I think another comedic potential for Porter being a freak at young new hire Jace is:
He clocks Jace as like 25/mid twenties or something but. Jace is actually like maybe a year or two older than Porter but never mentions it until Porter like. After they've finally hooked up or something is like. I've never fucked someone half my age didn't really think I'd be so into it and Jace (powering through the ego trip of being mistaken for a few decades younger because he has anxiety about aging like a human) is like. Porter. You know that's objectively not true right. You know I'm 50 right.
And Porter's just like. What.
god the half-elf aging strikes once again. 50 puts him at like, just about 30 in terms of a human lifespan iirc. jace voice you thought i was half your age and you still slept with me?? you fucking freak (said with immense lust)
and when theyre "in a relationship" (read: jace thinks its just sex + porter paying for his dinner sometimes, porter is in DEEP and refusing to admit it) porter starts being like "so we should think about getting hitched, right? neither of us are getting any younger" and jace is like "marriage?? i'm 52, what am i, a child bride??" he's NOT done fucking around just yet!! so what if his soulmate is in his life, he's still busy being a hoe!!
porter's like. trying to convince him to settle down and move in with him and talk about kids and all of these big life things and jace is like. who ARE you. i thought you understood this was casual. and porter (realizing suddenly that he means less to jace than jace does to him) is like what the fuck do you mean "casual"? ive never felt like this about anyone and thats your fault. casual, what does that even mean? do you have someone else on the side? who is he?
somehow this ends with jace getting strangled to death <- who said that
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HELLO CASPER i'm here to haunt you with your past (no pressure if you don't want this haunting). but for the director's commentary... this little scene from ACD haunts me to this day:
“Anything happens, wake me up.” Tardif says, trying to arrange the two of them comfortably despite the cramped space of the bed. Damian nods, his own body filling the spaces the other man leaves. His voice comes out with just enough energy in it to be audible.
“You’re…a good man, Tardif.”
At first Tardif has to suppress a snort, but as the other man solemnly stares back the genuineness of Damian’s words hits him with an almost painful force. He says nothing, reasoning to himself that the flagellant’s state of mind must still be detached from reality for him to say something as laughable as that.
[fic commentary meme]
HOOO BOY HOO BOY alright. Had to reread a to get back in the ACD brain but I'll do my best >:D
Rereading this part of the chapter, I feel like I wanted to show two things: Tardif managing to set aside his pride and self-isolating tendencies for Damian's sake, and Damian accepting that in kind.
This part in particular reflects the latter: everything has changed for Damian, the faith that's kept him alive has been shaken in a way it's never been before. Tardif is the only constant he has left to hold onto: a self-proclaimed selfish man Damian's previously scorned and rejected. But he still brought Damian into the closest thing to home he has, tries to take care of him even when he's lived so much of his life hurting people. Tardif still can't reconcile this in himself, but...actions speak more than words. And Damian can't help but acknowledge that.
Despite the circumstances surrounding it, I also did just love the visual of these two bulky tough guys squished together in a tiny bed. I think Tardif ends up becoming a jetpack(gotta hold onto Damian so he doesn't get taken by the Horrors).
Admittedly, it's scenes like this in the most recent chapters I get conflicted on. It's satisfying to finally have some of these walls fall down--but sometimes I feel I softened the edges that made these two initially appealing a bit tooooo much to fit a romantic narrative. But, then again, this is all after nearly 20 chapters of buildup, soooo...hopefully it feels earned? Either way, I'm happy to hear it's a scene that stuck with you. :]
As a trans man- the way Iaus talks about respecting other people as they are really hit different. Nice to know for a fact that my favorite character from this series would respect me as a person without hesitation. . [ID: An acrylic painting of Iaus Innskeep from Dark Dice. He faces forwards, eyes closed, smiling peacefully. His left hand is over his chest, and the painting cuts off at the stomach. Iaus is a teifling with mauve skin, red horns, and shoulder length wavy black hair. He wears a loose white shirt and an orange cloak with miscellaneous patches sewn in to repair holes. He has one earring, some jewelry on a horn, and a ring on his middle finger. There is a prominent scar on his neck, over his left eye, and a large patch of scar tissue on the right half of his face. One if his horns is chipped. His visible hand has smaller scars on it. The background is the transgender flag, and the words “It’s a matter of” are written at the top in cursive, while the word “courtesy” is written at the bottom in all capital letters to finish the quote. Each letter in “courtesy” is outlined in a different color of the rainbow. End ID.]
“Doing books with Peter Eisenman is a joy because he constantly pushes you to the limits, and because his material is exquisitely drawn.” –– design: Vignelli, 1990.
This year we’re celebrating Peter Eisenman’s birthday with the first book that Massimo Vignelli designed for the architect. House X is based on various iterations of a paper by Eisenman that was first presented as a lecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1976. House X was never realized but is a conceptual idea about the “house.”
Most of the content of this book was published in the Japanese magazine A + U (Architecture + Urbanism) in its first issue in January 1980. (Massimo Vignelli “Basically designed” p.13-224 and in 1990 became the “actual” designer for the magazine, including re-designing their logo.)
