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factual-fantasy · 1 month

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Pokemon Scarlet has been a comforting distraction for me lately. 🥹 Fightin those baddies. Collectin them shiny things and catchin them all's. Amongst other things-

But what's been the most fun about it is imagining my Haunter and Sylveon being extremely stupid and also being bestest friends forever and ever XDD

#do not tag as ship #just in case-#pokemon scarlet and violet #haunter #Sylveon #its gonna be challenging to get Grimace's perspective right once he evolves-#but thats ok :)#that wont stop me from drawing him abd Sylvester #also i think im really getting the hang of traditional drawing again! :D #though i cant wait until i can get back to my desk and draw digitally.. :(

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kaladinkholins · 2 months

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Very interesting to me that a certain subset of the BES fandom's favourite iterations of Mizu and Akemi are seemingly rooted in the facades they have projected towards the world, and are not accurate representations of their true selves.

And I see this is especially the case with Mizu, where fanon likes to paint her as this dominant, hyper-masculine, smirking Cool GuyTM who's going to give you her strap. And this idea of Mizu is often based on the image of her wearing her glasses, and optionally, with her cloak and big, wide-brimmed kasa.

And what's interesting about this, to me, is that fanon is seemingly falling for her deliberate disguise. Because the glasses (with the optional combination of cloak and hat) represent Mizu's suppression of her true self. She is playing a role.

Take this scene of Mizu in the brothel in Episode 4 for example. Here, not only is Mizu wearing her glasses to symbolise the mask she is wearing, but she is purposely acting like some suave and cocky gentleman, intimidating, calm, in control. Her voice is even deeper than usual, like what we hear in her first scene while facing off with Hachiman the Flesh-Trader in Episode 1.

This act that Mizu puts on is an embodiment of masculine showboating, which is highly effective against weak and insecure men like Hachi, but also against women like those who tried to seduce her at the Shindo House.

And that brings me to how Mizu's mask is actually a direct parallel to Akemi's mask in this very same scene.

Here, Akemi is also putting up an act, playing up her naivety and demure girlishness, using her high-pitched lilted voice, complimenting Mizu and trying to make small talk, all so she can seduce and lure Mizu in to drink the drugged cup of sake.

So what I find so interesting and funny about this scene, characters within it, and the subsequent fandom interpretations of both, is that everyone seems to literally be falling for the mask that Mizu and Akemi are putting up to conceal their identities, guard themselves from the world, and get what they want.

It's also a little frustrating because the fanon seems to twist what actually makes Mizu and Akemi's dynamic so interesting by flattening it completely. Because both here and throughout the story, Mizu and Akemi's entire relationship and treatment of each other is solely built off of masks, assumptions, and misconceptions.

Akemi believes Mizu is a selfish, cocky male samurai who destroyed her ex-fiance's career and life, and who abandoned her to let her get dragged away by her father's guards and forcibly married off to a man she didn't know. on the other hand, Mizu believes Akemi is bratty, naive princess who constantly needs saving and who can't make her own decisions.

These misconceptions are even evident in the framing of their first impressions of each other, both of which unfold in these slow-motion POV shots.

Mizu's first impression of Akemi is that of a beautiful, untouchable princess in a cage. Swirling string music in the background.

Akemi's first impression of Mizu is of a mysterious, stoic "demon" samurai who stole her fiance's scarf. Tense music and the sound of ocean waves in the background.

And then, going back to that scene of them together in Episode 4, both Mizu and Akemi continue to fool each other and hold these assumptions of each other, and they both feed into it, as both are purposely acting within the suppressive roles society binds them to in order to achieve their goals within the means they are allowed (Akemi playing the part of a subservient woman; Mizu playing the part of a dominant man).

But then, for once in both their lives, neither of their usual tactics work.

Akemi is trying to use flattery and seduction on Mizu, but Mizu sees right through it, knowing that Akemi is just trying to manipulate and harm her. Rather than give in to Akemi's tactics, Mizu plays with Akemi's emotions by alluding to Taigen's death, before pinning her down, and then when she starts crying, Mizu just rolls her eyes and tells her to shut up.

