#and it's a status symbol i feel like

[astrugglingacademic]

Guys. Listen. Zhongli angst?? Or whump? Somebody just straight up saw off his horns.

#dragons have horns okay #technically they don't need them because horns only exist on prey animals #but it's a MYTHICAL creature #brought to life #and it's a status symbol i feel like #so take them away and it would be shameful and EMBARRASSING #also permanent #because antlers grow back #but not horns #never horns #zhongli #genshin impact #arlo's #zhongli angst #zhongli whump #rex lapis

[thaliasthunder]

drawing achilles with short hair should be fucking illegal.

#im about to throw hands #honestly yall dont appreciate the BEAUTY of men w long hair #no u dont understand how heartfulling it feels to see achilles w his pretty hair around his shoulders #i go like THATS MY BOYYYY #but then i come across w post where he's hair is shorter than my will to live and #WHAT FUCK IS THAT #NOOOO #DONT U KNOW THAT IN OLD TIMES HAIR WAS A SYMBOL OF STATUS ALSO????? #LONG HAIRED MEN WERE SEEMED AS HIGH PRINCES #IF ACHILLES DOENST HAVE LONG HAIR #HE. IS. NOT. ACHILLES #achilles #patroclus #tsoa #the song of achilles #achilles x patroclus #patrochilles #books #madeline miller #greek myth

[ineffable-romantics]

Guys, it just occurred to me that they were on the wrong sides of each other for the kiss.

Crowley was on the left, and he's almost ALWAYS on the right. Aziraphale is on the right, and he is almost ALWAYS on the left.

All I'm saying is, if the s3 kiss happens with them switched back, I'm never shutting up about it.

#and you can quote me on that jack #the symbolism of them being on the wrong side really helps to highlight how Wrong and Uncomfortable™ that kiss was supposed to feel #(this is me to the people who complained that it was too stiff and awkward bc DT and MS are straight like stfu) #it was SUPPOSED to feel awkward and desperate and wrong #the music alone tells us that #and them being on the wrong side of each other; symbolic of being wrong-footed bc of the fight maybe? #or maybe symbolic of crowley finally doing something to break them out of their status quo #idk but there's something to this i can feel it #Good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #gos #gos spoilers #gos2 #gos2 spoilers #gomens #gomens spoilers #gomens 2 #gomens 2 spoilers #good omens s2 spoilers #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #aziraphale #crowley #mine #meta #the kiss

[mayhemspreadingguy]

“I need a father. I need a mother. I need some older, wiser being to cry to. I talk to God, but the sky is empty.” ― Sylvia Plath

#The Chosen One #anakin #anakin skywalker art #anakin skywalker #anakin skywalker fanart #sw #star wars #star wars art #mayhem art #my thanks to magnusbae for helping me choose the perfect quote to fit with the art <3 #also this time I feel like saying a word or two about what I was going for with this one #lately I find myself gravitating toward the ideas of Anakin in religious context #this one was inspired by statues and stained windows of praying saints and it is the beginning of my religion themed sw art #some other wips are in the owen already so hopefully i will finish baking those someday :) #but more about this one #I wanted to capture the immense burden that was put onto Anakin's shoulders by being labeled as the chosen one by the Jedi #he was made into a symbol representing the hope of the prophecy #he stands surrounded by people. people with expectations. people who lay their hopes in his hands. who gaze upon him. who celebrate him #yet he stands isolated. lost. #deified. pushed towards his own downfall #he's searching for his path. he's searching for guidance #for a shoulder to lean on. to cry on. after the loss he has suffered and for the torments that are yet to come #he's exeptionally strong yet so fragile and vulnerable

[casiavium]

I'm sure it has been written about many times before but my gf is watching Utena and I'm going crazy over the foreshadowing in these statues

The Rape of Persephone, young girl (Kore/Persephone—she would have been a young girl, Kore is literally the word for maiden) is kidnapped by a family member and forced to stay with him, her being with him makes life bad for everyone else (Demeter causing winter)

Orpheus tries to be a hero and save Eurydice from her fate but ultimately it is his love for her that dooms her

The Bremen Town Musicians is a story about escaping to a better life and "resilience and refusing to stay down when others put you down"

