Just In Case

I have this head cannon that Snotlout makes sure his friends are safe and ok in different ways, like…

When Stoick is mad at the riders, stepping in front of Hiccup to block him from Stoicks view because what if he’s just a bit more like Spitelout than he lets on.

Saying the food in the great hall is “so gross” and passing his plate over to Astrid, who’s been training too hard again and sometimes forgets to eat enough.

Making sure Fishlegs knows he’s appreciated by saying stuff like “Why do you even read, you already know everything!”

Walking Ruff and Tuff to the door when it’s curfew, just because they’re lonely in the house with a mother, quieter than she was before her husband was taken by dragons

Checking Gustav for bruises by patting him on the back, because what kind of parents sell their kid and don’t notice when they go missing? The kind he grew up with and he would do anything to help Gustav if he was in the same situation

Looking after his friends in ways so small they don’t even notice. Just in case.

Ok I feel like we don't often address the real tragedy of the ARK enough. This was a decades long government funded project where families lived. Where scientists were told that this was a safe place to come and figure out how to better humanity. Shadow himself was ultimately created to be a cure for disease and possibly immortality. To help bring hope to Earth!

There's also a high chance that GUN had secretly assigned certain scientists, Gerald included, to make the Ultimate Lifeform or rather the Ultimate Weapon because yeah sure, fear of the Black Arms for when they invade, but also probably more to control humanity if needed.

The invasion of the ARK is horrible in that everyone on that spaceship was executed, minus the small handful of survivors, but honestly to me, watching Maria die in front of him isn't the most tragic part about Shadow's experience. Who knows how long it was before he was captured by GUN after Maria sent him down to Earth. Maybe a few hours? maybe a day or two tops?

Shadow was captured by those who wanted him made, experimented on him against his will, Gerald snapped and messed with his brain and altered his memories to the point of becoming that Ultimate Weapon and exacting someone else's revenge on humanity. and then GUN called it all off, executed Gerald, and now without having a way to dispose of Shadow, locked him away in cryo-sleep for 50 years. (but they also kept him as a fail safe to be the Ultimate Weapon when needed)

When Shadow is awakened by Eggman, these things are still very fresh on his mind. To him this has all happened to him like it was yesterday. He didn't have the time or space to process all that had actually happened to him and it more than explains the actions he was doing the whole of SA2. And considering everything that he was going through, the fact that he was able to forgive at the end and undo and overcome the wrong he began to instigate in the first place? It really speaks to the true character of Shadow.

And honestly I could go on on how the rest of the series and Shadow's character arcs have been on his grieving process and that yeah, you do have a lot of set backs and there's probably still so much of that old programming and memories that Gerald messed with that I think he's still trying to sort out how much of it was true or not.

There's just.... so much there...

S3 Flayed! Billy looks like a doll. And essentially, he is one. A puppet, really.

He speaks through his eyes, and nobody hears.

Which is why I think his final yell of defiance is poetic as hell.

But it was useless, because him gaining control and taking his voice and body back ended up being trashed on repeatedly in season 4.

Also: why did they keep cutting from Billy to Hopper if they were just going to bring Jim back anyway?

thinking about how mono canonically had a crush on six in LN2 which means he, not only, got stuck in a time loop forever when six dropped him, but had to live in that time loop forever knowing that the person he trusted and cared for the most ends up betraying him

stupid men and their stupid choices im punching you real hard

What's worse than dying you ask?

Dying in your lover's arms as they hold you so tight and you can't wipe their tears, hold their hands, bury their head in the crook of your neck or comfort them when they need it the most

one of THE saddest things about atwq is how almost all of these kids are completely alone !!

cleo's parents completely skipped town after their daughter had been kidnapped,

jake's parents left and were apparently too scared to return,

the bellerophons' father is supposedly sick, but they get super defensive whenever lemony brings it up,

kellar isn't technically alone but he couldn't trust his mom for most of his stay in town,

moxie's father is in a state of deep depression, and lemony seems skeptical of the fact that her mother is ever going to send for her.

not to mention the FU13SI kids, like marguerite and oliver, whose parents left them by themselves while they went to find a better place to live, and its unclear if they'll ever return

was sitting eating lunch and suddenly got a thats so raven style flashback of ruby dying . like what the fuck... my heart just fell out my chest

So that last episode of Good Omens killed me. I need to go cry for a little while excuse me.

every friday i gotta cry to time machine reprise at least once

everyone needs to go listen to charles's single right now cause i swear im gonna cry (hes not singing its just music but the music will kill me)

nothing pains you more than not being able to say yes when your bestfriend confesses his feelings for you

me to netflix rn

The thing about indulging in media and ships is, it's not wanting these characters to be together just so they can be together. It's self projection for me, living vicariously through a character that is a reflection of you (or not) but regardless they're living a version of existence you could never reach.

When I look at Will Byers I see a reflection of myself. A kid who got bullied for being queer, meaning both outside of the normal status quo and gay. In love with their best friend but can't say it out loud. Traumatic event alternating the path you were on. Watching helplessly as everyone you know pairs off and doesn't have time for you anymore. Being shoved into the background entirely no matter how much you crave to be loved or important. And worst of all, feeling like you deserve it because who you are is completely out of your control.

I don't care that Byler will never be canon. I wanted to see him win. I didn't care how. I wanted one happy moment for that kid that didn't involve him feeling guilty for existing. And they didn't care about his character enough to do that.

I think for slightly too long about Rabbit and Alex playing together in the woods as kids and I just start crying

i came into one dollar lawyer thinking i’d have a good time and went out of the last two episodes with tears :,)