#this really isn’t a spoiler

[transmascskywalker]

it is my desperate wish for guillermo to be shown happy and thriving with a hot guy intercut with footage of nandor like. very sadly spilling soup on himself. and he doesn’t even eat soup.

#i have high hopes for this being the season of guillermo. it’s his hot girl summer. PLEASE. #wwdits #this really isn’t a spoiler #casper screams into the void

[haleigh-sloth]

AFO doesn’t have a heart right I think in order to Deku to save Tenko he has to reach his heart something AFO doesn’t have that has been a running things since class a vs class b when blackwhip first manifested

I actually talked about this last year here.

It's an old post, and I link to some OTHER posts in that linked post that don't completely reflect my takes now. So be mindful of that if you read it.

But the post I linked to talks about the heart/soul/AFO situation.

He has a heart, I mean literally yes. He's human.

Saving Shigaraki is a matter of saving the heart--a la the entirety of BNHA defining a hero by several ideals: Saving those within your reach, giving help that's not asked for, and saving someone by saving not just the body but the heart.

So saving Shigaraki is a literal rescue mission on the surface, but beneath it's a lot of personal obstacles he needs help facing so he can set himself free. THAT is saving by starting with the heart, with Midoriya helping him begin to face and deal with that stuff. Because up until now he's avoided it like the plague.

And it ties in even more when you remember that Shigaraki said this in MVA:

And then you learn where that source of never ending rage started from:

Shigaraki is a mass of anger, resentment, hatred for everything and everyone, and then hatred for himself. The latter being his biggest challenge to overcome, otherwise he won't be breaking free from AFO's hold.

I talked more about that here too.

So AFO's physical body isn't of any concern when it comes to saving Shigaraki both inside and out. I mean yeah he may get in the way, but ShigAFO and Shigaraki both are still inhabiting Shigaraki's body. They're both in there. There's a heart in there to save and it's not AFO's.

#bnha #boku no hero academia #anonymous #bnha asks #shigaraki tomura #shimura tenko #bnha meta #this really isn’t a spoiler #it’s a long time topic

[smallpwbbles]

I keep thinking about how badass and cool Puss’s character is but then I see pics of him like this and I’m like omg he’s just a lil meow meow

#it’s so funny how his character design isn’t really anthropomorphic #he’s just a fucking cat and I love it when they remind us he is #puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots spoilers #puss in boots the last wish spoilers

[maggins]

so bc of that post i went back to see if there was anything else of interest in the scene in WaD where raine runs through the castle and

“i gave up my palisman for you”

my longest Yikes ever 🙃🙃🙃

#the owl house #toh #toh wad #watching and dreaming #toh spoilers #toh speculation #i know this isn’t really big news; we knew belos would take scouts’ palismen before entering the coven for a while now #but i still found this interesting and very vERY sad and upsetting #imagine the regret…… #maggins' ramblings

[goated33]

In laws

Bonus:

#THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUICK SKETCH. ARE YOU KIDDING ME #see you in hell you gay fruit #using my Exorcists As Also Weird Bird-Puppet things vaggie design here because I really wanted to draw it again. #that’s why their hands clack he isn’t breaking her hand jdjjsgg #could see him doing that out of nervousness though #[my art] #hazbin hotel spoilers #lucifer morningstar #vaggie #charlie morningstar #implied chaggie ?? #edit: you could also say that they love her more than anyth

[janetsnakehole02]

M’Baku in Wakanda Forever is proof that you can give a Marvel character funny moments while also giving them emotional depth without taking away from the heart of the movie (and actually adding to it)

#yeah let’s talk more about m’baku guys he was amazing #i loved him in this movie i’m so glad he got a bigger role #this isn’t really a spoiler but i’ll still tag it in case #m’baku #jabari #winston duke #bpwf spoilers #black panther spoilers #wakanda forever spoilers #bpwf #black panther #wakanda forever #black panther wakanda forever #black panther: wakanda forever #black panther 2 #ryan coogler #marvel #mcu #mcu phase four

[parsleysaauce]

Jon Sims is like Twilight Sparkle if she had to experience the unfathomable horrors from the edge of our universe and also if she was missing 2 ribs

#horses have 18 pairs of ribs tho I don’t think she’d miss them #this isn’t even really a joke they have such similar energy to me in a way I cannot explain #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #tma #tma spoilers

[raining-its-pouring]

A little tired of people saying Moon can’t stand up for herself. Like yeah I think one of the flaws she has is she is too lenient and forgiving, but also in her situation it’s VERY HARD not to be. And it’s very situational, usually manifesting with Five Pebbles.

She stops talking to you if you annoy her enough, and only starts again if you win her back over. You have to put in the work. She isn’t “rolling over” and letting things happen to her, despite the fact that she is in absolutely no position to bargain. As stated by her, her kindness and her words are the ONLY thing she has. So her taking those away from you, the player, is absolutely her standing up for herself.

