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once again thinking about the last thing solas says to you is “I will never forget you”
once again thinking about how long of a time “never” really is to an immortal spirit-being
#immortal x mortal ships make me want to chew my fingers off#the inherent tragedy#‘I’ll love you the rest of my life and you’ll miss me the rest of yours’#💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀#i need to be euthanized#solas#dai#solavellan#dragon age dreadwolf
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Introducing! ELESA, the new kid on the block! She's a tiny bedraggled child from Sinnoh and not all that familiar with Galarian, the spoken language in Unova. (One day she'll be amazing. Right now though, she just wants to go play in the mud. And maybe get a better set of hearing aids.)
When not bitterly lonely, she’s scheming to run back to her old home. Or chasing the local patrat. Or watching nervously from the sidelines as other children play on the swings. Oh elesa.
(loosely inspired by @/noxstrages' incredible comics about elesa's origins! Ty for the food.)
Masterpost to my submas comics!
#art#pokemon#sketchbook#submas#myart#fanart#gym leader elesa#blitzle#nimbasa trio#elesa#character design#baby elesa is a nightmare to work with but im happy with this draft!#her clothes are supposed to be more sinnoh fashioned#and with time she slowly integrates more and more unovan clothing inspiration into her work#one day she's going to realize everything she works on is entirely unovan. and it's gonna hurt.#(i feel like part of her modeling and costume designing stuff in the future would be her trying to reclaim some of that history)#((but also the inherent tragedy of forgetting kantonese because she tries so hard to integrate into unova makes me feel things))#(((only projecting on elesa a bit. i promise)))
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What happens when a Jedi Initiate dies?
It cannot always be prevented, the galaxy is a dangerous place, especially for children, and the Jedi are still only mortal.
Accidents happen. Illnesses exist.
Tragedies do too.
The Crèchemasters are highly trained to prevent that, of course, but they too are only mortal. They too can fail.
The death of an Initiate is a heavy burden, for the entire Temple. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it is a heavy burden. It is from that burden that one of the Order's most sacred traditions stems from.
They may die an Initiate, but they will not join the Force without guidance.
When an Initiate dies, they automatically gain the rank of Padawan – no matter their age. They will posthumously be taken in by a Master and be gifted a braid and a lineage. If they already found their crystal and built their saber, these too will be taken care of by their new Master.
Some Masters of such Ghost-Padawans, especially those who had a bond before their passing, will live the following years as if they had a living student. They will not take on another until the Force or they themselves deems them ready, at which point the High Council will hold a honorary Knighting.
Because while the Order might lose an Initiate, no Initiate will ever be left alone.
#a bit of#star wars meta#for your consideration :)#inspired by the concept of ghost marriages#and my staunch belief that the jedi are found family galore#for a people that has one of its core tenants be 'there is no death only the force' such a tradition would simply make sense#star wars headcanons#star wars#me writing#random boli thoughts#the jedi#jedi order#jedi padawan#also you know the inherent tragedy of other padawans of the same master having a lineage sibling that never was alive to meet them#and the beauty of them still counting as full members of a lineage#jedi as found family#to put it in ao3 terms :)
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feeling so normal about them rn dont even worry
#movie had me feeling some type of way#mulder should count his lucky stars hes got scully to subvert the inherent tragedy of his character#...the friends we made along the way.....*sobs*#my art#sketches#txf#the x files#dana scully#fox mulder#msr#digital art#fanart#late night sketches#artists on tumblr#doodle
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you don't get it. she loved him once. she didn't have a maester, she had a brother. he sold their mother's crown to keep them fed. he said Dany, please. she loved him, once.
#I feel like the tragedy of viserys and dany is they really might have been close and loved each other normally of they'd been allowed to#barristan says viserys always seemed aerys's son but when has westeros had any sort of developed understanding of mental illness#dany knew him best and she said the last kindness left him when he sold their mother's crown#it begs the question how much kindness there would have been if they hadn't been children forced out on the streets#a brother dany says never forgave her for their mother's death giving her birth.#but who told her stories and brought her up while his own mental faculties were wearing thin#it doesn't feel like tywin keeping tyrion based on lannister name and blood alone#she loved him once.#that viserys had some inherent lecherous evil in him doesn't feel in line with that to me#it doesn't feel in line with dany please#if ned is the good guardian to tywin's bad one viserys was just a boy who found himself in that role under the worst possible circumstances#and who under duress of those awful circumstances and his own undiagnosed mental illness#(for which he never got any help or support)#failed his sister very very badly#leaving daenerys to feel the hole of his absence even when he was still alive#because she loved him. once#lol anyway!#asoiaf#daenerys targaryen#viserys targaryen
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Ok we all agree witchers have trauma and unhealthy coping mechanisms
now picture with me: GERALT DYING HIS HAIR POST MOUNTAIN
Sometimes when you're losing control over everything you need to take it back in some small way. Especially bodily autonomy wise
His hair is his identity (white wolf. Your swords and stupid HAIR)
Cutting it short in an emotional breakdown
Looking at his reflection and not being able to be the white wolf without his bard singing about his adventures
Wanting to not be geralt for a little while
#my nonsense#geralt#the inherent tragedy of witchers#i shook a witcher and intergenerational trauma fell out#post mountain breakup#geralt angst#geraskier angst
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Is there anything left?
