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I genuinely like, die inside knowing how much Vash hates himself. How he doesn’t believe he’s worth anything. How much guilt he holds inside himself over shit he did not do. Things he didn’t want to have happen. Tried to prevent. Would have moved mountains to stop.
How he blames himself, internalizing every failure when he can’t possibly do everything he asks of himself- he’s just one person, no matter how capable. It doesn’t matter, those self-imposed short-comings only serve as nails in the coffin of his own perceived ineptitude. That ineptitude that exists as a traitor to the things he he holds dear. Every one of them, a failure to honor Rem’s memory.
He tries so, so hard to do right by everyone. To uphold and carry on what Rem instilled in him. To bring about the kind of future she believed in. One she would have been happy to help facilitate, knowing that that’s what she gave her life for. One she could smile down on and be at peace with.
But he’s still just one person, with too many burdens and a brother who intentionally, and without end, adds to the doubts that plague him. And still, Vash loves him. Because Rem loved him, too. Because he’s the only brother Vash has. Because they were always supposed to have each other. How could he betray that?
And, even if that weren’t the case, how could he ever hope to stand successfully on his own, when Knives has made sure to hammer into Vash at every opportunity that Vash will always, always be hopeless without him?
#I’m gonna start scaling the walls thinking about the cycle of abuse he’s suffered through 150 years of#the gaslighting#the manipulation#having the people he wants so badly to connect with#to be accepted by#that he tries to protect at every expense he can make to himself#turned against him time and time again#knives to me isn’t unforgivable for his understandable horror and fear he’d been dealt at the hands of humanity#it’s his transgressions against vash#that he makes to keep vash codependent#how he projects and asserts himself in every way imaginable onto vash#physically mentally and emotionally#taking every chance to break vash down to nothing but what he wants#GROSS!!#color: blue 🎨#trigun#vash#vash the stampede
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A Persuasive Argument - dpxdc
"Great!" Danny says, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. The dinner table falls silent as everyone looks towards him. It's a full house today and, honestly, Danny's a little nervous. "I'm sure you're all wondering why I gathered you here today."
"It's dinnertime. In our house." Duke mutters, while doing a very bad job of concealing his yawn. He holds his fork poised over the braised beef, but, just like everyone else, still looks towards Danny before tucking in. It's intriguing enough to wait.
"Yeah, no one misses Alfie's dinner." Dick says, with a brilliant smile that Danny can't help but return.
"Precisely! What better time to talk to you all than when you're all actually here!"
"Wait, I thought you came round to work on our English essays?" Tim asks, blinking owlishly.
"I'm afraid I've lured you here under false pretences, Tim."
"This is where I live."
"I would still really appreciate help on that essay though, I mean, what the hell is Hamlet even about? I just don't get that old time-y language, like 'Hark! A ghost hath killed me!' - absolute rubbish, what does that even mean?"
"The ghost never kills anyone in Hamlet, he's there to tell Hamlet that he was murdered. Have you actually read it?"
"No, but it sounds like you have. Tim, I want this guy to help me with my essay instead. I know for a fact that you haven't read Hamlet, either."
"So? We don't need Jason, I've read the Sparknotes."
"Hi Jason, I'm Danny, pleasure to meet you, summarise Hamlet in three sentences or less."
"Am I auditioning to help you write your essays? I can't believe you’ve gone through your whole school life without reading it, it’s good!"
"Hamlet, along with a number of other classics, was banned in our house because it portrayed ghosts as intelligent and sympathetic beings rather than evil, animalistic beasts. I didn’t even get to see The Muppet's Christmas Carol until last year with Tim! It was surprisingly good, and I hate Christmas because everyone always argued and it sucked. But we're getting off topic. I—"
"No, no, please go back to that, because what the fu—"
"Boys, please." Bruce interrupts, looking to the world as if he wants to hang his head in his hands. "Danny, you were about to say something?"
"Oh, yeah, Mr. Wayne! Thanks!"
