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halfpastdead · 2 years

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In The Flesh by Dominic Mitchell (2013), script to screen -> Series 1, Episode 2 (pt. 3 / ?)

David Walmsley - Rick Macy Steve Evets - Bill Macy Karen Henthorn - Janet Macy

EXT. HILLTOP HVF FIRING RANGE - LITTLE LATER - DAY 4

BILL shoots at bottles. He’s not half as good as Rick. It’s pissing him off somewhat. RICK watches, being encouraging. He doesn’t like to see his father unhappy. JANET appears with a flask of tea and some sarnies.

RICK

Yer alright, mum.

JANET (nods, lies)

Just getting yer room sorted, love.

BILL

Don’t worry. Yer grot mags are still intact.

JANET

Bill.

BILL

What? Knew that’d be on his mind.

Bill winks at Rick. Rick plays along, smiles and nods.

RICK

Saw Jem Walker out there today.

BILL

Oh aye. She’s a good lass. Great fighter. Considering family she’s from.

RICK

They’re alright are they?

BILL

Who?

RICK

Walkers.

BILL

Yeah. They’re alright.

Bill aims the rifle. It jams. Bill smacks it.

BILL

Piece of crap, always doin’ this.

Bill manages to fix the rifle. Fires at the target.

JANET

They did go through that bad patch before The Rising.

Rick turns his head. Bad patch?

BILL

Selfish of him.

JANET

There were something wrong in his head, Bill.

BILL

Don’t care how bent out of shape yer are. Yer carry on. Yer don’t take the cowards way out.

Bill offers the target up to Rick. Rick aims his rifle.

RICK (casually as he can)

What happened?

JANET

I shouldn’t have brung it up.

RICK (steady)

Come on. Tell us. (joking) Kieren didn’t get kicked out of college did he?*

BILL

No.

The tension in Rick’s head eases for a moment.

BILL (CONT’D)

He k*lled himself.

The sky lands on Rick. You can see it happen. Subtly. Just a twitch of absolute agony on the mask that is his face.

BILL (CONT’D)

Weak ending for a weakling.

JANET

Shouldn’t speak ill of the dead -

Bill and Janet are cut off by furious gun fire: BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG. Rick has unloaded into the target. An unspoken expression of his emotional turmoil.

*(shooting script has Rick saying ‘Kieren didn’t get eaten by a rotter, did he?’, ultimately changed.)

#rick's parents are well aware how he feels about kieren #and they have no problem being cruel about this news #bill for one is thrilled by kieren's failure #like a self fulfilled prophecy to him #in the flesh #bbc in the flesh #rick macy #kieren walker #script to screen #zombies #itf #bbc #bbc3 #hulu #queer tv #david walmsley #itfs2s

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xwhitenoise · 8 months

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the way a romanced astarion unpacks everything when you get the good ending for his personal quest is lowkey funny tho

like. he basically sums up the entire point of his journey and confirms explicitly that you did, in fact, make the exact right choices to help him grow????

the writers really drive home this idea of just "that's it! you did it! you uncovered the secret to making him a good person, and it turns out the only requirements were to give a shit about him and believe he's capable of doing the right thing!! literally just those two things and nothing else!!"

first in the graveyard

side note, "you trusted me when that was an objectively stupid thing to do" is one of my favorite lines because it just sums up really the whole experience of his romance gfjdklgjdf

then later in casual conversation

[tav: you saved yourself, i just gave you a push]

it's all really sweet and lovely and emotional but also. REALLY funny to me. because there are all those people who go "astarion is an irredeemable piece of shit with no soul and everyone who likes him is in denial of how much he sucks"

meanwhile astarion's just out there like "thanks for keeping me from becoming the worst possible version of myself by exercising empathy instead of just writing me off as a hateful pile of garbage ❤ love u"

really incredible. absolute masterpiece

#it's almost like you have to put effort into helping him change???? wild #also. the eternal hilarity of 'i don't like this character so i will never use them' followed by that character... never changing lmao #hell of a self-fulfilling prophecy eh #bg3

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tcfactory · 3 months

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I was talking with someone the other day and it got me thinking about something.

