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The fact that music exists makes existing a lot more bearable

#reblog for great truth

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#reblog for great truth #atla

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For both Twilight and Yor their job is a tool to accomplish their goal. For Nightfall being a spy is the goal.

Been thinking about Nightfall wanting to "awaken the heart buried within Twilight" and I'm like... how exactly is she planning on doing that? It doesn't look like she really understands Twilight, she only sees the idolized image of him that she's built in her mind.

Her only ambitions driving her to perfection (and, to her credit, she does actually achieve a great level of physical discipline that a spy needs to survive) are the ones of her ending up as Twilight's real wife and life partner. She doesn't seem to share any of his dreams, she doesn't even seem to appreciate a possible world where children are happy - which is Twilight's core motivation, so ingrained in him that he kept fighting for it even when he hadn't actively thought about it for a long time.

The reason Yor and Anya are the ones awakening his feelings is because they are way more connected to his ambitions and motivations. Anya reminds him of himself and how important it is to him to protect children's innocence and happiness. Yor has similar motivations, and he actually, canonically thinks of her as someone suitable to inherit the world he wants to create, and maybe I'm taking a bit of liberty here by saying he probably wishes he'd had someone like her to protect him when he was young and defenseless.

So, without even trying, just by being themselves, Yor and Anya connect with him and awaken all the emotions that have motivated him as a spy from the very start. Nightfall has literally dedicated her entire existence to becoming the perfect partner for Twilight, but in her effort to become perfect she has completely lost what actually matters to the man behind the Twilight spy persona. In fact, she may have actually ended up at the opposite side. She believes that after the war Twilight will want to reminisce over old times and tour old battlefields with her when we as the audience keep getting hints that he finds no pride or happiness in being a spy, other than having the chance to protect the world.

Nightfall is hard to relate to not only because she's mean and selfish. It's also because she has dedicated herself to a false, empty promise that was based on Twilight's fame. I'm guessing Twilight never shared his inner feelings and motivations that drove him to become a spy, so Nightfall has no idea how much of a sensitive person he really is, beneath all the masks he puts on. And she's doing all that in an effort to make him notice her, praise her, and eventually choose her as his romantic partner, but everything about it is hopeless.

In a way it's a very interesting way to present her character, as she's willingly becoming a Satellite Love Interest, and everything about her plan, to mistaking Twilight's motivations and personality, to treating Yor and Anya horribly, to reaching for a goal the audience knows is unachievable shows why you can't be like that in reality. I could even say it's a commentary and satire of Satellite Love Interests, making a brilliant example of how such characters can work if they're consciously written that way.

(Anime only fan here, don't spoil me for the manga)

#spy x family

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Saturn Devouring His Son, Me, BALLOONS, 2021

#art

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Dracula voice: I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for my lawyer, his wife, his wife’s girlfriend, his wife’s girlfriend’s fiancé and their extra boyfriends the Cowboy and the doctor and the doctor’s thesis advisor who knows how to kill vampires for some reason!

#dracula daily #scooby dooby doo

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At the gate for my flight home from visiting friends and there's a woman here with a service Shiba Inu. No pics because he has a Do Not Disturb vest and taking pics of strangers is illegal but I need to stress how ON DUTY this animal is. Ears up. Eyes doing Lazer scans of everything. Examining everyone who passes within 10ft like a security guard. Ass planted on her feet. I have never seen a dog with such intense chivalric guardian energy before. He has tiny eyebrows and they are FURROWED with concentration.

#peoples is peoples #travel stories

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We BUILD strength and TEST strength in slightly different ways.

Especially with bodyweight exercise, the difficulty difference between two progressions is often substantial. While we can make micro adjustments to ease this transition, it can often be demotivating if we have trouble going from, say, knee push-ups to full push-ups.

The good news is that while our "gains" in ability aren't immediately obvious, we might still be making good progress!

Have a wonderful day!

#hybrid calisthenics #fitness #words of wisdom

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If you’re building a finished basement and you don’t put a plastic skeleton with a note taped to it that says “I was told there would be Amontillado” behind the drywall for someone else to discover in 50 years, are you even really doing home remodeling? Just asking questions here.

#tradition

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Limerick Template

There once was a [PERSON] from [PLACE] Whose [BODY PART] was [SPECIAL CASE] When [EVENT] would occur It would cause [HIM OR HER] To [BREAK A LAW OF TIME AND SPACE]

#poetry

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses

#fairy tales #Youtube

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Captain Sheridan, Dan Randall, ISN News. Thank goodness, someone reasonable to talk to.

#wheeze #babylon 5 #ivonova hbic

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Yor:''Yuri and Loid are getting closer with the time,they are getting a long so good''

Meanwhile Loid and Yuri in the living room:

#spy x family #loid forger #yuri briar

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Felonies and Other Love Languages

art by @art-the-f-up

I have Shay's permission to post his art. as you do not, you should not.

#miraculous ladybug #ml fanart #adrienette #ml fanfic

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christmas eve what about christmas adam

#snerk #merry christmas

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time lapse of all the birds yesterday

#birds #birds are dinosaurs

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#love is

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A Christmas cartoon for the Guardian. Happy Holidays, everyone!

#book addict #merry christmas