No, only a husk.
#chiligerart#commander cody#star wars#the clone wars#purge trooper cody#cc 2224#tw scopophobia#hello I was fucking possessed while making this one!#time: 1 hour and 5 minutes… like. wat?#anyway I was thinking about purge trooper Cody and the inherent tragedy that comes with it and yeah#for some reason ‘girls against god’ by Florence and the machine was the entire vibe for this one
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#critteredit#criticalroleedit#imodna#imogen temult#laudna#laura bailey#marisha ray#imogen x laudna#critical role#c3#~#cr spoilers#i'm not saying ANYTHING#that's a lie: laura i'm losing my mind#why does imogen pause!! for so long!!! before she says things!!!!!!!#why does she make that face!!!!!!!!!!!#the inherent tragedy of laudna having absolutely no idea#this parallel is so direct that it's jarring and /i made the gifset/#1k
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I love chosen one characters and I love characters that are overpowered as all shit. I love characters with one-of-a-kind powers and I love characters who seem like they’re Just Some Guy until they do something that should be impossible and you’re struck with the realization that. oh. I don’t think this character is human. I love characters so strong they’re basically untouchable and I love characters who are slowly crumpling under the weight of being the only person who can keep the world safe but can never show it and I love characters who spend years hiding who they truly are until circumstances force them to reveal themselves and now they can never go back to who they were before. I love characters who don’t even know exactly how much they’re capable of and aren’t sure they want to find out. How powerful can you become before you stop being a person?
#character tropes#huehjuehshsd i can’t stop thinking about these types of tropes lately i just loved overpowered characters. so much!!!#people complain about the chosen one trope but that’s my SHIT!!!!!#people who don’t like that trope need to consider the inherent tragedy of being a normal person living your life when suddenly. it’s#revealed you were never normal you never had any choice This is what you have to do and you can never go back like HELLO??#the scholomance#cuz i’m thinkni about el#chosen ones
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the future foundation probably trained the survivors in self defense and hand-to-hand combat after they were rescued. because they're heroes now, in a way - in the eyes of those who were watching, they are symbols of hope, they survived despite it all, they are made noble through their suffering. and i think of makoto, whose hands are probably soft and has never even thought of hurting another person in his life, being handed a weapon and taught how best to disarm, how best to kill, how to see a room as a battlefield and a person as an enemy and do whatever it takes to protect yourself, kill them, survive, survive, survive. because he is too important now, the Ultimate Hope; he cannot afford to be lost. he cannot afford to die
i wonder if he took to the training easier than expected. because while he is being taught to take a life with his own hands - to utilize an environment into a weapon, to swing without hesitation, to kill when necessary - he has already killed before, in his own belief. the deaths of his classmates hang over him like a yoke. it doesn't matter if all he did was say a name or push a button - he carries a guilt as sure as if he was the one who murdered them himself
#makoto naegi#danganronpa#sorry for being flowery but i was thinking abt that scene from the dgr anime where he's trying to smack that guy with a fire extinguisher#and he acknowledges that. he'd kill if he had to. for the sake of hope. for the sake of eliminating despair. even if its kyoko#sobs. wails even. he was just a kid man............#the inherent tragedy of watching a character with an inherent desire for peace becoming capable of violence for the sake of his ideals#also if u see me still posting after now yell at me bc I NEED TO FINISH WRITING THIS CHAPTER....HELPP#my thoughts
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types of story that different black sails characters think they're in:
jack: typical underdog overcoming unbeatable odds story; he is the main character and the show is 100% about him and his joseph campbell hero's journey. he is like achilles seeking eternal glory. he is also like gilgamesh, seeking immortality because he's afraid of death
flint: one of those fairytale retelling stories from the villain's pov; he is the fire-breathing dragon/big bad wolf/wicked witch that his village has ostracized, chased out of his home with pitchforks and torches because they feared him and what he is and what he stands for. he knows that in another show, a more popular show, the story would be told from the pov of the villagers about the dangers that lie beyond the village walls and into the forest...but this is HIS show and in HIS show HE is the one that survived the villagers not the other way around and HE is the one that has been wronged and he WILL see them pay for it