I generally run with the idea that part of the reason why Luo Binghe became THE target for Shen Qingqiu's abuse was because Shen Qingqiu fell for the 'white sheep' routine. Like, it was a lot of things all together: coming to the sect at an unfortunate time (Shen Qingqiu was in a mental health freefall because he was at a bottleneck and struggling to form his core, and here comes Luo Binghe with his perfect aptitude who's expected to blitz through all of the hurdles Shen Qingqiu sweated blood to scale), the pettiness he felt towards Liu Qingge when he picked Luo Binghe out (another bitter association), Luo Binghe having Ning Yingying right away as a friend and support (who stuck with him even against her shizun's orders!!) when Shen Qingqiu was all alone, the jealousy that however briefly Luo Binghe had a loving mother

and the crown jewel on this cake was that Luo Binghe, despite having suffered the death of a loved one and poverty on the streets, still seemed like a naive little ray of sunshine. And no matter what Shen Qingqiu does to him, he remains pathetic and vulnerable in the way that makes kinder people want to take care of him and protect him.

Shen Qingqiu is not a kind man and he knows intimately that the world isn't kind either. Not to pathetic children who don't grow up with the power of a rich family to put them somewhere safe where they can become pathetic, maybe well-meaning maybe not adults. To him it's the harbinger of failure.

The Luo Binghe he sees after picking him up is not smart, not crafty in the way he expects a street kid to be. He's not driven (wanting to make his late mother proud... motivation like that ought to fade with the memories. In four or five years Luo Binghe won't even recall the face or voice of his beloved mother and then Shen Qingqiu will be left with a child with no drive whatsoever). All Luo Binghe has going for him is his bright eyed optimism and his servile nature (which cannot, should not last in a cultivator) and his exceptional aptitude, which is useless on its own.

I struggle to believe that Luo Binghe was the first on the peak who was naturally talented (Shen Qingqiu's ruined cultivation base put him so far behind that even with his hard work, he lagged behind Shang Qinghua whose cultivation is mediocre at best). Or the first to have a support network of friends or a loving family. And as much as Shen Qingqiu resented them for having these gifts that he didn’t, he never tried to destroy them the way he tried to destroy Luo Binghe.

Luo Binghe has all the tools of greatness and the hallmarks of failure all in one and it's that combination that triggers Shen Qingqiu's hate. Shen Qingqiu, in his rush to spite Liu Qingge, picked up trash that glitters. He can never admit to this mistake, so he decides that he's going to drive off Luo Binghe or destroy him, whichever happens first, because he can't imagine being stuck with this, this... pathetic little beast. One way or another, he will get rid of him before he can become a stain on Shen Qingqiu's reputation.

And we know how all of that turned out...

But what if he did see through it. Luo Binghe slipped up in his introduction and Shen Qingqiu immediately saw him for the white lotus that he was.

Shen Qingqiu knows the world, he knows its monsters and its beasts. So he looks at this child (not as weak and battered from his life on the street as others, the promise of strength and a bright future written in his meridians) pretending to be small and weak and pathetic and he's terrified.

Only the most dangerous predators pretend to be prey. He took a cuckoo into his nest, he accepted a wolf into his flock. Now it's his job to deal with it, before it grows fangs and bites the hand that feeds it.

He doesn't trust his martial siblings to listen to him on this, to hear him (unpleasant and sharp and biting, hated and hateful) out over the little beast (teary eyed and pathetic, pretty little thing you want to take home and keep safe).

He always did hide his fear the best with hate.

He will wear down this intruder until he can find out what his goal is and destroy him, before the beast can destroy them first.

It's almost a relief, when Luo Binghe stands on the edge of the abyss, his sheepskin torn and staring at him with the resentful eyes of a demon. It's the one moment when he doesn't hate Luo Binghe; he is a demon who will act as a demon does, as is his nature.

