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Kiki’s Delivery Service + Jiji

💜 s4′s best sibling duo 💛

I would genuinely fucking evaporate if he grew out his hair, please don’t for my mental health sir

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Every other Friday, Joyce brings home a roll of film from Melvald’s.

She’s done it since Jonathan was eight. Fridays are her payday, and, before Lonny can spend away all their money on whatever he’s trying to drown himself in that week, Joyce buys groceries, a pack of cigarettes for herself, and a roll of film for Jonathan.

He goes through the stuff like fire in a forest, and even though it’s expensive, she never complains about the cost. He’s quiet, her firstborn, quiet in a way that isn’t quite natural for boys his age. He’s quiet, and he looks at the world with suspicion and fear. He’s already learned to be wary, to have caution at any kindness, and if Joyce lets herself think about it too much, she ends up crying. 

So she doesn’t think about it. She doesn’t think about how she should shove Lonny out the door. She doesn’t think about how much better it would be for her children if their father was gone, even if it would be scarier for her. Joyce just buys more film, because the only time Jonathan isn’t on guard is when he’s behind a camera, and he deserves a few moments of peace in the week. 

It’s the least she can do for continuing to trap them in a terrible situation. 

But Joyce stopped giving him film when they came to California. She stopped because Jonathan doesn’t carry his camera anymore. She isn’t even sure he unpacked it. His fingers still move like he’s looking for it, and she can see him lining up shots in his head. But no camera ever emerges, and Jonathan stops having moments where he’s relaxed. 

Joyce doesn’t want to worry, because Jonathan seems to be relaxed all the time. He’s always walking around with an easy sway to his shoulders, and a funny, but sweet, best friend at his side. That’s good, isn't it? Isn’t this why she moved them away? 

But something about it feels wrong. Something feels like he’s still hiding, but in a new way. She wants to ask why. Why is he acting so strangely? Why would he stop? Why doesn’t he want to go to NYU anymore? 

Why is Jonathan giving up on his dreams?

But Joyce can’t find the words, so she doesn’t ask. It’s already so hard, and if he’s okay, then it’s okay. Even if something inside tells her it really really isn't. 

But she continues to buy a new roll every other Friday, carefully stacking them on the shelf in her closet for when her son finds himself again. 

DAREDEVIL/MATT MURDOCK in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

“I think you’re in a unique position to do some real good. Jen Walters can use the law to help people when society fails them. She-Hulk can help when the law fails them.“

Please, start sooner 🙏 I miss my boy Matt

#charlie speaking for all of us

Louis & Lestat are so toxic!!

I BEG TO DIFFER.

IWTV: We all know this is the origin story of their toxicity. But does it continue that way? NO. See all the other canon interactions of Louis & Lestat.

TVL: a sweet reunion in a backyard, professing how much they love each other and missed each other and how the misunderstood each other. Louis is a special guest backstage. Lestat screams when he thinks Louis is stuck in an car explosion.

QotD: Louis worries about Lestat while he’s held captive by Akasha, he’s respectful of Lestat’s grief after the trauma and let’s him heal at his own pace, Lestat panics when Louis leaves without a word go New Orleans and follows him, Lestat confesses that he and Akasha were lovers and Louis is understanding, they take a romantic as fuck flight to London, Lestat holding Louis, Louis napping on Lestat’s chest, they nap some more in the grass once they land and Lestat cajoles Louis into having fun with him by bothering David.

TotBT: Louis comes over frequently to just hang out and watch tv, he advises Lestat to be careful, that he is frightened for him. They exchange the petty words of hurt lovers. Louis refuses to damn Lestat to a vampiric life again, no matter how much it breaks his heart, Lestat burns down Louis’ shack out of anger and spends the rest of the book thinking about how much he’s afraid of what their relationship will be like in the future, Louis confesses how miserable he was when Lestat was a human again and that he probably would’ve come back to find him. Lestat confesses to burning the shack and completely rebuilds the home the shared together for 60+ yrs. Lovingly welcomes David as Lestat’s new lover and fledgling.

MtD: Louis is panicked about the state of Lestat after his ordeal with Memnoch but doesn’t want to alarm Lestat, so he remains calm and soothing but begs him twice to come home to their flat in Rue Royale. Louis begs for Lestat’s life/ safety after as he is held captive by Maharet. He watches over Lestat after he becomes catatonic for years, lying on the ground, eyes open but unseeing, unresponsive.