"Please, call me Bruce."
"Well, that very succinctly brings me to my point, because I'd actually really like to call you dad."
Nobody says a word. Nobody even blinks, all as shocked as the other, watching open-mouthed as Danny pulls his laptop out from beside his chair. Bruce can definitely feel a headache coming on.
"Before you say anything, I've prepared a 69 slide PowerPoint presentation on why you, Bruce Wayne, should adopt me, Danny Last-Name-Pending. Please save your questions, comments, and verdict until the end, thank you."
#dpxdc#batpham#i forget - can we tag the parent fandoms? w/e#immediately alfred's like: while i do appreciate your initiative may i suggest it wait until after dinner?#and danny - who has barely eaten proper homecooked food ever - takes one bite and then absolutely wolfs down the whole lot#after he's finished he's like 'bear with - I've got to add that to the 'Reasons I Would Like to Live Here' section'#danny's powerpoint has tailored sections for each batfam member with lists of reasons why they'd get along#my au thoughts on this is that the fentons disowned danny when he told them he was phantom#and that this is after the ultimate enemy - wherein which he allied himself with the JL to fight against dan#(which didnt really work at all - BUT he knows some of their identities now INCLUDING batman's)#so one of the main reasons why he'd be a great fit is that he knows their vigilante status anyway so they don’t need to worry about secrets#dick just turns to tim like 'he’s your friend. he learnt this from you.'#tim: 'i didn't tell him our identities!! i would never!!'#dick: 'no i know that. it's the stalker tendancies. it's baby tim all over again'#tim: scandalised gasp#they all eat dinner in silence just super subdued and in shock and sending glances to bruce and danny#duke like: 'so i know I'm the last one in the family but like... this isn't how it normally happens right? did any of you make powerpoints?#tim gets all shifty because he absolutely did make a powerpoint he just never actually showed it to anyone#everyone stares at tim because they all know. it was in one of bab's blackmail files she has on him#damian's slide has danny offering to throw down at any time. 'tim says you like to prove yourself with your skills?#how about a real challenge? if i beat you then you have to vote yes to adopting me!'#damian is in two minds about accepting because... 1) look at him damian could take danny in his sleep! but#2) on the off chance that he does win... damian does not want any more brothers#(he takes the bet and its a suprisingly fun fight - and while he'll never say this... he would vote yes even without the wager)#on one of danny's slides there's a picture of ellie: you'll also get my clone sister! two children for the price of one!!#uhhh.... thats it now - I've been having fun with this haha#spent all day with the 'ive lured you here under false pretences' 'danny i live here' line in my head haha#anyway enjoy!!!!!! this was fun#i wanna make these slides so bad
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soft (and some bittersweet)
#trigun stampede#trigun#vashwood#vash the stampede#nicholas d wolfwood#i think they both spent majority of their lives in solitude and ofc vash went town to town and made friendships promises and etc along the w#way + he had his home and whatnot in the long years he's been alive but he still just seemed so lonely.#in prior versions of trimax he had friends at home at least and maybe he mightv made some but luida and brad are basically just his#guardians in this adaption. like brad used to be a homie.... vash watched that little dude grow up.... and jessica too.... but he doesn't#have that in this adaption. nor a town like july where he had grown close to the townspeople and shaped that tragedy to be closer to his#heart. and wolfwood spent years fighting under the eom and doing shit under their jurisdiction when we saw him so adamantly try to reject#and fight back against that fate. i dont think he had a second at all to get familiar with townspeople or even care to#so its just these two lonely ass souls and vash immediately seeing the good in ww and points it out#ww who is under orders again to be involved in vash's business but he's also SO touchy about it bc vash is so careless and lack that self#regard and also just is not seeing the world that ww is seeing. but then vash helps him and saves him by sharing a piece of what /he/ sees#and it fucking. rescrambled ww's brain for a sec. HE GAVE HIM HOPE!!! he gave him hope!!!! and in turn ww gave vash hope too and its#all done in like 3-4 eps. there's so much fervent attachment in what they managed to give each other in such a short time#but theyre limited to the contract to the inevitable confrontation with knives - so while theyd want to give into that chance to love this#person who managed to give them smth special they just can't at all#ruporas art
