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[rosicheeks]

You are so fucking beautiful and anyone who doesn't have you on their blog is stupid. Pleaaaseee don't think that you aren't good enough...ever! You are stunning and I love your posts ❤️❤️

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#omggggggg #you are so fucking SWEET #I’m screaming #thank you so much lovely 🥺 #I was going to wait until I can properly reply cause my brain is mush and I need to go back to sleep #but I’m scared I’m going to not reply #and this needs a reply #cause ahhhhhhh #you made my day 🥺 #maybe I should post more huh 🤔 #I have soooo many drafts I’ve been sitting on for awhile #I just haven’t had the time or energy to post or edit or anything #but hopefully soon #I really wanna make an audio for you guys 🫣 #thank you again so so so much #ask #anon #sweet asks

[tofixtheshadows]

I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.

Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.

Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.

Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.

I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.

He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).

First, we get this:

Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.

They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.

It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.

We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.

What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?

He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.

In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.

Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!

...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.

Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.

And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.

I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.

And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.

Meals are the privilege of the living.

#Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Kabru #Kabru of Utaya #Laios Touden #Dungeon Meshi meta #you can have him in the tags too. as a treat. #Dungeon Meshi spoilers #this was directly inspired by livelaughlaios's post about Kabru self harming but I decided it got too long to make it a direct reply #this is a theory I've been working on for weeks because I kept noticing this while skimming for screencaps #I'm hesitant to trigger tag this because of the way certain subcultures on tumblr operate #but if anyone needs me to add a content warning please let me know #also I included image descriptions! I did my best #I think they even help illustrate my points but my god were they sad to write. Kabru is so fucking sad you guys #musings with Dea

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

#anti ai #fuck ai #artists on tumblr #please do not call me or any artist a content creator #i'm an artist. a fanartist. a designer. but not a content creator #ai clowns in my replies will be deleted and blocked without response so do not waste your breath #you are not an 'artist' for generating an image any more than you are a chef for ordering from a restaurant. someone Else did the work. #owen dennis just deleted all his blue sky stuff again and i hate that he does that because he makes such interesting comments #about the entertainment industry lmao i need to just. start screenshotting every smart thing he says #anyway thats why i decided to finally make this when its been sitting in drafts for a few months #owen dennis #edit - if you dont know who owen dennis is he's the creator of one of the best animated series of the last 20 years (Infinity Train) #he's very open about talking about art and the entertainment/animation industry on social media and in his newsletter and hes so cool 4 it

[diabloii]

yes i can

#this was me looking at replies to that genderpunks post about how 'we mess men up' btw if anyone needed context

[bigfatbreak]

Hypothetically speaking, what would happen if Feralnette ended up in the Scarlet Lady timeline?

big fan.

#replies #this was my warmup lmao #what would feralnette do other than uproarous applause??? #marinette has this handled she doesnt need a beefcake on the scene #but you should go read scarlet lady lmao

[rithmeres]

#this is just an april fools post please don't listen to this playlist i don’t want to know what it would do to a person #(but if you do listen to it. tell me about it i need to know what it was like) #hxh #hunter x hunter #link in replies btw. for the brave soul who asked

[suntails]

happy birthday silver!!

#fun fact: i hate doing bday art but this was NEEDED. i was a woman possessed. this groovy fucked me UP #groovy was made in a lab specifically for me. im SICK im DESTROYED its so good. he fucking sweeps. we win #i need silver to stab the painting and be so upset abt it i need the Tension i AUGHHHHHH #silver i love u. i wanted him to touch the frame at first like gentle ponder vibes #but its a museum thats against the RULES. i have licked a statue at a museum but silver wouldnt break rules like that #anywho. im on mobile but i saw i have an ask so i gotta reply tmrw. ty to the anon for ur patience and thoughts i rly appreciate it #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #suntails

[chloesimaginationthings]

What is the relationship between Michael and Gregory like?

I’d say like dysfunctional brothers

#ask reply #I think Gregory finds Michael cool #but also isnt afraid to make fun of him or fight him #Michael on the other hand is a bit more complicated #Michael sees a lot of himself in Gregory #so he’s more blunt with Gregory than say he is with Abby #but even with that he has a need to protect and teach Gregory to keep himself safe #Michael would never consider himself a ‘dad’ #but he is in ways taking up that role #I think if I do more comics with them the more ‘father-son’ dynamic will shine through more #as of now they are same wavelength brothers 💜

[tangledinink]

so you should go vote to tie the gemini w/ @cupcakeslushie's feral!leo because i think they'd be friends, actually, and here's why-

the gems spend most of their time fighting in the nexus, slamming on the 'survival instinct' button, which happens to be right next to the 'animal instinct' button. as a result, they are far more Creechur than their typical posh personas would have you believe. so they got 🤝 solidarity

... so long as no one else is around to see, i mean.

