#he is so love of my life coded

[prettyboykatsuki]

wyll, in my opinion, gets the standard fare treatment for characters that are unequivocally good. i.e. people think he's boring and uninteresting. standard fare might be kind actually given the level of racism and unexplained slander (which is often just more thinly veiled racism). his reputation about being boring is not helped by the very blatant neglect of his storyline post his rewrite and release. as a wyll enjoyer i am hyperaware of the sorry state of his current story in all three acts

despite all of that and the glaring flaws - i still believe that wylls storyline is worth of being engaged with and explored.

one of the reasons (not the most major one, but one) i think wyll experiences so much neglect as a companion stems from a wider idea that "goodness" is always the uncomplicated, easy choice.

it's something i see a lot. wyll is boring because of his archetype as a princely and universally righteous guy. and this is interesting, because it always seems to functions under the assumption that wylls moral character is innate. that his heroic and righteous actions are in some capacity, uncomplicated.

uniquely among the male origin companions, through the course of wylls story - there is never a point in which he is at risk of making a truly 'bad' choice. both gale and astarions story have them at risk of making choices that are ultimately bad for them and others (especially tav when each character is romanced). gales godhood and astarions ascension are their in game moral failings. they are the result of having not broke the cycle and are 'bad' choices for the individual character.

wylls main choice is however his pact and the choice to break that pact. notably - wyll is never at risk of making a bad choice, only a selfish one.

from the critique i see of wyll - it seems like this is the element of him people find most egregious. he's too smooth, not rugged enough, not gritty enough. but i don't think wyll's character needs grit, necessarily.

if you take any time to dissect wyll at all, based on dialogue and character interaction, many of his choices put himself at the forefront of sacrifice. the game strips wyll of a lot of agency, but wyll also always abides by and sticks to his core belief. so often towards his own detriment.

not only does wyll bear the consequence of being turned into a devil (stripping him of the last remaining shred of identity he's ever had and one of the most important things in his life), he bore the burden of being banished when he made his pact, and was willing to do the same for the sake of his father when he is taken to moonrise.

and unlike gale (who i adore, to be clear) who's concept of self-sacrifice stems mostly from a low self-worth - the belief that dying is the best he can do - wyll truly views that it's better him than them.

wyll does not think twice about allowing himself to be the one to take the fall. he can play any part, take any role, even when these choices haunt him so obviously. wyll claims that he forgives his father, but opens up to you about fearing his feelings of missing him are one-sided. he believes that making his pact was the right choice, the one he would make again - but doesn't deny the obvious pain and solace that came along with being a wandering traveler and banished son.

wylls goodness is so deliberate. he is so staunch in upholding and acting on his beliefs that it is always narrative to his own detriment. when you view wyll like this , and view his choices with regards this character attribute, it is imo very hard to hate him.

wyll's goodness is his double edged sword. it makes him heroic, brave, fearless. and it makes him scared, uncertain and lonely. again, the story itself is bare bones and i understand that - but it is so very beautiful to me thinking of him and tav or just his general romance.

as wylls romance partner, encouraging wyll to break his pact is as tragic as it very beautiful. tav is wylls one selfish thing. one of the only reasons that would move him to not give himself up. one of the only reasons he is okay with forgoing his beliefs. he loves tav enough to break his own oaths, and make choices for himself and no one else. not as the blade, or as a ravengard - but just as wyll.

and that aspect of him is in my opinion, enforced, by the mindflayer tav ending. in which wylls monster-hunting and morals are made exceptions with / for tav. my enjoyment of hero corruption might be speaking for me, but i digress.

in every way though - i truly love wyll as a character. and while im well aware of the critical flaws in his in game story state, i think it's both unfortunate and unfair that people call him boring. to me he is anything but

#aristotle.txt #wyll ravengard #bg3 #wyll meta #bg3 wyll #wyll x tav #he is so love of my life coded #this is my experience as a deku defending and lover speaking for me i fear

[milkbreadtoast]

idk how i want to draw him yet and not ready to make a srs attempt but here's a bad kdj phone doodle lol🚶🏻

