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such a sweet serial killer he knows how to help when the mind isn’t quite right [x]

#this is one of my favourite little spike moments #he isnt angry at all hes very understanding #and i really think its because its because of his time with dru #he was so used to when dru made no sense and he was always understanding and patient #and he was so used to people judging and he never cared #he knows that tara doesnt know and he is so patient and its so sweet [x]

#this is such a good scene #he has a lot of anger #and has his temper tantrum drama moments #but he’s a caretaker #he took care of his sickly mother #spends 100+ years with dru #and then he spends the summer looking after dawn #he understands where tara is right now #that she’s emotionally and mentally vulnerable #and not of sound mind #he can’t get angry about that #and i like that it’s to comfort willow as much as tara #because he’s been in willow’s position and knows how hard it is #my undead trash son [x]

Katara: BOY???? HOT BOY?????? HOT TEENAGE BOY?????????

Zuko: *speaks*

And then it hit me.

Iroh: *sitting in a teahouse at a paisho table* Iroh, deadpan: I must capture the last airbender.  Iroh: It is the only way to make sure the powe rof the Avatar won’t be turned on the Fire Nation. Iroh: Only then will I be redeemed in the eyes of the Fire Lord for my failure at Ba Sing Se. Iroh: … Iroh: Anyway, it’s your turn.

he was the eldest son of fire lord sozin, who knew the avatar was the greatest threat to the fire nation, but also knew the new one would be a firebender and he couldn’t exactly merc his own people, now could he? but he always planned to order a convenient little assassination on whoever the new avatar turned out to be and in the meantime took out the air temples so that avatar couldn’t learn the next element in the cycle. of course, when it turns out to be his son, sozin, stellar dad that he is, thinks “if you want something done right” and shoots a fire blast at his firstborn.

zuko enters the avatar state, blows up half the palace, etc etc as one does, gets a nasty scar for his trouble, and escapes, hence why he was hanging out far enough south to necessitate katara and sokka cracking open a cold boy a century later.

all this is to say 1. i think it’s a good way to maintain zuko’s background and characterization in an au like this and 2. it leads to a secret second roleswap

Jonathan:

Jonathan: I think I’d rather you just call him a slur

been watching the originals for the first time and this was what i thought of when i got to this bit

Will: the first movie was his bisexual awakening and he spent the entire time torn between whether he wanted to bang Elizabeth or Jack. The real love triangle.

Elizabeth: if she had ever been onscreen with another woman for longer than 30 seconds I fully believe it would've ended in lesbian sex

Jack: literally the most bisexual man to ever walk/stumble the earth

Pintel & Ragetti: gay and married

Norrington: wanted to marry elizabeth to cover up the fact that the person he actually wanted to bang was jack

Barbossa is the most exasperated character in any scene he's in, unless he's winning. then he's the smuggest son of a bitch on screen (he literally returns from the dead smugly eating an apple). but majority of the time, he's 'why am I the only adult here'. man rolls his eyes so much I half-expected him to turn straight to the camera.

when Will asks Elizabeth to marry him while they are fighting Davy Jones' crew, stuck in a maelstrom, and trapped in the final battle, the first word out of her mouth is "Barbossa!". she then continues by asking Barbossa to marry them, but for a split second Will's face goes like 'Barbossa? Barbossa?? I didn't even know he was on the map of this convoluted love quadrangle!'

when they're in Singapore and Sao Feng threatens the spy he found and Will, Elizabeth, and Barbossa all look at each other to confirm that none of them have snuck in a spy they forgot to tell the others about, before shrugging and telling Sao Feng to go ahead and kill him.

Barbossa's eyes just getting wide and wider the more weapons Elizabeth pulls out of her clothes. c'mon man, let a woman have her toys!

rewatching really gives you the full picture of how many people are scheming at any given time and how each person's schemes intersect with the others, even if they're nominally on the same side. everyone also gets So Upset when their scheme is foiled, accidentally or intentionally, by someone else's scheme, as though they themselves aren't scheming at that very moment.

Barbossa's iron balls. I'm sorry, this is the funniest dick joke in the trilogy that defines how many dick jokes Disney can stick in a movie before it stops being PG-13. Jack's reaction really says it all.

All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because *they are mine!* *I have a duty!*

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There and back again, A Hobbit's tale, by Bilbo Baggins. Now, where to begin? Ah, yes. Concerning Hobbits....But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth.