#which means id actually have two which like

[tirralirralirra]

something I love about having read/watched frieren and dungeon meshi concurrently is getting to see that, despite their similar broad genres (fantasy, DND-esque settings, failure op elf girls /lh), they are two very distinct stories that ultimately achieve the same* thematic goal through different narrative means.

like you have frieren's contemplative, almost slice-of-life style storytelling that focuses on how the connections between people make an impact, and how it's beautiful to cherish the memories of those we love, even the small ones (especially the small ones), and that being alive is so, so beautiful because of those things. Then juxtaposing this with the overall narrative of a literal journey to a land beyond in order to meet with the dead, while not losing focus on those that are alive. Frieren as a story takes time to explore the small things that make life beautiful (fields of flowers, the beauty and not the power of magic, stargazing and sunsets with your friends).

and then you have dunmeshi's tight narrative arcs that are built around urgency (saving falin, first from digestion, then from...chimera-ization), but also continually return to the same concept as a core tenet to both the literal narrative structure around meals and the overall story: to eat is a privilege of the living. That there is joy to be found in eating because it means you are alive, that you survived. That taking time to take care of yourself is honoring your life. That death is a part of life through the acts of killing monsters to eat, and that the dungeon's condition where a soul remains tethered to the body is unnatural.

For that last bit, I love how we're just introduced to the concept in the beginning as a bit of world building, something you might just take at face value of, "oh, I guess this is how this works in this story", and over the course of the story the characters start to interrogate that reality, culminating in Marcille's realization at the end that they took death for granted because of the dungeon's condition:

[ID: Manga panel of Marcille looking down in thought and saying "Look, this might sound a little weird, but...I think the entire point of this journey we went on....was learning how to accept death.]

(Panel is from the ehscans version, will update with official eng when the final volume releases)

I also love that the story takes the time to say, look, you can be in a hurry, but you still need to take care of yourself. Eat well, sleep well, What will you achieve in the service of yourself or others if you don't take care of the most basic qualities to survive first? The most recent episode is a good example of that with the focus on shuro vs. laios, and then there's this reinforcement of the idea by the end:

[ID: Dungeon meshi manga page showing Laios, Chilchuck, and Senshi shouting "A balanced diet!!" "R-regulating our daily rhythms!!" "And moderate exercise!!" respectively, followed by the three in various poses in front of the word "VICTORY" and Laios saying "If we watch these three points...we'll naturally work our way to strong bodies!!"]

Anyways this is all very disorganized and I have other things I need to do and I could write a more cohesive, actually organized thought piece on all of this with like, coherent points, but I don't really like to delve into literary analysis on my fandom account. it just lives in my head, rent free. thank you for coming to my ted talk tumblr. don't expect to see more of this, lol.

*I say same goal, which is not to say the only goal. stories can have more than one theme, it's ok if you disagree with me on this, but please bear in mind that I'm speaking very, very broadly.

#dunmeshi #dunmeshi spoilers #frieren #frieren spoilers #esque thoughts #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #meta esque

[quinn-pop]

sorry for the metadede flood lately um. anyway i think dedede officiates waddle weddings. if they even have them lol. it’d be funny and cute

#reason for the flood: thinking abt one idea means i get 50 more #one of these were drawn with the old pen! and my god it shows #one is also two sketches fused together (which ive had to do a lot lately) and…okay actually it’s still easy to tell but not bc of that #i am mad with power #meta knight #king dedede #kirbyposting #my art or something #i think my art ideas are probably very weird lol #but you know me i love a good shenanigan #if it’s any condolence i swear ive been working on less self indulgent stuff too lol #not…NOT self indulgent because it’s me and i like having fun #it’s my blog i do what i want or something #im juggling like 7-9 projects right now (and most of the time) so my progress on each is very random #i thrive off of goofiness #but yes that is why i do this stuff. and then the Big Serious Projects never get finished #half kidding. i have a lot of stuff at abt 80% rn #metadede #because i forgot if i need to tag when it’s already in the post lol #id probably save this for a few weeks out but i dont have anything else done and yeah im procrastinating on sleeping #wow i really do write an essay in every tag

[ecoamerica]

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[wheelercore]

Suuuuuuch a fan of Nancy's hair actually being naturally curly idc if she actually had straight hair for the first two seasons. She was actually straightening it during that time. Nancy told me herself.

