#and got the fucking gayest reference image ever so here we are

[astranauticus]

𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳-𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴

#rolling with difficulty #vrla rwd #mrsn rwd #rwd starship #shoutout to fall out boy for writing lyrics that absolutely slap with no context i guess #get it. do you get it. cuz mechanites don't dream (starts sobbing) #something something the least mrsn could ask for is for vrla to remember him fondly and he can't even do that bc all his memories are gone #also yes it's a stylistic choice to draw mrsn as the starry apparition here but it's also absolutely bc the apparition is easier to draw #ITS SO FUN. i just do a white outline with a little gaussian blur then go to town on the starry background #between the astral sea and the mrsn ghost i just keep having to draw that kinda starry background and i have lots of custom brushes for it #and it's just. so much fun. just slapping colours and shinies on the canvas like a small child #the original idea i had in my head was significantly less... close contact but then i looked up couples dancing pose refs on pinterest #and got the fucking gayest reference image ever so here we are #WALAO TUMBLR MOBILE FUCKED UP THE RESOLUTION AGAIN NABEI #art I made

[lokiarsene]

Goro Akechi Confidant - Rank 6 (ENG.)

Here it is, lads. The bathhouse scene. This is easily the most vulnerable I’ve ever seen Goro.

(Ren walks into Leblanc and sees Akechi sitting at the counter.)

Goro: Welcome home, Amamiya-kun. I apologize for the intrusion. I hope you’ve been doing well. (Note: He is using very polite words to Ren.) Work has kept me busy as of late, but now I finally have a little time to relax. Would you care to join me?

Ren: Answer #1: Sure. Answer #2: I’ve got stuff to do.

Goro’s Answer to #1: We could have a cup of coffee— (Note: He specifically refers to it as Sojiro’s coffee.) Goro’s Answer to #2: I see. Well, I won’t bother you. I better be going, then. Thank you for the coffee, Boss. (Akechi leaves.)

Sojiro: Well, if you’re both tired, how about taking a bath? There’s a public one close by.

Akechi: A public bath? That sounds fantastic. Amamiya-kun, would you care to join me? I would appreciate it if you would show me the way (lit., it would be helpful if you show me the way).

Ren: Let’s go.

Akechi: So it’s okay? Well then, I’ll have to take you up on your kindness, and the Boss’s helpful suggestion. (Note: He is also being polite to Sojiro here. He refers to his “suggestion” as okotoba; the o- prefix makes the word more polite.)

(Screen fades to black. Screen comes back in to Ren and Goro in a bath together, by themselves.)

Goro: Ahh, this feels good. It’s been a while...

Ren: Answer #1: The hot water’s nice. Answer #2: I didn’t expect you to say that. (Note: He’s saying essentially that Akechi going to a place like a public bath doesn’t match/meet his public image.) Answer #3: What do you mean? (Note: he repeats Goro’s “it’s been a while,” framing it as a question. To avoid repetition, I’ve simply changed it to Ren asking for clarification.)

Goro’s Answer to #1: I’ve missed coming to places like this. I haven’t been to a public bath since I was little. Goro’s Answer to #2: I go to public baths, too. Or rather, I used to go when I was younger. Goro’s Answer to #3: Yes, that’s right. I used to come to places like this when I was little.

Goro: Even though I’m known as the “Detective Prince” these days, my upbringing was—well, different. I didn’t know my father; he abandoned me and my mother (lit., lived in a mother and child household).

Goro: My mother worked as a call girl, and when she brought men home I would have to go to a public bath. (lit., ‘entertainment business’, but that is just another way to say sex worker.)

Ren: Answer #1: That sounds terrible. Answer #2: That must have been hard for you.

Goro’s Answer to #1: I wouldn’t say that. My mother didn’t have a choice. She even left work early on nights to look after me. Goro’s Answer to #2: Ah, well, it’s in the past now, and I don’t blame my mother for what happened.

Goro: ... If there’s anyone who’s responsible, it’s my piece of shit father who abandoned her. I’d like nothing more than to have him beg for her forgiveness, but that’s impossible now.

Goro: Ah. It’s getting a little humid in here. Is it too hot for you? How do you feel? (Note: He says ‘wet’ instead of humid, but that sounds weird in English. I think the text is suggesting Goro is getting misty-eyed/about to cry.)

Ren: Answer #1: You don’t have to worry about me. (lit., I am composed/calm) Answer #2: I’m good if you are (lit., I’ll follow your lead all the way through) Answer #3: Are you all right?

Goro’s Answer to #1: I’m doing just fine, I’m used to coming to places like this. Goro’s Answer to #2: I can handle a long bath just fine, but can you keep up with me? Goro’s Answer to #3: This isn’t my first time. It’s not like I’m going to overdo it, you know?

(Screen fades to black. Screen fades back in. Goro and Ren are standing in the [empty] locker room, in towels, drinking something cold.)

Goro: Ahh, that was great. Just the sort of thing to have after a bath.

Goro: ... Ugh, I am a little dizzy, though.

Ren: Answer #1: Me too. Answer #2: I’m not. Answer #3: Guess I won, then.

Goro’s Answer to #1: Haha, I can tell. Your face is just as red as mine. Goro’s Answer to #2: Haha, don’t lie. You’re all red. Goro’s Answer to #3: Haha, if you say so. You’re almost not completely red.

Goro: You know, this is the first time I’ve gone to a public bath with someone else. And I wonder why you’re the first person I’ve ever told about my family? It’s rather odd to me. (lit., It’s strange to me.)

Ren: Answer #1: It’s because you and I understand each other. Answer #2: It’s because you and I are a lot alike.

Goro’s Answer to #1 and #2: Now that you mention it, I suppose our lives are similar. (lit., our roots are the same.) You and I are both the victims of selfish, irresponsible adults. (lit., Our lives have been ruined by/made victim to inadequate adults.)

Ren: Answer #1: Yeah, I agree. Answer #2: Is that what you think? Answer #3: Can we just get dressed now?

Goro’s Answer to #1 and #2: The more I talk to you, the more I feel that way as well. Goro’s Answer to #3: You really do things at your own pace, don’t you? You have a strong will that doesn’t really bend to anything else; I envy you for that.

Goro: Ah, we’re probably rambling now (lit., shouldn’t talk too much). Let’s get dressed.

(I feel my relationship with Akechi deepen...)

Goro: ... Ugh, I’m still a little out of it. Next time, let’s just play against each other in billiards again.

Goro: ... Say, why don’t we see who can get dressed the fastest? Whoever comes out first is the winner. I’m ready when you are.

(The screen fades to black.)

Goro: See you later.

(Ren goes back to Leblanc and gets a call from Akechi.)

Goro: Hello. First the coffee, then the bath... I have to thank you for helping me relax for the first time in a long while. It was nice to spend time as “Akechi Goro” today, instead of being the “Detective Prince.”

Goro: I know I’m seen as some kind of idol (lit., a gorgeous image) just because people call me “prince,” but that’s far from the truth. People don’t know what I’m really like (lit., people misunderstand me). If they could have seen me today, they certainly wouldn’t think I’m some “detective prince.”

Ren: Answer #1: You’re right. Answer #2: It’s fine that you’re not really like that. (lit., it’s fine if you are the opposite) Answer #3: I’m sorry to hear that.

Goro’s Answer to #1: Well even I do things like put on a towel and drink cold milk after a hot bath. Goro’s Answer to #2: Haha, so there is a noticeable difference?  Well, you’re the only one who knows that about me. And it’s fine if nobody else truly does (lit., It’s okay that nobody knows).  (Note: This. Fucking. Answer. Drove me crazy. He says “ギャップってやつ ?” which, near as I can tell, literally just says “The gap/difference is?” But contextually that doesn’t really make sense with what Ren said first.)

Addendum: Once again, thank you so much to @blackflirtlarping for giving me more information and clarification!

"ギャップってやつ ?" in rank 6. Since there are non-loanwords to use in Japanese for gaps, there are associations that immediately arise from the use of the English word gap, particularly in a conversation without physical crevices. Though the phrase is short enough that my evaluation can't be cross-referenced and definitive, Akechi's occupation with public image meant that "ギャップ萌え*" instantly rose to mind. To be charmed by someone with a contrast between expectations and reality.

The classic example of ギャップ萌え would be the tough bike gang member who actually rescues cats and knits cozies for them. Anyway, the point is that instead of saying “a gap between assumptions and true nature”, you just say “gap”. I mean, in English you would say two-faced and not specify “two faces that are super different”. “I don’t mind if you’re totally different behind the mask.” “You mean there IS a noticeable difference? Haha.”

Mod Krist’s Note: Gap moe [pronounced mo-eh] refers to an anime/manga concept of crushes, fascination, infatuation, etc. Most people might be familiar with “moe” as like, weirdly proportioned giant eyed girls in anime and shit, but “moe” in general is pretty much just about behaviors or traits that are people’s “type.”

Goro’s Answer to #3: Oops, I didn’t mean to make you worry. I wasn’t trying to make fun of you. (Note: This doesn’t really mean anything, but the word he uses for oops [おっと] is also how you say ‘husband.’ Domestic Akeshu is canon byeeee)

Goro: I have to say... you really are unusual. You and I have completely different perspectives, and yet we’re still so alike. It’s interesting. The more I get to know you, the more I think about you... I wonder why that is. (Note: alternate takes of this line: The more I understand, the more I think; the more you know, the more you think; The more I get to know you, the more I understand you, etc.)

Goro: ... Oh, sorry if that was a weird thing to say. I’ll be going now, so I’ll talk to you later.

Notes: THIS IS THE GAYEST GODDAMN THING.

Also, note that Sojiro (who is always Ren’s wingman) tells the two of them to go take a public bath. Thatta boy, Sojiro.

#akeshu #shuake #persona 5 royal #persona 5 royal spoilers #p5r spoilers #mod krist translates

[barebevil]

its gay folks

OKAY as Someone who has Literally Just spent 5? 6? consecutive hours watching the entire first season of the new Netflix original animated series She-Ra (a show about beautiful magical lesbian princesses) I am happy to announce that not only do I no longer have depression, I am also gayer than ever, and in that vein I would like to propose to you all, a list of all the beautiful lesbian princesses on the the show (of which there are many) from Gayest to also gay but like less so I guess, and before you say anything, yeah, I feel like a Am in fact a pretty good authority on the subject as I not only watched the whole thing in a single sitting but also am a real life gay so like I know what I’m talking about. And when I say Literally Just I genuinely started typing the second the credits started rolling, and I’d been taking notes since episode 5.

No I will not be including images of every single lesbian princess here, and yes there will be spoilers I think, okay let’s GET IT

8. Perfuma - She’s cute and she’s chill as hell, her entire village is a gay haven, she does what she can. She’s what one might refer to as High Femme

7. Frosta - She’s just a kid and she’s grumpy as hell but she’s got the vibe and i respect her

6. Glimmer - God i love her, love her whole look. And TELEPORTATION??? dope as fuck. Her friendship with bow is what we in the trenches call Peak WLW/MLM Solidarity.

5. Mermista - See originally she was placed higher on the list cus she’s gay as hell, but she was pushed out of the gay top 3 as I watched the second half of the season by even gayer princesses, but that does NOT mean that her gayness should be undermined! She’s the hottest lesbian princess imho. 

4. Entrapta - Her and Mermista could have had something special but alas, her obsession with scientific discovery as well as her complete and utter lack of morality led her astray. She’s a fucking nerd, and should be pushed into a locker. Her hair creeps me out. She’s a lesbian through and through and that’s why she’s in this spot.

3. Adora/She-Ra - Ah, Adora, our intrepid protagonist, My Beloved Glowing Lesbian. I love this girl. She’s cute, she’s goofy, she’s brave, she loves her friends, she loves girls, she’s a lesbian, she’s femme but in a downplayed sort of way. And when she does her magical girl song and dance she gets Big!! Oh boy, is there anything better than a Large Lesbian? Answer’s no. And like as if that wasn’t enough, she has A Final Form! and it’s wonderful.

2. Scorpia - This delightful beefy butch arachnid is not only a hearty lesbian, she is also: a fucking dumbass, and in the words of my trusted friend Robyn: “That’s the best kind of beefcake” and Robyn, I could not agree more. We love this big idiot and if she wasn’t so weirdly friendly she’d be the one pushing Entrapta into lockers. Jock ass.

And now, to the first place on this list. If you watched the show you know who i’m talking about, it’s none other than:

1. CATRA, BABEY - she’s tragic, she’s ambitious, she’s feline, she’s emotional, she’s strong, she’s sooooooo fucking gay holy shit she’s oh my god so gay. She’s the gayest one! and like, that’s really saying something at this point I feel like. She’s GAY and she’s IN LOVE and she’s HEARTBROKEN and she’s trying to take back her heart by SHATTERING THE ONE of the girl she loves and she almost destroyed an entire fucking planet in the process. I personally cannot WAIT for season two to see what this gay cat is gonna get her claws into.

actually, the Actual top spot goes to:

0. Spinerella + Netossa - confimed lesbians, they were sitting pretty right under my nose for a full 12 episode and then in the finale they just came out and punched my gay old heart right in the fucking face with a sweet embrace and a tender nickname. They are gonna have to share this spot but something tells me they won’t mind that all too much.

And maybe now you’re thinking, but Maia, they can’t ALL be lesbians, there are also some male characters! to which I say: Sure, of course not. I also say: all the dudes in this are gay too, every single one. All, what, 5? of them? I’d make another list but they’d all rank number 1. I mean fuckin Sea Hawk??? Bow’s gay ass bare midriff?? All of them get numero uno. Yeah, even the fuckin horse. Goodnight

#yeahhhhhhhh i'm feeling GREAT #i dont know how to tag things in a practical sort of way #uhhhh #she-ra spoilers ??? #i have a headache #she-ra #she ra

[kinetic-elaboration]

March 8: Thoughts on 1x10 I Am Become Death

Friday tomorrow. Watching I Am Become Death tonight instead of sleeping.

I don’t think I ever noticed the random severed arm in the Exodus ship wreckage before. Or the random ribs.

I hate to say it but I semi-side with Finn re: the Grounders but he’s otherwise annoying. “Clarke shouldn’t be out here” blah blah whatever--you clearly don’t know her at all because obviously she’d be out there first. Raven gets her better and Raven/Clarke should have been a thing.

“Why they’re coming doesn’t matter anymore”--lol truer words were never spoken. Seriously. And it’s quite sad.

“We move in formation”--what an actual army.

This is one of Jasper’s more annoying scenes, telling the bridge story, but at least he’s acting 15, which I appreciate; also Octavia is semi-more annoying (that’s your friend lol, get over your grumpiness); and also it’s all worth it for the lines “Let us have this” and “my boy’s a folk hero.” (I’m hearing my and you can’t stop me, Netflix subtitles that say the.)

Why would these bozos shoot into the woods when they know they have people out there? I’m surprised they didn’t all friendly-fire themselves to death in season 1.

Remember when this show was creative enough to do stuff like bio warfare? Good times. What happened to that?

I don’t feel remotely bad for anyone who got sick in this episode either (other than Murphy) because banishing him was Grade A stupid and they deserved what they got.

Speaking of not-shining moments, Bellamy’s (completely unbelievable) desire to shoot Murphy dead in the middle of the dropship is ridiculous. I say unbelievable because he absolutely would not have done it and ridiculous because yet again, hate to say it, but Finn and Clarke are right and Bellamy’s position is silliness. Also really dogmatic in an Ark-like way: we said we’d kill in this circumstance so I guess we gotta do it! Not a rebel king moment for sure.

