#So I just finished the episode lol IT WAS SO GOOD

[genericpuff]

wait wait wait, regarding that Minthe post, you're telling me that Rachel literally wrote the character as having BPD.....and portrayed her as an abusive mean piece of shit??? WOW. fucking WOW. sorry for being so angry, but even if she "retconned" that - it's still so god damn disrespective. as someone who has BPD it hurts so much to see my mental illness villanised :(

ugh I'm so sorry pal. and I don't blame you for being angry about it, like I don't even have BPD and I'M fucking pissed LOL like I can understand why Rachel might have wanted to backtrack from that knowing fully well that Minthe's story wasn't gonna have a happy ending, but writing her with BPD in the first place and then BACKTRACKING from it as soon as she likely got heat for it (or just realized it wasn't a good look) isn't much better because it means now all she's done is written the stigmatized negative effects of BPD into her character without showing the more positive outlooks of healing and managing. Maybe that was doomed to happen considering Minthe is someone who doesn't get a happy ending in the myths, but it begs the question of why she'd write her with BPD to begin with because in hindsight it really does seem like she just wanted to use it as a way to make her "evil".

But like, when you read the actual episode, you can SEE the potential there for character growth, you can SEE that she's aware of her actions - but doesn't understand why she's "like that" which is a VERY common feeling among people with undiagnosed mental illnesses - but it was never meant to be.

Like jfc not only is it HEAVILY IMPLIED, but again, the episode is literally called "Splitting". And we see exactly that with Minthe, who can't seem to rationalize with herself that she messed up.

But... that leads me to another point that I failed to mention in that first ask response: she DIDN'T mess up. Like, yes, she messed up by escalating it to the point of slapping Hades, but it wasn't her fault that she didn't make it to her date with Hades. Whose fault was it?

Continuously throughout the first season we see Thetis being an awful influence who manipulates and gaslights Minthe. They're "friends", but it's clear Thetis does not have Minthe's best interests in mind. In this very scene we see Thetis manipulate Minthe and even attempt to get her so drunk that she won't be able to show up to her date. And then of course when that plan works and Minthe freaks out, Thetis spins it around on Minthe in a very passive-aggressive way.

But of course, the narrative has to find a way to turn this whole thing on Minthe being the bad guy. Hence we get the slap which shifts the focus entirely away from what led up to it back onto Hades who has, in a lot of ways, put her in a situation that she can't control. And of course, being in those kinds of situations does not help with mental health.

Like, sorry, I'm really going off here now, but... the slap happens in Episode 76.

When is it finally addressed again? Episode 103.

It took Rachel nearly THIRTY EPISODES to finally bring it back to Minthe, and in that time the reader has spent SEVERAL EPISODES reading about how sad and lonely Hades is, and about how cute and lovey he is with Persephone. The reader has not had ANY time to reflect on Minthe's circumstances, because it completely pivots away from her to focus on H x P as a sort of distraction from the fact that Minthe is a victim in her own right.

And when it DOES return to Minthe in 103, we get this harrowing reminder that her entire life is dependent on Hades-

And once again, here comes Thetis to the "rescue", reinforcing the negative feedback loop that Minthe is trapped in where she's put in unhealthy situations. She drags her to a bar and the whole time Minthe is not having fun because she's understandably still reeling from what happened.

Now we DO get some character development here, where Minthe realizes exactly what I've just finished explaining, that Thetis isn't her friend, that she'd rather not have Thetis as a friend than continue being talked down to and manipulated.

But then, as we know, because Rachel still needs Minthe to be the "bad guy", the breakup between Hades and Minthe winds up being all about Persephone from a POV that attempts to villainize Minthe for being "jealous" (rather than focusing on how shitty Hades actually is for having an emotional affair with Persephone to begin with) and then Minthe goes right back to hanging out with Thetis anyways for the sake of having the "evil other girl" who wants to "ruin" H x P's relationship.

It's not until Season 3 that we finally see Minthe tell Thetis to fuck off for good, but by then it's too little too late, and Minthe has lost an entire character arc. Rachel tries to go "see! Minthe's life is so much better now that she's taking care of children!" but that's an entirely different solution to a problem Minthe never had. She never got treatment for her BPD. She just got away from H x P which, while is a good thing, isn't actually analyzed as such. It's treated more as a "good thing" for H x P and the readers, because now they don't have to be subjected to Minthe's evil scheming anymore, something something "the evil is defeated". And don't even get me started on this comic's problem with constantly resolving female characters' story arcs through motherhood.