Everyone brings up how she handles Five Pebbles (esp the comms thing) and it is incredible to me just how many people lay this entirely at her feet when the game states over and over again that even despite Moon’s intentional feather-light influence over him, he still resents her for being his superior. He seeks out a mentor who is her opposite.

He wants to be something more than what he is, wants to be detached from her, and she can’t do anything about that but do the best she can to exert as little influence over him as possible.

She is stuck between a rock and a hard place here, and was betting on her kindness to have fostered enough mutual respect that she wouldn’t have to resort to forced communications. She was wrong. He was driven by fierce desperation, something that she wasn’t privy to. And she paid for it.

Yes, this is a flaw of hers. But it’s not a universal one. (the rest of the iterators look to her for help- she’s the group senior for gods sake- and people act like she can’t take a stand) I genuinely doubt Moon would’ve waited so long to used forced comms if it were happening to anyone else. If it were being committed by anyone else. And that just makes the tragedy even sweeter.

#rain world #looks to the moon #five pebbles #rw spoilers #This isn’t to hate on five pebbles or anything. He’s just as stuck as she is. #But I’ve seen the take pop up more and more that she should “talk to and learn from five pebbles to be more assertive” or w/e #And I’m like literally how pre-collapse could she do that. #It’s very heavily implied that despite moon’s efforts pebbles wants little to nothing to do with her. #Because she’s a reminder of how stuck he is. #One of my fav parts abt rainworld is how the pieces really couldn’t have fallen any other way. They were doomed from the start. #And how the biggest “enemy” the two really have are the very society they desperately cling to. #Anyways. I love moon so much and have so many thoughts. Tragic siblings.

[scootkiddo]

it shouldn’t be glossed over just how empathetic Joel is. he expressed empathy towards Ellie given her dire case of being a child within the confines of a cruel, unforgiving-apocalyptic world that supplants what should have been a habitual childhood for her. he offered an apology for scolding Henry and calling him a rat without initially reconciling the benign intentions behind his actions. he pleaded for the elderly sniper on the outskirts of kansas city to put down the rifle so he didn’t have to kill him. it all accentuates just how against his nature he must be to survive in this world. he can’t always spare people, he can’t always shed sympathy. but he wishes he could, and even on occasion tries. it’s the very context he once stooped to the level of the hunters in his past that makes this point pang all the more. he isn’t apathetic. he isn’t exclusively selfish. he isn’t rigid. he is open-ended. Joel is more than a hammer that sees all problems as a nail to be forcefully struck without finesse. He values compassion and preserving life, and any ultimatum that cements the opposite only elicits a last resort of violence and numbness. the silver lining is more desirable than conforming to cruelty

#thinking about this makes me realize how much the firefly hospital is going to mess me up #joel isn’t sadistic there’s no sick pleasure in killing or demeaning people #he cares so so very much #he wants life to thrive and he is willing to accept when he’s wrong #god this iteration of joel makes me wanna chug down wet cement #drives me stir crazy he really does #the last of us hbo #the last of us #the last of us hbo spoilers #tlou spoilers #joel miler #pedro pascal #ellie williams #bella ramsey

[m-aximumjoy]

Some interesting similarities between the forms of Falling Devil and Darkness Devil.

There’s the use of multiple bodies to create a singular form, the angular shapes, the mantis-leg-like appendages, the sheer height.

These two also share very strong hand motifs, which makes sense for both of them: when it’s dark, you have to feel your way around, usually with your hands; when you’re falling, you try to grab onto something with your hands.

I’m curious to see if the other Primals look anything like these two.

#chainsaw man #csm 123 #csm meta #darkness devil #falling devil #csm spoilers #csm manga spoilers #csm part 2 spoilers #csm 123 spoilers #there isn’t a particular Point to this post really but #I just enjoy the symbolism Fujimoto has in his designs #like. how the fuck do you physicalize the fear of darkness. or falling. they’re both concepts characterized by absence. #also the fact that darkness and falling are both metaphors for despair/depression #saying you’re in a dark place or your heart dropped/sank or that you’re in a deep dark hole #Fujimoto you’ve done it again!!! #body horror cw #oryginals #ACK forgot alt text sorry y’all I fixed it

[b1gwings]

the first episode of fhjy was such a fucking blast. one of my favorite moments was most of the bad kids succeeding on their saving throws against being Frightened by the Night Yorb but Adaine failed, and when Brennan asked Siobhan how this looks/feels for Adaine, Siobhan was answered “i feel a panic attack coming on.”

