#Adventure and Devotion

[adventuring36]

Kedarnath

Among of the oldest and richest Hindu temples devoted to Shiva, the Hindu God of Thunder, is the Kedarnath Temple. Situated approximately 3,583 meters (11,755 feet) above sea level in the Garhwal Himalayas, the monastery is a component of the Char Dham Yatra pilgrimage. It is thought that it could have been constructed by Adi Shankaracharya, a Buddhist monk, in the eighteenth century. The Hindu…

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#Adventure and Devotion #Char Dham Yatra #Cultural Heritage #DivineExperience #HimalayanPilgrimage #Jyotirlinga #Kedarnath #Mountainous Terrain #Spiritual Journey #Temple Visit

[montrosepretty]

The tonal contrast between the boys vs. sloane and hurley in petals to the metal really gets me, especially because I like to imagine what it would be like if the focus was shifted. You have this tense lesbian drama with questions of power, control, and morality, one woman desperately trying to save her partner from unimaginable cosmic forces that have twisted her to the point where the former is not sure if she ever really knew the latter. and in the background you have three guys trying to hide a body

#the adventure zone #taz balance #devo’s devotionals #did you know that sloane and hurley…hgzhxzghxhz #they make me crazy every time

[biscuitboba]

Thinking about zoro apologizing to luffy for not being able to accompany his captain to the mountain and offering to take care of the monster (even though he had just been hit by the monster) so that luffy could continue with his journey in op special ep 1..

And also thinking about zoro apologizing to luffy for asking his captain to hold the ceiling alone (for a lil bit! to keep it from crushing down on both them) cuz zoro wanted to fight the bad guy and he said this after taking a few hits for his captain (his previous position was behind luffy and it was a sudden attack mind you) in the clockwork island adventure...

Like, idk but i think his brain is wired different

#zolu #luzo #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #one piece #one piece special ep1 #one piece: clockwork island adventure (2001) #like he is literally devotion personified #i think the thought of letting his captain down is so unbearable for zoro that he cant help but to apologize for things beyond his control? #like im talking about roronoa 'were you worried? if i fail.. to become the world's greatest swordsman.. you'll be disappointed right??' zor #like he is so not normal about his captain and I cant deal with that shit

[a2zillustration]

gently places the Gale and Croissant dolls in a little box and VIOLENTLY SHAKES IT

Also here's what Karlach was right about if you forgot.

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#heeheehoohoo rubbing my little goblin hands together #what do you get when you put a guy with horrible self worth together with someone who has big imposter syndrome #we see how Gale deals with positive attention in the game #I wanted to give Croissant's pov bc my gosh how intimidating would it be to have this guy with huge main character energy- #-utterly devoted to you #once again I unintentionally made great choices for my own enjoyment by 1) being a wizard and #2) giving Croissant a bg that wasn't particularly of note #ANYWAY SORRY FOR RAMBLING AGAIN THERE WILL BE MORE OF THESE PROBABLY #HAPPY HOLIDAYS LMAO #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #croissant adventures #tav #gale #gale x tav #comics #breadweave #gale dekarios

[deconstructthesoup]

The parallel of Simon forgetting Betty as a result of going mad and Betty going mad as a result of not being able to forget Simon and yet both of their insanity manifests in an inherent obsession with the other will continue to make me lie awake at night

#simon as the ice king still desperately searches for his princess to the point of being obsessed with the one who resembles betty the most #he can't even remember that bonnie is his daughter's ex because she's smart and she's kind and she's logic-driven and that's so familiar to #betty as magic woman has her devotion to simon turned up to the point where she doesn't seem to care about anyone other than him #she'll destroy the world if it means that simon will be okay and safe and with her again #our clues that the relationship was always gonna be doomed were there right from the start weren't they #simon petrikov #betty grof #petrigrof #adventure time #fionna and cake #adventure time fionna and cake

[movedtodykedvonte]

Betty was, is, impulsive. That’s something we need to take away from this last episode.

Betty took the small in Simon gave her and gave up everything, on her own volition. She jump straight into the stream and rain through snakes! Betty takes risks and is intense. She took a chance in leaving a confession letter in a book Simon may have never checked out!

I just think it’s important because it’s not like Betty just dropped everything for Simon. She was infatuated and wanted to be with him even if she had a brighter horizon before her. It explains why she was so into curing him and willing to destroy a world for him. She was in deep by her own design and it’s fun knowing she really is the nuttier one of the two.

She wanted him to be her world and only towards the end when she sacrificed herself to save the world did she realize that mindset wasn’t healthy for either of them.

