#theme: foreshadowing

[flickerintwilights]

okay yes you’re being very normal BUT. “what makes you think he was a hero?” “because he kills monsters.” “what makes you think that she was a monster?”

“not everyone who looks like a hero is a hero, and not everyone who looks like a monster is a monster”

“…and against all odds, he managed to find his way to a happy ending”

#pjo #i was mouthing the words in absolute glee #like YES thats the good shit i am Eating #the luke foreshadowing. the everything #the THEMES #because a hero isn’t just someone who kills monsters!! #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians

[natjennie]

i think mostly we as a culture need to stop pretending media is for us and instead recognize that it's for the people making it. "the show didn't do the thing I wanted it to" is so not the point. did it do what the people making it wanted it to do? did it tell the story they were trying to tell? than it was successful. if that doesn't align with what you wanted to happen, don't get up in arms about it. don't badmouth the creators and throw a tantrum. that's what fan works are for. the text is the text, and it told the story it was telling. you wouldn't be like "ugh shakespeare is insane for act v btw like there was no reason for juliet to kill herself she should've just waited and then her and romeo could have been together wtf this ruined the whole play" like no!!! the themes were there the set-up was there the foreshadowing was there shakespeare did what he intended to. just because it wasn't a happy ending and just because you thought it should've went differently doesn't mean it was bad. read a fic where juliet lives and move on.

#this is about ghosts but honestly fandom in general #stop pretending the creators of things owe you certain story lines. they're making it not you #i explained it like this to my sister: #imagine you're reading a book and there are sort of hints and scenes that you take to interpret a character as gay #you cite quotes and talk about the themes and the impact of your interpretation #and then at the end of the book the character comes out as asexual. #and then a lot of those scenes and quotes that you were using as evidence for your interpretation- #now they could be construed to have been pointing towards them being ace all along #just because it wasnt the end you fabricated in your head based on your understanding of the hints #doesn't mean it wasnt always the writers plan from the beginning. #AND it doesnt mean you can't keep imagining a world where they're gay instead #it just means that the writer was leaving those clues to point you towards the ending #and you interpreted the clues differently #bbc ghosts #ghosts spoilers #bc like. if last resort was the ending #you could 'read' the whole series with the understanding that they weren't going to leave the house #and the foreshadowing would add up #but now with the special. you can go back and 'read' the series with the understanding that they leave #and it still all adds up. the foreshadowing was there it just meant something different than you thought. #stories have beginnings middles and ends #you predetermined the ending while still in the middle and got mad when you weren't right. #does that make sense?

[endless-season]

Gather around kids, tonight we’re having a grilled squid party.

[ID: Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint fanart. Han Suyeong has a deadpan expression as she sits on the ground creating a black and purple bonfire. Yu Junghyeok has a deadpan expression as he stands on the other side of the bonfire with his sword held up. Kim Dokja is wide eyed and smiling nervously with an ellipsis and question mark written next to him while being dangled by his collar off the end of the sword, above the flames. End ID]

#orv #yhkweek #yoohankim #han sooyoung #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #han suyeong #yu junghyeok #stuff i post #‘themes are optional’ me: WELL IN THAT CASE #hello i’m here to interrupt everyone’s wonderful thoughtful works with shitposting. you’re welcome #This is how KDJ wakes up to Worker's Day Off 2.0 #Mia's dream was foreshadowing actually #other yhk week ideas i had that i do not have the ability to draw: #(spoiler warning for following tags) #ABFD with 3 dramatically posing cringeworthy edgelords (0!YJH HSY 18yoKDJ) #i’m just saying. if it wasn’t for kdj’s knowledge of twsa #he would’ve made the same mistak- choice as HSY/YJH/KNW #also yoohankim but clothes swapped with y(sa)h(mo)k(nw) #also stain glass window theme for the individual chara + theme days #also angsty existential sparks of plausibility theme #c300 c293 c521 #also ​tls123 dissolving into twsa and snowing on kdj #alas drawing is not my forte #pls accept yoohan grilling kdj instead

[veveisveryuncool]

Could you do Dedede and Taranza playing chess? (random idea that crossed my mind) Btw I love your artstyle, it looks soft!

awe, thank you!! here they are :]

#chess symbolism my beloved #i am. very bad at chess but i eat up chess themed foreshadowing #kirby series #king dedede #taranza #veves ultra cool art #request

[opbackgrounds]

This is all the backstory we get for Moriah, and while he isn't the deepest or the best villain in the world, he is effective. I feel like he's one of those bad guys who's more interesting in hindsight, after we see what almost happened to Luffy during Sabaody and the Marineford War. Moriah isn't a roadblock like Crocodile or Doflamingo or Kaido, he's a warning, and a look at what a potential future could look like for Luffy if he were to ever fail.