#orv #kim dokja #omniscient reader's viewpoint #my art #oh yeah i didnt have ref for this fkdnfn was going off memory of the last (first) time i drew him #i cant do a serious attempt tho bc i havent read the novel so i dont have a clear image of him in my head yet... #(dont want to just copy the webtoon design hastily... if it matches my image thats fine but... idk yet) #my main opinion on the webtoon design is he's too hot/ikemen tho KFJDKDJ (this is what i thought since the beginning) #its like BONES mp100 anime reigen.... kdj is like manga reigen to me /j #but who knows maybe if i catch kdj brainrot i too will start drawing him like a kpop idol out of affection...🤷🏻‍♂️ #like the webtoon artist prob draws kdj pretty bc they love him sm #just like how i draw jys pretty bc of my brainrot... #so who knows maybe that will happen to me too🤷🏻‍♂️ time will tell #my main opinion on webtoon yjh (no one asked): CUTE BUT WHERES THE T1TTY BEL- *voice muffled as i get dragged away* #(copied most of these tags from twit too lazy to retype the commentary) #EDIT: i call him reigen jokingly bc theyre abt the same age but #kdj is also mob core to me.... #in that theyre both protags that dont look flashy and look more like extras/'mob charas' #yet r irrevocably unequivocably the protags of their respective stories #(just as everyone is the protag of your own life! sieze ur narrative! etcetc🖤) #also. both black haired bowlcut havers KJDJS #kdj is reigen coded (derogatory) and mob coded (POS) #hes also a 'con man like reigen..... yep hes def still reigen coded

[minzbins]

i saw a man so beautiful i started crying

#createskz #bystay #kiwitracks #staytay #usersun #userbeepls #usersa #userlau #meltracks #usersrin #stray kids #skz #changbin #seo changbin #!melstuff #skz code #skz code ep.34 #love of my life #he looks so fucking bf here i'm on the floor trembling and screaming #the soft fluffy hair the glasses his smile his outfit......... him 🫠

[introspectivememories]

god i know i said i was tired of making eveerything sad but just imagine timber those first few months of reconnecting and they're both drunk on tim's boat, laying on the deck staring up at the stars and bear turns over to look at tim, his eyes are sad and wet, and he reaches out to touch tim's face as if to make sure tim is really there and not an illusion and tim whispers, "bear?" and bernard smiles a little brokenly and goes, "so how long do i have you for this time?"

#tim fully sober now: what do you mean? i'm right here bear #bear still drunk: i got you for almost a whole year last time. how long before you leave this time? #bear: 2 years? 6 months? #tim sadly: you can have me forever bear #bear laughing: i don't even get you that long in my dreams #bear smiles reaching out to poke tim's face: don't worry tim! anytime you want to come back‚ i'll be right here. #god tim who's constantly leaving and bear who knows but cant help letting him comeback into his life again and again #you cannot tell me that bear went to that first date in urban legends expecting tim to stay #he went to that date expecting to get his heart broken again but he loves this boy so he goes anyway #tim who always leaves and bear who waits patiently everytime #sorry im like sobbing in the library #bear is so 'right where you left me' coded #bear who loves tim so much he'll let tim break his heart again and again #head in hands head in hands #dc #tim drake #bernard dowd #timbern #timber

[imviotrash]

I honestly think that Joanne had it the worst (psychologically) during the midnight tea party.

Imagine being bullied and isolated for a year, because someone fabricated an entire web of lies about you due to you getting a tiny bit of positive attention. The truth about the situation finally comes to light, you get your (very demanding) dream job, are well liked among your peers and are finally included within the schools society.

And then within one night you:

-discover your comfort teacher and your first friend are not real and are actually private investigators

-find out your boss who is supposed to be your role model and protector is a murderer

-realize that the principal has been on vacation for a year and was replaced by THE FUCKING GRIM REAPER

-learn that the vice principal is DEAD (and was subjected to human experimentation)

-learn that you're the second replacement for a guy who got brutally murdered and ALSO subjected to human experimentation (which you are witnessing right Infront of your eyes in real time)

-literally hear why and how these humans have been experimented on

-see how someone gets turned into dinner

-almost get turned into dinner yourself and can't escape on time because your body shut down out of shock.