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《山河令》 WORD OF HONOR (2021) | Episode 20
Dear, the kiss that steals your breath
Will steal your soul instead
When night is all that's left
So wait, keep your heart inside
My hand won't keep it safe
I'll just feed on dreams and smile as hope slowly dies
–The Rigs, Run Baby Run
#my gif#okay so the way wkx doesnt think these times can ever return#not just that things change and will naturally turn into memory#but also that he feels like he won‘t ever get another chance at being as happy as he was then#simply because hes Changed now#and he knows Bad Things Happen (to him) (because of him)#it reminds me of the nails reveal scene (‚i found u bad its too late.‘)#only much worse because so much more of wkx himself is revealed#so the stakes are higher#and he and zzs are so much closer#he inevitably needs to reveal what happened to zhen yan#but how can he? when hes convinced zzs will turn his back#if he ever finds out The Other Side of him (master of ghosts)#hes like working with a deadline#hnnng#wen kexing#zhou zishu#zzs#wkx#gifset#word of honor#wenzhou#山河令#shl#shan he ling#also this is dedicated to Spare Me by staringatstars#which im currently rereading again and its having me Feel Things#about wkx & his yearning to sacrifice himself if the odds are against him#also: hii!!!!!! my first gifset!!!!! i know its not perfect but thats fine (tears of labour streaming down my face as i smile bravely)#priestnet
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ENDING SPOILERS FOR BG3 AHEAD
Hate that I found this scene kinda hot
#listen. evil nawen is absolutely a possibility#even tho it isn't my canon ok she's my dear little antihero and saved everyone <3#but the way I made her she's like. in a pretty unpredictable mental state#she's come from a background of doing terrible shit as a shadow thief often against her will#and now bc of the tadpole she has time to breathe and decide what to do w her life for#reasons I won't go into rn bc it's a long story jfjfjkfkf#but basically she's in this dilemma of let yourself become The Worst(and go back to your organization post game)#or learn to be a better person again(and turn your back on the thieves even tho you will likely be hunted to death)#so she could really go either way depending on how the game goes and controlling the brain could rlly be a possibility for her#honestly even if she decided to turn her back on the thieves it could be a possibility#the power she'd have?? she'd never have to worry abt being hunted by them#but good path nawen would never 😔 she wouldn't sacrifice everything she's built#it's kinda sad to see her on her good path choosing this tho bc like. astarion's reaction??#man looks so betrayed#in her evil path she would likely have ascended him and their relationship would already be too fucked up for her to care#but in this one?? that's just painful#sleep.txt#bg3#bg3 spoilers#oc.nawen#but. even w all that. I am not above finding evil women hot 🫠#goth mommy go evil brain go brrr ooga booga
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vashwood week day two- names
#trigun#trigun stampede#oof my art i guess#vashwood#vashwood week#vash the stampede#nicholas d. wolfwood#this is directly inspired by the one and only time wolfwood calls vash stampede in tristamp#I just think it’s so interesting that he chooses to use that nickname in ep 5 to be like that’s a corpse stampede#moments after vash failed to save someone he cared about Again bc it immediately reinforces this idea of vash being a destructive force#and like the fact that his name has been turned against him and made into this like warning almost is so fucked up#like blorbo can’t even call his name his own#which is what makes wolfwood calling him other sillier nicknames so important#it detaches the legend from the person and allows him to just Exist without being labeled by someone#I also think the idea of reciprocity in their dynamic is really fascinating#it’s a mutual pining between them For Sure they don’t give much but when they do it’s equal exchange#hence the mutual first name basis at the end of my silly lil comic#this took so much time and I put wayyy too much thought into this for a daily prompt I’m like two days behind now but it was Worth It
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confession: look, on the one hand, I like Spider, I do. He’s an interesting character and I agree that the hate he gets in some corners of the fandom is absolutely ridiculous. He’s not a backstabber or villainous or a flip-flopper or whatever other bullcrap, he’s an orphan kid in an alien world trying to find somewhere to belong, the hate is silly.
but.