miranda: at first she thinks she is the witty and cunning heroine of a regency period romance novel. she is critical of high society and it's archaic and sexist traditions, turns her nose up at the institution of marriage and yet against all odds finds a true partner in thomas. she thinks herself happier and smarter than her peers, for finding a way to explore her sexuality freely and still keep her high status. she is caught in a whirlwind romance with a handsome naval officer and well....then her story turns into a tragedy and a decade caught in lifeless loveless joyless limbo where she is sidelined into the background of someone else's story
max: overly aware that she is in A Story and that she is Not The Main Character; the spotlight is never on her, she will never take centre stage. in fact, she is in the wings, or perhaps watching the show from the back of the theatre as the stage manager, setting the scene and directing others to pull ropes, shine lights, open and close the curtains so that other actors can strut and fret their way around the stage
billy: revenge quest story! thinks he is the good guy, there to protect his friends and get revenge on the tyrant who killed his father. gains some genre awareness and realizes that he is not, in fact, the main character, but rather a side character caught in a romance between his captain and quartermaster and if he really wants to survive he's really gotta break them up
madi: a story of hope told around a campfire, passed on from generation to generation so people don't forget about the time that an island of maroons stood up to a seemingly eternal and unbeatable empire. some days, it's a cautionary tale, on how volatile solidarity can be with divisions like class, race and gender .... or how revolution necessitates violence that people who are comfortable in their oppression rather not pay... but no empire lasts forever and nothing is inevitable. the story sticks in the hearts and minds of future revolutionaries and someday someone somewhere will pick up the torch and continue the fight
season 1 walrus crew: workplace comedy
silver: [redacted]
#black sails#black sails meta#rare black sails meta text posts where i look back on it like....yeah my takes could be wrong here#i was like “huh i wonder what genre of show the black sails characters think they're in” and then blacked out#but the inherent tragedy of characters in a story IS that they dont know what genre of story theyre in#so realistically i dont think any of them would actually think this stuff through except maybe jack max and flint#anyways if it helps i did take a media literacy class in university <- things that are embarassing to admit when my takes end up being wron#charles and anne: you guys live in a story? well we live in the moment so
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When was the last time Izzy felt safe? Ever since Ed took his toe he probably hasn't been able to sleep. Imagine fearing that you're going to get a forced amputation every time you go to sleep. Imagine the nightmares he has about Ed. How vulnerable he must feel with a freshly amputated leg and limited movement. The guilt he feels for "making" Ed the way he is. Knowing he will never be loved by Ed the way he wants. Not feeling able to ask for help when he so desperately needs it. Attempting to kill himself with the gun his lover/abuser handed him. Fuck man.
#ofmd#our flag means death#izzy ofmd#ofmd izzy#izzy hands#the inherent tragedy of izzy hands#theres a beautiful sadness that runs through him
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my favorite thing about jonathan sims ships is that they are all in some way inherently toxic except for like… jongerry. and maybe that’s bc they didn’t get a lot of time to be toxic but it’s just so funny to me. jongerry you will always be famous
#YES EVEN JONMARTIN#before y’all come in my notes saying ‘but what about jmart’ i meant them too#the inherent tragedy of loving and been loved by a man who can never actually accept you as you are and blah blah blah#jonathan sims#the magnus archives#tma#gerard keay#jongerry#also before i get shit for it#YOURE ALLOWED TO LIKE SHIPS THAT ARE TOXIC#it’s fine guys. no matter the level of toxic#i love toxic ships#i love when they’re horrible for each other
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Yugi hears about the AtemAI that Kaiba crafted and he tries to pretend he doesn't care, that he doesn't need it, that its almost sad Kaiba can't just let him go. But it's all a farce, he can't help himself, he just...he needs to see it. He needs to meet it, to know that it's not actually Atem. Of course Kaiba couldn't have brought him back from the dead.
And he feels stupid for the whole trip, either he breaks in or he asks Kaiba to check it out or he hacks into their software, no matter how he gets to it, he feels ridiculous. His palms are sweaty and his heart is racing and he stares across the empty space between them to meet those achingly familiar eyes. He sees that smile, quirked up just a bit to the left and so shockingly real it makes Yugi sick. And of course it doesn't know him, it's not actually Atem, there's no way it could be-
"Partner," it calls him, it's eyes crinkling at the corners just like Atem's would and Yugi just stares. He can't feel his feet and his knees almost give out and he's shaking but it's crossing the distance between them looking almost excited, duel disk forgotten on its arm. "Partner?"
