alicent not reveling in the brutality and horror of war does not mean she would take back her support of aegon and his claim. she can hate how it’s turning out while also believing that this was the only way to protect her family.
Me and my girlfriend actually talked about this! It is indeed the safety and security that fanfiction brings. In fanfiction I can live a life of this 6'10 Austrian man being obsessed and possessive of me. But in real life? If a 6'10 Austrian man approached me and acted this way? I'm changing my name, throwing away my phone, using only cash and getting a flight to the nearest least populated island known to man kind.
Exactly! Real life König is very scary do not approach me please sir. Fantasy in my head König so good please keep doing your weird shit.
Why do you think Ted and Michelle only ever had one kid, especially when they were both probably years into their relationship? Given that Ted's in his mid 40s, Henry must've been born when he was around 35.
i feel like they had to work especially hard to have henry. it wasn’t something that just Happened for them. countless doctor’s appointments, and attempts, and years and years of trying, and it just not happening. so when michelle did finally fall pregnant, henry was like a little miracle. and they were both entirely content to just have him. sure, they talked about having more kids, but that was before they went through everything they did to conceive henry. and that’s not to say that ted feels like his life is missing anything, because he DOESN’T. henry’s the most important thing on the face of the planet to him. he’s more than enough. but he did always dream of having more kids, giving henry siblings, having a full house. but it just wasn’t in the cards for them.
Saw a post about working class butches in physical labour jobs and wanted to make my own, so: I love you butches who do childcare or early education. I love you butch nurses. I love you butch house cleaners and janitorial staff. I love you service industry butches. I love you butches who do sex work. I love you working class butches who do “feminine” jobs you are cool as hell
Honestly, after reading this new chapter, I felt really... tearful? No joke I thought I was going to cry. And it wasn't even for anything crazy.
It was because I think this is the first time that Loid has asked Anya anything about her past:
The fact that Endo dedicates a significant portion of the page to this panel shows that it is a really important moment - but not just because it's about Anya's past, which we are all curious about!
I think it's also important because after Loid adopted her and said to call him her father 'from now on', he has not once asked her about her life Before. As far as we know, this is the first time.
I don't even know how to explain why this makes me want to cry. It's like their little secret. Only Loid and Anya know that she is adopted, she promised to call him "Papa" from now on (as though he has always been her father), and she has never slipped. Not once. She has completely dedicated herself to her new life, while he has maintained this distance from her, not once trying to get genuinely closer.
So, him choosing to acknowledge that in private between them feels like quite a vulnerable moment for them. Or at least, a significant moment.
We can guess that, at least initially, he didn't think it was worth asking her about her past because she was just part of the mission, and that she would return to the orphanages after the mission was over. I wonder if this moment is an indication that:
Loid is becoming curious about her past, and perhaps beginning to wonder how it affects her in the present day.
He is becoming invested in Anya as a person and as a child.
Loid has good reason to be curious about her past, but he doesn't know what we know. He probably still thinks Anya is an ordinary orphan.
So onto the second point - why be invested in Anya? Why ask her about her past? Not only is it not relevant to the mission, but it goes against his instincts as a spy. What does he have to gain from asking a child about their life before him? Where is the intel in that?
And then she answers like this:
We don't even see her face.
Endo. Does not show. Her face.
What does Loid see when he asks her about her past? I want to know. And it feels so significant that Endo chose to portray her answer like this, where the majority of her reaction is hidden from us.
Even in the following panels, we only see her eyes:
Loid has his eyes narrowed (tired? suspicious? disbelieving?) while we just see Anya's eyes looking up at her father, with few other clues as to what her expression could be.
It feels like such a tense moment. And I wanted to cry.
Here's hoping that we will start to get more snippets of genuine Loid and Anya moments - and that we start to learn more about her past. (Perhaps alongside Loid?)
[A sad violin song plays over an image of a sad hamster]
Pac: This doesn't have anything to do with me – I wear a blue sweatshirt, you're crazy, this mouse doesn't even have a sweatshirt, this hamster! [Reading chat] Am I a depressed hamster?
[ Transcript continued ↓ ]*
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Pac: Actually– that's fine! I embrace that idea – of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy? [He hits his desk, then starts counting off people on his fingers] Fit is gone, Richarlyson is gone, Ramon is gone, Bagi and Empanada who were always there when we were there are also gone, I haven't seen them! It's just me and Tubbo, and sometimes Philza shows up.
Pac: I lost Chume Labs, I lost the Favela, I lost Murder Mystery, I lost Ilha Chume Labs, it's crazy! Look at how much I've lost, and I've gained nothing! Of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy?! How am I supposed to be happy?!
Pac: [Reading chat] "You have us Pac," that's true, thank you. No, that's true, sorry.
* NOTE: Please note that this is an incomplete transcript, as I was primarily relying on Aypierre's translation mod at the time and if I am not confident of the translation, I do not include it. As always, please feel free to add on translations or message me corrections.
My gift for @takao-in-sekai <3 Kuroko and Takao spending time together, featuring some fun wings ✨
I love both characters dearly and the prompts were very interesting! I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed working on it.
Thank you @knbexchange for hosting this event :)