I’m growing equally tired of seeing posts with an attitude of trying to guilt-trip people for not viewing him as a member of the Sully family. Canonically, he simply isn’t (sorry, but the movie directly, explicitly stating “he wasn’t part of our family” outweighs concept art with an “unofficial adoption” songcord bead).
The Sully family is very personally meaningful to me right now, so naturally I want to focus my energy on them. Spider is of course a close friend of the family, so sometimes he will be included just like Norm or other characters are sometimes included, but I’m not going to go out of my way to shove him in every single time...and quite frankly, the more I see folks acting like it’s somehow problematic to not consider Spider a member of the Sully family (which again canonically he isn’t), the less I want to do stuff that includes him :/
#and again it's not because i have anything against Spider himself#i'm just tired of being coerced into considering him a Sully when he isn't#like. back last year before the movie came out we all THOUGHT Jake and Neytiri raised Spider due to misreporting in an article#and I was fine with considering him part of the family because I thought that was canon#hence some of my very early art where he is depicted as officially adopted#BUT then the comics and later the movie came out and showed that the article was mistaken#jake and neytiri didn't adopt or raise him (nor were they obligated to but that's a topic for another post)#he was just a close friend of the family; particularly kiri and lo'ak#so now i don't consider or depict him as a member of the family...because turns out he isn't#and yes i acknowledge that in future movies he might well get officially taken into the family#in fact at the moment I'd say that's pretty likely#and i'm fine with that!#but most of my work focuses on the time between a1 and a2 when the kids were still young so#whether or not spider gets taken in post-wow is kinda irrelevant to it :P#-whew- sorry this has been brewin' for a while#spider socorro#sully family
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Something something Bruce love Gotham because it's his home, jason loves Gotham because it's in his soul, Duke loves Gotham because it's his family, Steph loves Gotham on purpose
#the void screams#duke thomas#bruce wayne#jason todd#stephanie brown#each member of the batfam having a complicated relationship with gotham is something that can be so personal-#but yeah bruce loves gotham because this is where his family has always lived. leaving would mean leaving them behind.#he loves gotham because it's the only home he's ever known#i don't know what fucked up tether there is between gotham and jason. compells me though.#even when he leaves he can't stay away along. gotham's in his head. in his soul. it's where he's alive and it's where his life is drained#the people of gotham are duke's family and he wants to protect them the way they've always tried to protect him#the city is the people and duke knows these people. he's one of them. he's seen what they go through to survive because#he goes through it too. he loves gotham because it's his whole world. his family. and he'll protect that family#until he dies.#steph though? steph grew up here and hated it. hated the city. resented the people. resented the heroes.#and still every fibre of her being goes into loving this city. into hoping for it.#on purpose. she's going to love this city on purpose. even when it hurts. even when she'd rather die.#even when the whole CITY turns against her. time and again. because she's already decided.#she's going to love gotham. even if gotham never loves her back.#don't mind me i am just rambling nonsensically. i am right though by the way. it doesn't make sense but it's Correct
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ultimately the thing about the, "how dare the rest of Bells Hells debate whether to save the gods or not when Orym's family was killed by the people trying to kill the gods" take is that a personal tragedy is not a determinative argument, especially wrt an issue this fundamentally world-altering. its completely understandable that Orym finds the deaths of Will and Derrig inextricable from this topic. what's being demanded of him emotionally is enormous. but nothing about being in opposition to the gods requires that someone take the actions Ludinus and the Ruby Vanguard have taken, and they are far from the sole representatives of this ideology. and Will and Derrig's actual feelings regarding the gods had very little to do with their deaths.
