#I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ABT THIS MAN.

[lorebird]

Sacrifices and parallels

#my art #life series #secret life #third life #goodtimeswithscar #pearlescentmoon #grian #secret life spoilers #traffic smp #traffic series #eyestrain #maybe?? #blood #I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ABT THIS MAN. #offering to die and lose but being refused #and the sacrifice dies anyways #there can only be one winner #grian called third life a double victory but no one has ever recognized it as such #even in double life where you could only ever end with two players!! there was only one crowned as winner!! #then she turns around and says she’ll sacrifice herself for scar. he refuses. he says they’ll go down together #they’ll call it a double victory #but it comes down to one winner anyways #just like always #long post

[voltaical-art]

HE WAS SEVENTEEN. AGHHH ULDER WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU

#bg3 #wyll ravengard #baldur's gate 3 #ulder ravengard #i am having so many Thoughts and Feelings about wyll and his fucking father #his dialogue abt him is so heartbreaking 'Did he ever miss me?' RAGHHH #man the game this would be if they actually explored this with wyll>>>> #whatever ill just do it myself

[marsbotz]

maybe its already too late for me

#spamton #deltarune #spamton deltarune #spamton g spamton #big shot spamton #animation #fuck it all this took so long i can even tell if its good or not anymore #JUST TAKE IT!!!!! #lol i have.... so many thoughts abt his big shot era. that man is SPIRALLING!!! #ughghhg [starts losing touch with reality epically] #btw the stuff on the walls issss. swatch pic.. cungadero ad (w funny legs).. tasque pic and pipis #and a like 'salesman of the year' magazine cover tee hee #i imagine spamton to rlly like the tasques.. cat guy #and everything else is like his obsessions with his public personal etc etc ehatver. im tired #theres like issues wparts of this but ive been working nonstop on it for like 2 days im so done. im so done LOL #prommy ill do more low effort fun stuff now i jsut had this Vision in my brain. i had to do it like this #sorry if it looks bad on mobile btw. tumblr sizes r so weird #ok. done now #artsbotz

[fossilizedhysterics]

guess who finished tlok tonight and immediately had this come to him in a vision!!!!

#i. really like tlok. like a lot #i understand why people dont like it #and i can accept that OBJECTIVELY its not that great #but i had a fantastic time with it #anyways yeah. gay people #tbh. would not call zhu li and varrick normal. most queer straight couple on the planet. #hes a gay man. shes a lesbian. theyre in love. do you get it. #i dont have that many thoughts abt wuko. i really really like it though. #wu is like the webkinz milk cat to me. i need to throw him against a wall really hard. #and of course. korrasami. what is there to even say there #one thing i will say is before watching it i TOTALLY thought asami was a fire bender and also evil #like i kept thinking “yep this is when she turns evil and then theres enemies to lovers” but nope #not a bender or evil and honestly im glad #she totally wouldve been justified in becoming evil though. i sure wouldve #love her.so much #korra too ofc #i have SO MANY more thoughts but im gonna run out of space #last thing i will say is i am a guy who will just always prefer media i can criticize #love atla. but theres nothing there for me to really sink my teeth into or like bitch about #i love it when media is KIND OF BAD and i can RANT ANGRILLY about it #the legend of korra #tlok #legend of korra #korrasami #wuko #zhurrick #korra #asami sato #mako tlok #prince wu

[finncakes]

so glad about this reveal from yesterday's 4-sided dive

#critical role #ashton greymoore #ashton babygirl you're such a damn fool #i do wonder though... at what point did ash start to subconsciously care abt the group.... hrm #i am relistening to cr3 rn (on ep 13) and knowing this fact will make listening more interesting... #esp in regards to ashton and orym... #babygirl... you tried to use this sweet sweet guy and instead are falling in love with him #<- this is my ashrym brain speaking #but man.... #i can't wait for ash to individually tell the group he care :) #also this makes all the times that ash had commented on orym's ashari shit more... inch resting... #i have so many thoughts and they are all about these two i'm so sorry #oh wait girl hold on #cr spoilers #just in caseies

