#VERY IMPORTANT NOTE

[prolibytherium]

I will say I get the vibe that a lot of peoples interest and support for strikers is a bit too much for a vicarious ‘burn it down’ thrill, rather than for the actual goals of a strike.

Like UPS has agreed to come back to the table and it is very possible they will concede to Union demands and avert a strike. And if that happens (so long as the union does not make concessions on its key demands) it’s a good thing. It’s a victory for the laborers. It is the same ultimate conclusion that a strike would intend to produce except without the workers having to go on (not so great) strike pay for a week or two.

#I understand to an extent bc I think such a major strike would be very politically significant for the labor movement #But UPS submitting to union demands to avert a strike also accomplishes this. Maybe in a less visible way but all the same #Also on a personal note I would love to see UPS get absolutely fucked but again: strike goals are more important here

[shadowtraveled]

"mithrun is the only real monsterfucker in dungeon meshi" is objectively the funniest bit you can get out of his everything, but in all seriousness i think his attraction to his love interest is deliberately overstated—and that makes sense, because romantic jealousy is a classic and digestible motive, which is explicitly what kabru was aiming for in condensing mithrun's backstory, and also because until chapter 94, mithrun wasn't willing to admit to the true nature of his desires.

but because romantic envy is both classic and digestible, it probably isn’t a unique enough or complicated enough desire to tempt a demon’s appetite. mithrun’s wish, as far as we can figure from kabru’s reduced retelling, was to have a life in which he had never become one of the canaries, and that carries like 3857 implications and desires within it. that’s delicious. his love interest acts as sort of a red herring to his motivation for making it, though. (side note: i'm saying "love interest" here because, keeping in mind that i barely speak japanese on a good day anymore, "想い人" is something i'd usually take as just kind of an old-fashioned and romantic way to refer to a lover, but in context i wonder if both the connotation of yearning and the vagueness are intentional, and i think this phrasing gets those aspects of it more effectively. anyway.)

mithrun considered his love interest to be untrustworthy. there was a minute where i thought that comment might be about a similar-looking elf (yugin, one of his squad members), but comparing the two…

the "sketchy" arrow is definitely referring to the elf we know as his love interest—the bangs go toward her right, she only has the one forehead ornament, and, most notably, her ears aren't notched.

every time she’s given a full-body depiction in his dungeon, she’s drawn as a chimera, with the body of a snake from the waist down. (side note: the “what if a dungeon has chimeras before reaching level 4?”/“then the dungeon lord is unstable” exchange just being mithrun grilling his past self alive is so funny. he’s so. but anyway) there are a couple things about this.

first, the snake part of the chimera appears to be modeled after some species of coral snake mimic

which, in the biology-for-fun manga, i… doubt is a coincidence, especially with the added context of the “untrustworthy” comment. the dungeon’s conjured illusion of mithrun’s love interest was a harmless copycat of a venomous original. for whatever reason, he felt this person was a threat and made up a "safe" version of her to be in a relationship with, and while it’s definitely possible to be attracted to or even love someone you find to be toxic and/or intimidating, when you take that into consideration alongside the configuration of her body, you get some interesting implications.

which brings us to our second point: if we assume that mithrun was not in fact fucking a snake, then sexual attraction, at least, was so far removed from his idea of a relationship with this person that he did not even bother to keep her dungeon copy human enough to maintain the illusion of the option of a sexual relationship. this is somewhat echoed in the depictions of their interactions, which also imply a frankly unexpected romantic distance. she kisses his cheek and he doesn't seem to react; she's at the edge of a narrow bed with only one set of pillows, on top of his blankets while he's underneath them.

the kiss is particularly interesting because it seems to contrast the text. kabru's narration tells us this was everything mithrun could have asked for, but mithrun is there looking unreadable to pensive, likely because this is right before the panel that makes it clear things in the dungeon are beginning to go wrong.