I especially like this implication that Moriah's former crew was small. It's another thing that makes him a good parallel for the Straw Hat Pirates.

#opbackgrounds #one piece #ch456 #moriah #character analysis #themes threads and throughlines #hello foreshadowing my old friend

[kazelnoot]

Beautiful man (an unfathomably horrifying beast who mauled me to death 52 times)

#ludwig the holy blade #ludwig the accursed #bloodborne #why the long face #listening to his theme for the first time last september was like the world's worst foreshadowing #i died so much the first time i fought him #had me in tears #my art

[bthump]

Something I noticed while looking for panels for an ask that I have queued up for the next day or two: this is the moment Guts' breakdown over his sword starts. When he does manage to hit Griffith as he's shielding Casca, but it doesn't work, his sword is stopped, and now he feels helpless and lost. Initally when I first read the chapter I assumed the 'what' was about Griffith protecting Casca again, but in full context of Guts' subsequent breakdown over his sword failing him and Griffith still being untouchable, it seems much more clearly a reaction to his failure to touch Griffith here.

And the funny thing is if Griffith hadn't magically stopped his sword here, Guts would've cut Casca in two along with Griffith. Based on that panel of his quivering hands, he might still be trying to, if they're quivering with effort rather than shock.

And I find it interesting that Guts' breakdown over not being able to hit Griffith with his sword even happens considering this moment exists. Not only is Casca's kidnapping not a factor we see him consider, Guts nearly killing her along with Griffith isn't a factor either. If he had successfully killed Griffith here, Casca would've died with him, and Guts is having a breakdown over failing to do that. He's not relieved that Griffith's power saved Casca's life from him here, he's not torn over his own capacity for destruction, he's in despair that his sword was stopped.

It's also a neat parallel to the Lost Children arc, the moment when Jill shields Rosine. The protector/protected roles are reversed, but either way Guts had the opportunity to kill one opponent and one innocent, and in both instances he tries to do it only to be stopped by an unforseen circumstance (Griff's invulnerability, a crossbow bolt from Jill's dad and Farnese's knights finding him).

That Guts in a rage aesthetic, sword held high, one glowing eye in a dark demonic silhouette, lots of visual similarities here.

Maybe Casca's endangerment is a coincidental detail we're not meant to examine too closely, it's hard to say with the new team stlil finding their feet. But yk, it does fit Casca's magic dream therapy sequence, where the Guts in her subconscious mind nearly kills her while fighting Griffith, and of course it fits Guts' whole blacking-everything-else-out-in-a-rage beast of darkness thing. It's a solid illustration of Guts' black-out rage, a theme so significant that it's what the story is named after.

It's a dark moment and I hope it gets some attention or at least acknowledgement in future chapters, but at the very least it's a fitting addition to this fight with Griffith, and it's potentially interesting that it hasn't even crossed Guts' mind in his despair.

#could also be more foreshadowing for guts killing innocents when the armour takes him over in presumably the next few chapters #fingers crossed lol #chapter 367 #character: guts #theme: revenge #theme: inner monster

[raayllum]

yet another line from the Book One novelization that's gonna fucking haunt me

"An assassin doesn't decide right and wrong. Only life and death." Rayla parroted the mantra Runaan had so often repeated. She did not know if she was reciting the words to convince the prince that his fate was sealed, or to convince herself to seal it.

#book one: moon #theme: destiny #novelization #i need you to kill me #foreshadowing

[forestfullofberries]

danger motif in luck runs out. i repeat there's a danger motif in luck runs out

edit: i was Probably wrong? idk anymore

#at the intro AND at the end #mutiny foreshadowing(!) #epic the musical #fia.post #and YES it plays in mutiny also #i love repeating themes in music i love motifs i love how it weaves narratives

[imminent-danger-came]

hiiiiiiiii im so mentally ill abt the swk-mk relationship from 1x09 into ROTSQ. wukong literally goes from having this “oh shit i Care about this kid” moment in 1x09 to Not Being There when mk faces off against the possessed dbk in 1x10. and then at the start of RotSQ they sit on that damn cliff again and wukong, for the first time, invites mk in, and we get to see just how lonely he really is. and mk’s about to leave, hesitates, realizes this, and Chooses to spend time with wukong. im so #normalgirl about them

(and also there’s tiny little origami versions of the original pilgrims in wukong’s little new year’s setup. and that’s just so everything to me)

GOD.

There really something about that ROTSQ scene. The way Wukong comfortably turns as MK's stammering and trying to leave. He seems so...at ease in his loneliness.