-see how your "friend" is hunted for sport by the grim reaper.

-also see your "comfort teacher" crush someone's head right Infront of you.

-become unconscious out of shock.

-loose not only your boss, two friends (Soma and Ciel )and comfort teacher after this whole fiasco, but also your entire network of coworkers because they got a promotion you're too young to have.

-on top of that YOU CANNOT talk about what happened to you to anyone because you were sworn to secrecy and you can't really talk about it privately to your former colleagues either, since they're now a completely different rank than you.

Like- the guy didn't get physically injured, but he was the only real student to witness the entire Midnight tea party, because he couldn't escape on time. (And let's also not forget that he's the youngest of the real students present at the party and definitely the most sensitive one).

Since the Midnight tea party will happen again, Joanne and his former coworkers are probably forced to attend again since they can't really publicly share the reason as to why they don't want to go.

#when your comfort character didn't have a day of comfort in his life #i love how Joanne was supposed to be a oneshot character but the editors ended up liking him so much that he became a regular character #but instead of treating him like a normal character they just decide to make the worst things happen to him #He needs to be rescued from this manga #im looking WAAAAAY too deep into this but its been on my mind for a while #this is definitely me pretending that this character is of more relevance than he actually is #definitely very self indulgent post #but I honestly think he deserves more in depth writing! #especially since hes interested in philosophy and witnessed the extremes of his schools code of ethics #kuroshitsuji #black butler #kuroshitsuji season 4 #vio speaks #joanne harcourt #kuroshitsuji spoilers

[hotpooki]

big ol' smiley haurche

#haurchefant greystone #ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #hes so love of my life coded #my art #fanart

[mermaidlighthouse]

Never getting over Stede fighting against his own selfishness even after becoming a pirate even after years of acquiescence after a lifetime of trying and failing to fit himself in the tiny box society told him was his destiny he still tries to give away his treasure orange because it’s Jim’s land he still tells Ed to Robin Hood his guilt loot he still saves his entire fuckin crew when he believes they are at least partially responsible for the death of the only person he’s ever really loved

Stede is the romantic and platonic ideal of a hero because he’s inherently a good person but he’s allowed to have flaws not just quirks but genuine flaws that make him human

It’s really no stretch to understand why Ed fell so hard so fast

#the fact that he’s hotter than the sun doesn’t hurt #he’s the love of my life #sometimes I’m so fuckin Ed coded it hurts #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ed x stede #stede bonnet #the gentleman pirate #edward teach #ed teach #blackbeard #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd #the crew of the revenge

[ginger-lala]

he's perfectly misaligned

#sebastian sallow #hogwarts legacy #love of my life #he's so sleep token coded you can't change my mind

[ballpitwitch]

KEANU REEVES ARCH Motorcycle

#Keanu Reeves #* #kreevesedit #keanuedit #hey whatcha doin with those catchers mitts #I LOVE AN OLD MAN #me 5'4": i will pick him up #this man is boyfriend shaped #my favorite shape #he's really been here and hot my whole damn life #i need him in a way that's concerning to feminism #are backpacks you wear in the front a thing? because i would like to be one #people who don't like gray hair are weak #GRAY #hi i'm not over this little series of videos #IT'S THE BACKWARDS HAT #AND THE WORN SHIRT #like let me wear™ the shirt #keke pls #so soft boyfriend coded #i need to be sedated #I NEED A REST #[SIRENS] [YELLING] [HELICOPTERS] [EXPLOSION] MY LEG #if i lay here #if i just lay here #would you....never mind..... #i need him carnally #i need to go....