#well either they'll be friends or they'll bite each other #one of the two #i just think they'd get along shOCKINGLY well to everyone around thems surprise #and i think its funny #check the replies to see who needs votes atm p plz u _ u #tmnt au competition #propaganda #also uhmmm cupcake and i are BESTIES so you shouldnt make us fight u w u obvs #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt disaster twins

[solarpunkani]

sometimes spite is a powerful motivator and today its motivating me to crochet

long story short I saw a cool bag on pinterest while I was looking for crochet patterns but there was no fucking pattern but one of my friends found a pattern for a similar but not quite bag so I watched an hour long video, transcribed it into text, and am now gonna make a wholeass backpack just because Sunflower Vibe

Wish me luck I guess

Also this is the bag

#anis crochet journey #ani rambles #out of queue #do i have enough green yarn for this? no idea #if i need more I'll go buy more it'll be a nice excuse to get myself a cute planner for garden planning anyways #'ani dont you carry a purse around everywhere what would you carry in this extra bag' idk yet but its CUTE I will FIND A REASON #also if anyone asks yes I'm willing to share the transcription if someone wants it #like literally if someone reblogs or replies to this post 'plz transcription' i will post a link to the google doc in an INSTANT #i spent like 2 hours on that transcription I want it to be APPRECIATED (by more than just me)

[shisurus]

okay but did you think about the fact laios already feels responsible for taking her last breath... this story started with falin sacrificing her life for him, dying in front of his eyes- so that "worst case scenario" already happened. at the beginning he thought all he had to do to fix things is simply bring her back to life like they had done before, but then it was his decision that led her to a fate arguably even worse than death; a reality where the very reason he wanted to save her was erased from her mind, with her becoming a chimera puppet. a reality where he is forced to fight a monster in the form of his sister.

for that reason, his choice to kill falin on his own isn't about saving everyone else from the horror of this "possible" outcome as much as it is him finally facing his own guilt for all he had done: from abandoning her during their childhood to bringing her with him to the island and living a life of hunger and danger at the cost of the safe future she could've had without him, eventually resulting in her dying while being all alone. but unlike his choice to leave their village, this time she was the one forcing him to leave her behind- an act that was not only done out of pure love but was also the result of a lifetime of internalizing the notion that everyone she loves always takes priority over herself.

so when it came to that point in chapter 67, killing her was his way of not abandoning her anymore. taking her last breath to carry alone, so he can never let go of her again. even if they wouldn't have succeeded in resurrecting her, then at least he gave her one last precious memory, at least he didn't let her sleep starving again- which is in direct contrast with her death at the beginning of the series that was caused by their hunger and its effects. but more, or perhaps even most importantly, at least he didn't let her die alone this time- having her most beloved person experiencing the horrors of her death with her while her dear friends are witnessing her suffering that she was trying so hard to shield them from until now.

and in those moments, it was without a doubt falin struggling against him along with the dragon. because of her brother forcing her to make a choice once more, she finally revealed her most raw, selfish and intrinsic side by fighting him back, scratching and pushing and screaming and harming the person she always put first instead of quietly giving up her own life. dying by the hands of love instead of dying for love. in choosing herself this time, it might be what gave her soul the strength to choose living by the end of the series- living a life of her own. and for laios, this was just as essential to his personal growth as well as the first step in his atonement: redoing it "the right way".

#this chapter did something irreversible to my brain #the “sibling fight” we didnt want but needed #anyways this is me replying to my own post from 3 years ago. haha... #dungeon meshi #laios touden #falin touden

[dailyjermasparkle]

I've seen a lot of stuff going down on tumblr and I just wanted to let you all know that all aromantic, asexual, and aroace people are valid members of the LBGTQIA+ community. It doesn't matter if they are cishet or not.

#aromantic #asexual #aroace #not blog related #important #i'll have replies turned off because I don't need discourse on my blog #this post is for my aroace followers to know they are supported #this post is NOT for people trying to invalidate aroace experiences to spew nonsense #love y'all #enter the new year with love in your hearts #not hate #edit: I don't know how to turn replies off for a specific post #so i'll just delete any replies

[doctorsiren]

who would be the main defense attorney against prosecutor phoenix wright? would it be defenseworth, or another person? :0

Yup! I’m gonna make this an offshoot of the main Defenseworth AU :)

also…I think Phoenix would experience some von Karmic influence on his path to becoming a prosecutor…

#doctorsiren #ace attorney #ace attorney au #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #mia fey #narumitsu #wrightworth #feenie #defenseworth au #prosecutor wright au #I need a creative name for this version /silly #autistic miles edgeworth #art #digital art #my art #fanart #procreate #yeah Phoenix doesn’t reply at first bc he doesn’t think he’s mature or cool enough to be Edgeworth’s friend yet #but then he ignores his attempts at contact once von Karma gets involved #but I’m still thinking on how exactly that comes into play

[chongoblog]

#regular show #enough people mentioned it in the replies that I have to address it #in case you dont know theres an uncensored version of the song that only has one line that needs to be censored

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

MEAT!

Commission me! My carrd > xixiriima.carrd.co ! (Pls commission me my phone broke lmao ;;;)

clear ver!

#commission me plz #need me new phone hehe #anyway meatku! #miku #hatsune miku #Miku hatsune #Hatsune #Miku #VOCALOID #fanart #well meat #meat miku #art #my art #ebi noodle doodles #xixiriima #miku fanart #chubby miku replies #chubby miku #miku related tag #miku related post #vocaloid related post #vocaloid related tag

[bigfatbreak]

In your Dad Villain AU, where does Tom go to be Viceroy? Does he have a makeshift "lair" of sorts or does he use a broom closet?

He actually has a basement he's hollowed out below their usual freezer room, its hidden and has a series of ventilation pipes he sends his akuma through. It's rudimentary and a little crude, but it functions just fine, and he's not as prone to bursting into maniacal laughter as Gabriel was, so its more easily hidden.

#replies #ends up keeping your secret identity a secret is a lot easier #when you're not chuckling and hooting like an asshole #dont need 60 square feet for that shit. he can just hum to himself in the dark