walking through this backwards for a minute, we have the physical barrier of his bedding and the spatial separation inherent in a bed made for one person, the emotional barrier of his mounting anxiety getting in the way of his ability to enjoy the affection he sought, and... the snake, which historically carries the connotation of temptation, yes, but also mistrust, barring physical intimacy. okay. ok. if a dungeon reflects the mentality of its lord, all of this might suggest that mithrun was not able to have any real desire for a relationship with this person. his unwillingness to be vulnerable or let another person in was insurmountable. but in that case, why was she such a focal point that she remained to the end, after his dungeon had stopped creating iterations of his friends to come and visit him? why would he get so upset over her meeting with his brother that he became lord of a dungeon about it?

well. mithrun's brother was also interested in her, probably genuinely. and mithrun had to win.

you have an older brother who your parents completely ignore, probably in part because he is chronically ill/disabled and almost definitely in part because he received a ton of recessive traits that resulted in rumors that he was an illegitimate child. you are aware, most likely because those same parents fucking told you, that you actually are an illegitimate child. but they keep you around because you had the good fortune of looking just like your mother. what can that possibly teach you but that you, like your brother, are disposable?

it's utterly unsurprising that mithrun, under these circumstances, developed a pathological need to be better than everyone around him. people don't keep you otherwise. i'd argue this is also why he says he looked down on everyone he knew while milsiril claims his dungeon reeked of feelings of inferiority—he sought out people's worst traits and prioritized them in his mind to protect his already extremely fragile sense of self-worth, and all the while he tried to be as likable and high-performing as he possibly could be. his parents disposed of him anyway, but even then he tried to keep up the performance. he was kind to everyone. he never once lost to a dungeon.

when he saw his "love interest" meeting up with his brother, what he saw was himself being replaced by a person his parents had always treated as worthless, and if that was what they thought of the child they'd kept, what value could anyone possibly see in the bastard they'd given away to die? mithrun and kabru tell the story like he wanted to win this unnamed elf's heart, but it was never about being with her. it was about cementing his worth, proving that he didn't deserve to be thrown away.

and so it's particularly cruel that his demon discarded him, too. but maybe it's also particularly gentle that, in the end, there was someone who refused to even consider giving up on him.

kui laid it out in three panels better than i could hope to.

yeah. it's love. you wanted to be loved, even when the only way you were able to understand it was through the desire to be wanted, and you wanted that so badly that the idea of being consumed felt like the promise of finally mattering to someone.

#dungeon meshi spoilers #mithrun #dungeon meshi #this has been rotating for a while but i wanted to check my evidence before getting into it thanks user angelspenance for posting that meme #half of this is just the text and the other half i'm sure has been said before but it's making my brain [radio static] so here this is #someone did for sure mention this but i do find it very cute that in his fucked up conjured world meant to portray his ideal reality #his teammates came to visit him. like part of the fantasy was then explicitly that they cared about him and were his friends. even though #he says he tried to see the worst in them. #hm it does feel important to note that i do also believe 100% in mithrun suicidality--his desire to be eaten does seem to focus a lot on #wanting it to be Over. wanting not to be left incomplete and empty anymore. #but that loops back around a bit to the hole in your heart that appears when you feel unloved. it's many things and the same thing at once #snakes #long post #severe problems #meshy

[squidpedia]

I literally only had one joke in me while playing pacifist and it was just repeatedly saying “no theyre justice” everytime clover was called kind

#clover uty #uty #undertale yellow #clover undertale yellow #undertale yellow clover #undertale #utdr #ceroba #marlet #starlo #clover #pedias art #comic #please note that i drew cerobas nose heart-shaped this is a very important detail to me

[chattematsu]

[4.0 archon quest spoilers]

#genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #fontaine #childe #lumine #lyney #Lynette #Okay before you'll say BUT THEY HID IMPORTANT INFORMATION IT MAKES THEM BETRAYALS listen yo listen thanks a lot!!!! #And before CHILDE IS OUR CLOSE FRIEND WE KNOW HIM FOR ETERNITY SO IT'S OBVIOUS WE TRUST HIM AND GET DISAPPOINTED IN SIBLINGS #I made it JUST FOR IRONY not any negative in any ot these characters #These events were pretty close in quest and it looked pretty strange (for me) #Even after trial traveller was pretty rude with characters who didn't have any odd intentions and it made me think in that way #Maybe writers wanted to make traveller more emotional than earlier but it looked very strange (for me again) #Bro it were the longest tags i ever made here but it's just for clearing the air #Btw don't take it serious #Ofc you can disagree with me and that's okay!!! It's just little note for making clear some things