[phosmic]

repeating mindless eulogies

to faces i can't recall anymore

#scribblescrabble #angel devil #csm #chainsaw man #i have so many thoughts #abt his dreams that he mentions #whether or not this is a dream thats for u to decide jsngkjg #daily horror of being the angel devil part 4343525

[mxntio]

my honest reaction

#ultrakill spoilers #ultrakill #vauge as fuck cuz i did finger art on ibis. i had to get the demons out #i literally have so many thoughts abt this level already. holy FUCK #ill draw something proper soon. but MAN WHAT A SATURDAY #hakita throwing blood into a lake of ultrakill fans n watching us behave like piranhas #// mint doodles

[bottombaron]

there is no way that Guillermo’s pussy wouldn’t drive Nandor absolutely mad with power

#wwdits #nandermo #nandor #guillermo de la cruz #what we do in the shadows #i have so many thoughts about how Guillermo makes Nandor feel powerful #(not in a sadistic power trip way tho) #the full force of someone as strong and beautiful and awe-inspiring as Guillermo choosing to bless Nandor with adoration #a man so used to being worshiped and yeT #you can see it in his eyes #how absolutely terrified of how powerful Guillermo makes him feel #with simple things like a soft smile and kind eyes #like how a former addict looks at drugs #and i find it so compelling that Nandor comes from power and conquering and yet he's like #fucking Guillermo would be like using the One Ring #Guillermo would casually say that he's upset Bravo cancelled a show and the next day the entire hq had been destroyed like a nuke hit it #like i'm srs guys i have five different long posts in my drafts abt how powerful Guillermo makes Nandor feel #(and how pussy-whipped Nandor would be if Guillermo ever gave it to him 😉) #but i can't process my feelings abt that rn so you get this

[s0lairee]

cw for scars, fantasy body horror/gore (in art and text).

apotheosis/corruption.

blake body horror has been on my mind for an embarrassingly long time...

#many thanks to the discord server for indulging my insane blake thoughts!! You Have Opened Pandora's Box. #i was his number one hater and now i literally cant stop thinking abt the corruption possibilities. what a MAN #HNGGHH he is so....... tragic little lad i want to microwave you #also can u tell i discovered a new texture brush!! it's so good #redacted asmr #redacted audio #redactedverse #digital art #fanart #sketch #redacted asmr blake #redacted audio blake #redacted blake #jo draws

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

BREAKS DOWN THE FUCKING DOOR

Transmasc Alastor and transfemme Vox. Okay that's it.

#I will never ever in a million years shut up abt all pronouns non-binary Vox #that headcannon is important to me. for some reason- #I have so many feelings abt it #I literally made it my profile picture #I have projected my entire gender experience on to that man from the 50s #(except Im afab. thats the only difference-) #meanwhile I just think transmasc Alastor is neat lmao #no real thought behind that one just like a neat headcannon #Im going insane #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin vox #staticradio #radiostatic #headcannons #late night ramblings

[puppyeared]

i think the reason why im so drawn to spirit tracks and pkmn scarvi is that having the legendary/princess as a companion rather than a goal that marks the games completion makes me feel satisfied the way i would after helping a friend

my brother always teases me about how I still havent finished botw after almost 7 years bc "id rather be out picking flowers" which i wont say is untrue. and yes i know Zeldas been holding off ganon for 100 years, yes i can get some sort of idea what her relationship with link was like by recalling memories and going through her diary. ive always loved botw for its unique storytelling and setting which makes it stand out, because it lets you get to know who you're saving.

but because theyre memories, it only works if theres something for the player to investigate that already happened. its retroactive (but effective nonetheless)

on the other hand, spirit tracks does something similar but instead of having the player try to piece together memories and interpret them as a spectator, you actually have an opportunity to get to know zelda yourself by talking to her and working together. besides making it a gameplay mechanic, giving the player control over how they interact with zelda makes it so much more personable.

and I find that making the goal feel personal instead of an obligation gives me more of a reason to work towards it. I know what kind of person botw zelda was but as the player, shes still very much a stranger to me. but spirit tracks zelda? thats my friend!!!! she invited me to go to the beach after we get her body back!!! i dont want to whip her to make her move faster thats mean :(

you know how hostage negotiators are trained to introduce themselves and get to know the person theyre negotiating with because its harder to hurt someone when you know what their favorite food is? its kinda like that, because it feels like im helping a friend than being told or led to do smth

and although i havent played scarvi myself, i feel an attachment to koraidon and miraidon even just watching playthrough clips because its like!! thats my weird scaly dog!! it loves sandwiches and we're friends!!! you know!!!!!!