#its actually so so funny how the wheelers always have their hair well kept and styled #suddenly remembering karen in her literal nightgown and her hair. perfectly styles. who tf goes to sleep like that #i mean its INTENTIONAL dont get me wrong. we dont see this with other characters #theyre never actually seen as who they are. its just a performance #which is WHY nancy 'goody two shoes suburban princess' was straightening her hair for 2 seasons #the more she becomes herself the curlier her hair gets 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌 #I DONT CARE THAT THIS IS NOT CANON ITS CANON IN MY HEART ! #mike and holly get their floofy straight hair from karen #ted has curly hair like nancy he just styles and gels it into that 80s Just Another Guy Look tm and keeps it short #in fact thats where nancy learned to keep her hair stick straight. internalized curl shame smh. #we never see ted with his hair unstyled. even when hes asleep. coincidence??? I THINK NOT! #misc #actually upon more research i realized mikes hair is a lil wavy so id say hes between karen and ted. its mafematics luv #genuinely cannot tell if mikes hair in s4 is natural or if its once again another style #but im airing on the side of natural your honor

[todayisafridaynight]

sister saw me wearing the puffer that i use for my daigo cosplay since im cold all the time and sweaters arent enough and she was just like 'i really like it :) you look so. 👊💥' and after going What she was like 'you look real cool :) is what i meant :)' like thank you sister of mine youre too silly for this life

#snap chats #like she punched the air and made a punch sound effect fwrjflkjle #i mean she is not. WRONG with miming that about this jacket so 💀💀💀💀 #also funny im wearing my own cross necklace and a black shirt and pants. lmao #also yeah i have two puffers- one's meant for the rain and REALLY cold weather and the second one's just. Casual/Daigo #'why are you like this' cause the other puffer's way too buiky fr casual wear and daigo and the interior isn't black like his is #this one's more slim and has a black interior. which is so funny cause when i was looking for a puffer for daigo years ago #it was impossible finding such a thing specifically but i got bored and decided to look again recently and i found it on the first page #for like. three cents basically too fejLRKjELj so thats cool. cant wait to show it off at animenyc #no im actually so excited bout animenyc ... hopefully i can actually. attend a meetup unlike last time 💀 #i also didnt get to go last year so itll be fun going to a con again .. #im just stoked in general bout the small-but-meaningful-edits-to-me ive done to the whole look #s'gonna be fun .. AND im gonna try tweaking my mine one too since i got compelled to do That with all the mine talk lately #idk when id show that one off if ever. UNLUCKY that i hate taking pics of myself no one ever gets to see my cosplays unless its video form #ok im done rambling i have some stuff to do before i take an exam bye

[chlotual]

i think i have a crush u guys.

#she plays in a local band w two of my friends who come to a local bar i dj at every week on wednesdays #she plays rhythm guitar n shes soooo cool n pretty #its usually my two friends who come by the bar but a few weeks ago she came in n i was like :00!!! #so i introduce myself to her n i shook her hand (which was so soft. anyway) #n i said i saw her play at another local bar n she was rly good #n she was like thank u so much !! ^_^ #n we talked abt mean girls for a bit #i wish i talked to her more but i literally had no idea what to say #Maybe if she comes back ill have the guts to have an actual good conversation w her #cuz she does seem super cool n id love to get to know her more n maybe befriend her :3 #anyway. i hope this crush doesn’t swallow me whole even tho it probably will..teehee #.post