Pushing him into oblivion is

relief.

#svsss #shen qingqiu #shen jiu #luo binghe #after reading the extras I'm kinda leaning towards the second now #it's still up for interpretation if he really did see something or it's a self-fulfilling prophecy made by his paranoia #but tbh I don't think even shen yuan could make a good person out of binghe #like the wedding extra is kinda proof that binghe can't even be a good person to the one he loves and loves him in return #so yeah... I might do something with this eventually

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markantonys · 5 months

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i don't know if i'll ever be over the greek tragedy shit of mat hearing that he's fated to stab rand, avoiding rand to protect him and in so doing making rand think that mat has abandoned him, then rolling up at a battle to save rand's life only to accidentally stab him just like the prophecy foretold. sophocles is shaking.

#the ROMANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!#wot #wot on prime #the wheel of time #cauthor #mat cauthon #rand al'thor #i eat up accidental self-fulfilling prophecies every time they make me crazy #and there were not enough of those in the books for my taste. some! but not enough (for me)#instead it was mostly #'ah shit i hate that X is fated but it is so i'm going to actively try to cause it to happen even though i don't want it to happen'#that's all well & good for stuff like rand grimly trying to fulfill TDR/TLB-related prophecies for Duty's Sake i do fuck with that #but when you bring that kind of Prophecy Attitude into more personal matters that's where you lose me #like if this had happened in the books mat would've stabbed rand on purpose just because min told him it was inevitable djkfg

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vendettasfanfictioning · 5 months

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I just think if the Big Showdown in 15x19 included Dean, not only wearing the bloodied jacket but also placing his palm over Cas' handprint, as he told Chuck. "That's not who I am." We could've gotten some closure. Actually.

#like if dean just fucking acknowledged Cas' love for him #for even ONE frame in 15x19 #then fuck yeah erase cas all they want in the finale in fact it would've been even BETTER if they didn't mention him or how he's alive #just give us that moment where dean. dean touches where cas last held him.#and maybe even we could've gotten closure #but nooooo those sick freaks said suck it! have this incredibly shitty ending so you can never leave #this IS purgatory this IS a self fulfilling prophecy a time loop a game of chance it's fate in the worst fucking way imaginable #anyways #supernatural #spn #spn rant #destiel #castiel #dean winchester #spn meta #15x19 #spn 15x19

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brittlebutch · 2 months

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actually it's kind of funny how people will say Alex's fatal flaw is that he 'doesn't ask for help' and that it's his determination to handle things on his own that leads to his deterioration and eventual death when his whole introduction to the present-day timeline was a very literal cry for help that simply went ignored

