*Takes you by the shoulders* I ADORE character profiles and character trivia and likes and dislikes sections. I love knowing this ruthless, heartless, cruel man of a character has a childish dislike for mandarin oranges. I believe in the inherent beauty of all characters, no matter the background or moral stance, being made fundamentally human by assigning them insignificant culinary preferences. I stand by the supremacy of humanizing villains by giving them relatable tastes and trivial interests and ordinary hobbies. I treasure the hidden reminders that everyone is inherently human even when everything else we know about a character might suggest the contrary.
Norris: the fears can feel like a natural extension of yourself, right up until the moment you lose yourself to them. be careful.
Chester: AVOID THE FUCKING MAGNUS INSTITUTE. WHILE YOU’RE AT IT JUST STAY AWAY FROM ALL STRANGE BUSINESSES. AND ABOVE ALL ELSE DON’T LOOK INTO ANY OF THIS ALONE.
Augustus: if someone wants to give you an evil flesh-violence-murder violin on the side of the road :) you should say yes :)) life is great when you sell your soul :))) sacrificing yourself your peers and the occasional street urchin for your own rise to power is totally worth it :)))) fabulous prizes await you through the eldritch doorway :))))))
That's right, folks, go boop to your hearts' content—let's see how many boops can be booped. Archive of Our Own was briefly down for maintenance and folks were quite relieved when it came back up. Batman, a perennial favorite on this ol' blue space, trended again with folks waxing poetic about their favorite Batfam. Honkai: Star Rail players are thrilled Acheron is here and boy is there a lot of fan art of a certain dance. Buddie shippers, let's all give a big "thank you" to the GIF-makers and fic authors who are keeping y'all fed. This is Tumblr's Week in Review.
Moon gets to explore the world in dusk, the light from sun on clouds and the peeking moon (and then antennas cause he absolutely climbs that one. also birds)
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Utopia ost (Cristobal Tapia de Veer) - Jessica Gets Off
Eddie posts a Tiktok on Christmas Day wearing a Santa hat and rosy in the face from drinking spiked eggnog. His tone is over dramatic and a little tipsy, “Love when we spend the holidays in Hawkins where the chief of police won’t let me within three inches of my husband.”
Eddie: You get caught fooling around in your van three or nine times thirty years ago and suddenly you can’t be trusted to behave.
Everybody:
Mike: You were thirty-eight the last time he caught you guys
Lucas: And in his bedroom
Max: And he saw your ass
Dustin: Not just your ass. He saw hole
Eddie: Wow, I didn’t know Judas was invited to dinner. Betrayers.
"I had expected Gerard to leave immediately, but instead he walked over to my metal waste paper basket and placed the book inside. He reached into his jacket pocket, and pulled out a bottle of lighter fluid-
[ID: A Magnus Archives comic. Gerry's tattooed hands can be seen opening a bottle labeled as "Leitner Fluid". Then Gerry is shown in full as he pours the bottle into a trash can containing Ex Altiora. He tosses a match in, then smiles as the book is set alight. End ID]