In the 1996 movie adaptation of Jane Eyre, there is a scene where the corrupt, self righteous zealot Mr Brockelhurst considers Jane's best friend, Helen Burns' hair to be a form of vanity and decided to cut it. Jane courageously stands up for Helen but when Mr Brockelhurst insists that Helen's hair be cut, ordering Jane to personally fetch the scissors and hand them to him, Jane does so, only to surprise Mr Brockelhurst, her teachers and fellow students, including Helen, by sitting next to Helen, removing her bonnet and offering her hair to be cut, as well: an act of selfless sacrifice for a friend
zac oyama, 5 years ago: haha wouldnt it be funny if a half-orc was raised by gnomes
all of us, now, weeping: gorgug........ he's too gentle for the barbarians but too big and clumsy for artificing... his teacher told him that he has to choose one or the other... fabian is having a great time multiclassing and embracing both parts of his heritage while gorgug has to fight and struggle... his parents and his friends support him but there is a part of him that knows he will never truly fit in.
he’s stroking her hair and holding and her says something like “if only Lucerys was alive to hear that you’re bound to me”. i can only imagine the emotions valaena is feeling here. you killed my brother and you got the gall to say this to me? best bet the next couple of moons you, or the both of us, will be dead. sister is on a MISSION!!!
Neither of them can continue on without the other and Valaena is so content in that moment
And then he shatters her
She’s determined to kill him but life without him seems unbearable
Furious and broken and somehow still in love all at once , she will make aemond suffer for this
lol arthur realizes with the other knights after watching merlin flirt and being hit with a wave of deja vu: holy shit you asked me out
merlin and the rest of the knights around a campfire after leaving a village bc gwaine and leon somehow started a brawl in the tavern: ???
arthur points at merlin: after valiant! you asked me to buy you a drink! you were asking me out!
merlin is busy cooking dinner and confused out of his fucking mind: what???…..valiant….oh the knight with the snakes.
gwaine who was slightly tipsy now stone cold sober and sitting up straight against a tree: wait. explain. what do you mean merlin asked you out??
arthur snaps his fingers as he recalls the memory: i apologized for sacking you and you said that if i bought you a drink we’d be even.
merlin now remembering how he had stumbled into camelot, picked a fight with a pigheaded bully which quickly turned homoerotic and flirtatious, and continued their teasing-flirting for days before merlin shot his shot and asked the prince out only to be rejected: oh yeah, i forgot i did that…..wait, you mean you didnt realize what i was asking?
arthur: no?? we argued everyday, how was i supposed to realize you were asking me out??
merlin now abandoning the dinner and staring across the camp at arthur while the rest of the knights watch their back and forth like a game of tennis: to you we were arguing, to me that was very much flirting. i thought you were flirting back so i decided to ask you. then you rejected me
arthur, mentally beating his past self up for fucking up their chance: i didn’t reject you!!! i just didn’t realize what you were asking me. how was i meant to? we fought every chance we got
leon, nudging elyan, glee and excitement riling through him: its happening!!! its finally happening!!! seven long, grueling years is finally paying off!!!
merlin, realizing the misunderstanding and acknowledging the fact that he wasn’t rejected, his flirtations just weren’t noticed - realizing he still has a chance: oh…oh i see. arthur, my dear, our fights were extremely flirtatious. need i remind you of what you said? “do you know how to walk on your knees? would you like me to teach you?” or “i could take you apart with one blow”
arthur, mental capabilities at an all time low: m…my dear….?????????
merlin grinning devilishly as he realizes that his flirtatious persona he had hidden away after falling head over heels for arthur can make a come back: that is what i called you. should i call you something else? say…mine?
percival gags in elyan’s ear: cheesy
elyan hides a laugh: at least they’re finally getting somewhere. better than the hopeless pining
arthur, flushed from head to toe: ah uh no um im uh
merlin thoroughly enjoying himself: oh come now, your majesty. use your words.
thinking about a whumpee on a forced march through rough terrain
hands tied in front of them, on foot while their captors are mounted, sleeping out in the open, forced to beg for adequate food and water
maybe they're barefoot, a captured royal in silken robes
maybe they're in a torn suit or soldier's uniform
maybe they were stripped at the start, increasing the exposure to the elements, the humiliation
are they a terrified mess from the beginning, or do they try to endure with dignity? how long before they're stumbling, barely putting one foot in front of the other? how long before they fall?
picking up astarion as a companion is like rescuing a stray cat that could never have survived on its own. like every time i have to say to myself oh thank god someone was here
Just remembered that Satan in the "A World of Our Very Own" devilgram says that he believes he was "born in order to meet MC" and it always sounded incredibly cheesy to me but then I thought about it a little more and--
Originally, Satan was just a small glimmer inside Lucifer's consciousness until Lucifer's wrath reached its peak with Lilith's death which, in turn, resulted in Satan's birth
MC is a direct descendant of Lilith after she was reborn as human
If it weren't for Lilith's death, neither of them would be here
Both of their existences are directly intertwined with one another, so in a way Satan's right
They have always been destined to be a part of each other's lives