It bums me out so fucking much. Minthe deserved so much better. She's one of the many characters in LO who make it so painfully ironic when they're done dirty, because despite Rachel's attempts to write a "feminist retelling" that focuses on "moving on from trauma", she's inadvertently done more damage to feminism and the stigmas around mental health and trauma through her assassination of grounded and realistic and relatable characters like Minthe and Demeter who are shown ZERO empathy or understanding for their actions (unless it can be done so by making Persephone and Hades into the heroes). It happens so often throughout the comic it almost feels like how the comic markets itself as a "progressive feminist retelling" is some sick joke that I'm just not getting.

#ask me anything #ama #anon ama #anon ask me anything #lore olympus critical #anti lore olympus #lo critical

[dunmeshistash]

As of... actually several episodes ago but more so on this episode, I'm starting to think there's something (a reason/correlation?) to the anime not going all out on the animation (youd think ep23 part 1 would have gotten more attention) or when its not doing a 100% panel-for-panel adaptation of the manga (ie cutting out gags and some other parts)

Its almost like the anime is slightly just a little maybe advertising the manga? but idk, you dont really get this feeling if youve never read the manga. It only torments those who have who know what's in the manga that the anime-only's are missing out on. and there's also the dungeon tidbits that dont/havent been adapted that expand more on the story.

lets be real tho, some things in the manga just would not translate as effectively into anime. (ie the manga covers that look raw as all hell)

tl;dr i have a feeling the anime is not doing the manga 100% perfect justice because animation restraints AND it wants you to read the manga as well.

I've actually been thinking about that too. But objectively I think the dungeon meshi anime is effective/overall good adaptation of the manga.

The feeling of "NOO IT'S MISSING X THING" as far as I can tell is only for people who have read the manga, everyone else doesn't seem to feel there's a lack of quality. I call it the cursed knowledge of the manga lol.

The fact is that the manga is just PACKED full of so many details an adaptation that has ALL of it is just impossible, and trigger's anime isn't necessarily bad just because it doesn't have it <- I say begrudgingly cause I wish it had all

From what I can tell they have been pacing themselves within their budget/time constraints and focusing on what the medium of animation can serve the best to compliment the manga, which is action scenes, they seem to be focusing most of their efforts into giving us BREATHTAKING animations during the action and honest I LOVE IT.

I recommend @swampjawn's animation breakdowns if you wanna really appreciate it in a more technical aspect, its so good.

But another thing I've been noticing is how much content Ryoko Kui does related to the anime? Like the merch, the blu-ray boxes the collabs. Is that something common at all? The manga author doing so much content related to the anime of their work?

Maybe it's an exception cause she finished publishing Dungeon Meshi before the anime came out but I hope that her gorgeous art inspires people to read it.

Anyway I'm not sure if trigger is on purpose doing "manga advertisement" but just where I believe they'll stop this season is probably gonna make a lot of people want to read so it's a win in my book.

#dungeon meshi #ask #badman-blr #dunmeshi anime vs manga #Marcille Donato #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi

[thiscanbegood]

WHAT IS THE SECOND FUNERAL?

So I've been going crazy trying to figure out a timeline of events based on the episodes descriptions we got. We know Luca makes an appearance and that something happens to Marcus that makes him lose his focus enough for him to need a moment to get his groove back (which we all are pretty sure it's his mom's passing). All of that happens from the start to mid season.

BUT there's a mention of a funeral at the last episode.

Some people are guessing Donna's or Jimmy's but I feel like their passing in last ep would be such a huge cliffhanger that giving it away in the description like that just doesn't makes sense. Plus, Carm hasn't been seen actually processing his grief for losing his brother, Donna passing would be another huge blow and we wouldn't get to see each process separately, consecutive and similar punches might be cool in a fight but in a tv series would feel too much.

My guesses are on either one of these two (or a mix, they aren't mutually exclusive):

1. Something like a Michael's funeral redo for Carm. Giving him more closure and acceptance, maybe get in his brother's head somehow (his real head and not the persona's he liked to use with his weird messages and catch phrases) to understand his suffering and why he kept Carm away.

2. The Bear is gonna be put to rest. Either by an accident that compromises the building or by money problems (considering Mr. Eleven Mad is going cray cray with the budget making daily changes to the menu), the restaurant closes and the crew morn the loss. In this case (love this plot, have to admit) I think we'd get a light at end of the tunnel kinda thing, like Syd having an offer in the bag to open her own place (maybe the opportunity she gets) and take the crew with her or some investor looking to put money on a sydcarmy's restaurant.