#N posts stuff #like even if you think alex was lying throughout the entirety of season 2 and he was waiting from the Moment jay showed up #JUST to kill him (Which again i don't think makes much sense when he could have killed Tim & Jay immediately instead of #breaking Tim's leg. anyway) EVEN IF alex spent that whole time lying it doesn't actually change the fact that he would have at least #been Pretending to Ask For Help and if he wasn't lying then he was Literally Asking For Help and it doesn't Actually matter #what intention Alex had because the text is Ambiguous about Alex's honesty during season two; what isn't ambiguous is the way #other characters (specifically Jay) respond to him; like yeah - S2 Brian/Tim were never in one million years going to help Alex with shit #so sort of any argument that brings up Tim as someone who asks for/offers help is borderline meaningless in this era of the series #Jay had the 'opportunity' to help Alex (and i'll get back to that in a sec) but DIDN'T - Jay wasn't Interested in actually offering Alex #'help' bc Jay is ultimately curious about Answers and 'Offering Help' and 'Getting Answers' are two Wildly conflicting goals #Jay thinks Alex has answers and when Alex doesn't Offer these 'Answers' to Jay on a silver platter Jay gets pissed off and paranoid #and starts Stalking Alex bc he thinks it's 'Suspicious' that Alex won't give him the Answers (that Alex probably doesn't Actually have)#ANYWAY. ultimately this post is about how it's absurd when people argue #that individual character choices could have made a difference in the way this series played out - specifically wrt Alex #because EVERYONE in this WHOLE series are being affected by influences outside of their control ; including Brian Tim and Jay #so it's silly when people are like 'if ALEX had just made a different choice For Himself this could have all been avoided' WRONG.#bc Ultimately there's not really a way to 'help' someone else out of this situation - Tim tried and failed Repeatedly #the comics proved he even failed with Jessica - like MH isn't a horror situation where you can kill the big bad #'getting help' is a meaningless argument - what would successfully helping or getting help even look like? anyway.#the sub argument of this post is that Alex's biggest 'sin' is that he doesn't perform emotions the way other people want him to #like Alex is a character with a kind of flat affect - instead of LOOKING scared or grieved he LOOKS bored or angry #and everyone judges him based on that - so Alex is 'Suspicious' he's 'Lying' he's 'Guilty' but all of these deductions are predicated #on the belief that Alex isn't reacting to his circumstances the way a 'Normal' person would - so it MUST all be an act and so he's guilty #so everyone treats him like he's guilty until the end of season two when he's like 'Fuck it FINE i'll be guilty then' and so it goes #not a self-fulfilled prophecy but being Cornered Into a prophecy and then Blamed for it - SAD. anyway

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shippersonfire · 6 months

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casca highbottom despising himself for what he did, but also resenting a child because of what his father did, projecting crassus’ most terrible traits onto someone who, at that time, could only really have bore a superficial similarity to him. taking his frustrations out on the only other person left to hate, making snow’s life more difficult in an attempt at curbing his worst impulses, and doing it in the only way the capitol knows how to — by punishing, by withholding, indirectly setting him on a path of bottomless greed and ambition. love that!

#oppressive societies make enemies of us all or something like that #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #casca highbottom #coriolanus snow #yeah snow’s already a smarmy asshole in tbosas #but he was not his dad. not yet. and he struggled to hold onto his humanity right up until he hit the point of no return #but all highbottom saw was what could be — and in trying to stop it from happening only pushed him further toward the ledge #i love tragedies! i love self-fulfilling prophecies!

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unexpectedbrickattack · 1 year

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Scrolled through my blog extra fast bc i was looking for some refs (for gerome) and completely forgot i drew human 🍕head; i cannot believe that white man actually jumpscared me 😭

#chattin #self fulfilling prophecy #so sad that i only have like three posts w him in it #(meaning gerome)#i wanna practice drawing him; nailing him down in that last comic i did was so difficult #but i like how he came out #:)#also speaking of that comic #the like to reblog ratio on that one is insane #but i see yall #😏😏😏#i normally dont ever care about that stuff but i ALWAYS focus on it for posts that are like self indulgent #cause im like #this will not get spread #and i will purposely avoid main tags #so if anyone likes this its bc they vibe w it heehee #i did get some silly tags on it that made me laugh

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wreneging · 1 month

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every time i see someone misinterpret jason’s death i lose my mind a little more

#apollo didnt remember what its like to be human because jason died for him it was because jason stood up for him #jason had apollos word the moment he extracted that promise out of him #like note how every time apollo mentions being human he says its to ‘stand up for what you believe in’#and the first time he actually mentioned that theme it was about jason after jason revealed he stood up for apollo at the parthenon #jasons death was because of the self fulfilling prophecy which led to him valuing this promise he got over his own life #and also because he didnt want piper to die #which itself says so much about his character! this was a fully informed choice he made because thats who jason is!#he quite literally did not have to come but because he was told he could (herophile said ‘IF you come’ note the If) he decided he would #because he wants to help! he wants to protect piper! he thinks itll solidify a promise!#it was his decision to go regardless of him dying because by not going? not helping? that goes against his principles #and he values his principles so much you dont understand #txt #jason grace