(and, really: if the deaths of Orym's family makes questioning the gods' place unconscionable, than what does Aeor make of supporting them?)
beyond that: the discomfort of a single individual does not disallow a topic from discussion. it's an indication to tread lightly, with care and patience for that individual. but it is not grounds to consider a conversation as vast and complex as this one decided. especially given that Orym is far from the only member of the Hells who has intense emotions and traumas tied up in this; Orym's feelings should not take precedent over, for example, the negative experiences Ashton and Laudna have had with gods and their followers.
but also, like, even if you truly believe that anyone being ambivalent or antagonistic towards the gods in this situation is self-centered and wrong, unconditional support is simply not where the Hells are at. and if they don't talk about it now, they're gonna have to talk about it later, when they're being asked to put their hand on the scale and there's mere moments left to act.
#critical role#cr3#posting this now so i don't rewrite it entirely again hey#bells hells#crposting#anyways this talking point has been rearing its ugly head again. died down for a while there#and after watching ashton and laudna's completely understandable and highly emotional reasons for distrusting the gods#get diminished and invalidated and turned into their own fault at the same time as people were. dare i say. coddling Orym. well#(ultimately i think this is as much about how insistent a lot of fans are that unconditional support of the gods is the Only Good Take)#(as it is any particular bias towards Orym. although I think Orym's normativity is absolutely germane with that perspective)#(there's probably some dead body calculus you could do to justify Aeor and condemn the attack on Zephrah. if you wanted to miss the point)#conversely this is not saying ashton and laudna's feelings on the topic should take precedence over oryms.#the implication of the “it's mean to be against the gods in front of orym” take is that their feelings should not be shared at all!#or else they're being bad friends to him. hope this helps
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Hi chat hello this is a reminder to yall that Rae basically disowned Icarus (which tbh was a long time coming let's be so fr) they're next interaction is gonna contain yelling at best violence and injury at worst we can't keep suggesting that they go talk to Rae when they're in an emotionally fragile state It will not go well not to mention they don't need to dump that on Rae because if Icarus shows up bawling their eyes out Rae is either gonna slam the door in their face or he'll push down his own feelings on his brother to help an old friend
Guys they cannot be around one another right now not until Icarus finally let's themself believe that they don't have to keep killing people then and only then can any sort of progress be made can bridges be mended
#right now rae shouldn't offer his kindness and hospitality#he tried that already he's been trying that for months#if Icarus wants that chance again they have to earn it#but what we don't need is them forcing rae into a situation where he has decide whether or not to help them#Icarus has hurt him so many times has hurt his family his friends#but Rae's bleeding heart isn't something he can just turn off#we cannot use that against him any more than it already is#thank you for coming to my ted talk#i just think they're neat#fable smp
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Knight Bobo, wearing some of the patterns I drew :D!