“After we interrogate him we send him back out in the woods, repeating the exact same mistake we already made and that has led to our secrets being shared with our enemy.” LOL nevermind Clarke’s dumb as rocks too. Who wrote this and why do they hate all the characters?

I am not going to talk about the Harper scene because it’s past midnight and I’m trying to be less of a masochist but suffice it to say most people who talk about this scene could stand to, I don’t know, crazy, out there idea here, actually watch it before spouting off their big mouths. Not that I’m BITTER at all or anything.

Also: Monty’s a slut in the making and kind of sexist, he is bad at minding his own business, I want Jasper’s shoes. I may have Jasper’s shoes, just as low tops.

I lied I am talking about it. The way Monty’s expression changes when Jasper tells him to float himself and his sad “I’m just telling you the truth” IS Monty in a nutshell. You ever wondered what the definitive Monty line is? It’s that one. He has no tact and the emotional intelligence of a brick. It’s the truth so what’s wrong with telling it?? Right???

Also here we have an early example of Jasper (a child with emotional intelligence beyond his years) knowing just how to push buttons and show cruelty. Fuck this was quite possibly the best written character on the show and then they drove him into a ditch and I’m so angry. He simultaneously did a 180 in character, and also stayed IC. That’s like the writing dream.

I want a deleted scene where Bellamy gifts Jasper the tent (also btw to people who were simultaneously Bellamy stans and Jasper haters and who like to point to the bridge scene as a knock against my favorite awkward bisexual: Bellamy thought he did the right thing and actually rewarded him for it so...go float yourself as they say). Because I think Jasper, with his Obvious Bellamy Crush, probably almost fainted.

One minute of Clarke/Raven interaction and I get all on the edge of my seat. They get so little.

Few images more iconic than Clarke crying blood.

This Murphy + Clarke + Bellamy scene is Clarke at her finest, and a good example of Bellamy being all-emotion, no-logic tbqh. He’s sure looking fine though.

The Mountain Man in Lincoln’s notebook...

Clarke is so sneaky and gives no fucks. Telling Bellamy she’ll keep O on the third floor and then immediately sending her back out. I mean, again, smart, but one of those moments when I just sincerely wonder how anyone, even Bellamy, can ever REALLY trust her.

Lincoln wants to go “East, to the sea, then across it.” He’s not...really discussing crossing the Atlantic is he? He’s gotta be talking about a different sea. Does he mean like the Chesapeake Bay?? That’s gotta be it. Also Luna’s rig is most decidedly not in Europe or Africa lol.

Dude I think I might have just seen Manny Jacinto. Wild.

Clarke with her blood-eyes and humongous weaponry firing shots into the air is surprisingly hot; this distresses me.

It’s weird how I technically ship Bellarke and quite hard at that but these flirting scenes, or B knocking out the guy threatening Clarke, aren’t doing anything for me. Perhaps because I’m finding Bellamy rather obnoxious--IC but obnoxious--in this particular ep.

I think when Octavia starts helping the sick delinquents is when she decides not to leave with Lincoln but bounces back to feeling an affiliation with the 100.

This is such a deja vu moment for me but I always laugh at Finn’s “you don’t know me very well.” UH YOU THINK?

I’m sorry but Finn doesn’t get enough credit for the blowing up the bridge idea. I know it ended up being a lot more violent than he wanted it to be (tbh this would have been better if he’d been more staunchly pacifist from the get go and then upset when lives were lost to his plan but whatever)--but it was still a good plan.

I guess I can see how people can interpret Monty’s reaction to Jasper’s “flirting” with Harper as jealousy but IMO this is a stretch because if he WERE interested in her why was his main message to his best friend in the earlier scene “You should fuck that pussy”? The more obvious interpretation is that Jasper, who does not have an interest in Harper, is “flirting” with her to mess with Monty and that Monty realizes that or that Jasper isn’t flirting, just actually being nice (I KNOW! A boy! NICE?!?!?) and Monty is interpreting it as a jab at him because he’s in a sour mood and they’re fighting. Regardless, Harper--a character we have literally never seen before this episode--is literally just a pawn for their relationship growth let’s not forget that.