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lordkingsmith · 2 days

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wip wednesday (I promise, promise, promise I am limiting my wants to 3): 6) Cursed; a power rangers fic, about the psycho rangers and the what if scenario of Daniel O’Halloran going from Trek’s enemy and murder victim to personal grid ghost of character development to psycho silver and ally to Trek’s lover. I’m currently animating the kid I came up with writing chapter two. Third and final chapter will be fun to do. Won’t introduce Dusk but it will set up how they get to being his parents

lol you can ask about all of them says the man planning to do several of yours I don’t mind. If you’d like a bonus, I’ll do saltwater spoons for this one too 💖💖

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One of the songs on Trek and Daniel’s YouTube playlist. Given how in the fic I accidentally made strawberries and summer the most important things Daniel let’s himself miss when he’s dead, strawberry sugar high feels like a fitting song for the two. Especially with Trek trying to describe what he wants with Daniel. Trek never went to earth. He was never meant to be on earth, just the moon, and that’s fine. Daniel got him curious, and Trek knows Daniel’s memories are biased. But he wants to fall in love with everything Daniel loves. It’s easier to couch that in “I want to taste strawberries, I want to experience summer, I want to see if they suck” instead of “show me everything you’re in love with so I can love it too”

Due to family dynamic schtick Daniel is sometimes referred to as “brother in law” by the other psychos, even before he and Trek got together. Yellow and Axe had a running bet who he’d get with, Virgil or Trek. Trek felt obvious but Axe figured the psycho gimmick of mimicking teams and team dynamics might cause Daniel and Virgil to mimic Andros and Zhane. It didn’t happen.

Bonus:

Saltwater Spoons was inspired by a very late night, too many cups of coffee and the song salt skin by Zellie Goulding. Mental image was a prince coercing a pirate to help him kill his sister and frame her bodyguard so prince could take the throne with the pirate at his side.

Turned out the story wasn’t about the prince it was about the bodyguard going to find the only person who could end the prince’s reign of terror; a person who can change fresh water to salt and salt water to fresh water. Fact it kind of clicked eight years after the initial idea with writing Hollyhock of all things is more than a little funny to me. Poor Brill was thought up for a chosen one fic and he’s pretty much chosen one by trauma and kidnapping by love interest. No worries, they work it out lol.

#I have a theory about Trek actually #more than likely he was a whumpee/whumper scenario with Dark Spektre #when he was given back to his first team-and I bet he WAS-their trying to help him recover created a self fulfilling prophecy for Trek #leading him to believe Dark Spektre was the one who had his best interests in mind #betting you anything he brought back the other psychos because he didn’t know what to do off the leash #Daniel just existing beside him in a way he couldn’t ignore was my idea for how Trek would deprogram #in chapter two Ivan Ooze recreated the first capture scenario #chapter three is Daniel putting the pieces together while Trek recovers

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fromperdition4 · 19 days

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Kinn's Soft Heart

Alright, I love Tankuhn, and I see how hard he's trying to protect his brother from the guy who broke his heart - but this was the worst thing he could have said to Kinn.

Because Kinn is thinking about his loved ones here, and that's his main problem!

Almost everything Kinn does is for his family - shooting Tawan after his last betrayal, taking over as heir for Tankuhn, sharpening his edges to be the leader his family needs him to be - and wanting to do what's best for his family is what's driving him to follow through with his plan here too.

So many characters doubt Kinn's motivations in this episode, believing he'll be swayed by his old feelings for Tawan - brought down by his soft heart:

But Kinn isn't fooled by Tawan. He's only playing along with him so that they (Pete) can get evidence he was sent by the minor family, and maybe figure out what Vegas is planning, along the way.

Where he makes a misstep is in not talking to Porsche about his plans.

Which I see as an overcorrection on Kinn's part.