#cause before in the so where she talks about devoting so much if herself to Simon theirs nothing of her left #it made it seem like she gave up so much when he didn’t when it turns out she like just did that #he didn’t pull her away from anything not purposefully girl was just infatuated #simon petrikov #betty grof #petrigrof #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #adventure time

[jerreeeeeee]

the thing about taako and lup is that they lowkey have a king and lionheart complex but they’re both each side of it

#i dont know if this is a real known terminology or if its just from that one post #i do think if i had to put one to one i’d say lup is the king and taako the lionheart #i don’t mean lionheart like ‘i’m your sword i’m your dog’ they do NOT have that dynamic i just mean extreme loyalty and trust #there’s no duty here. the loyalty and devotion are from love not obligation #mine #taaco twins #taz balance #the adventure zone #taako #lup #the twins

[screamsfinalgirl]

i want what they had

#the chilling adventures of sabrina #ambrose spellman #prudence blackwood #they should have been endgame #im obssesed with them #i want what they have #i love them #true devotion #passion #chemistry #witches #warlocks

[swaps55]

...did I really just see a poll asking how much art an artist should be EXPECTED to produce?

The answer is zero expectations, jesus fuck. Art you consume for free is a fucking gift, and if you're paying for it, the schedule is between you and the artist.

Can you even imagine feeling that entitled to someone else's creativity. What kind of capitalist dystopian hellscape do we live in.

#adventures with swaps #hell i put an awful lot of expectations on myself to produce stories #to the point i am rewarding myself on finishing fugue by playing god of war guilt-free #as if that wasn't something i could just DO whenever i feel like it #because i don't get paid to write fanfic #AND YET I FELT GUILTY playing a game instead of writing #and even devoting MOST of my free time to it #I STILL went without posting an update for over three months #which i felt TERRIBLE about #HOW MUCH ART SHOULD AN ARTIST BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE? #fuck right off

[solargeist]

I love that you went from the watchers being this mildly terrifying force that doesn’t realize they’re terrifying (and traumatizing Grian) side eyeing that one 3L comic you made about the watchers making it a “game” for Grian (still very much thinking about the “yaaaaay you won!”) to now Oh My Gosh A Tiny Being Can We Adopt Him pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

ehehe i was trying to get my footing !! I think I have a grasp now on how I like writing them now ....

However !! The Watchers still very much traumatize Grian, even though they genuinely do love him, I've said that since the beginning, thats their babeyyyyyyyy Watcher, but still a Watcher nonetheless.

Aethers not exactly excused from this either, she loves him and cares abt him, but shes an angel, she just doesn't understand. She has an issue with..... Toxic positivity ? Shes not very confrontational and doesn't want to have hard conversations with him, its easier to hide things or just comfort him by rubbing his back or hair when hes upset. When Grian asks to visit Evo again early on, she already knows all the players have left, but lets him see for himself anyway. Its like when a kid begs to eat something like cocoa powder, not understanding how bitter it is, so you just let them. So its not a big deal to her, but is to Grian, its the horrifying realization that he is completely alone, all of his friends left, he feels abandoned and betrayed. All good things must come to an end though, she says, nothing lasts forever, except us ! haha !

Not to mention the purposeful sleep deprivation and isolation, the full control over what he eats, where he goes, what he does. Its not very fun being a kid, its hard and no one understands.

Aether didn't originally want to be a parent, nor was she exactly ready for that, so she just did a lot of things that were normal to her, what she went through or what other Watchers had told her. But ! She does care abt him, enough to bend the rules just a tinyyy bittttt sometimes bc ~technically shes allowed to since he's her kid, yes he can go home if he has a headache or eat fish if he asks for it wym.

Theres also Flora, his aunt, she has no interest in kids and sees Grian just as a Watcher in training, this means she's a lot harder on him, but bc he's her sister's kid she doesn't act on this all the time. She also projects her own issues on him, how can you survive or do anything in life if you're not strong ? Here fight this phantom creature you've literally never seen before. Thats as far as their relationship goes, she teaches him to fight. She pets his head sometimes anyway. (kind of like how parents will sometimes force their kids to play sports, or take extra classes, or get frustrated with you over math and you cry over disappointing them)

I don't think the Watchers are intentionally evil, but I don't think they're goofy dumb birds with baby fever either, they're complicated !! There something abt how people who love you can hurt you, and religion can try to save you and it'll doom you instead. (ok they can be a little bit dumb birds sometimes, but they're also righteous angels at the same time)

Its also kinda scary being 25 years old, and then being brought to some place you thought you had equal grounds on, but everyone is taller/stronger and treats you like a child or even a pet, that alone would have some side effects, i imagine.

They're very fun to write abt.

Grian also doesn't often get to see the sun.