#LN#colored doodles#bobo#ft.#agata#louie#(sorry. long tags warning ¯\ (ToT) /¯)#putting the blue patterns to use even if she wasn't the intended wearer for them (hey! big bro louie just has to learn how to share! lol.)#i am actually planning to draw all three of them more along with fafnir and some other nobodies. i cri—#speaking of fafnir!!! FAFNIR???!!! offering alcoholic drinks to nidhogg in the 9th anniversary hell event????!!!#fafnir who's helping agata bobo and louie against tyr?!! who has bobo on speed dial for info as she thwarts tyr's plans??? the guy who‚ on#the night louie leaves and visits him for a drink‚ offers him instead a hot cup of MILK and teasingly calls him a child?! ASADJFJDSK!!!#(there's layers to him offering that that makes it funny‚ i promise. he offers concoctions based on a person's personality? i think??? he#offered debbie a cup of milk that TASTES like books and mela something strong. losing it ✋😭) anyways he runs an INTEL TAVERN. is aware of#most things in the north. fuck. wait! omg??? what if he's the same tavern keeper from louie's dreamweaver??? regardless he is aiding#all three of them... somehow... and he's sharing a drink with nid which is funny cause nid is the same guy who has said before ''alcohol#destroys you mind and stops you from making the right choice 🗿'' and there's fafnir sliding a drink to a sad looking nid. asdjsfkgk#FAFNIR please 😭😭😭!!! (fafnir sliding a drink to nid: make some bad choice tonight boy.)#anyways im just happy there's new fafnir art. i was not expecting it. or him alongside nid. fafnir's name is ALSO named after a dragon in#norse mythology. 🤔 turning into a dragon is a symbol of greed. damn. imagine fafnir is ALSO from frigidfog? but then again...#OKAY I'LL STOP!!! (I WILL NOT!!! I AM LOSING MY MIND! THERE'S JUST SO MUCH I CAN PLAY AROUND WITH HERE!)#wait! okay okay okay. what if for some reason fafnir is ratatoskr 👁 👁? like the role he plays as an intelligence collector adds up#as louie said ''(fafnir) you're not even there yet you already know about it'' it's not far fetched#... i am officially losing it. im adding too much depth to a game that has time and time again made itself shallow 😔
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I think it would be neat if Prime Sonic became a little bit feral next season
#he really deserves it at this point#next time one of his alternate friends tries to kill him he just gets bitchy about it#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#prin posts#sonic posting#sonic prime#dread tries to get the shards again and turns his crew against sonic. and sonic just tells them to fuck off
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Ngl Horrid Henry is becoming that show I honestly forget about but then seeing something on it online makes me remember its existence...and also in todays case, how much I hated his parents, cause oh my god, the clip I just saw...
#i dunno the episode#its a clip on twitter#you dont get the ep titles really on those#but like henry seems to be not doing his homework as usual#and his mom enters the room and gets pissy with him#cause he had his music player on at the same time and got distracted as a result#aka i guess from the clip imagening himself as a rockster#and she turns off the music and starts on him about the homework#and when henry at 'rocksters dont do homework' goes oh so he doesnt have to do it?#she literally tells him hes not going to be a rockster so the sooner he gets out of his head the better#so uh got being a bitch to childs dreams#and when he does the pen tapping against his homework like drums she gets snappy#and...yeah okay he did wink at the camera when told if he does it again he'll be in trouble#so he did it again on purpose#but she proceeds to ground him for the week basically over...honestly stimming#henry always gave adhd vibes in show so like#and she doesnt care his band hes in needs their drummer for practice#like lord...bringing back my dislike for her and the dad#(who granted could be nicer to henry at times but he still has his wtf moments really)
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(Chainsaw Man Spoilers)
AU where Aki survives Part 1 and now not only has to deal with the existential horrors of his new state of being but is also incredibly allergic to dogs, so he lives in the apartment next door to Denji, Nayuta, and their dozen-or-so huskies. (He’s not as allergic to cats, but Meowy likes Denji more than him.)
#he walks Nayuta to school and shit. co-parenting bros (since apparently Kishibe just. brought Nayuta to Denji then ditched)#what’s up with that?#Denji reading parenting books versus Aki spiraling for the third time this week#they switch roles a bit because Denji is better at ignoring constant stress/guilt and adapting to large changes than Aki#Aki is used to being in control and the freedom/agency that being human allowed him. now? he’s lost that.#and he’s been turned - against his will- into a manifestation of the devil that killed his family/he hates most#so like. that sucks.#self-hatred to self-acceptance arc (for both of them in different ways)#Denji would be the type of dude to saw a cat door in the wall separating their apartments [positive]#also if public safety wasn’t aware of his death (again. creative liberties.) I have no idea what entry-level job he’d manage to put up with#I think. he would bully customers.#exclusively does organizational/stock room work#and I think that Denji does hero work while Aki handles crowd control (while avoiding any use of his new abilities whenever possible)#csm#csm aki#csm denji#chainsaw man#csm spoilers#chainsaw man spoilers#csm part 1 spoilers#chainsaw man part 1 spoilers#meposting#my csm thoughts#Aki lives#I think. they should both rest. everyone in chainsaw man needs a hug and a nap.#(except for himeno. she needs to be studied.)