Because we see him want to bring Porsche in - he goes to him after meeting with Tawan, probably to talk over what they should do about him refusing to cooperate - but then he finds Porsche chumming with Vegas.

And as much as Kinn loves Porsche, as much as he wants to trust him, he's been in a similar situation before - when he ignored Big's warning about Tawan (and probably other warning signs as well), and hurt his family in the process.

So, after all the reminders Kinn's gotten about his previous mistake - one of the biggest regrets of his life - he's now faced with the possibility that he could be fooled again.

And that, along with all the jealousy he feels whenever he sees Porsche being friendly with Vegas, leads him to accept Tawan's terms and leave Porsche in the dark. Then, when Porsche (who has his own trust issues to work through) gets caught spying on them later, Kinn punishes him - thinking, once again, about his family first and what it would look like if he didn't.

But, of course, Kinn does still know, in his heart, that Porsche wouldn't betray him. Even when he finds Porsche escaping with Vegas (while coming down to Porsche's cell to finally talk things out), he still ultimately trusts him.

Because he loves Porsche.

And Kinn will always put his loved ones first.

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mutalune · 9 months

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I think one of the objectively funniest (in a tragedy-irony-way) things about Crowley is that to us the audience we are so very aware that he is so in love it makes him the stupidest idiot on the planet but like if you see his behavior from Aziraphale’s perspective????

Crowley, doing his damnedest to protect Aziraphale without letting Aziraphale know + following behind him all the time (looking at you, Prepping for The Bookshop Ball arc!!!!) literally just means that Aziraphale is off in his own little world doing his own little tasks like playing matchmaker and detective and newspaperman, with literally 0 idea that Crowley is gagging for it every day of the week

(hence: “you’re being silly!” Instead of him being like “oh dang crowley’s actually bothered” like when Crowley “plays it cool” and us as the audience is like “oh he’s faking!” Aziraphale is not the audience and it kinda works on him!!! He‘s busy with his detective work he doesn’t have time to notice that Crowley is being weird when Crowley’s always vague and kinda weird by default to him!!!)

like that’s comedy babes I’m sorry it’s so funny to me

RIP Crowley unfortunately you must learn to tolerate the mortifying ordeal of being known even if that means aziraphale stops thinking you’re cool and mysterious

#starlight fandom #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #crowley #aziraphale #crowley and aziraphale #aziraphale is an autistic king if you do not spell it out for him he won’t pick up on it #and Crowley is aware of this and absolutely uses it to his perceived advantage #part of the tragedy part is like; Crowley is a self-fulfilling prophecy to some extent #he knows how to keep aziraphale at arm’s length and take advantage of his selfishness-obliviousness-ability to get lost in a task #and he uses that info to protect him (aziraphale) and himself (crowley) but in doing so he has sealed his fate #he and aziraphale would never be on the same page since crowley was never being 100% up front #but also it’s objectively funny like bro you are the hugest loser for this guy and he has no clue b/c u want him to think ur cool #and literally he’s the ONLY PERSON ON THE PLANET WHO THINKS YOU’RE COOL #he’s the only person who will probably ALWAYS THINK YOU’RE COOL #fucking goober I love him I love aziraphale let me smooch them both

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mulderscully · 10 months

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not to be star wars on main but my god george lucas did something with anakin skywalker

#naur bc his whole downfall being bc he's afraid of her dying during childbirth #TO HIM KILLING HER?!?! because he TURNED #like the most horrific self fulfilling prophecy ever

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secret-plantcest-sideblog · 1 year

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Anyway I feel like it kinda gets glossed over that Knives was a child when he caused the big fall and idk I think that's kind of important because he's lived with that for over 100 years and just like Vash has lived with knowing the people he loves and fights for don't see him or his kind as anything more than a tool at best or a monster at worst, Knives has most definitely lived with knowing he's the leading reason why this system has remained in place