#edit: OH I HOPE I DONT SOUND MAD OR ANYTHING !!! I JUST WANTED TO RAMBLE !! <3 /LH #ask #THEY'RE VERY INTERESTING TO ME !!!!! i devote so much time just rotating watchers in my brain #theres also something in there abt being neurodivergent and not fitting into society. you end up traumatized regardless #<- cubito grian is autistic to Me #the watchers have a profound effect on grian's emotional state #the little xelqua stuff is just for me <3 silly side adventure things #evoau

[itissadbutitsmy-life]

theres like a really particular brand of existential crisis here

three way venn diagram between fern adventuretime, oswald epicmickey, and rob tawog. the center reads, in bold, “what if one day you woke up and nobody liked you anymore or remembered who you were even”. the section connecting fern and oswald reads “upon meeting them their brother suddenly decided they were The Monster Of The Week and tried to fight them for no reason”. the section between oswald and rob reads “straight up got sent to a land where all the things that dont exist go because the world stopped loving them”. the section between rob and fern reads “at some point their body stopped looking the same or even working right anymore on a molecular level”.

#of the three of them fern gives me the worst existential crisis and rob makes me the saddest but oswald is a close second on both ends #im referring to fern just Considering Himself To Be Finn when he first appears despite the fact that his mouth doesnt work or anything etc #and now he has to photosynthesize. so much fern screentime is devoted to 'grass boys dont GET xyz experience' #re: his body changing. i think rob's change is Obvious. he didnt used to be glitchy :( #i cant stop talkign. sorry #epic mickey #em #tawog #gumball #adventure time #o #THIS IS STILL IN MY DRAFTS??

[montrosepretty]

Taz graduation is all about classic college experiences, like meeting a million people during orientation, feeling utterly lost in the first week of classes, partying with friends, joining a secret society, avenging the assassination of your mother, forging a death pact, committing acts of domestic terrorism,

#just finished 38 I’m going to miss those fools! #thundermen llc you are famous in my heart #the adventure zone #taz graduation #devo’s devotionals

[biscuitboba]

Staying true to my words, i'm not done talking about adventure of nebulandia (aon), like honestly zoro why are you so whipped??

Can't stand aon zoro cuz while everyone else was busy talking to each other, he was literally the only one distancing himself a lil bit from the rest while facing the opposite direction? Waiting patiently for his captain like a loyal puppy first mate??

Chopper: "All we gotta do is wait for luffy!"

Zoro: "He's here"

He really said it with that smug face of his😭?? like i hate him so muchh, can he just be normal about luffy for once in his life???

you are so infatuated with your captain and it's driving me insane zoro

#zolu #luzo #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #one piece #adventure of nebulandia #but anyway im in love with luffy's grin #nothing new but god i just i love him sm? #he is my sunshine #like i get zoro really #i said i can't stand zoro and his utter devotion to his captain but honestly if i were him i'd be just as whipped:/

[addictivecontradiction]

La sociedad de la nieve, 2023

#adventure #drama #history #la sociedad de la nieve #society of the snow #j.a. bayona #bernat vilaplana #jaime marques #nicolás casariego #pablo vierci #fernando contingiani #devotion

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

Karakura Team? No, fuck that!

Seireitei Team!

#It's how it should have been actually... #when I started watching Bleach I never thought those other pesky humans would become protagonists #i thought Inoue was going to die on the episode with her brother #I thought Chad was going to be some type of comical relief #I thought Uryu was going to be Team Rocket for Ichigo and Co. #I thought it was going to be mainly Ichigo and Rukia Go On Terrifying Adventures #I thought Byakuya after the Turnabout and Redemption Arc of Soul Society Arc would become like their mentor/guy who always comes through.. #...to help the two idiots getting into all sorts of shenanigans #I thought Renji would be the accidental travel buddy who tries to balance his devotion to Rukia and his obedience to Byakuya #I honestly couldn't care less about the World of the Living after I'd seen Soul Society #I wanted it to be a kind of volunteer Isekai in which Ichigo decides early on to stay in Soul Society #bleach #byakuya kuchiki #ichigo kurosaki #rukia kuchiki #renji abarai

[ontarom]

Sometimes you gotta watch a movie called "The Amazing Panda Adventure" just because Stephen Lang is in it, looking like the Father Of All DILFS, in the mid-90's when his hair was JUST starting to turn grey, and you have certain needs that need to be fulfilled.

#Stephen Lang #the amazing panda adventure #imagine divorcing your husband because he's too devoted to saving pandas #AND he looks like this #couldn't be me WOULDN'T be me #i don't even care that much about pandas but if he does i do #yeah honey i'll upend my life and go to china with you to save the pandas #whatever you say handsome