On the opposite end, when Mizu tries to use brute force and intimidation, Akemi also sees right through it, not falling for it, and instead says this:

"Under your mask, you're not the killer you pretend to be."

Nonetheless, despite the fact that they see a little bit through each other's masks, they both still hold their presumptions of each other until the very end of the season, with Akemi seeing Mizu as an obnoxious samurai swooping in to save the day, and Mizu seeing Akemi as a damsel in distress.

And what I find a bit irksome is that the fandom also resorts to flattening them to these tropes as well.

Because Mizu is not some cool, smooth-talking samurai with a big dick sword as Akemi (and the fandom) might believe. All of that is the facade she puts up and nothing more. In reality, Mizu is an angry, confused and lonely child, and a masterful artist, who is struggling against her own self-hatred. Master Eiji, her father figure who knows her best, knows this.

And Akemi, on the other hand, is not some girly, sweet, vain and spoiled princess as Mizu might believe. Instead she has never cared for frivolous things like fashion, love or looks, instead favouring poetry and strategy games instead, and has always only cared about her own independence. Seki, her father figure who knows her best, knows this.

But neither is she some authoritative dominatrix, though this is part of her new persona that she is trying to project to get what she wants. Because while Akemi is willful, outspoken, intelligent and authoritative, she can still be naive! She is still often unsure and needs to have her hand held through things, as she is still learning and growing into her full potential. Her new parental/guardian figure, Madame Kaji, knows this as well.

So with all that being said, now that we know that Mizu and Akemi are essentially wearing masks and putting up fronts throughout the show, what would a representation of Mizu's and Akemi's true selves actually look like? Easy. It's in their hair.

This shot on the left is the only time we see Mizu with her hair completely down. In this scene, she's being berated by Mama, and her guard is completely down, she has no weapon, and is no longer wearing any mask, as this is after she showed Mikio "all of herself" and tried to take off the mask of a subservient housewife. Thus, here, she is sad, vulnerable, and feeling small (emphasised further by the framing of the scene). This is a perfect encapsulation of what Mizu is on the inside, underneath all the layers of revenge-obsession and the walls she's put around herself.

In contrast, the only time we Akemi with her hair fully down, she is completely alone in the bath, and this scene takes place after being scorned by her father and left weeping at his feet. But despite all that, Akemi is headstrong, determined, taking the reigns of her life as she makes the choice to run away, but even that choice is reflective of her youthful naivety. She even gets scolded by Seki shortly after this in the next scene, because though she wants to be independent, she still hasn't completely learned to be. Not yet. Regardless, her decisiveness and moment of self-empowerment is emphasised by the framing of the scene, where her face takes up the majority of the shot, and she stares seriously into the middle distance.

To conclude, I wish popular fanon would stop mischaracterising these two, and flattening them into tropes and stereotypes (ie. masculine badass swordsman Mizu and feminine alluring queen but also girly swooning damsel Akemi), all of which just seems... reductive. It also irks me when Akemi is merely upheld as a love interest and romantic device for Mizu and nothing more, when she is literally Mizu's narrative foil (takes far more narrative precedence over romantic interest) and the deuteragonist of this show. She is her own person. That is literally the theme of her entire character and arc.

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #akemi blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai meta #just in case... im gonna tag this as #mizukemicritical #akemizucritical #though this post isnt actually criticising the ship itself but rather fanon's portrayal of the ship and the characters #for that reason lemme also tag this as #wank.mp3 #feel free to disagree of course but please be civil #and if you need to rant about how wrong i am without any convincing evidence kindly feel free to make your own post. peace and love <3 #fandom.rtf #meta dissertations.pdf #shut up haydar #edit: for full disclosure. i do rather dislike this ship. but obviously it's fine for anyone to enjoy it. please do! have your fun!#it's just that as usual! popular fanon and fandom around a ship is what has completely deterred me from any sense of enjoyment of it #it's a shame too because i was very open and even eager for some mizu/akemi romance in the future #but out-of-character fanon + the rudeness of certain fans has definitely soured it for me #but that doesn't mean people can't enjoy it obviously! ship and let ship!!!#plus it has its appeal which i DO STILL see and enjoy!!!!#i would even go as far as to call them soulmates because their narratives and characters are LITERALLY intertwined!!!#but. yeah. my gradual distaste for this ship is indeed very unfortunate.