[thou-babbling-brook]

Content Warning: Bloody imagery, implied gore (it’s just pomegranates), and symbolic cannibalism (bro is traumatized)

It’s literally just dramatic pomegranate poetry visualization, but look at your own risk 😎

“I had thought Adha would be the one to lead me to rest… Instead, I held her lifeless body in my arms — saw the terror in her fixed, unblinking eyes…”

*Foams at the mouth* Altaïr and pomegranate poetry and how everyone he loves in his life dies horrible deaths that he feels are all his fault and *shaking* being ready to leave everything behind for Adha only to seek the remnants of her love by destroying those that ruined her which only rids the world of the remnants of her left behind and all consuming love and *sobbing* I am totally normal about this (I am not)

Based heavily on this post

#assassin’s creed #altaïr ibn la’ahad #ac1 #adha #ac fanart #my art #cw: blood #cw: mild gore #cw: cannibalism #ask to tag #it’s truly not too bad it’s mostly just symbolic stuff #this might become a small series bc I’m thinking abt doing one for Maria and Malik too #Altaïr is so cannibalistic love coded and I’m upset #when Adha died Altaïr gave up on a normal life and that makes me upset #bc Adha at the time was the like one person that made Altaïr feel normal and not some weapon to be used and manipulated and misconstrued #bro thought he would never love again BRO THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER LOVE AGAIN!!! #by killing all the Templars involved he killed her memory too as though consuming her love for himself and I’m I’ll #*ill I’m not redoing that tag LOL #there’s so much symbolism here y’all have fun w that #anyways sorry Altaïr love ya babes

[xxtommycoolattasboobs420xx]

I REWATCHED REANIMATOR I HAD TO DRAW A REANIMATOR DARNOLD HAHAGHAHHHG

(Version without text under cut!)

uwu

#my art #darnold #hlvrai #hlvrai fanart #darnold hlvrai #darnold pepper #half life vr but the ai is self aware #i havent drawn digitally in a while cus my pen broke this was SO nice to finally do i had this idea in my head before i rewatched the movie #I STILL HAVENT FINISHED BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR GUH #i love this movie SO MUCH its probably not darnold coded At All bc of the excessive gore and killing but. #he can be a mad scientist dr frankenstein coded guy for funsies :3 #if im being so real Darnold would prob fit Dan's character better but I WANTED TO DRAW EVIL FUCKED UP DARNIE I LOVE HIM!!!!!! #for shits and giggles

[throwmethroughawindow]

scrolling through tiktok and I always get videos of people sipping drinks through straws but they don’t know what the drink is and have to guess.

imagining doing that w Ace and him just slurping down all the drinks, no hesitation and no grimaces no matter what it is. Eager to please and not picky at all, he’s staring at you while slurping down the milk you had put right after the orange juice.

the combination making YOUR stomach turn but he’s just like 🥰🥰🥰 can we do more? This was so good!!!! While drinking the pickle juice you had put after the milk😫

#one piece #portgas d ace #ace ace ace ace ace #he would be so cute and want to please #but so fucking gross w challenges like this #bc he likes it all and isn’t picky #THE CHALLENGE W HIM AND LUFFY LOL #portgas d ace brainrot #cutie portgas d ace #portgas d ace x reader #portgas d ace coded #portgas d ace x me #I would gag LMAOOO #plllsss I love him so much #manifesting a man who looks and is exactly like ace in my life rn

[leqclerc]

Charles Leclerc’s supermarket adventures

#formula 1 #f1 #f1edit #charles leclerc #he's soooooooo domestic coded #but also so lost & confused like my man ajsdjfrjjggjfg #never thought we'd get real life footage of him in a supermarket #ALSO him loving tomatoes is actually confirming a sebchal headcanon in this essay i will--- #* #*mine: gif

[transmasccofee]

Ngl I’m tempted to animate something from that one canon au where Kusuo dies with this cover

#I will never not take an opportunity to post about Will Stetson #I typically don’t care for English covers or dubs or anything but holy shit man he’s an exception for me #I’m a little ashamed to admit he has some covers that I actually prefer to the original #Like “nothings working out” #Which is also a very Saiki brothers coded song tbh #Specifically Kuusuke coded #WHY DID TUMBLR TAG THIS YOUTUBE DONT DO THAT WITHOUT MY PERMISSION ?? #Oh actually speaking of English covers (I really like the art of song translation sorry) there’s actually one that’s not by Will Stetson #that I really like #The rolling girl cover by lollia #she makes it like? Rock? It’s so cool #and back to Will Stetson he does a cover of hated by life itself that has rap and when I first saw that I was like hmmmm how is that gonna #work out yk #BUT ITS SO SO GOOD? AND IT KIND OF ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY #That song (the original moreso) is also imo saiki coded #Hey can u guys tell my brain is rotted #i love translation one of my fav external/non story parts ab the saiki manga besides Asous ramblings is the translators notes #Like them explaining how the joke works and the context behind it and why a joke might be hard to translate #its so interesting to me

