carry his baskets. When his bootlace unwinds in the middle of a crowded plaza, they fold to the ground clumsily to retie it.
“Correct, Pravde.”
The town militia watches them carefully. Shoppers give them a wide berth. Vendors tuck their cashboxes away. They can feel the stares. They don’t know why.
Master Deloscuro stops at a cafe for lunch. He eats slowly; he’s old, his hands shake sometimes. He spills soup down his chin. Pravde wipes it away. “Correct, Pravde.” He gives them a slice of bread. They hold it carefully until he tells them they’re allowed to eat. “Correct, Pravde.”
Later, Master Deloscuro meets with the employer of another of his patients. Pravde waits outside.
They are performing well. Master Deloscuro has not had to correct them once today. They glance through the window; Master is having a cup of tea with the employer. Pravde relaxes slightly and watches a pair of birds dip and twirl overhead.
The birds startle and vanish. There’s movement across the street. A lanky gargylen seems to detach from the stone wall.
“Pravde!”
Pravde does not know this gargylen. Is this part of training?
“Prav, it’s Smiley!” The gargylen looks both directions before running toward Pravde. “We thought you were dead! The guards hit you so hard, Prav, Liliko wouldn’t stop crying - why won’t you come home?”
Pravde has not been given permission to engage. They stay quiet.
“Prav, Lili and Bee miss you, please just tell them you’re okay-”
They have been performing well. They will not engage until Master Deloscuro tells them to.
The gargylen is crying. “Pravde, can you hear me? Why won’t you talk to me? Are you in trouble? Did we do something? Pravde!” The gargylen puts his hands on Pravde’s shoulders.
“Hey!” Master Deloscuro is at the door. The faceless stiffens. This gargylen is impeding their orders in front of him. “You there, hands off! We’ll call the guard!”
The gargylen bolts back to the alley. “Prav!” He screams.
Master Deloscuro looks Pravde over. “Are you hurt at all? Did the boy do anything to you, take anything?”
“We. Are not. Damaged.” Words are difficult, but Master looks satisfied.
“You were correct not to talk to him, Pravde. We’re done here; let’s go.”
Pravde follows the man away with the gargylen’s pleas ringing around the street.
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lordspoooky · 9 months
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Ice king is a really good character because they intoduce him and you're like "haha what a freak what's wrong with him" and then the show goes "oh! You want to know? Let me show you :)" and you end up just sitting there like
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coolbutnotthere · 27 days
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Here he was again, floating. It was always so pretty here. A small speck of light could be the center of someone's galaxy, or at least that is what Cool had learned. Cool found his hands resting on his cheeks, it was normal again. Back to its faint cold squishy texture, he instantly went to his hair. It wasn't knotted and it was in it small poofs like it used to be, it felt nice and Cool just floated there for a few minutes just feeling his skin again. Feeling his hair, the fabric that Sol had adorned with the delicate patterns and gems. Sol, where was he? He must be there somewhere, he was back after all. That was all just a dream. Sol had warned him about the humans influencing how his thought process worked. 
“Sol! Solar! I’m back!” they shouted into the painting of the forever night. They looked around unable to find them anywhere before suddenly he turned back into the direction he had originally faced and Sol was there. “Sol!” was what Cool shouted to get the star’s attention before they attempted and failed to get to Sol properly. Thankfully Sol cupped Cool into his palm before bringing them closer. But Sol was different now, his colors were different. They were dull… no, no, no , no, no, no, no. Not again, not this. 
“Your path is written in the stars but even stars can change over time. Never let those around you shape you and you will be fine. But you must promise to not let the power you possess overtake you or nothing will be left for the future of others” Sol told them. “Though even you should know that by now, I’m sorry I couldn’t have created you earlier. Then maybe, you would have had the proper time to grow” That was all Sol said before Cool was forcibly sucked into a portal as Sol’s colors completely darkened and. He was gone, turned into a black hole. A black hole Cool was soon sucked into and…
The sound of a gasp of breath filled the air around them as Cool’s body jolted upward.  It was just a dream, most of it anyway. Cool’s deformed hands reached up to touch their face, despite knowing the truth of what would be there didn’t make it hurt any less. Cool got up, walking away from the patch of children under the trees. They needed some air. Losing one small group wouldn’t matter anyway. Cool didn’t care, they couldn't anymore anyway.
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egophiliac · 7 months
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this is basically what happened, right?
(these guys are very lucky that everyone at NRC 1) has the combined intelligence of a sack of bricks, and 2) is easily distracted by shiny things.)