[wantbytaemin]

day 2 of bday weekend celebrations was another gorgeous beautiful success 💗💗💗

#in my besties group aqua bestie & me have bdays two days apart so hers is today and i got her theee prettiest shade of dior lipstick #like the exact one i knew would look so good on her and it doesss and she loves it ofc i would give her the moon btw #and other besties got her these beautiful earrings & this like blush contour stick she’d wanted & her bf got her a gold bracelet and she #loved it all heheee actually i helped her bf choose the gift which makes it more special to me 🥹 #he had the right idea just wasn’t sure on the exact style which is where miss best friend of 15 years comes in 😇 #and i got MY pink thermos (! so important to me i will Not drink room temp water) water bottle for the gym but like actual My exact pink #and a gym bag that id sent them the link to just to ask what they thought 😭 and they actually got it for me #it’s so cute 💖 and i got a pink hair tie 100% silk ofc and a massage ball bc id mentioned it fleetingly 🥺😭 #and roommates bf got me an ear cuff i mean obviously roommate actually picked it out LMAO but it’s sooo gorgeous and so perfect bc i loved #wearing mine and i lost it ❤️‍🩹 and im so so happy w this one it’s so gorgeous ill take pics later #anyway we were both so happy w the gifts and then ofc killed it at the escape room then had beautiful dinner & then cocktails at this place #w a gorgeous view of the city #and now im comfy cozy in bed TIRED but so happy 💖💖💖 i love being loved!!! it’s INSANE!

[skitskatdacat63]

There's this nearly 4 hour movie I've been meaning to watch for a while and I was like "ah maybe ill watch it tonight hehe 🥰" and then I remember...quali is at 9 🫠

#i actually despise abu dhabi being the seaosn closer ngl #basically since Japan the race time has suited my timezone pretty well #1 am. 1 pm. 3 pm. 4 pm. 12 pm. 1 am. #<- like look at that. look at they absolutely delicious schedule #every race for the past 2 months has been at an ideal time and ive really settled into it #wow you mean i can sleep in on weekends and actually wnjoy the schedule!? oh boy! #and then they put fucking ad at the end which is at 8 am. who wants to wake up that early on a sunday #it would be fine if it was earlier in the season bcs during the middle i got pretty used to waking up before 9 bcs all the European races #but to have this one at thw end is literally horrible #its really down to timezones but fuck it really does bother me #bcs wow youve made me have zero desire to watch the season closer! thanks!! #id sooooo much rather brazil be the season closer still #like whh do you have to completely switch timezones right at the very end. its terrible #i think ill do waht i did last season and take a bit of a nap beforehand #it makes it much worse that this on a holiday wknd too. yeah bcs i rly wanna spend the last two days of my break waking up in the morning #sry im being ultra salty rn but i really dont wanna wake up for it but i hate missing race events UGHHHHHH #last yr i literally fell asleep during the first lap of AD 😭 #yeah im concerned abt if nando will retain p4 or not but...waking up before 8 am...?? #yeah idk i just rly dislike this scheduling #i actually kinda like AD as a track but its position in the season makes me resent it #catie.rambling.txt

[hella1975]

yes im trying not to be so mean yes im working on my temper but under no section of my Healing Contract does it mention that these things must apply to my sister. in fact if you read the fine print it says im actively allowed to make her miserable. for my mental health

#she's so mean all the time like constantly telling me im stupid and shit #which probably didn't hit as hard before this econ degree but now every time she does it im just kinda like :/ #and i laugh it off obvs bc am i fuck about to look put out by it #so she genuinely doesnt have any reason to stop bc ive not set any boundaries or communicated or yk. done anything correctly #i instead just let it frustrate the fuck out of me until one day im in a bad enough mood that i'll give as bad as she does #which i HATE bc as tough shit as she thinks she is i always think being mean - specifically the primary school way she does it - #is SO embarassing as a conflict method like girl 'you're stupid' is really the best you can come up with? bffr 😭 #like when i say IM mean and SHE'S mean im talking about very different things #im mean less often than her but when i do it it's effective bc i literally catalogue people's insecurities and use them against them #like some fucking anime villian like it's actually uncomfortable to watch and i hate myself every time #whereas her way is effective bc it's all dumb comments ANYONE could make but she says them repeatedly until she wears you down #and of the two methods they're both shit but at least my way isn't cringe LMAO #so if i ever get so frustrated i revert to her method i just get v annoyed with myself like IM better than this she might not be but i am #and we've just been moving things in the garden with mum which is a flashpoint anyway #and me and my sister were just GOING at each other and it was all jokes until i said something she didn't like #and she was like 'what's your problem? it's fine when we're joking but you always take it too far' girl. #like i cannot accurately explain on here how ridiculous that statement is coming from HER #and if id said something actually horrible id get it but the convo was literally just #her: mum can i wear your watch for the chem ball coming up? #me: why do you need a watch for that? #her: ive got a dumb tan line on my wrist that i want to cover #me: i really dont think anyone is going to be looking at your wrists #THAT WAS IT LMFAO??? YOU HYPOCRITICAL LITTLE BITCH #ironically i had a field day with it like her saying that was the worst thing she could have done #latched onto it like a bloodhound fr my eyes must have lit up #i was like 'dont be such a baby' which is basically a fucking trigger word in our house #thought she was gonna hit me with a spade <3 peace and love on planet earth #godddddd i cant wait for her to go back to uni i HATE sharing a room i cannot escape her she's literally here as i type #i hope she knows im slagging her off to my niche online micro-community #hella goes home