[carlyraejepsans]

the thing about sans is, laid-back depressed guy who loves grease, gross humor, reads car magazines on the job and spends half of his free time in a bar scratching his ass is the PERFECT candidate to be the "straight one" except that by making him 4'9 and giving him a 7ft tall girlbestie toby made him every letter of the LGBTQ+ acronym all at once

#he is unplaceable and i care him very much #undertale #sans #btw check out the alphys additions in the notes they are SO important

[1alchemistart]

🔥🔥🔥THE CHIMERA SIBLINGS🔥🔥🔥

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #farlyn thorden #falin thorden #farlyn touden #laios touden #laius thorden #laios thorden #laius touden #chimera falin #chimera laios #very important note for the anime-onlies: chimera laios is not a spoiler he does not happen worry not KWAJKDSFSD #my art #this post has been scheduled ahead of time i might not be online at the time of posting mwah

[foursaints]

they could be so indie sleaze……

#foursaints art tag #lily evans #barty crouch jr #bartylily #<- A RETURN TO FORM #i’ve literally forgotten how to draw him recently it’s so foul. come back to me sweetling #it’s important to me that we note he is the one who grabbed her hand. he’s being very very brave

[rosysugarr]

BTW in case in wasn't clear, we support addicts on this blog. I don't give a shit how severe or dangerous or "selfish" the addiction is. I wanna be very clear here: this blog is a safe place for addicts. Forever. No caveats.

I personally have a nicotine addiction that I struggle with a lot, and I've spent my entire life in a very poor rural area full of people struggling with a variety of other addictions, both less and much, much more severe than my own, and I would offer every single one any kind of help I can if I had anything to offer. People who hate addicts, however, are NOT welcome here. If you look down on addicts, if you blame them for their own troubles and misery and consider them undesirable, block me and maybe go sit down and think real hard about the kind of person you wanna be.

I love you, addicts, whether you're recovering or not, whether you're in a place where you can't or don't have access to needed resources or just don't want to right now, or you're years into your recovery. I wish you all good health and happiness.

#rosychatter #a very important note #ive implied this beforw but those last couple of posts made me wanna be explicitly clear

[wildflowercryptid]

the girls are beefing in the clubroom again. [ og post ]

#sorry not sorry to turn everything i draw into mushy kieflo stuff but can you really blame me? #also very important note : i don't think drayton's homophobic i just think he's a hater. especially towards these two #i ended up changing kieran's post-dlc hair style slightly i missed their lil ponytail #the freaking dichotomy of this goofy ass drawing vs the much more serious stuff i was drawing on another canvas is extremely funny to me #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pkmn scarvio #pokemon drayton #elite four drayton #pokemon florian #trainer florian #pokemon kieran #rival kieran #tealmaskshipping #candyappleshipping #kieflo #🎨 : mj draws #🕰️ : scheduled post

[loverboybrightsideghost]

ballister has those huge sad wet puppy eyes but let’s be honest that man is not pathetic. in fact i think he’s really cool and smart and capable.

#this is about movie ballister #nimona #that man made himself a fully functional prosthetic arm in at LEAST one day #bluebird.txt #also he’s smart and strategic #i think he’s really neat okay! he’s very much not pathetic #he found some place to hide and but my guy really did well with coming up with a plan after his entire life got fucked #other than the mistakes (getting arrested going back to the institute and such) #but tbh like. not too shabby mr. boldheart. #i kinda wish they’d made him more scientist-y like he is in the comic but oh well #i think he’s COOL #he’s NOT pathetic #oh this is not a criticism of anyone btw i just think it’s important to note that ballister is neat lol

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At rest, your lungs wish to deflate, and your ribcage expands outwards.