And Yugi is weak, he can't help it, he feels himself breaking as he collapses again it. It feels so real, so sturdy and strong holding him up, Kaiba really is a genius. An evil, cruel genius.
"Yugi," it says softly and Yugi's heart shatters, his last shred of dignity gone as he surges up to wrap his arms around it's neck, to press his lips against it's own, to cling to it so tightly maybe it won't leave him. And it's surprised, blinking slowly as Yugi just holds it tighter, practically begging it to give him anything.
And it does. It's slow and methodical, like it doesn't know what it's doing or maybe like it's shy. It's cold in the literal sense, much like he remembered Atem feeling when they'd touch while in their soul rooms. It's fingers like small icicles trailing over his scalp and sending shivers through him, making him choke on another sob. And it holds him. It trails it's hands down his back and it kisses the top of his head and it whispers to him so, so gently.
"Partner, Yugi, Yugi, Yugi-"
"Stay with me," he begs, gripping the hologram impossibly tighter. It looks almost sad when their eyes meet, the deep magenta of it's irises shimmering lightly. "Don't leave me, you should have stayed. Please I'm so sorry-"
It holds him tighter and it let's him cry.
And it's the closest thing to closure Yugi ever really gets.
#hello im thinking so much about their tragedy and the inherent heartbreak of atemai just ugh#sobbing screaming crying thinking about them#yugioh#atem#yugi mutou#into the void#void stop talking#puzzleshipping#yami yugi#atemai#like im just so#sad about them#oh my god
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I keep thinking how sad Quill Kipps' whole deal is. He's brought up as a child soldier and he becomes quite good at it, good enough to work at one of the best agencies. He works hard, suffers, loses people, carries on because it's all got to be worth it. He ages in a system that prioritizes youth and feels everything special about him slowly starting to slip away. He has put everything into being an elite agent and he's about to age out of everything he's ever known.
He gets tangled with an unruly bunch of independent agents. They're annoying rule breakers but god they're amazing. Part of his beef with them is he can feel their talent rolling off them in waves making him acutely aware of how his is almost used up. When it becomes unsafe for him to pretend any more, he does what other agents do and becomes a supervisor. He keenly feels the separation from himself and agents in the field and finds he now can't just sit on the sidelines and watch others put their lives at stake when he can't help.
He's adrift, nothing to his name but his old reputation and a set of skills that are no longer useful. He ends up tangled back with the independents because they trust him - need him - and by god does he want to be needed. He wants so desperately to be part of their world again. They find some goggles that allow him to see visitors again and he's like a kid at Christmas. He can finally be involved again! It doesn't have to be over!
While working with them he learns everything he was taught to believe in was a lie, the prestigious agency he gave his entire being for is causing the rise of spirits. Once his involvement is found out, he loses his pension and privileges. He is cut off entirely from his old support system. With nothing left, the independents take him in. He's useful but he knows it's more out of pity. He works hard, almost dies and fights to dismantle the very establishment he spent his best years serving. The battle is won but things stay the same for him.
He is still a young adult clinging with aching fingers onto his childhood and teen years because that was the only way he had purpose. His closest friends are still young teens, five or more years younger than him. He chastises them for their childishness even as he desires more than anything to be one of them. He is Peter Pan, refusing to grow up because there is nothing for him as an adult in haunted England. He does not even look towards his future because he cannot let go of his shining past where he was actually needed.
#lockwood and co#the more I write kipps the more sad I get for him#I grew to like him in the books but getting in his head really hammers home his inherent tragedy#most 21-22 year olds would HATE hanging with 15-16 year olds#but he desperately wants to be one of them again because thats all he knows#the agent system builds these kids up with power and prestige and then throws them to the curb as adults#youre not special anymore not useful#but what is he supposed to do? He stopped education early and he's aged out of his most useful skills#quill kipps
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the thing i've learned from extensively lurking on sunnyblr is that so many sunny fans are shockingly analytical and articulate and incredibly good at dissecting the material of the show—to the point where if you had never seen it before and you read a meta analysis from a fan you would be like wow. this show must be incredibly poignant and tragic. only to turn on an episode and be greeted immediately with a scene like this
#it's always sunny in philadelphia#iasip#charlie kelly#mac mcdonald#dont get me wrong. i love when im scrolling the dennis reynolds tag and i see The Longest Meta Analysis Post Known To Man#i think about the inherent tragedy of sunny characters every day of my life#but it is very funny
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