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rainworldyuri · 7 months

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No way.... it can't be

#brain melted #SAD!!!!!#rain world #rw survivor #rw monk #<- tagging only those bc ummmmm im tired. ok? also this is kind of bad sorreeyyyy #NOT ship #btw #blog name might suggest that #sooo.im tagging just in case ok!

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wildtornado-o · 1 year

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I believe in bi-disaster Kagami supremacy ♡

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous adventures of ladybug and chat noir #Kagami Tsurugi #Adrien Agreste #Marinette Dupain-Cheng #Felix Graham de Vanily #Felix Fathom #do I tag the ships...#uhhh #yes #Adrigami #Marigami #Feligami #Could also be seen as Adrigaminette #This girl is such a disaster I love her... someone help her tho frr #mlb season 5 spoilers #ml season 5 spoilers #its spoilers lite tm since its just a ship #But just in case :3

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tboom10 · 3 months

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caine do be tokyo drifting (much to the discomfort of pomni)

based of this (og by sock on pinterest):

(not sure if the link will wor, but im adding it anyway)

#i was originally gonna put gangle on the left middle row and zooble on the right middle row #they both kinda feel like people who'd sit on the side and not in the middle #but i told a mutual about what i was drawing and she said that'd it be cute if gangle and zooble would hug eachother when they're sleeping #so i had to its just too cute #sorry for the crusty quality #also i think goose once said that gangle would be carsick the fastest so i can imagine her sitting in the middle holding on for dear life #i guess its not really a hug but whatever #gonna tag it with the ship just in case #abstragedy #< implied #the amazing digital circus #tadc gangle #tadc ragatha #tadc jax #tadc pomni #tadc kinger #tadc bubble #tadc zooble #tadc caine #tadc fanart #i think jax' arms came out looking pretty weird #i have decided he can do that. they're cartoon characters. logic and physics are overated #pushed myself with the lighting. i dont think it looks horrid #too many tags

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trafficshippingtournament · 4 months

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WELCOME, TO THE TRAFFIC SHIPPING TOURNAMENT OF 2023!!!

Where 32 trafficblr ships will be going against each other to find out who comes out on top, so vote for your favourites!!!

The 32 ships chosen for this bracket are the current ships with most fics on 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series fandom on ao3

All of the ships were arranged randomly for the bracket

Every round of polls will last a week

Finally and most importantly, be kind to each other. This is just a silly tournament

Tags for easy navigation:

The actual match polls -> Polls

The propaganda made by people with hopes to sway your votes! You can support your ships with your own propaganda by sending this blog an ask with the link to the propaganda post you want to be reblogged! -> Tournament Propaganda

Fun stats about the polls for those who enjoy them! -> Tournament Stats

The tournament is over and our winner is GemPearl!!!

#trafficshipping #traffic shipping #trafficblr #I don't know if this needs to be said but: All of these ships are of the fictional characters not CCs #Another thing that I don't know if needs to be said is: Do NOT tag CCs about the polls. Your purpose does not matter. don't bother them #If a CC finds this on their own and wants to engage with it that's fine they can do what they want #Not that I think this tournament will get big enough for that to happen anyway but I am simply prewarning just in case #This is just a silly tournament about block people ships I've decided to make so we can all have some fun as a fandom #So just remember to be nice to other people and their ships. If you see one you don't like simply root for your own ship harder #Also if you do not like this blog or tournament simply blocking this blog will be better for us all

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sonicattos · 1 year

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hanging out

#id say this is parallel play but #they’re kinda perpendicular rn #(i remembered someone asking me to draw them parallel playing and i didn’t know what situation to do it in and i doodles this now so here)#sonadow #saltcat doodles #saltcat art #sth fanart #also don’t worry about the hedgehog dilemma they’re fine #edit this is not really ship art but i tagged it for filtering reasons just in case