[aidenwaites]

Every day my job situation gets more goddamn stupid

#pet store is a maybe #pay is only 10 an hour and part time so id still have to do two jobs 😮‍💨 #which is FINE and in theory itd be pet store + studio #except studio hours are SO rough and the escape room announced literally immediately after i left the interview #that theyre pulling together some of the staff to create a team to meet regularly and actually work on writing/building the next room #together #and im on it dhsDHDJ #so.. potentially better hours? a good opportunity to flex creative skills for sure #but also its hard trust them #i just. ugh #and when i say studio hours are rough i mean like. every week our rates get worse and corporate already cut one of our days and shut down #two studios regionally #library its been three weeks.... library call me back please...........

[yoinkschief]

Hey y'all, little announcement time :)

It's nothing so serious so don't worry, haha

But I WILL be taking a break from social media for two weeks starting today. Nothing bad had happened, I promise, I'm perfectly okay :)! It's just in the last month a LOT has happened, and I'm grateful for it all

I've met a ton of cool people who are fantastic to be around, and I've had lots of fun talking and drawing with them and just interacting with them in general

And I've even had some of my idols/favorite artists follow me back which is CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT, and I know they're regular people like I am and I shouldn't get so worked up over this kind of stuff, but it's still crazy for me to think about it

Fuck it still boggles my mind that people like my stuff- I'm so not used to all this attention and that's why I'm taking a break, just cause I'm finally able to take a break from all the stress happening in my life and I deserve a bit of a break I'd say lol

I am SO GRATEFUL for all the love and support, gosh I still get giddy when I see likes or notes on my posts, to think people actually interact with my art, reminds me of when I was first starting on Instagram (my art was so bad LMAO I've improved so much) and I'd get lounge 3 likes from my friends and a couple handful from random strangers and I'd get flustered over that, it's the exact same as it is now hah

But I've never been good at handling tons of praise, I try to say thanks as much as I can to show my appreciation but I can't help but feel like I'm coming short, like I'm not properly expressing my gratitude. But that's personal butt problems I'm gonna try and work out over this break, or at least start to unravel the large yarn ball of, but just know every note or interaction I have makes me happy and I greatly appreciate all of you guys :)!!

Apologies for the long rant, I didn't mean to speak all much when it's just "TL;DR: Taking a break for two weeks cause I can't handle praise" haha, but I want y'all to know I'm fine, just don't wanna get a big head or anything lol and I also want to chill my beating heart cause it's crazy to be to think people actually enjoy shit of mine, that entire life forms with cognitive thoughts and lives of their own take time out of their day to spread a little joy my way. That's wild. It's crazy

Even that was a ramble, hah

Anyway, I'll be back soon! I'll probably only respond to DMs but I'll mainly be in Discord DMs because that's where my partner is so :) of you wanna reach me that's how

Also I might have a couple of scheduled posts for the next few days? Just so my account isn't dry? It's art I've already finished so I can instead work on the upcoming series :)

Yeah, still no name drop, lol, big debate on whether or not I would, but feel free to ask any questions about it now that the teasers are done, I'll try to answer as many as I can when I get back without spoiling anything lol

#TL;DR: Taking a break for two weeks cause I can't handle praise #sorry it's different from my usual content lol #but yeah #that's happening #man if i had a nickel for every time one of my idols recognized me id have two nickels #which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice #but like actually oh my God #i woke up one day and saw one here #the other was just randomly in the middle of me working on some art over Instagram and i was like #HUH #these people are crazy #how can i possibly show my gratitude #to them and the great community in general #y'all mean so much to me #jay talk

[bunnyb34r]

Nearing 60 items rn my dudes 🙃

At the very least we're not doing the move until BaldBastard gets back from vacation so yay?