#i dont normally write long posts like this but i think ive been trying to put this into words for a long time and it finally happened #my cloth mother spirit tracks zelda and my wire mother lttp zelda #ACTUALLY ANOTHER THING when i was a kid i always felt guilty when i had to catch the legendary at the end of the game #because to me it was like 'i know none of this is real but if i capture you and have you under my thumb am i robbing the world of something #normal thoughts for a 10 year old to have #when i talked to my brother abt this he was like 'i mean yeah the point is to dunk on the NPCs what were you expecting' and i mean i think #i get that its supposed to feel rewarding because the legendary is THE reward. but it doesnt feel right and i dislike he feeling of pushing #others down to get ahead. i guess u can argue sun/moon does smth similar where you have nebby with lillie #but lillie still ends up handing nebby over to the player and i STILL feel bad because im like shit man you raised that little guy #and koraidon/miraidon feels less like a reward but more like overpowered motorcycle lizard that is just so oupydog. and i love him #and in spirit tracks i went out of my way doing some of the side quests bc zelda asked nicely and honestly that was enough for me #i think all of this boils down to.. i feel very protective abt things i care abt so stories that give me a reason to care hits harder #this can also go the other way bc i CRIED when i finished links awakening because i KNEW every person and im responsible for #literally the end of their world. like. there was a family with 5 kids. marin loved singing and cared about me. she was my FRIEND #i just. ugh. i have too many feelings rn. i kinda wanna draw more spirit tracks link and zelda i think that wld make me feel better #yapping #diary #loz #pokemon

[dramamines]

why is it whenever i watch tv my favourite character is always the shittiest, most jackass, cocky, bad person you will ever meet. Like I have many examples

#ballena rambles #south park #eric cartman #the amazing digital circus #jax #tadc jax #hazbin hotel #angel dust #deadpool #april ludgate #blitzo #helluva boss #thats just the beginning of the characters man #if i thought abt it i could name so many more #like crowley is the only one of my favs who isnt like this #he borders on it but is a sweetheart #oh and ed ig? #and possibly jim #they dont have the vibes im taklking abt

[artificialdogs]

Kalos fans are finally winning after 10 long years im gonna cry

#pokemon #pokemon day #i hope these tags cover it up?? #BUT IM SO EXCOITED IM CRYING. I LOVE KALOS IT WAS MY FIRST GAME... #10 long years of defending this game and praying gamefreak comes back to give it what it deserves #bcuz the og games while fun imo had a barely skeleton of a story and zygarde wasnt even USED man #they clearly wanted to do so much with the game but as the first 3D game AND after bw it was in a really awkward spot #god ive seen what youve done for others [legends arceus] PLEASE DONT LET LEGENDS Z FLOPPP #PLEASE LET NATIVE KALOS POKEMON GET MEGAS NOW. god that was the most fucked up part of the og games #ugh i have so many thoughts abt kalos i really do hope theyve learned from this last decade and do XYZ right

[artsy-fran]

i have many thoughts about the most normal guy ever

#i have not finished aini #but i am working on it #and i think many thoughts abt ryuki #hes so. hes #man #hes so normal #aitsf #ai somnium files #ai: the somnium files #aini ryuki #aini fanart #ryuki aitsf #aitsfni #aitsf nirvana initiative #ai the somnium files #kuruto ryuki #aitsf spoilers #???? does this count as spoilers ???? #i dont know #anyway #my art #fran's art

[comradekatara]

I rewatched “the boy in the iceberg” the other day, and it’s not an episode I revisit often, but when I do, I’m always kind of amazed by the level of insight it provides into katara and sokka’s upbringing, but only when you watch it through the lens of having already seen the entire show.

