I’m Watching Merlin Again And It Really Does Play Out Like A Fanfic Doesn’t It. Enemies To Lovers

Original comic by @coolfrogdude​

Battinson would be so delightfully awkward with a Dick Grayson.

Bruce, curled up on the sofa wearing an oversized hoodie, hair greasy, eye makeup smeared all over his face, staring at a case file:

Dick: How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?

Bruce:

Dick: Ten tickles!

Bruce:

Dick: Get it? Because…tentacles…ten tickles.

Bruce:

Dick:

Bruce, completely stonefaced, whispering: that’sfunny

People: God Burn Butcher Burn from the new Witcher season SLAPS 

Me, appearing in their reflection like Bloody Mary: Yeah it does! Anyway, did you know Joey Batey has a band called the Amazing Devil? He sounds the same singing for it and a bunch of the songs could fit Jaskier if you tried! It’s not just him, there’s a woman in the band that sings with him named Madeleine Hyland. Her voice is ethereal and their harmonies are bone-shaking. She should really have a cameo in the Witcher ANYWAY they have three albums they just released their newest one it’s called Ruin and it’s really really good. The band’s called the Amazing Devil did I already say that? Devils. That are Amazing. Amazing Devil. Joey Batey. It’s good. It’s good. It’s really really goo- *the mirror breaks* 

There is nothing funnier to me than Bruce deciding to go to a circus to have fun for once in his miserable brooding life only to relive his childhood trauma and adopt a child

whoever’s spinning the wheel on what’s gonna be revealed this week, keep spinning. this shits getting interesting

don’t let anyone on this website call you cringe they literally have a tumblr account

Thinking about how when Spencer and Derek were interrogating a violent suspect and he lurched forward at them, Derek’s first instinct was to jump up physically put himself between Spencer and their suspect.

Thinking about how Derek, who is notably not in charge, told Spencer that “I am not letting you get on that [hostage] train,” indicating that he sees himself as a non-negociable barrier between Spencer and dangerous situations.

Thinking about how when Spencer was missing, Derek was irrationally and uncharacteristically angry at JJ for not doing a sufficient job at protecting Spencer, and the fact that he wanted physical revenge on the man who hit him on camera.

Thinking about Spencer being poisoned and Derek refusing to leave his side, spending the night in a hospital chair just to be near him and see to it that the treatment would work.

Thinking about how Spencer had a dream that he was being eaten alive by leeches and his automatic subconscious response was to cry out for Derek, because he knew that he would be there to help him.

Thinking about the fact that they fall so naturally into a protector/protected rhythm that neither of them even really seem to consciously think about it

I wanna talk about something that I have not stopped thinking about for weeks and yet I haven’t seen a single soul mention it.

I know I implied before that the Winter Soldier outfit was designed solely for looks and not function, but that’s not completely true. Parts of it certainly do have some actual function, namely holding as many weapons as humanly possible. 

With that in mind, I want to bring your attention to the iconic chest strap/harness. On the original CATWS outfit, this harness is designed to carry a gun on his back (specifically a Skorpion vz 61).

Now let’s look at the “Winter Soldier” outfit that Zemo gives Bucky in TFATWS. It includes a very similar chest harness, yet what’s on the back? Nothing. It literally serves no practical purpose. There’s not even a place to carry a gun if he wanted. So… why? What’s the point of him wearing it at all?

This time the harness is purely symbolic. It’s there to evoke the image of the original outfit – to let people know “this is the Winter Soldier”. As confirmed by the scenes in Madripoor, it seems to be widely known that the Winter Soldier is not a free agent but an attack dog who will follow his master’s every order. Therefore, this harness was explicitly designed and worn to suggest (through its strong visual association with the Winter Soldier) that he is, once again, OWNED and COMMANDED by someone.

Basically what I’m saying is Zemo dressed him up with the equivalent of a fucking collar.