1995 - 2000 Louis watches over Lestat alongside Armand, Marius, David and Gabrielle. He also visits alone to sit next to him, read to him, talk to him, clear the dust off of him. Misses him. Gets into his own drama and suffers a complete break, committing suicide. Somehow LESTAT KNOWS and wakes up, walks slowly to their home on Rue Royals and BEGS David & Merrick to tell him if they think he would want to come back, desperately making sure he’s making the right choice for Louis. He saves him, remaking him into a very powerful, significantly less human Louis. They live together with their other lovers, David and Merrick.

2000 -2013: Louis becomes resentful that he’s so much less human after being revived by Lestat’s blood and leaves, eventually coming back to Armand, residing at Trinity Gate, raising two fledglings. Lestat, sick in heart and feeling tremendous loneliness, wanders the earth as a loner for over nearly 13 years, unattached, afraid to get close to anyone, tired of screwing things up, occasionally watches Louis & Armand from across the street.

Prince Lestat: Lestat, in a quiet, stolen moment, after all the isolating drama of Amel & Rhosh, he firmly assures Louis that he is still himself, still Louis’ Lestat and professes his love once again, Louis confirms his heart belongs to Lestat. Louis finally faces all the questions he’s forced on himself, all the guilt, finally acknowledging that it has been useless this entire time, that there is a giant possibility for real happiness, that he feels excited, full of grace and STILL IN LOVE.

Realms of Atlantis: Lestat convinces Louis to meet him at their home in New Orleans, buys an entire room of clothing for him, and in a rare move, Louis wears the clothes given by Lestat FOR Lestat, admitting that he wanted to give Lestat what he wanted. They walk together, hunt together. Over beignets at Cafe du Monde, Louis makes very husband-like vows to Lestat with a vampiric version of Ruth 1:16, telling Lestat that his people are Louis’ people, that where Lestat goes, he will go, that because he has no other god and never will, Lestat shall be his god. He and Lestat are joined at the hip at the Château, and LOUIS finds the solution that will save Lestat’s life and the life of all the other vampires.

Blood Communion: Louis & Lestat live together as true partners and lovers, Louis rarely leaving Lestat’s side for very long. Lestat FINDS A NEW BEST FRIEND FOR LOUIS because he wants Louis to have someone who is more like him at Court. Louis is terrified for Lestat, after Rhosh kidnaps Gabrielle, staying as close as he can. They profess their love again and again, melting into each other while they embrace. Lestat is bereft and unmoored when he thinks that Louis is dead after being kidnapped by Rhosh. He feels nothing. He’s dead inside. He is triumphant once Louis back home. They profess their love again and dance together in front of everyone for the first time.

This doesn’t sound like a toxic relationship. This sounds like a couple who has an eternity to process their differences, who bicker like any other couple, who desperately love one another, who are incapable of holding grudges, and who separate when things aren’t working. Normal shit.

sighing and putting my head in my hands and crying and throwing up as i think about stanley uris and how he was the most terrified loser.

how he was deathly scared of being dirty, of not knowing where he was, of not being able to predict the world around him. how he was more scared of his world order being offended than anything else. how knowing that pennywise is real sent him down this spiral of 'what else can be real' and it broke him. but he STILL was the one who cut everyone's hand and made the oath. how bill constantly reminds him of his bird book and how it saved him. how he is more mentally fragile than eddie. how he's one of the only Losers who ever says "i can't do this", but he still gets to his feet and makes jokes right after he cries. stan uris, who, after Mike is like, "i just saw a killer bird!" goes, "what kind of bird?"

thinking about how we really don't know how his death went down so we don't know what he was thinking in those last moments. how he threw away his whole picturesque life because of a promise he made, and because he couldn't honor it. how he's such a private person, a quiet one, but he's so so so sharp and graceful. i wish they showed more of his fear in the movies, how much it fucked him up in the end.

stanley uris i think about you a lot.

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1901, Arkhip Kuindzhi

2021, Anirudh Acharya 

Apparition at a Grave, 1916, Josef Mandl

Moonlit Landscape, 1890, Jean Delville