and it’s like. as much as Adaine has changed since the beginning, it’s really refreshing to see that her anxiety disorder didn’t vanish with her character development. like, they’re acknowledging how that kinda stuff doesn’t just go away — you can’t really get over it so easily. Love u forever Adaine & Siobhan <3

#i know this isn’t a new take or anything #it’s just really nice to see they haven’t forgotten or anything #and i don’t want it to seem like i’m SURPRISED that they’re committed to represent these things well — i know there’s a lot of care that #goes into making & staying true to these characters #i’m just really happy that fantasy high/d20 as a whole is a show that represents this kinda stuff tactfully and truthfully #as truthful as you can be with game mechanics lol #excellent first episode yall. i’m so fucking excited for the AP and ep 2 :3 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high junior year spoilers #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #adaine abernant #siobhan thompson

[suitsofarmour]

gruhhhhh ✌️

#charon #charon hades #hades game #hades 2 #hades 2 spoilers #<- i mean not really his design isn’t out yet but i based this on his current character model so. to be safe lol #my art

[geeneelee]

This is a spin-off of a different discourse but, you guys know that Laios and Falin aren’t literally the same character but different genders, right? And for that matter, Ryoko Kui wrote their genders as being part of the people they turned out to be?

The biggest difference is confrontation and bluntness—Laios is very blunt and not afraid to share his opinion. He usually isn't trying to pick a fight, and he certainly isn't trying to hurt people's feelings, but that is the end result in some instances.

Falin, on the other hand, despite being open about her interests and true to herself, is non-confrontational and accommodating of people's feelings to a fault. The fact that she prioritizes making healing painless over making it effective is a problem! And she largely follows other people's leads when it comes to how she lives her life, instead of asserting herself. That’s part of what makes her chimera intro so horrific—the way she’s acting is shockingly at odds with her normal personality. People love Falin for her gentleness, and that’s not a word I would apply to Laios.

One of the instances that makes this clearest is the "that's not normal, Laios" incident. Right after Laios says something off-putting, he reflects that if Falin were here, she would be able to smooth it over and prevent the awkwardness. Falin is just far less socially awkward and prone to upsetting people, and this is important.

Laios and Falin are very close and have a lot in common, but are fundamentally different people with very different approaches to other people. This is a vital plot and characterization point to understanding them and the themes of their arcs.

#Laios touden #Falin touden #dungeon meshi #dungeon Meshi spoilers #yes this was inspired by calling Toshiro a hypocrite #none of the things he criticized Laios for really apply to Falin #Toshiro has other issues but hypocrisy regarding his treatment of the toudens isn’t one of them

[general-yasur]

Egalt and his teaching methods really struck be because they directly contrast Lloyd’s teaching method

Egalt is strict, blunt, and demeaning, he isn’t going to tell you he believes in you the way Lloyd does. Lloyd is the first to pat you on the shoulder and tell you that He believes in you and you should believe in yourself.

Particularly with Arin- Egalt was actually teaching how to do the Rising Dragon technique, while Lloyd let Arin do his own thing because Arin has a Gift/Talent

Egalt would tell Arin he didn’t have enough of the foundational skills and in the next shot Lloyd is there telling Arin he can do it

You realize Lloyd hasn’t bothered to teach Arin spinjiztu and it’s probably because he thinks he doesn’t need to- Arin will just get it

Arin not getting better because he isn’t receiving the right teaching / advice fuels Lloyds fears of not being a good master and fuels Arins fears of not being fit to be a Ninja. It’s a quaking cycle

​Egalt and Lloyds methods are on opposite ends of the spectrum but both ultimately failed at helping him,, they are both out of balance you could say

Makes you wonder where Arin would be if Lloyd had taught him before. Can’t help but wonder if Lloyd being the original “gifted ninja” and the chosen one tampers with how he teaches

#gonna be honest #i think the partial reason lloyd is making mistakes is because he himself is too focused on disappointing Wu Himself and the younger ones #he isn’t really taking in the kids strengths and weaknesses and seeing them for who they are and where they are at skill wise #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #lloyd ninjago #ninjago lloyd #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago spoilers #arin ninjago

[lokiiied]

what if we had a pie date in the middle of an apocalypse, just the two of us, in the mlm colour themed pie room, talking about what-could-have-beens and how our lives are better this way because we found each other…? we’re both men btw

#i CANNOT make this shit up #the colour coding istg #if this isn’t foreshadowing #they really fucked up in the writers room bc this is cinema this is beautiful this is what love is #lokius #loki spoilers #loki season 2 #loki #mobius #loki x mobius #mlm

[original-randomness]

Sometimes your first gay breakup really is the end of the world

#ghostbusters spoilers #ghostbusters #ghostbusters frozen empire spoilers #ghostbusters frozen empire #phoebe spengler #melody ghostbusters #charlie chats shit #damn this movie really isn’t leaving my brain huh