#better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #yiling laozu #Happy Friday the 13th! #This is scientific fact btw! #Ventilation operates through a series of active and passive forces #The active forces being muscular contraction with inhalation and exhalation having their own set of muscles. #but the interesting part is the passive forces at work: #The lungs have a certain level of elasticity to them - meaning the more they expand the more the those elastic forces are functioning- #-to try and return the system to rest (exhalation passive forces). Your diaphragm is the main force - pushing against the lungs at rest. #Your ribcage on the other hand is under a state of being pulled outwards. It *wants* to be as open as possible. #These to contradicting forces create a constant push and pull which assists in the ebb and flow of air. Most significantly with exhalation. #Now that being said - the primary action of inhalation ventilation is through control centers in your brainstem. #If you lose connection to that due to trauma you're going to need ventilation assistance. #Small note: Respiration is the cellular event of chemical exchange in the alveoli. Ventilation is airflow and pressure. #They are both important but also very different things. Sadly used interchangeably. #My anatomy nerd brain is screaming over the inaccurate ribcage...but its...recognizable. I will get it right one day. #Okay nerd rant over (I cut out a lot of stuff about pressure gradients. They are cool. To me.) #This is a redraw of an mspaint doodle I made back in april. I yearn to make the Yiling Laozu eerie as he deserves #Tear that bitch (affectionate) apart! #Been playing around with hatching for a while and its amazing how many styles there are! Not sure I'll stick with this one (but it was fun)

[nextstopparis]

arthur pendragon + more bi stuff bc its the only thing keeping me happy rn omfg

#sorry that its canon and very important to me personally. as if thats my fault #also id like to make note that gwen also technically helped give arthur that sword but there wasnt a frame for it SO. hes merwens fav bi! #trained to kill since birth…. anyway #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon

[doikayt]

"genocide has been a core part of modern history since before the holocaust and has continued to the present. comparisons to the holocaust are often apt as genocidal entities function similarly, and trying to isolate the holocaust as incomparable helps no one" 👍✅

"jews always gatekeep the holocaust, ugh why do discussions of the holocaust always have to center jews" 👎❌

#hope this helps.... #saw that (very correct) post about the importance of thinking materially vis a vis genocide and not engaging in holocaust exceptionalism #or magical thinking abt jews #and in the notes... theres someone saying that jews... gatekeep.. the holocaust #like...... its time to log off and read blessed is the flame by serafinski sorry

[flawedamythyst]

I started a modern AU Old Guard fic in Feb 2021 in which, a few chapters in, Nicky starts learning Arabic on Duolingo.

'You know what,' I thought, naively, 'I'll just do the first few lessons myself so I can use some of the sillier sentences from it in the fic.'

Just under 3 years later, I have just completed all levels of Duolingo Arabic on Legendary. The fic, while nudging at 100k words, is still not finished. I believe there is one brief reference to Duolingo in it.

It's a bloody hard won reference though.

#the old guard #my fic #the things we do for fandom #very important to note I can't at all speak Arabic now #but I can translate maybe 50 very specific phrases #if they are written in the exact font Duolingo uses

[holographic-mars]

Mars Collection of Coswave panels

#coswave #wife city babey wife fucking city ‼️‼️ #transformers #maccadam #soundwave #maccadams #cosmos #tf cosmos #idw transformers #tf soundwave #idw1 #also really really important note: soundwave is almost ALWAYS touching cosmos #he takes every opportunity to put his hands on cosmos #AND HE DOENST DO THAT WITH ANYONE ELSE #aside ravage but that doesn’t count #Soundwave being incredibly tactile with absolutely nobody BUT cosmos is very important to me #soundwave call cosmos ‘little autobot’ and cosmos call Soundwave ‘dr. s’ #tumblr my mortal enemy how dare you not let me add more images

[comradekatara]

les bébés

#id in alt text #avatar the last airbender #atla #katara #aang #aang&katara #art #mart #wanted to draw the babies #pls note katara's friendship bracelet from aang #extremely important detail thank u very much