#we asked bootleg fgm and he was like uhh idk we're not going to worry ab it til he gets back though lol #like cool cool great #i almost lost it at work though like 3x just so fucking overwhelmed man #im hoping this means it's gonna stop soon... but i dont think so #who knows... all i know is that i wanted to knock someones teeth in for whistling today (i fucking cannot stand whistling and it was off key #which makes it so much worse to my ears and the forklifts were all going today and then the zamboni beeping like i was actually #PRAYING that god help me not kick someone teeth in sgdggdgdgd like it was bad bad man and i couldn't just walk away bc that wouldn't help me #bc then id be upset that i wasted time calming down when i had so much work to do) #and then in the breakroom ofc somone was watching tik toks full blast and it was just the two of us but like come the fuck on man #i like ran out the breakroom when my 15 was up #hopefully showering will help me bc im so wound up man i need to degunk #AND my sinuses have been gross lately and my throat is all boogery like fucking come on man #marquilla

[sunshinemellow-fic]

most annoying part of dating as an adult is how LONG and drawn out it has to be. this man is out of town cat sitting for his parents until the 22nd (green flag) but what am i supposed to do with this rabid energy in the meantime??? listen to silly little songs about it ????? when all courtship functions have ceased for the next two weeks?? torture!!!!

#my deranged friend was like DRIVE TO HIM #(he's two hours away) #(we've met once) #unfortunately this man is the friend of a friend and i was set up with him because multiple sources have decided we're compatible #and even more unfortunately #THE SOURCES WERE RIGHT!!! ID LIKE IT TO BECOME SERIOUS #(AHHHHHH!) #which means no insane behavior so it can actually get to that point lol #rambles

[caruliaa]

ik these memes are like bla bla meme jokes i v obvs am not like. taking them seriouslyy hence why i didnt include the whole post but like. does this (referencing whats highlighted) not feel like. kinda vaugly racist to anyone else. hi.

#LIKE IM NOT BEING LIKE THIS IS OVERTLY RACIST OBVIOUSLY PLS DONT TAKE THIS AS A SERIOUS ACCUSATION BUT LIKE. hmm . #like obvs yt ppl r. also capable of having brown eyes or curly hair not saying they arent !!! but like hmm. #two features commonly associated w ppl of colour hmm. thats not. #again not saying this is like. intentionally racist but like. if i typed that out id think hmm maybe not #i mean maybe i just think this bc like. i have brown eyes and like. i am not taking proper care of it for it to actually be curly lol but #if my bangs after a shower nd how my hair was when i was little is anything to go by my hair is naturally pretty curly #but also like. i have those features as a south asian person !!! idk #this is perhaps me looking too far into this but it did make me go umm maybe do not say that #also like. my posts get 3 notes all from mutuals usually so like idk if this needs this but obvs dont like. seek out the og post #or anything like that leave the op alone #i dont mean this as a serious accusation obviously like i said im j pointing smth out that is also prob me looking into it too much #also not included in the screenshot but on of the thing on this was “like shows ppl call dumb and stupid” which like tht every show?? #every show has been called dumb and stupid by someone silly !!!! #flappy rambles #no id

[todayisafridaynight]

At which point did you realise that the plot of IW is ass? I've seen people complain only about the ending or the halfway point where the teams separate, while I was already actively rolling my eyes like four-five chapters in

i think the moment i fully accepted that IW's story was. Definitely A Story was the moment ebina announced 'bleach japan'. like i think leading up to that point i was thinking to myself 'oh i hope i see X happen' or being like 'i wonder where this is going' and that sort but the proverbial bucket of ice was definitely that moment