Anyway this funeral goes, I think the restaurant is gonna finish the season in very shaky legs even if they get a star, like the opposite of the end of S2, which was "disaster just happened with this guy in the freezer but good things ahead maybe", S3 could be "great thing just happened but there's an incoming disaster, stay tuned for S4" lol.

Let me know what you think the another funeral is going to be if you want, would appreciate it!

#the bear #sydcarmy

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Freddie is way too powerful in this season's setting someone needs to stop him it's episode 1 and Tony already has:

A goofy silly voice

The capacity to hit children without repercussions

A gun

Literal insanity Glenn and Taylor would have dreamed of being in this position I can't wait to see this stupid man get into situations.

#So I just finished the episode lol IT WAS SO GOOD #dndads #the peachyville horror #tony collette #at least it's spelt differently from the actress this time so we don't have to specify that it's not that one lol #dndads spoilers #Heh actually I might tag future episode spoilers as ''spoiled peaches'' or something stupid #But not today I'll warn that in advance so people can filter lol #dndads s3 #dungeons and daddies #freddie wong

[insertsomthinawesome]

Okay I started this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back right after Episode 10 launched. Yeah. Ages ago. I actually finished it around probably 1-2 months ago??? I've just been slow to uploading it ^^;; Back then I was... not necessarily theorizing??? But had fun indulging in an idea like this xD

-NO ROMANCE INCLUDED-

#Trigun Stampede #Trigun Stampede Spoilers #Vash the Stampede #Nicholas d Wolfwood #Meryl stryfe #Meryl trigun Stampede #WOlfwood trigun Stampede #Vash trigun stampede #blood #injury #Isa's fanart #InsertSomthinAwesome #June2023 #I had a moment where my energy for working on this seriously disappeared too lol #thats why I only finished it a bit ago despite starting it before episode 11 even came out #There was a freaking wing!!! Got that right!!!! Much happier w Orange's design than my own xD #While this would've been good fuN I much prefer how the canon finale went #I feel its more fitting for Wolfwood's character and just. fits a lot better in total #Being season one having things wrap up so nicely.. not sure it woulda fit

[lenievi]

Stargate SG-1 is so good. I love it so much 🥺

#might spam you over the week. i think i'll use it to get a distance from snw for a while #i mean i'll watch the kirk-uhura episode on friday but maybe kirk will disappoint me and since the episode after is the xover #i might just... wait until the season is finished or something #(i mean i don't think kirk will disappoint me since the bits in the trailers sounded good... but you never know lol) #it's not that season 2 is bad but i want less spock and i don't think that's happening any time soon #hopefully he won't really have a big role in uhura's episode but then again they might finally introduce him and uhura and the lute who even #knows #which is obviously what i have wanted ever since the announcement but me and spock have a complicated relationship atm lol #i should forget about spock #i hope the transporter scene with kirk and la'an is happening #i hope that kirk's smile when he beams aboard is aimed at la'an #even if that was the only scene they'd share in that episode i'd be content #but the trailer could lie to me #even though so far the trailers actually delivered what was 'promised' #in s1 they felt more misleading but this time what i thought was happening in the trailers happened in the show so far #anyway #stargate is good :D #leni's nonsense

[sketchy-scribs-n-doods]

POV: Your DM is actively regretting his decision 30 seconds ago to turn the bird you're riding on into a war veteran, allowing it to launch a rocket at your enemies while you, using the obfuscation of the Toy Island firework, remove yourself from the line of sight to use your Sharpshooter feat to get Sneak Attack as you throw a wolf's tooth into the chest of the Green Fairy, who dies tumbling out into the pages below

#i haven't finished the episode yet bc i just got home after classes today but oh my god this moment got me so good #neverafter #dimenion 20 #brennan lee mulligan #zac oyama #d20 #zac is hitting homeruns this seasons lol #brennna making dreams come true: i did this to myself #neverafter spoilers #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 spoilers

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Naruto things that made me lose my mind (season 20 ep 50 - 61):

THEY DONT EVEN LET SAKURA HEAL OBITO LMAO

Hey naruto, why were u perfecting the reverse harem jutsu?

Hashirama: none ones here except the lower half of Madara's body

Hamura decided he would go to the moon too *beams up to the moon*

Indra: I am a powerful dickhead. This power is a curse so I will will my soul to reincarnate until I destroy all ability to manipulate chakra. It's not me who's the problem, it's my power.

The sukea episode is so ugly in the animation I always thought it was fan made rip

Obito gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss compilation. Thousands left dead and dying.