“That’s cute.”

Finn won’t pick up a gun--probably the best evidence that he’s actively a pacifist. Shame an actively pacifistic character hasn’t really existed on this show after S1.

“The men who built the A-bomb thought they were peacemakers too. How’d that work out for them?” Oh how I miss the idea that this show would consider humanity’s rush to its own self-destruction! Or just frankly the framing of the universe as the after-effect of the real choices we really made and are making in the real world, drawn out to their ultimate conclusions. The ALIE story line is, in this sense, even worse than the atrocity of S4 because the retcon just all but elided humanity’s responsibility for its destruction and that just...boils my blood tbqh.

This scene, where Bellamy tells Jasper to take the shot at the bridge, is a great example of Devon Bostick’s Face. Kid has great bones. (He’s actually real life younger than me so I’m allowed to call him a Kid indefinitely that’s the rule.)

Bellamy falling into the tent = me in law school. Also p. sure Jasper’s immune but Bellamy’s concern is nevertheless touching.

Bellamy and O are no Elliot and Darlene but they have their moments.

The Dramatic Zoom In on Finn’s face when Monty tells him that Raven took the bomb is Grade A Hilarious.

Jasper breaks first in the Jonty fight, as I’m sure he always does. No one holds a grudge like Monty. Or is vicious like Monty. “Why don’t you ask your new friends?” is a touch catty and probably the gayest thing he’s ever done (sorry but the boy is canonically straight and always has been...queer him as you wish, I certainly do, but let’s not pretend it’s an interpretation grounded in the text lol.) (What a tangent.)

This is a good Bellarke scene, though. I especially like Clarke’s “Trust? No. I do believe in second chances though”--a good line to remember when trying to keep her IC. (Though I maintain that the idea of second chances and being less judgmental is something she learned in S1, not a pre-pilot trait; see: Wells); and Bellamy’s “Maybe if we close all the doors the Grounders will think we’re not home” like I love that sense of humor.

They’re so rude about Finn and Jasper. Jasper’s a good shot asshats--he saw those Grounders in the last ep. before Bellamy did so suck on that.

Raven with the hydrazine on the bridge is also me in law school.

Jasper and Monty could have been an iconic couple if only this fandom (and this show) were not so dumb.

While I love this Oppenheimer exchange (Bellamy’s voice lol), it bugs me a little that, first, Clarke didn’t build that bomb, shoot it, come up with the idea, or involve herself in the plan at all so cool your jets sick lady you’re not destroying any worlds, and second, it’s not Oppenheimer, it’s Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavad Gita and I don’t know why that’s so important to me to remember but it really really is. Bugs me every time.

The Mountain Men reference. I guess they saw the mushroom cloud and learn of the delinquents through it...but they already shot down the Exodus Ship. How’d they know about that but not the Dropship? And why didn’t they notice the flares? Why is Lincoln so sure that the cloud will do it?

Lincoln’s got some books in there.

Raven’s comparison of Finn rushing to help Clarke versus hesitating about the bomb isn’t really fair tbqh. I mean it doesn’t matter because their relationship is obviously a farce and she needs to cut him loose, and if that’s what it took, that’s fine. But catching someone who’s falling is an instinct and I don’t think it necessarily has much to do with love or devotion. Whereas Bellamy’s question was about the future and there was no immediate someone-will-crack-their-head-open-on-the-ground-in-a-second danger about it. It wasn’t really an instinctual moment in the same way. Still, drop that dead weight my closet lesbian.

“It’s hard running things” is obviously a call back “It’s not easy being in charge.”

WHY AM I STILL AWAKE IT’S SO LATE.

#the year 2018 #2018: the 100 s1 #2018: fandom thoughts #the 100