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

okay I started reading Dungeon Meshi the other day only because I liked those character sheets. it's good and fun so far, I'm on chapter 37 and very invested. I thought it was gonna be just slice of life (because it was for like the first 20 chapters or so), but now there is a plot, and I like it both ways. it has kind of a slow start even for the slice of life stuff: not like it's bad, I was just unsure whether it was going to move past "enjoyable" for the first couple chapters. but then it went from enjoyable to deeply charming and now it's gone to exciting while still pretty darn charming. without knowing the author, I can confidently say she's a giant nerd. this is a work that would be impossible to create unless you were a person who is great at drawing with intense special interests in classic fantasy RPGs and biology/ecology. which sounds very specific but thank goodness because that's what makes it good. it feels like it comes from a place of love.

#pickle pontificates #dungeon meshi #ok enough for now. I'm trying to avoid spoilers #also. people love assigning autism to characters with varying levels of adherence to canon #which is fine and good and all #be free live your life etc. #but if laios (one of the mcs) isn't the most heavily autistic coded guy I've ever seen in fiction I'll eat my hat. i don't say this lightly #his sister probably too but there's less of her so far #and i feel so bad for chilchuck because the running gag is people treating him like a kid cause he's short #but he like. very clearly has the soul and mind of a cynical 29-year-old man. which is hilarious #okay now I'm really done for now adios bye bye

[oatbugs]

Jack Marsh (2005), Friendship Otherwise - Toward a Levinasian Description of Personal Friendship

#saw carnation lily lily rose by john singer seargent irl today. it was basically at my doorstep all along idk why i never went to see it #it was placed at a corner in the gallery. me and my friend sat down and sketched the paintings of beautiful naked people quite badly. paper #provided by tate britain. she told me about how she couldnt look her boyfriend in the face after a harrowing film about war. when i say the #interview was informal i mean the person who was supposed to be my boss told me let me get you a cider and then he said after #50 years of life he knows people are inherently good and it only takes a little bit of kindness to save this world. he said he tricked #his wife into keeping the baby and then he said he quit his job at a US bank to help people find meaning and in it #he would have liked to find meaning. instead he started climbing with his friends. he said he chews his cigarettes because its a habit from #when he had to hide things from people. the entire time i felt uncomfortable and incredibly enlightened. this is my friends mentor. she has #his pattern of pauses and expletive and penchant for ends-justify-means attitude. i do think im not very clever #but maybe one day i will love you enough to make up for it. i wrote code i dont understand staring at the final error i thought about how #we both thought of how when we're too old to remember the voices of our friends we would like to stand in the pathway of the LHC beam pipe #cut it open and eat light in the freezing cold vacuum (kills you long before radiation will) the invisible puncture wound unfolding dna #back to the start larger than you ever were. you go to heaven once youve been to hell. my friend is in my bed #practicing calculations of eigenvectors by hand and she is uninterested in a visual proof you are uninterested in incompetence #we catch a train this is your kind of burden you tragic hero wincing at that word you only do this because you have to. im the only one #who can. i am a coward in this for the fucking poetry. the visual proofs. the pretty numbers. an architect who was horrible at maths wanted #to be a philosopher and accidentally ended up neck in deep in 70th Error On Visual Studio Code i want to kiss your eyes before we say #goodbye we both know there is no love in the way there should be. I still have your dress in my wardrobe. i hope you make art. #you think im alright head-wise i think you fucking hate me i think ill never be so clever you want me to tell you my idea? #if you wanted more of this world i would have liked to kiss you harder. we cant both be like this. im sorry i cant be with you the whole wa #the love is gone if you have to ask it. his breath catches his eyes feel stiff it is -1.9 kelvin he is near the beam pipe i miss holding #his hand i miss her singing voice i miss his hair and i found the antonym of pain thank you for carrying me home.