The obito death episode should have been called "A Hole Filled" ...ya kno bc its the end of his hole arc

Kakashi: y would obito save someone useless like me (Kakashi I will murder u. I'm pretty sure the village ran on ur abilities alone for a while)

Obito: Kakashi, u will be the next hokage (fuck u fuck u fuck u. Let this man rest.)

Naruto's speech to kushina 😭😭😭

#KUSHINAAAAA NARUTOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #i think this means im on the cusp of naruto vs sasuke and i am hype #god. im so close to the end. like 21 episodes left or something but ive been watching on hulu so its slow #i may have to get crunchiroll to finish it off for good. woof #im still on team fuck obito. im glad he turned to dust lol #but i kno its irrational. ugh. i just wanna watch naruto and sasuke beat the shit outta eachother 🖤 #naruto ramblings #i have one paper left. i need to stop procrastinating #naruto

[aliciawhimsicott]

What a lovely looking young woman about to enter a room, I hope she has performed no tomfoolery as of late.

#Umineko #Just finished Episode 6 and holy shit lol #You should play this or else I hope you kill yourself #Seriously Umineko is so good I love it #Both brutal and sincere and full of hate and full of love #The perfect form of literaure #And I mean that pretty much unironically.

[asyipyip]

jesus christ episode 5 of arcane was so fucking good

#i am gonna finally finish watching it #do not ask me why i havent finished it yet i dont fucking know #its so god damn good im just fucking terrible at watching things if i have free time i play video games lol #kara stop blogging #arcane #but it was so many banger scenes!!!!! SO MANY BANGER SCENES #the scene where vi spots caitlin in the brothel fuckin rizzing up a woman and vi just gives a little shocked 0_0 :) #the whole dynamic flashing back and forth of jayce being on a fucking HIGH while Viktor is sinking lower and lower into his work and illnes #the badass shots while enemy plays of the underground selling its grit #then the upbrupt stop of the music when it suddenly jumps to jayce sitting in viktors hospital room #viktor asks how long they thing he has and before jayce can answer it JUMPS IMMEDIATELY BACK INTO THE UNDERGROUND WITH THE SONG STARTING- #LIKE IT NEVER FUCKING STOPPED #AUGH #THATS GOOD FUCKING SHIT DUDE!!! THATS CINEMATIC AS HELL!!! #oh the way they portray powder/jinx's flashbacks are so fucking good. so expressive in just how much shes haunted by what happened #how her guilt manifests into ghosts that she cant escape from #genuinely incredible. what a show. #i want to watch another episode but its 3 am

[kiddokori]

becoming an fmab hater over this. joining the ranks of 03 truthers. i hope that show explodes

#fmab is one of those shows i watched it when i was younger so its nostalgic #and the characters and relationships have a special place in my heart #but thematically and as far as what each one has to say fmab has fucking NOTHING on utena #the older i get the more im like man. the politics of fmab are not actually good #ive watched quite a bit of 03 i did enjoy it the downtime episodes 03 has that fmab doesnt are very fun #fmab is just a lot easier to find lol #maybe this will get me to finish 03 for real. maybe #also lust characterization.. i forgot about her she was good….

[sysig]

I’ll be fine, I just have to get it all out of my system (Patreon)

#Doodles #Spoiler alert: It has been got out of my system by this point lol #I had a bad writing day and it was terribly demotivating :P I've gotten over it lol #It was an Offline Monday and the previous several days had been such good writing days! To the point where I was worn out lol #But not recognizing that and expecting to just be able to Keep Going - well it led to a minor crash lol #Again nothing bad just complainy and demotivating I'm fine ♪ #I am a little :/ about my devices being in the state they are that certainly doesn't help #My laptop's hinge and my iPod being so old and janky and my poor old tablet - still the main one I'm using lol #I think most of my USB drives are shot on this poor laptop so my new tablet that needs more than just the one just....doesn't work lol #It's a good backup to be sure tho! I do still kinda want a standalone proper-like... Investing in an iPad at some point is probably... #Well I'll worry about it more when it's an Actual Problem - for the moment everything is still working! Not the best but it's Doing! #Back to the writing et al lol - It was my Big Project which I think I've pretty clearly gestured at being an Adventure Time comic lol #I have not in fact rewatched the series beginning to end since finishing it - I've watched certain episodes but not just a front to back #I think a rewatch would be very entertaining! Seeing how all the pieces align from knowing the ending going in :) #But I'm good for the moment lol - I've got enough to work on to keep me going for a while yet haha #And as always I want More More More Tamagotchis #I've got my three but I want more! #Always about money huh :P Slowly but surely

[sea-buns]

the things my mind will do to NOT have to face the consequences of a traumatic story arc

"oh so and so died last week? and the new episode is tonight? hmm sounds like it'll be a good one...