#infinite wealth spoilers #snap chats #what reaaaaally hammered it in too if it wasnt obvious already was the execution of the jimas/daigo like that still irks me LMAO #i cant even remember what chapter that happened in i just know when it did i was utterly pissed #i think i started to take things less seriously once bryce entered the picture but thats only because of how distracting his VA was #like much love the JP voice actors who try to speak english and japanese but i just cant act like it's not incredibly distracting #esp when the character is supposed to be white yk what i mean- or at the very least their first language is supposed to be english #typically i can look over that thing if its a one or two time kind of deal but he had to speak in english much longer than others #im just rambling about bryce tho this aint bout him. i mean he could be a part of it the cult was executed really sloppily #it might have been the introduction of bryce actually ... i remember thinking to myself 'oh brother' with the whole messiah thing LMAO #maybe it was when kiryu told us his cancer cam from radiation instead of. smoking 💀 ESPECIALLY not even five chapters in #like straight out the gate you just wanna drop that on us mr I Can Do Everything Myself I Cant Worry Others ok #thats a post for another day tho im EVERYWHERE #POINT IS this is not about Retrospect this is about First Impressions and memory warps over time #but i know for a fact i found the bleach japan thing utterly ridiculous and was squinting at the plot the entire time thereafter #like ive said this a million times at this point but although i love IW for it's gameplay (pardon some nitpicks like lack of shortcuts) #its story really feels so messy and had much to be desired. which is so sad after the wonderful stories rgg has been making since 0.. #BUT OH WELL im still excited to replay it in english. god willing i ever get the time #i still wanna finish lost judgment <- isnt even halfway through the game #and i wanna do a fun stream Maybe with YK2 but ill get into that when i get into that #if youve read this far. thanks LOL id say sorry for the novel but thats what we expect of me at this point

[milkweedman]

Eugh

#think im in a flare up and it just decided to start with my hands this time #was watering the garden earlier and my knees were burning n when i squatted to get at the water spigot my hip nudged itself out #everything is falling apart again (by everything i mean this stupid meat suit) #but also working on my resume like this sure is something #like. 'please hire me i cant do anything 30% of the time and i have constant near impenetrable brain fog #and i will injure myself multiple times a day just doing basic tasks' #and like. i dont want to work. it always results in me pushing myself way past what i can do safely just to keep up with the bare minimum #and it leaves me so exhausted and in pain that i cant do anything else with my tims because im just trying to recover #but also not working means someone else has to pick up my slack and i fucking hate that #ive been thinking about trying to go on disability #i mean i kind of doubt id qualify. and i know its a LONG process. and also im planning on getting married in the next year or two #and im pretty sure that would throw a wrench in it #i dont know... its awful trying to keep up with everyone. i cant do it physically or mentally. but i dont really have a choice but to try ? #at the moment almost all my time and energy is being taken up by being in pain and the rest it is just. #basic maintenance. which i only barely manage to do sometimes #idk !! #chronic illness #my next appointment with pain management isnt for more than a month #gonna ask for something for the joint pain if i can #since nobody can tell whats actually fucking wrong with them the least they could do is just medicate me for it...

[princemick-archive]

🌸 do your worst

no <3

mutuals send a 🌸 and I'll compliment you

#I guess ur like nice to me or smth idk #okay no but fr ur dumb but i guess i love ur and I guess ur one of my best friends and I GUESS that the way you get me is really amazing #and that the friendship we have not just us two but the whole lil fam is incredible and so dumb important to me because its genuinly good #and like the way you and others but you make sure to show me you actually like me and want me there and it means so much to have friends #that get it and that dont shame me like god its so dumb but saying shit that id normally get bullied for by friends and yall just like #answering my questions and not even saying anything abt it and not making fun of me for asking things and not knowing things #and having people around me who are willing and want to understand and care is so like surreal but amazing and im so like #i cant really easily put it into words how amazing and surreal it is to have you and the others as friends #yes #also ur dumb and are the only person who lets me talk about f1 irl which fucks SEVERLY #kyle.answers #yukierree #ren