Another book designed by Massimo Vignelli for Eisenman:
http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/94490739187/eisenman-house-of-cards-vignelli-design
Peter Eisenman was one of the founders of IAUS (Institute for Architecture and Urbanism) and Massimo Vignelli did all the graphics for IAUS.
Read more about Eisenman and Skyline newspaper for IAUS:
http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/148801493647/vignelli-eisenman-iaus-skyline
More from the archives on IAUS:
http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/90349659252/massimo-and-the-iaus-part-1-of-3-with-the
Peter Eisenman “House X” [excerpt] designed by Massimo Vignelli
1982
10 1/4 ” x 10 1/4”
Box 39, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers
Vignelli Center for Design Studies
Rochester, New York
Peter Eisenman “House X” sketch details by Massimo Vignelli
Portfolio E1, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers
Vignelli Center for Design Studies
Rochester, New York
A+U magazine [excerpts] Peter Eisenman Special Issue
1980
8 1/2 ” x 11 1/2”
Box 39, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers
Vignelli Center for Design Studies
Rochester, New York
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okay. i am thinking about fuckin Old Tropes and how that could be applied to adventuring parties and such but let's go back to porter and jace adventuring for some reason... and it's not fun sex pollen monsters but. oh no..... they're in the mountains/somewhere freezing.... they get separated by a cave in..... oh it's so cold..... good thing porter's like a fucking furnace right....?
why does this feel more revealing than me saying i want porter to bark like a dog?
WOOOOO CHEERING!!!
can i propose. for the drama of it all. maybe this is when jace and porter are helping out jace's old adventuring party. and jace and peregrine get separated from the others. and jace is like "ugh it's freezing, can you get the jackets out of my pack?" and peregrine (no longer under porter and the rest of his own party's watchful eyes) is like aw cmon jacey. remember the last time we were in a bind like this?
(the last time was a blizzard, they were snowed in at an inn with no heating, they'd run out of candles a while ago and jace had suggested that they share body heat)
and jace is like. pointedly ignoring him. and he's like "does your crystal have signal? can you text invidia and ysvelde and ask if either of know investiture of stone?"
and peregrine (lying) is like "i know for a fact neither of them do. we've got time until the rest of them dig us out of here, we could spend some of that time catching up."
and jace at this point is like "you're married. we're not doing this." because he's learned his lesson about fucking around with peregrine. he's not taking the fall for him again. peregrine made it very clear where his loyalties lie. and it's not that he doesnt want to, because god does he want to, but he just can't open himself up to that again. denying himself this is the hardest thing he's ever done. jace has always been weak whenever it comes to him.
and peregrine, growing frustrated because jace should be easy for him, is like "come on, what i have with aurora never stopped you before" and jace, who is extremely hurt by him bringing that up so casually, as if it didnt lead to his entire life imploding, is about to burn his last 5th level spell slot on an Immolation when porter and dagbert break through the fallen rocks.
and jace, just to throw it in peregrine's face, leaps into porter's arms and is like "you saved me <3 my hero <3" and really plays into the damsel in distress role. straight out of one of his bodice rippers. and porter (unaware of what has transpired) is like "you're freezing, let me warm you up" and holds jace close while he gets jace's jacket for him. and that night when theyre all camping out, jace and porter share a sleeping bag. just to make sure jace doesnt get hypothermia or something. obviously. which peregrine is so normal about.
okay jess. i made the underwear post. what about the lingerie.
OKAY SO. there are a few things at play here so im just gonna go through them one by one
for jace:
jace's love of fine things. this is practically canon to me. he loves his expensive green velvet couch, his cashmere maroon sweater, his veuve clicquot brut yellow label champagne, etc etc he is soooo into the finer things in life. hence, lingerie. lots of lace and silk and ribbons. LOVES the texture and the way they feel against his skin.
jace's desire to be desired. have you seen that quote from robber bride by margaret atwood? jace read that and said "but that's good actually??" he likes knowing other people, ESPECIALLY porter, find him attractive, that they Want him, that they're watching him put on the show of a lifetime. and lingerie is a way to make himself more enticing to watch
jace genderfuckery hours. i think @zukkacore did something to my brain with dyke jace and now its all i can think about. what IF he got to dress up a little bit.
my theory of jace's sexuality includes him using sex as a tool to get what he wants and well. playing into porter's whole masculinity neuroses where he's this Big Strong Man who is Conquering and Ravishing the Weak Pretty Sex Object is a great way to manipulate him into things. the amount of presents he's wrung out of porter by asking for them in a post-coital afterglow is insane.
his favorite kind of lingerie is, imo, lacy two-piece sets, but he ALSO loves the ones with garters and stockings. please picture starbreaker wedding night roleplay where porter rips off jace's garter with his teeth. thank you. as for colors... i mean you know i'm sticking with jewel tones UNLESS it's the aforementioned wedding night roleplay because then jace is in white and pale blue or pink.