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#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#stage in playful land#stage in playfulland#these two are SO sleazy and i am utterly delighted by them#can't wait to find out their tragic backstory in approximately 3-4 weeks!#fortunately i have like a month to figure out how the heck to draw their hair (spoiler: i will never figure it out)#also. god. i love it whenever leona accidentally reveals his Mom Side.#he doesn't care about any of this but he WILL be tagging along to make sure no one else gets into trouble#once again he has to be the Responsible Adult and he hates it. the whimsical hat weighs heavy upon his head.#anyway this is me so excuse me while i now talk about diasomnia for three hours#but lilia being all 'kids gotta have some adventure in their lives!' is hilarious#specifically because you know silver would NEVER.#100% silver not only never snuck out but he always went to bed on time AND brushed his teeth AND flossed even when nobody made him.#lilia: aww but you should be enjoying your youth! >:c#silver: i am. i enjoy being respectful and disciplined and honoring you as my father.#lilia:#lilia: maybe i'm TOO good at raising kids#you know i was going to say none of his kids would be involved in this but i actually think malleus definitely would#he would not see it as a moral quandry though. he would just be excited to be invited along.#(the only reason he isn't there is because he was busy admiring a termite-infested beam somewhere and yuu didn't get a chance to ask him)#i mean MAYBE if lilia as his single authority figure told him no then he would have some reservations#but lilia's the one who's screaming HELL YEAH LET'S SNEAK OUT AND DEFY AUTHORITY while dabbing so moot point there#sebek would never and he would rat on everyone else. unless malleus is going in which case he's already there.#and i guess if everyone else is going silver probably would too#but he'd. y'know. feel conflicted about it.
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canisalbus · 8 months
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What if I told you that RoobrickMarine went and wrote an entire novella starring my 16th century dog couple? It's very canon-adjacent, well researched and thoughtfully put together, has inspired me a ton during these past months and it's now publicly available at AO3. I highly recommend it.
✦ Separation ✦
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mrkida-art · 7 months
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Young dwarf Thorin
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thechaoticrow · 1 year
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for people who haven’t read the shadow and bone/ six of crows books, but have seen the show:
- inej ghafa is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking. she has ptsd and reacts in a panic attack at even walking past the menagerie
- kaz’s trauma isn’t just pekka rollins being responsible for jordie’s death, and waking up on the barge. he had to swim to shore, age nine and barely alive, using jordie’s body as a float
- the darkling has done far worse things than are shown on screen. he is not a ‘lost man’ and alina is not his ‘balance’
- alina was seventeen upon the darkling being nsfw/ romantic with her
- matthias helvar did not lead drüskelle, that was jarl brum- matthias is only just barely an adult himself
- the crows are not their own separate gang, they are part of the dregs, who per haskell leads and kaz takes over from haskell after haskell sold out his lieutenant (kaz) to pekka rollins
- zoya, genya, and alina have personalities outside of either being traumatised or hating each other
- alina never wanted any of the power and fame and idolatry, and in the end of the books is stripped of it all. she is very happy about this
- jesper is a gambling addict and somebody who watched the death of his mother
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jaydarino · 3 months
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Human sukuna sketches
Close ups:
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juniper-clan · 12 days
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MOON 20: Hier Kommt Die Sonne!
PREVIOUS l NEXT
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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 6 months
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Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl found dead in a hidden room.
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#lan xichen#jin guangyao#jiang cheng#wei wuxian#qin su#EDIT: Tumblr published an earlier draft with only half the notes I wrote so: late entry on my JGY thoughts.#Unlike the mystic powers of the stockmarket (what the OG meme is referring to) I think this situation calls for more active investigation.#qin su is such a deeply tragic character to me and I really wish we got a bit more from her.#Love everyone who sent me messages about her after the last time she appeared.#I think she needs a spin off of her being a transmigrator SO badly.#MDZS has so many interesting characters - but it sometimes fails to give them the proper room to really develop past a role in the plot.#That's just the consequence of writing a story like MDZS. Not every character in a book *needs* to have a rich inner life and backstory!#To do so would bog down the story and obliterate any notion of pacing. It's just not possible.#Jin Guangyao (nee Meng Yao) is unfortunately not free from this leeway rule. He is the culprit of this murder mystery plot#and thus NEEDS to encapsulate the themes of the book. And personally he's a 7 out of 10 at best on this front (in the AD).#MDZS is about rumours twisting reality and working towards truth. And about how people & situations are rarely ever black & white#JGY has his motivations. He's well written in regards to his actions making sense for his character.#What started as good traits (drive to succeed & improve his image) became twisted over time (do anything to maintain his image)#and it's a good parallel to WWX! He has the same arc (with different traits)! Bonus points for IGY in that regard.#but man....by the time we confront this guy for murder there's not a lot of grey morality. He's just...deep in the hole *he* dug.#There's a beautiful tragedy to it! More on JGY in later comics - this is getting pretty long already!
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anistarrose · 1 year
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to me, the most fascinating (and utterly unintentional) feature of TAZ Balance's narrative structure is the way that on the first listen, Tres Horny Boys are the audience surrogates because they, much like us, have no idea what the fuck is going on, but on all subsequent relistens, then Lucretia, and sometimes Barry, and arguably especially Lup in the umbrella become the new audience stand-ins, because just like us, they are, in fact, painfully aware of what the fuck is going on :)
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bloominglegumes · 8 months
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our large bipedal son who we found on the street
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charlietheepicwriter7 · 8 months
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Danny and Damien are twins au, but a slightly redeemed vlad makes Danny the CEO of Vlad Co and DALV and all his other shell companies. Danny is danny, he got pushed into this against his will and is very overwhelmed by CEO duties, so he reaches out to one of his father's sons, Timothy Drake-Wayne, for advice
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So, danny definitely knows his heritage in this au. He was the spare to Damien's heir, and while their relationship was strained by the constant competition, they still love each other, even when Danny started to show more proficiency in infiltration and subterfuge than assassination. Damien and Danny have a huge fight before Danny leaves, with Damien swearing to never forgive Danny for his betrayal, while Danny is like "what betrayal??? I just cant bring myself to kill someone outside of self-defense??"
(One of the things I hate about Danny and Damien Twin AUs is this depiction that, just because (usually) Danny is unwilling to kill, that makes him weak and a traitor. You think the medical staff in the LoA are assassinating people? Or the lawyers? He's not useless, he's just not good as an assassin)
He was sent to the Fentons at like... seven? eight? to study how the Fentons are purifying lazurus waters from Jack and Maddie, both of whom are partly sponsored by the League of Assassins. He's also learning more about spying from Jack, surprisingly, because no one would expect him of being a top tier spy. He has the occasional mission as a child, but it's mostly shadowing Jack to learn how to spy.
Danny sends letters to both Talia and Damien regarding updates on his training and the Fenton's research, but after a year of no reply from Damien, it's only to Talia. He's feels super hurt by this, and abandoned by the LoA, but the Fentons are kind and familial, and Talia visits once a year. She's unwilling to risk visiting more often, lest she risk getting the JL or the Spiders attention, but sometimes she even manages to visit on his birthday!
(Meanwhile, Talia starts sending birthday assassins to kill Damien so she can spend their birthday with Danyal. She's a really hot and cold mom.
Talia: You can choose me, and have a birthday dinner. Or you can choose your father and have a birthday assassin. You're choice. )
When Slade blows up the LoA, Danyal is given permanent orders to remain as Daniel Fenton until Talia, and only Talia, brings him back to the League. No missions and only one letter every six months. But when Ra's comes back to life and the League is back in power, Talia... never tells Danyal. Because she's seen how happy Damien is being a normal child with their father and wants that for Danyal too. Plus, she wants to continue to have a good relationship one of her children, sue her bruce.
So Danny is completely convinced that the League is mostly gone other than his mother, her zealots, and knows that his brother is living with their father. and he's... relieved. His brother is safe, and his mom told him their grandfather was avenged, so Danny can just enjoy his life. Which he does.
He sends out his six month report days before the portal accident.
Canon stuff happens until Danny is sixteen and Vlad, the fruitloop, steps down as CEO and strong-arms Danny into becoming CEO in his place. Jack and Maddie (who at this point know [or have always known in Jack's case, adn Danny didn't appreciate his dad using his his poker face against him like that] about Phantom) are thrilled.
Vlad is using his "foster son" (Dark Danny, but in this idea, he's Dante Masters) as an excuse as to why he's stepping down, since Dante needs all the attention he can give as a "troubled youth". Danny secretly hopes Dante kills Vlad in his sleep, but signs the papers away.
And there's so much work.
Danny has some idea of what he's doing (Vlad co is a tech company and DALV is weapons manufacturing, plus vlad gave him a crash course on CEOing). Sam and Tuck even help! But he wishes there was someone who could understand the pain of being a CEO while still a teen. But... his father's son, his brother, is one such person. And even though the other would never know, he really wanted to get to know his other siblings. So Danny reaches out for advice to Timothy Drake-Wayne.
Tim is immediately on guard when this Damien clone walks into his office claiming to be the new Vlad Co CEO. The clone acts nothing like Damien, but he still thinks this Danny Fenton is a league plant.
His paranoia doubles when Damien freaks out and confesses that A) Danny is apparently his twin brother and B) that he's been with the League of Assassins this whole time. Damien, who really doesn't want to admit that the reason he forced himself to forget his brother was because said brother didn't want to kill people, says "Tch. I didn't want to associate with the likes of him, so I put him out of my mind." Tim now believes that he's dealing with a master assassin with a huge grudge against Damien and Danyal showing no signs of malicious or aggression in their meetings only convinces him that Danyal is a master actor too.
Which, Danyal is a master actor. But all that other stuff is just Tim reaching.
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