#knives millions #millions knives #like he can and most definitely does rationalize away conscious guilt by going 'this is what humans would have done anyway'#but like #goddamn alisduflsiafuh he was a child #and for all his resentment toward Rem she was still his mom #and he still initially intended for her to be saved with them #and this isn't me wanting to handwave everything else he'sdone #but i think it's an important part of his character to remember #(especially in the trimax manga where imo he's had a death wish of some sort constantly since he found out about tesla)#(the only thing keeping him going was Vash staying alive and freeing the other plants)#(and when he failed to take the other Plants away with him. he starts asking Vash to just shoot him already)#(like idk man sometimes i just remember that he was a kid when he caused the big fall and my heart hurts)#(he was already building his self fulfilling prophecy)#(and then tristamp has him find conrad way younger than in the manga and the forced witness of a Plant being killed happens as a teen #(and OW)#(like the fact that he and vash experience so many of the same things but have key pieces of formative disconnect...)#(their story breaks my fucking heart)

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fideidefenswhore · 3 months

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Thomas Stafford was the ninth child and second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. Little is known of his early life, first being mentioned in 1550 as he travelled to Rome, where he associated with his uncle Reginald Cardinal Pole. He spent three years in Italy before travelling to Poland, obtaining the recommendation of King Sigismund Augustus who requested Mary restore him to the Dukedom of Buckingham. Augustus's appeal appeared to have no effect. When Stafford returned to England in January 1554 he joined the rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt; this arose out of concern of Mary's determination to marry Philip II of Spain. The rebellion failed and Thomas was captured and briefly imprisoned in the Fleet Prison before fleeing to France. There, he intrigued with other English exiles and continued to promote his claim to the English throne. On 18 April 1557 (Easter Sunday) Stafford sailed from Dieppe with two ships and over 30 men. Landing in Scarborough on 25 April 1557, he walked into the unprotected castle and proclaimed himself Protector of the Realm,[2] attempting to incite a new revolt by denouncing the Spanish marriage, railed against increased Spanish influence and promised to return the crown "to the trewe Inglyshe bloude of our owne naterall countrye".[1][3][4] Stafford claimed he had seen letters at Dieppe showing that Scarborough and 12 other castles would be given to Philip II and garrisoned with 12,000 Spanish soldiers before his coronation.[5] Three days later, the Earl of Westmorland recaptured the castle and arrested Stafford and his companions. Stafford was beheaded for treason on 28 May 1557 on Tower Hill, after imprisonment in the Tower of London. Thirty-two of his followers were also executed after the rebellion.[6].

#rlly showcasing hcavill's 'acting' here...anyways. let me mind my business #i need the tudors to be less underrated than it is bcus like. the way i totally buy this was a rant he totally gave...#'they have plantagenet blood in their veins' (so do you; babygirl) and all #bcs like. he is truly the worst. but is he wrong?#thomas stafford like my grandfather was right! the tudors suck dhfagrfwragfm #honestly the reason being given as her marriage to felipe ii was probably just a pretense #also yes this is all from wiki. don't judge me .#for all the faults of the writing (and it had plenty) it really like...took you to that emotional place #of this is the worst man in the world but also. he's sort of right. and just lets you sit #in the discomfort of that...#and also that this is all his self-fulfilling prophecy to some extent. reginald pole wrote that indictment of him #but he didn't have it widely published until he. yk. killed his entire fucking family bar geoffrey #(and then this does happen to edward courtenany to some extent too. altho it seems he was more pawned than complicit)#marian #henrician #i actually didn't know about this rebellion ...really contradicts that narrative #that all mary's plantagent relatives 'adored' her; huh?

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personalvirtualmuseum · 1 year

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I'm not sure anyone understands Achilles like MARINA

#I mean. oh no?#are you satisfied?#I'm not even kidding #she gets him #he's a control freak driven by a greed to succeed #because he feels like he's the worst so he always acts like he's the best #he's becoming his own self fulfilled prophecy #achilles #marina #marina and the diamonds #mine.txt #iphigenia at aulis

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