#tw rape #revolutionary girl utena #foaming at the mouth I didn't notice that the first time #she sent me the greek statues asking what they were and i went WAIT ACTUALLY #foreshadowing? #and then she goes yeah I recognized the german one it's about escaping. so like Nanami from Touga? #(she doesn't knowwww this is her first time watching it) #AHHH #symbolism in utena can be anything from kouze takes a cylindrical object from miki (it is phallic and therefore incestual assault) #which I'm not saying you're wrong but that feels like a stretch #to these statues are of stories that foreshadow the final episodes

[swordbreakerz]

For a long time, we thought we were building mirrors. But now we know better: We were setting fires.

my secret samol for highwaygothic on twitter!

#friends at the table #palisade #cas'alear rizah #integrity fatt #fatt #f@tt #secret samol #secsam #secsam23 #once again my ETERNAL HUBRIS strikes during secsam #this was a little ambitious and i suffered but i am very pleased with it #also i feel like statue cass doesnt count as them being there hes haunting this. intentionally #admire my color symbolism in the statue pls. pls god #its very simple but i did put thought into it #alsoooo that field scene is meant to mimic that time in c/w when cass virtually attended their parents funeral #i rmr austin saying the planet had reddish clay dirt and wildflowers #if im wrong um. no im not <3 #im free. goodnight everybody. sleeping forevver

[secondstill]

I wish we got more soft moments during their genin days

#ok lets try this again. i colored the lines cus the black was too intense #uchiha sasuke #uzumaki naruto #sasunarusasu #sns #naruto #this version is cropped but i cant tell which is better helppp #vote was in the bg but i didnt feel like rendering the hashimada statues #aarrtt #also dont @ me i know the konoha symbol is upside downnnn

[skunkes]

#i dont like travel much but can someone take me to italy to see michelangelos david i need to see him before i die #he's been the associative object (object. object) for my current brain spiral. the one i wrote that whole essay on the other day #the imitation of a human body the representation of a human body #i think i want to go somewhere i can see more sculptures representative of human beings in general #to cause myself more symbolic or metaphorical pain #the fenced off representation of a human body. you cannot touch it. #you cannot touch the statue. but also. you ARE the fenced off untouched statue. #desire and the desired and being an object and having and being a body and being and not being human #i want to be frozen in marble on the pedestal i want to be the pedestal i want to topple off the pedestal #the human body the human body the human body #⬅️ saying this all deliriously as if dying in your arms from blood loss #talkys #im not sure how to feel about the thoughts that have been swarming my brain lately but i feel like it could be made into art #if i were smarter #its like silkworms in their cocoon #in the way i would have never been the person to discover how to get silk from them i hate that i cant spin any of this into #something tangible and meaningful and poetic and real #i want to make art i want to be art i need someones hands to pull the fibers from my untouched brain #he's like a doll to me. i am a doll to me. #🌺

[wutheringmights]

I think on some subconscious level, I don’t ever want to finish writing this chapter

#this chapter kinda feels symbolic? like it’s the beginning of the last part and I have to introduce the final stage conflicts in both #plot lines and now things can’t just be intriguing any more they have to be satisfying #and I want it to be satisfying but I am so worried that the cracks in the story are only going to really start showing #and I can’t even say that at least ctb will retain its loyal readers when I am essentially resetting the story #like oh did you enjoy the tension of when time was going to reveal the truth? we’re done with that now #did you enjoy the three brothers plotline? that’s basically over #like this was the plan from the beginning and everyone already has a sense that the status quo is changed #but still!!!! what if I can’t write it good enough!!! #what if it’s shit because I’m the one trying to write it!!! #me rambling

[adamsappl]

for someone so self-obsessed, adam has SUCH a thing about people seeing his face. he puts effort into his appearance, yes, but it is genuinely, genuinely so rare for anyone to see him without his mask on. at work, on stage, in the bedroom, when he's just around -- he can do most things through it anyway, so he doesn't often feel the need to take it off -- it's really just. at home. he talks about being the first man all the time, yes, but he doesn't like reminding people that that's all he really is ( because he's BETTER than any human, obviously. also because he's separated himself so far from that part of his identity that thinking about it actively upsets him. ahaha. ) taking off his mask around another person has become a very intimate thing for him. he won't say it, but lucifer breaking his mask really fucked with him. not a fan of that exchange.