for example, kanna as a character does not register for the viewer unless you already know her backstory as it’s revealed to us in “the waterbending master,” at which point the fact that she is shown to be unflinchingly harsh and stern and keeps preventing katara from the fun and adventure she clearly yearns for actively signals to us what kind of toll the war must’ve taken on her and the responsibility she feels towards keeping katara out of trouble. the fact that we see kanna push katara from aang, warning her to not pin her hopes on this boy and telling her she needs to do her chores, is really interesting because it frames the fact that katara does a lot of chores not as something she might have volunteered to do, or even is expected to as a girl, but rather something that kanna forces her to do as a distraction method (both from her grief and from her impulsiveness).

it’s clear that kanna sees far more of herself in katara than she does in sokka, but that comes with the acknowledgment that katara has the capacity to be just as adventurous, reckless and impulsive as kanna was at her age, and that means keeping a close eye on her at all times. I’m convinced that if kanna had ever said “sokka, be a man and wash your dirty socks,” sokka would’ve done that shit without question, but instead kanna made katara do all of the laundry because it meant keeping her in their house for longer, where she can keep an eye on her granddaughter and make sure she isn’t running off to go penguin sledding or exploring the ruins of an old fire nation ship (two things she immediately does the second she makes a friend her age) or god knows what else. kanna has no need to keep an eye on sokka because he is extremely cautious, takes his duties very seriously, and refuses to entertain the notion of having fun of any kind, so there’s no chance of him wandering off and getting into trouble.

when sokka says “I knew I shouldn’t have taken you fishing,” because of what he says next (“leave it to a girl to screw things up”) he makes it sound like it’s because he believes that women can’t fish because their tits get in the way or whatever, but I bet that katara begged him to take her because she was bored and was clawing at the walls desperate to go outside and explore, even if it meant putting up with her annoying ass brother (not like she has any other friends her age). she probably went through all her chores really fast and then caught sokka on his way out and did adorable puppy dog eyes and had a whole numbered list ready with reasons she should go until sokka relented (only to immediately realize that fishing is just as boring as doing laundry).

kanna did not approve of the idea of katara going alone with aang to the north pole, but once it was sokka’s idea to go rescue aang and travel the world, (and it was clear he had packed the necessary provisions, unlike katara, whose decision to leave with aang was a spur of the moment thing,) kanna gave them her blessing. and her respective farewells to both of them are also so telling in that regard, because she is giving katara permission to be hopeful, to finally live up to her heroic potential, whereas she tells sokka to look after katara. on their travels, katara does have some practical skills sokka doesn’t (sewing and midwifery being the primary two things sokka is fucking useless at) that she acquired from spending every waking second since kya’s death doing chores with kanna, but she is also constantly getting herself into trouble, with or without aang (or toph) as her accomplice. and every time sokka is just like “yup, classic katara shenanigans. just so you know i disapprove but also will do everything in my power to help you out of this mess.”

watching out for katara, making sure that she doesn’t get herself into trouble, and then helping her out of said trouble, is the exact kind of thing both hakoda and kanna told sokka his primary responsibility was, and it’s clear he takes that responsibility very seriously. it’s also probably why he was way more chill about the consequences of toph’s scamming. like, he told her to be careful after noticing her wanted poster, but he wasn’t mad about it the way he was when katara attracted the wrath of pirates, because he didn’t spend his whole life being shown and told that toph needs someone responsible to keep her in line. and he does feel a level of responsibility and protectiveness towards toph, that much is clear, but he also trusts her judgment because he’s never actually seen her make an actively bad judgment call (excluding katara from the scams was mean and wrong of her, granted, but it’s clear he doesn’t wanna involve himself in their beef).

“never turning his back on katara” is always sokka’s first priority, above anything else, and that shows even when he’s being a dick to her, saying inflammatory shit like “leave it to a girl to screw things up.” again, once you've seen the show in full, it’s pretty clear that sokka is just saying that because he’s insecure that all the warriors left him behind, so he’s projecting his insecurities onto her, but if you don’t have the context to understand how much the idea of “not being a true warrior” means to sokka, it just seems like he thinks boys rule girls drool. and if you don’t realize that kanna is actively making katara do more chores on purpose, whereas she trusts sokka to be responsible for himself, it does seem like katara is taking on an unfair amount of responsibility, in a gendered way. you take that conversation at face value, because you don’t realize (at first) that they’re both projecting their insecurities and blaming their personal frustrations on each other. you don’t realize that sokka is minimizing katara because he sees her as his annoying little sister who always gets into trouble, and you don’t realize that katara is telling herself stories of grand adventure because she feels cooped up at home, because this is the inciting incident where adventure does await, so sokka’s suspicion and exasperation seems out of pocket, whereas katara’s wonder and eagerness seems totally justified.