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b4kuch1n · 1 year

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hahaha wheee haha

#sk8 the infinity #kyan reki #hasegawa langa #renga #continuing to tag ship instead of answering any of the reporters' questions #as you can see. I am still on my Reki Speaks English Pretty Fluently But Can Not Read It For Shit bullshit #and also. teen shenanigans. which can also be grown up shenanigans if ur not a square #man. todays been a Whole thing. how was it really the case that every art supply store I went to ran out of black ink #three! I went to three stores! literally a triangle in the city!#still have some of the devils tar left but I'm not enthusiastic about it #well! that's for future baku to care about and for me to ignore babeyy #tbh this is like. Im just glad I can still scribble a funny comic when it strikes me it's been too long #I don't do that a lot anymore... even tho its such a good measure of like. ur sense of timing #if u can draw a funny comic ur powerful enough to do anything. u can eat the sun u can kick its ass. u can draw a sad comic too #I realized I missed that...#also accidentally sent this from draft without adding tags lol. and tried adding tags on mobile and it spit in my face and called me a bitch #got enough of that. one must never forget one's currently on tumblr #now I sleep. gods. gods do I need a bit of that #have a good night lads. bring a worm onto a rollercoaster. see what happens

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ourflagmeansgayrights · 7 months

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first the pirate poll drama and now the stucky fans are frothing at the mouth lmao. literally i think everyone just hates the ofmd fandom bc they want what we have (queer queer romance written by a diverse writers room that actually cares about the characters and the story they're telling)

#for the record stucky was a FORMATIVE ship for me. it shaped me as a person it changed my literal brain chemistry forever.#i get it!! i know my hersory!!! i just really don't care who wins lol #Who Cares #the anger abt it all is so fucking funny tho fjdkshjkf #ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #mcu #txt #mine #og #stucky poll #anyway in case this breaks containment uhhh what are some disclaimers i should make. hmmmm.#ok so ofmd is not perfect and i have a whole tag for criticizing it (yes this includes criticizing the entire premise)#yes also the ofmd fandom is annoying but so is every fandom who cares #also idc if you voted for stucky or gentlebeard im just here to laugh when ppl get rlly mad abt tumblr polls

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shimexi · 6 months

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simpler times

animals avoiding malleus while they adore silver... ok aurora and maleficient parallels but have you considered malleus' fireflies settling on silver -> symbolizing malleus' fondness & sense of protectiveness towards him // creatures gathering around malleus when silver is here bc they know silver trusts him = the animals can trust him too daytime: silver's practice sword (which you can barely see) + a flower crown malleus made while silver was training -> nighttime with malleus' book

#shimexidraws #twisted wonderland #twst #malleus draconia #silver vanrouge #🍀#don't tag as ship please! i don't think anyone actually will (this isn't shippy at all ??????) but i'll put it here just in case #art #if you want to read into it there are four animals (symbolizing death) and seven fireflies (? what does it mean)#i put seven fireflies because i like the number seven . and then i didn't want to draw seven animals so having four was just a coincidence #but <- free thoughts! if you want them #also note that there are four fireflies on silver . yeah whatever that was also unintentional

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courtney-deserved-better · 5 months

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my tierlist for the gen 4 ships

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#i dont think bowie and emma were an option for this (good) but they would go in the platonic category i love their friendship #also i excluded all the ships i didn't really have any thoughts about #td spoilers #<- tagging just in case

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c00kietin · 2 months

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If I had a nickel for every time I drew Undertale in school while I was feeling mentally destroyed, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#drawing sans is now my comfort #I wonder what they're talking about...#my art #undertale #frisk #sans #also please don't tag this as ship art I'm sure none of you will but just in case-

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drenched-in-sunlight · 8 months

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i like ghostflower (hell I draw fanarts for them) but I’ve decided I like the version of them in my head more and will just stay away from the fandom in general cuz I’ve seen some discussion and they just make me go “what on earth are y’all on” 💀💀💀💀