#//this has been bouncing around in my head for a bit <3 enjoy #//hes not SELF CONSCIOUS per se #//its just that his helmet is like. a symbol of power for him. its part of his uniform it was given to him alongside his a.rchangel status #//so he feels So Vulnerable without it and he fucking HATES that feeling so much #//i love writing hcs and then going back to Staring at my drafts JSHFJSJDJ #headcanon.

[s0fter-sin]

general society is such an underthought aspect of mha. obviously there’s the big things like the obsession over heroic quirks and the demonisation of villainous quirks. quirkless people are dismissed entirely but i don’t think we talk about how society in general would have to handle a world with super powers.

we know after afo’s first uprising, the government overcorrected and outlawed public quirk usage. we know people have their quirks registered and go through quirk counselling as well as a type of gym class where they practice under teacher supervision.

how in the hell is that supposed to work?

the closest equivalent i can think of is mental health services. someone would have to study for a long time to be able to pursue quirk counselling as a career. it’s also a highly personalised system: everyone has a different quirk - even similar ones have different activations, triggers, exceptions and drawbacks - so no two sessions could ever be the same. if anyone’s been through mental health services, you know how rough it is; it’s an overworked, underpaid system and if you live somewhere that only offers a few free visits, it can also be expensive.

and that’s an elective service.

almost everyone on the planet would need quirk counselling.

there’s no way they could implement such a labour intensive and individual public system and we literally see that they can’t.

we see the gym class in amajiki’s flashback and he only has a few minutes with his teacher before he’s chided for not being more impressive and utilising his quirk to the fullest and they move on to the next student. say a standard class is twenty students like it is at ua. that leaves just over two minutes for each student to learn and practice their quirks. you can’t focus on just one kid per lesson bc what will the other nineteen do? do teachers also have to have a degree in quirk counselling? is that part of becoming a phys ed teacher or is it some random joe schmo trying to wrap his head around literal super powers?

given that inko goes to garaki - a doctor - to confirm izuku’s quirklessness, it can be assumed that quirk counselling is entwined with the medical system. i don’t know if you’ve ever had to apply for a specialist before but you can be on their waiting list for a while. a quirk counsellor is essentially a specialist. are there subcategories of counsellors? do you focus on either emitter, transformation or mutation the way doctors become cardiologists, paediatricians and neurologists? or is one person expected to be equally knowledgeable about all three?

we see through toga that her counsellor identified her need for blood but they didn’t find a way to curb those instincts or even find a supplement for her. she’s left to be abused by her family for something she can’t control bc it’s literally in her dna. compare that to iida who knows he needs orange juice to power his quirk. his entire family are pro heroes so it would be easy to assume they could employ a private quirk counsellor the same way richer people can employ private doctors.

how many people have specific requirements due to their quirks? changes in their physiology that have to be treated the same way nutritional deficiencies and allergies do? even people without mutations probably have those requirements: does kirishima’s shark teeth mean he’s an obligate carnivore? does mina’s acid change her ph levels and what vitamins and minerals she needs? how would they figure that out? quirk counselling.

what about kids like touya who would need extensive counselling so he could figure out how to live with his quirk without hurting himself? kaminari essentially has seizures and they’re so normal to him and everyone around him that they’re the butt of jokes. they wouldn’t be a one and done patient; there’s always going to be people that need continued support the exact same way there’s people that need developmental and disability support. there would be so many quirks that harm their user, are they just taught to bury their quirks? as if that wouldn’t cause any physical or mental consequences?

governments can’t create a system that applies to only some people, we’re expected to believe they’ve made one that applies to all of them?