it’s similar to how when zuko sees the light from the iceberg opening iroh warns them that they’ve gone down this road before and not to have too much hope. kanna tells katara the same thing. both zuko and katara believe in the avatar as their salvation, and are so eager to put their faith in this narrative that they accept it without question. of course, we as the audience know that they’re right, but it’s also perfectly reasonable for sokka and iroh to warn them not to get their hopes up, to be careful and patient. it makes you wonder how many times not only zuko, but also katara have gone looking for the avatar before, firm in their belief that he’s still out their somewhere, and they will be the Chosen One to finally find him (of course, they’re right, but no one had any way of possibly knowing that). katara and zuko are obvious foils whose journeys mirror and intersect, but iroh and sokka are too, and they’re both there to support and guide their younger, less jaded family member, both in giving them the space and encouragement to be the best versions of themselves they can be, and also cautioning them or saving them once they get themselves into trouble due to their shortsighted impulsiveness.

the same way that zuko’s always yelling at iroh that he’s just a lazy old man who doesn’t understand the importance of honor is how i view katara’s rant to sokka that he “doesn’t do anything around camp” and “from now on, he’s on his own.” like, what does she even mean by him “being on his own”? his primary priority at all times is literally protecting her. he’s not the one making her do his laundry, their grandmother is. blame her, katara! (actually ykw i bet she does but just yells at whichever family member is in vicinity in that moment.) katara has every right to be bored and frustrated, but her anger is mostly misplaced (other than calling sokka sexist, that’s fair). and it’s clear that sokka doesn’t take any of what she says to heart anyway, because the entire time she’s ranting he’s just sitting there thinking about how they’re gonna get home without a boat.

what makes kanna so fascinating is that we only ever see her agreeing with sokka, but it’s clear she’s secretly rooting for katara, for her naive, impossible worldview to be somehow, against all odds, right. and when she is, when the avatar is revealed to be alive, kanna thanks her for bringing back the dormant hope she long thought gone for good. sokka, like kanna, has been utterly jaded, all and any sense of wonder pulverized by the war. but aang and katara bring it back, through their sheer optimism against all odds, their sense of adventure, their commitment to justice, and their dedication to preserving their childhoods amidst all the grief and violence they’ve had to suffer.

#katara #sokka #katara&sokka #best siblings best characters #analysis #kanna&katara #kanna #iroh&zuko #katara&zuko #aang&katara #sokka&toph #sorry this post is so long u cant shut me up abt katara & her family i simply have too many Thoughts #also i talk in other posts abt why sokka belittles kataras bending; why sokka is sexist (i sort of touch on it here but not nearly as much) #how kanna mirrors katara in so many ways #and also more abt how 'the runaway' further frames katara & her relationship to her family in general #i should make a longer post abt the iroh sokka parallels #i've been meaning to for ages #bc oh man. #anyway. it rly bothers me when ppl talk abt katara as if she is some Maternal Goddess #when all evidence points to her being a Loud Little Sister #its like ppl took some extremely shallow visual cues & some sentences out of context and Ran with it #the way kanna talks abt katara tho is so telling bc she knows her better than anyone #kanna is so no-nonsense she sees an airbender and she's immediately like 'why arent you dead.' i love her

[fistfuloflightning]

The wicked rule in lawless land Wash the blood out from their hands Schemin' with their evil plans Justice soon will come

—Heathens by Valley of Wolves

#mdzs #nie huaisang #mdzs art #my art #I have so many 2am thoughts™ abt this man #also wanted to get down how I envisioned him in my head #haven’t done this kind of pencil work since my David Bowie poster a couple years ago 😬 #also kinda weird angle/position on the paper since I wasn’t planning it to be so big lol