.....y'know i've really been meaning to get into [absolute rabbit hole of a fandom]"

#it just feels like today should be a break week day #like my guy just passed LAST thursday and you want me to come back? for MORE? of what? that?? #yeah no i need another week to mentally prepare and then ill be right with you please and thank you #i never actually watch the rebroadcast in the mornings cuz it feels weird watching cr with the sun shining #but the thought of locking in for 4 more hours of stress tonight is not for me #so maybe ill catch it on yt and watch while i play sdv or something #yknow balance out the stress with a game that is deceptively stressful but in a different way lmao #plus i still havent finished the fhjy episode so. im busy lol #the fandom that my brain is trying to use as an excuse to miss the live btw is naddpod #ive been keeping up with dnd court cuz its just fun sillies that require none of my attention or brain power #so i havent gotten into a campaign yet but i think about it a lot. i know ill like it and thatll be the end of me #but anyway good luck tonight critters! #the temptation might have me idly popping into stream but heres to hoping no one else perishes! :'D #critical role #sea rambles

[a-concert-just-for-me]

I’m excited, I think Potionless is going to become my new most popular fic within the next chapter or two

#my fics #ignore me I’m just rambling #I wish I would have started potionless when the fandom was more active but alas #it’s still getting a good amount of traction obviously #it was just hard won compared to comfort food #which I wrote while camp camp episodes were still airing I think #it’s just interesting #I kinda wish I would have finished comfort food because it was so fun to write #Dadvid was sooooo popular and I said fuck that and did a momgwen fic lol #Max and Gwen were so fucking funny to write #I kinda miss it for real but I have no inspo for that fic anymore and don’t really remember what my plan for it was #sad! #I think the endgame was for max to move in with Avi and I think I pretty much got there anyway tho #it just needed a bit of wrapping up tbh

[keeps-ache]

found a scorpion walking down my arm the other day like nobody's business and now i'm scared of every brush of air on my neck fhvshfvh

#just me hi #girl help fhvsbhf #it was a little guy but also Way Too Funking Big to just be crawling on me like that #like i'd say 3 n a half inches long and it was just. eurhgurhughs #//anywayyyy #i've been trying to figure out how to format this comic for a good... couple days now lol #like i want to do a horizontal scroll with traditional pages (think like a pdf) but there's nowhere that has a format like that fhvs #you get some options: vertical. click-to-the-next-single-page. and vertical again but with big big gaps between each page #i think i'll just do something with the vertical scroll but mmmmannn i really don't wanna lol #i don't like verticallll it just doesn't look good and if i want to fix up my pages into a more trad.format then that takes 50 steps more #than just. letting me use trad.formatting #my other idea was to use the vertical scroll but have the comic sideways so you'd still get a horizontal scroll #would it be SUPER annoying for everyone involved? yea lol. but nobody would have this problem if we could get funky with the scrolling #//dear lird i thought the thing was on my neck again fvbsfhvs #//okay. i'm going to finish my little episode and then..? [jazz hands]

[whumpypepsigal]

hello my dear friends! it’s been a minute

🎶gloooooorioussssss new whump posts coming in hot🎶

✨hurt✨comfort ✨found family✨

#promised to myself i won’t start a show especially a netflix one that isn’t renewed or has at least 3 seasons… i failed big time #ahhh supernatural fantasy shows are my weakness and they always ALWAYS have great whump i love it #the chemistry between these characters and the amazing found family trope in these shows is just *chefs kiss* im obsessed #working on gifs… !!!! #bear with me it’s gonna take sometime to finish hehe #oh i’ve missed you all so much #damn i have been busy… have a little breather at the moment so gonna catch up on what i missed #tons to catch up on tons to reblog and tons of gifs to make lol #and im already tired hahaha #but super pumped #giffing some darkly lit scenes pray for my eyes everyone 😩 #my posts #my rants #p/s i caught up with tlovm and ep 3 DESTROYED me 😭😭😭💔💔💔 s02 is sooooo good already ahhhh #tlou episode 3 WRECKED ME! give all the awards to the cast and writers like wtf 😭😭😭😭 #pp/s i hear the new teen wolf movie is horrible lmao why… just why? they should’ve just let it be and not make a movie