Non Villain Character Most Likely To Be A Chaser?

On wings of hope. Fanart for Necroepilogos

Necroepilogos

Necroepilogos

Lost girls in the ashen afterword

see when people try and nitpick me because i call my dog "my dog" when it's technically "the family dog".......well first of all i still call my brother "my brother" and not "the family boy". although maybe that should change. second of all sorry i'm still thinking about the family boy. btw i fell asleep while making this post last night and i think you can tell

Lung and Leviathan! Lots of fun painting the big Kaiju.

the more that i think about it, the more i feel like the undersiders are a really good litmus test for ability to understand/be sympathetic towards neurodivergency w/o reacting w/ hatred when it’s unpalatable. like, yes. they do in fact do a lot of violent and terrible things. but they’re from “trauma viscerally literalized as superpowers which are taken to extreme usages to better represent how devastating and emotionally total being traumatized feels” the book–it makes sense that every character is messy, it makes sense that every character does and thinks shit that extremely fucking sucks. trauma extremely fucking sucks! bitch literally tearing a man’s arm off because she’s been taught her entire life that people will always mock and hurt her for who she is and has learned to use aggression as pre-emptive defense feels significantly more relatable to what i was like when i was an autistic teenager than any quirky-funny representation of autism out there, and she’s not even explicitly autistic. 

like, yeah, taylor has a paranoid and irrational worldview. lisa is hypervigilant and secretive and manipulative. brian can barely function & still refuses to be vulnerable. aisha acts out and it being for attention doesn’t make the behavior any less grating. rachel is aggressive and stubborn and violent. alec doesn’t understand ethical or social boundaries. those are all things i’ve seen people complaining about, saying they hated those characters for it, saying that it was fucking irritating to read about. which is like…Yeah, That’s How Traumatized Teenagers Act! 

taylor had any ability to be “rational” about social interactions eroded from the years of irrational cruelty she faced. lisa micromanages her loved ones’ wellbeing because the last time she didn’t, her brother died. brian genuinely doesn’t know how to function at all if he’s not trying to be strong because it’s the only coping mechanism he’s been taught. aisha, chronically abused and neglected, is trying to assert autonomy & gain attention in the only way she knows how. rachel has learned that the only way she’ll be afforded any respect is if she takes it by force. alec says & does wildly inappropriate things because 13 years of grooming taught him it was normal. 

& yeah, all of those things suck to deal with, but that is in fact because trauma sucks to deal with. litmus test for ability to realize that and be reasonably generous about the fact instead of shitting on the involved teenagers for having a hard time being perfect people after experiencing things built to make them feel less than human.

I do genuinely love Verona actually. She thinks she’s way smarter than she is and is unfailingly arrogant about it. She loves doing the practitioner doublespeak lying-while-telling-the-truth thing so much that it actively is a detriment to her life and yet she continues. Out of the trio she’s the one who just genuinely loves learning for the sake of learning and magic for the sake of magic more, which makes her fascinating to read because she’s so interested in everything thats going on (except when she isn’t. Either 110% interest or 0%). She never compromises on what she wants out of life no matter what. Her neuros have diverged significantly and she truly could not give two shits. She only feels negative emotions once a week and it physically cripples her. I have so many thoughts and yet can articulate none. Maybe one day. Anyway absolutely the favourite of the three and honestly she’s the one who makes the most sense to me. I can fully see where she’s coming from and where she’s going. Absolute rejection of humanity girlboss

this is so fucking funny to me. who wants to join the ancient athenian evil dining club with me

I feel so stupid rereading the Blue Heron arcs because I'm constantly like "omg blorbo beenis from later in this story" and I get excited every time

Don’t worry about your relationship woes all you lonely Windrunners! Remember, first base is killing them!

How Other Cosmere Characters Would Convince The Stick to Become Fire

Shallan once famously failed to convince the Stick to become fire. But how might other characters approach this stick-y problem?

Moash: There is nothing for you as a stick. Fade away. Become ash.

Hoid: Do you like stories, Stick? How about the one about Firestick, the Stick Who Became Fire…

Rlain: To understand fire, you must become fire. It’s about bridging minds.

Renarin: I see no future in which you become fire…But the future can be changed!

Steris: I have prepared 957 reasons why being fire would be advantageous for you. Reason 1, Part A…

Lopen: Women LOVE a stick who can become fire, gon!

Dalinar: You WILL become fire.

Dalinar: …Huh. That usually works.

Lift: You know what’s delicious? Toasted marshmallows!

Navani: (Gets out a big magnifying glass)

Jasnah: (Turns a rock into fire instead)

Jasnah: I like to challenge myself.

Mraize: You have to ask yourself, Little Stick: are you hunter, or are you the prey?

Kelsier: I like your style, Stick! You want to join my crew? Your job is being fire!

Odium: First, I must take away everyone this Stick loves!

Nale: I have convinced the ruler to draft a new law. You must become fire.

Sebarial: (Getting a massage) Eh. I hired someone else to do it.

Kaladin: No. This is…wrong.

Kaladin: This Stick wants to be a Stick. And I will protect it!

Kaladin: It will not cease to be a stick on my watch!

Stick: (immediately becomes fire)

Kaladin: NOOOOOOOOOO