I also lose my mind that their mini 4x12 training sequence takes place at the same temple:

Sun Wukong: "I've been alive a long, long time. I've fought along side the Brotherhood and the great Companions, and now you. You may not believe it but you are all stronger than you know! Every one of you is already a hero—together you can do this, we can do this! Are ya with me!"

((*cough cough* "Just believe in yourself! Even a smidge makes all the difference." *cough *cough))

The contrast (and similarity) to their ROTSQ convo:

Sun Wukong: "I got you where I wanted you, by putting myself where you wanted me. It's called: misdirection." MK: "Seems like a shady lesson." Sun Wukong: "Too soon, buddy." MK: "UGH, I'm never gonna be as good as you." Sun Wukong: "Pst, not with that attitude!"

Their whole strategy in TEW was getting Azure where they wanted him, by putting themselves where Azure wanted their team. Really #normalgirl about it all

#Maybe it's just almost 3:00 am but the soft ''Come on bud. Let's watch the fireworks'' is going to get me to cry #getting a little misty eyed rn #*crying* WUKONG WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS. HOW DID THEY DIE. #WHY IS MK THE ONLY PERSON YOU HAVE #*dry heaves* THE ORIGAMI FIGURES. I'M FINE. I'M FINE!!!! #Did you know there was a point I thought lmk was going to be a temporary hyperfixation #side note thinking about the split dumpling at the end of 3x14 #Do we think that could maybe be MK origin foreshadowing #From one stone came two. #(<-clown wig is on) #lmk #lego monkie kid #asks #gumy-shark #theme: belief #the light is no mystery #lmk MK #lmk SWK

[randommotogpstuff]

Some kids have Ferrari themed bedrooms when they are young but Marc would've had a Valentino Rossi themed bedroom if Alex had let him

#motogp #marc marquez #alex marquez #valentino rossi #rosquez foreshadowing #sadly he had to make do with his shrine in a corner #someone needs to count how many Vale themed memorabilia Marc had in his room #second thought he would not be the only one to have wanted a Rossi themed room looking suspiciously at all the Italian riders

[albinodino]

ok 'love shouldn't be this hard' it's being made hard by the crown and what was the FIRST thing we saw of this world?

THAT WILLE HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SIMON AND THE CROWN IM NOT STUPID I KNOW ABDICATION IS COMING OK

#young royals #young royals season 3 #yr s3 spoilers #yr abdication #i'm not a truther i'm just an understander of themes and foreshadowing

[spiteless-xo]

i've spent the past couple days outlining a couple different long-fic ideas so i have something to build off on when i go on christmas holidays and the reiner/reader fic i have plotted feels like a hallmark movie 💀💀

#big city girl goes back to her small town for a funeral and reconnects with her high school sweetheart #who just so happens to be the community organizer and local project coordinator #and reader's current job as (some corporate bs) becomes a valuable asset in helping reiner with a big community event #strong themes of grief and the transformative power of shared experiences in healing #blah blah blah oh and it's christmas #there's probably 30 hallmark movies with this exact plot #although im suffering from writers block i've been outlining like crazy #ive written four whole fics in point form!! start to finish!! plus themes and foreshadowing!! #i just gotta turn these bullet points into chapters 💀

[mmmmuffins]

i need the whole script to the good bad mother NOW

#lit enthusiast in me is DYING to analyse #my highlighters and pens will be READY themes dialogues costuming blocking setting foreshadowing let me do it alllllll i just need a printe #copy #also need to know what happens the ep just got released so there’s v little discussion online #if anyone else is watching Please PLEASE talk to me abt it #hdjshsks i love things that are in the grey area i love characters that mirror each other i love things that aren’t what they seem to be i #love mystery u love suspense i love drama #but also the suspense is KILLING mr i hv to wait another week 👎👎👎 #the good bad mother #<- please PLEASE talk to me abt this show giving me brain rot #also wth so many things hit home as an asian person ufkakajkaa

[ceramicdove]

Opened twitter for 3 minutes and saw 4 people talking about enstars gay marriage (Not sure why? Maybe I missed a memo) and also about wataei wedding. In honour of this sentiment I want to remind everyone of the part in ring.a.bell where midori is like “No way I’m wearing a bride dress, I’m too tall so it wouldn’t look cute on me at all...” and leo is immediately like “Really? But I bet Wataru could pull it off perfectly and look cute” like. do with that what you will. perhaps even draw fanart of it you know I don’t know do whatever. 

#speak your truth leo #Hashtag foreshadowing #no but remember the engirls wedding theme event? the one with the bride & groom card theme. like that was cute why can't we do that again

[opbackgrounds]

The answer is yes

#opbackgrounds #one piece #ch423 #themes threads and throughlines #hello foreshadowing my old friend