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head in my hands listening to “all i’ve ever known,” “flowers,” “wait for me,” “come home with me (reprise),” “doubt comes in,” and “road to hell ii” from the hadestown soundtrack
#hadestown#orpheus and eurydice motif#i was alone so long i didn't even know that i was lonely#You the one I left behind If you ever walk this way Come and find me lying in the bed I made#how far would you go for her? to the end of time. to the ends of the earth#WAIT FOR ME I'M COMING#i walked a long way - and i can sing us home again#WHO AM I? WHO AM I AGAINST HIM? WHO AM I? WHY WOULD HE LET HER GO? WHY WOULD HE LET ME WIN?#it's a tale of a love from long again / it's a sad song / we keep singing even so#IT'S A SAD SONG AND WE SING IT ANYWAY. AS THOUGH IT MIGHT TURN OUT THIS TIME. I LEARNED THAT FROM A FRIEND OF MINE#anyway my mental stability is doing Great
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i totally get why LfW isn’t covering the novels (aside from that early bit of Study in Scarlet) but it does kill me a little that we didn’t do Hound at some point because like. man.
'Well, I am glad from my heart that you are here, for indeed the responsibility and the mystery were both becoming too much for my nerves. But how in the name of wonder did you come here, and what have you been doing? I thought that you were in Baker Street working out that case of blackmailing.'
'That was what I wished you to think.'
'Then you use me, and yet do not trust me!' I cried, with some bitterness. 'I think that I have deserved better at your hands, Holmes.'
'My dear fellow, you have been invaluable to me in this as in many other cases, and I beg that you will forgive me if I have seemed to play a trick upon you. In truth, it was partly for your own sake that I did it, and it was my appreciation of the danger which you ran which led me to come down and examine the matter for myself. […] As it is, I have been able to get about as I could not possibly have done had I been living at the Hall, and I remain an unknown factor in the business, ready to throw in all my weight at a critical moment.'
'But why keep me in the dark?'
'For you to know could not have helped us, and might possibly have led to my discovery. You would have wished to tell me something, or in your kindness you would have brought me out some comfort or other, and so an unnecessary risk would be run. […]
I was still rather raw over the deception which had been practised upon me, but the warmth of Holmes's praise drove my anger from my mind. I felt also in my heart that he was right in what he said, and that it was really best for our purpose that I should not have known that he was upon the moor.
'That's better,' said he, seeing the shadow rise from my face.
like. man. passages to have been published within a year or two of “Empty House,” huh
#sherlock holmes#HOUN#EMPT#it didn't really strike me the first god-knows-how-many times i read EMPT (or HOUN for that matter)#but at some point i was rereading the whole canon but misplaced Hound and so skipped right to the Return#and the reveal seemed so weirdly understated and quickly glossed over to the point it felt like half the conversation was missing?#and then my copy of Hound turned up again and i got to the reveal *there* and just had a moment of oh.#oh‚ *there* it is#that's why we don't get more about the deception or anything about watson feeling hurt or angry let alone holmes' explanation#or the two of them talking things out and all of it being okay again#because we don't need it in the Empty House because we already got that conversation#more or less#in Hound#also [slams fist on table] HOLMES SPENDS THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION PRAISING AND THANKING WATSON#AND CALLING HIM INVALUABLE AND SAYING HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT WATSON'S HELP DAMMIT#he refuses to stop emphasizing how important watson has been to the case until watson smiles!!!#and even then he brings it up again later in the conversation more than once!!!#YES i am still holding a grudge against The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) dir. Sidney Lanfield NO i will not let this go
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