for porter:
i have been BARELY restraining myself from making posts about transfem porter for weeks now. the amount of times ive almost posted "corollary podcast to complicated women called could transition have saved her and the first episode is about porter cliffbreaker" today alone. so. yknow. lingerie as a method of gender exploration. in an alternate universe where she's not confined by the Evil Plan.
for something more canon-adjacent, i could see porter being a silk robe guy. again he's not on jace's level but it IS something delicate and soft and non-utilitarian that he lets himself have.
keeping with canon-adjacency, and this is gonna sound sad, i honestly don't think porter even tells jace about this part of him because he can't handle being seen as Weak due to [handwaves at his nightmare-inducing complexes about his masculinity]. he truly believes that if ANYONE found out something catastrophic would happen.
however porter loooooves lingerie on jace. he has opinions on what jace wears, likes having that level of control over him and how much jace wants to please him. obviously he loves to rip jace's pretty underwear apart and leave him looking absolutely ruined whenever they fuck.
okay finally these are all the thoughts i have on them WOW this got long sorry about that. but it really truly is a topic that needs exploration i think!!
okay. this is. potentially such a weird specific ask but as i am over here getting ready to tpk my party who said that. what do you think would happen if for w/e reason jace's college party like. brought jace AND porter along for a mission. no idea WHY this would happen but i'm. literally just picturing the weirdest pissing contest between peregrine and porter during fights and jace is fighting for his life because the tanks are trying to one up each other so he can't even clock that he's kind of being fought over actually.
OH MY GODDDD YEAH. god. i have so many thoughts on this bc like
peregrine and porter are both like. so insecure about their masculinity in ways that i think would clash TERRIBLY. like, if this is adjacent to blood and turpentine canon. maybe their new offensive caster (drow wizard, name currently undecided but he's ysvelde's cousin) bites it and aurora's not able to resurrect him. so they need a backup.
and invidia is like "guys we're close to elmville. i know none of you like him but we could get jace" and dagbert and ysvelde are like "it's not that we dont LIKE him its that he's just. a lot of drama. with aurora and peregrine and everything." but then invidia asks peregrine who's kind of like the unofficial party leader and he's like (convinced he and jace could have an affair bc he's unhappy in his marriage and in his mind jace has always been available to him as a backup option) "well, we need all the help we can get and he's our best option" and i think the only reason aurora would agree to this is bc she thinks whatever mission theyre on might actually kill him
anyways. jace shows up with porter, to everyone's shock, and is like "you guys remember porter? he said he was free too and i figured we could use extra muscle" and IMMEDIATELY peregrine is like "why'd you think that? dagbert and i are--" and then dagbert (only professional on the team) is like making nice with porter and theyre like bonding and peregrine is like [grits teeth] okay. okay. it's fine. it's just a week in the red wastes like old times.
and porter KNOWS about jace and peregrine so he's like playing up the fact that theyre together. like jace gets hurt by something and aurora like rolls her eyes and moves to heal him and porter's like nah don't worry i got him, and kisses jace's hand for a Lay on Hands. and peregrine is fully like [actively seething] calm down calm down calm down calm down
ofc this leads to peregrine taking stupid risks in a major battle bc he thinks he'll win jace over by showing him how he can protect him. and he gets hurt as a result. and so does porter bc now he's taking damage that was meant for peregrine. and jace has to be the one to burn his 9th level spell slot and kill whatever monster theyre fighting. and he's like "guys youre both better adventurers than this?? what the fuck was that?" and neither of them want to admit that theyre kind of in a contest for who can show off in front of him so theyre like "it's nothing, won't happen again"
but ofc it DOES happen again. and again. and aurora who has made it her mission to not interact w jace at all lest she "accidentally" let off a 7th level inflict wounds and reduce him to a pile of black ichor when they still need him is like "you need to tell your little dalliance to knock it off because if you two get my husband killed i can't be held responsible for what i do. youre not even dressed like a whore this time around, i dont know what kind of hex you cast on him but fucking stop it"
and jace would ignore this because to him thats classic aurora, pissed off at him for no reason & blaming him for shit he didn't do, until invidia is like "did you bring porter to fuck with perry on purpose because that's SO you and SO petty i love it" and jace is like "no of course not, i genuinely thought we could use another tank" and ysvelde is like "okay but like, you wanted to fuck with him a little bit, right? make him jealous?"
and jace (low int) finally gets it and is like oh my god. martial classes are all fucking IDIOTS. is that why theyve been absolutely fucking useless in every fight? i shouldve gone through with marrying you ysvelde my life would be so much easier if i'd done that. and THIS is when invidia and ysvelde spill all the drama to him about peregrine and aurora's crumbling marriage and jace comes clean about peregrine coming onto him at his own wedding. and they laugh and laugh and it's like old times for a brief moment.
and then peregrine and porter get into a physical fight bc peregrine doesnt like that porter's been very touchy-feely with jace lately and porter was like "what's it matter to you? he's mine now, not that he was ever yours" or some other creepy possessive bullshit like that. and jace has to separate them and talk both of them down (well he yells at porter and is very soft-spoken and simpering with peregrine) because they wont listen to anyone else.
