getlouder:

mimaveil:

getlouder:

mimaveil:

thegunisinthedog:

What chance did he have, up against a champion?

of course Bates is physically stronger than Thomas. what i love is that Thomas quickly composes his face, before the back of his head smacks against the wall, even. because to win this game, he’s got to rely on the slink and the smirk. 

{and maybe that won’t carry him through the end, but he has to pretend}

oh god thomas

he just fucking takes it

takes it because they know who you are, but you can’t let them get inside your head. because if they beat you and beat you but you’re grinning through the blood, that counts as victory, too. 

p.s. now listening to Neko Case’s “Vengeance is Sleeping” and weeping over barrow trolls

i am crying tears of blood just so you know

and yes, there is a reason why ‘my love has never lived indoors’ is my newish thomas tag