#bnha #my hero academia #mha meta #i imagine its similar to therapy in that the first session would be free since its probably required in order to register a child’s quirk #they probably figure out activation in that time and thats it #onto the next kid bc there will always be another kid #you want more information on your child’s power? you better be able to pay for more sessions #even quirkless people need to be fully assessed to ensure theyre quirkless #i doubt anyone else is as interested in this as i am but it feels like just another world building aspect horikoshi just kinda skipped #quirk counselling is just sort of thrown in with toga and curious and it becomes just another concept that is brought up and discarded #quirk counselling quirklessness mutant prejudice the quirk singularity theory general mutations outside of mutant quirks #theres so many little interesting concepts that are never given the development they deserve #and when they are like in the last few chapters its done in such a shallow handwavy way that i wish hed just leave them alone altogether #no wonder the plf exists quirks are so suppressed in society while also being a status symbol #and yet its a completely hypothetical advantage if they dont become a hero or a villain #if a kid has a heroic quirk theyre held on a pedestal and if they have a villainous one theyre demonised at best and abused at worst #koichi was almost given a fine bc he was using his quirk to get through foot traffic quicker how is there not a riot every year about #quirk freedom and rights violations? #and yet its completely glossed over #go beyond plus ultra #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt

[bumblingbabooshka]

Worst Guy Ever - Also, Unfortunately, Very Homosexual Convo. (subtextually)

#Evidence of Tom being a bad boyfriend is also in a file labeled 'Tom wants to fuck Steth so bad' #but seriously I wanted to deck him in this convo v_v FORTUNATELY it is bearable bc I think that's the point - like the narrative is #showing that Tom is 'ruining what he's worked for' by being a dick to B'Elanna so I'm not like meta-mad about it (like OTHER Tom/B'Elanna #moments) <- Ex: Tom saying 'I have a beautiful girlfriend' instead of something like #'someone I care about/a girl I love' but that's a like...tv writing thing. I don't like it but I know it's a tv writing thing #Woman as like a status symbol instead of a person you care about #I never care about Tom's inner conflict in Tom episodes (with the exception of the one where he gets thrown in solitary - him going full #rogue was fun) bc his inner conflict is always the most boomer bullshit #Literally he's just having a midlife crisis in this one. #BUT...GUYS....IMPORTANT NEWS...BULLDOG'S IN THIS ONE?? #BULLDOG ?? My enemy BULLDOG BRISCOE from Frasier??? Good to see you man! This makes sense. #Steth....WHY would you choose to turn into a guy with a detailed and established web of interconnected relationships on a ship with a #complex hierarchy? Steth really thought he'd be able to play it cool on VOYAGER...the USS codependent...nu uh #they sniff you out and maul you like gophers on that baby #EHHEHEEH the Emh is funny as hell...'WOW...I had no idea me being so perfect at everything was making you feel bad! It all makes sense to #me now...' / Steth(as Tom):....Yeah v_v #SNRKEHEHEHEHEHEH GUYS..I'm taking a mental health day so I can reflect on myself and how even though I'll never be as good as the Doctor #I'm probably still worth SOMETHING #Steth(as Tom): Hey now B'Elanna...let's not go around blaming Steth for things. He's a pretty cool guy actually. #Okay yes confirmed! The above convo is also to show that Steth is 'being better' than Tom by telling B'Elanna what she wants to hear #unfortunately this does not make me like Tom more #SHE WANTS SO LITTLE. SHE ASKS FOR SO LITTLE. #BC Tom DOES say that B'Elanna is 'overreacting' and basically calls her crazy even when it's not for a later moral lesson and #this isn't framed as bad by the narrative. If your girl's always mad at you then your relationship ISN'T good. #There's literally NO resolution once again to their relationship issues. Tom shows her his garage program and when B'Elanna says she feels #she doesn't value her he says 'Yeah I do.' episode ends. #T/B scenes are literally [conflict arises then they argue or kiss] <- it is never...RESOLVED... #Me @ The Writers: (B'Elanna voice) Is this your idea of an adult conversation? #OH. Gay subtext: I hate spending time with my girl I want to hang out and live the bachelor life with my cool guy friend. #Tom's grease monkey program might as well be a subscription to playgirl magazine sit DOWN dude

[anthropoetics]

this might come off weird and random but i really relate to being a humanities girl in stem...it's hard out here damn. what is it you study? i'm in med school and obviously that goes hand in hand with having more emotional moments, but even the smallest things break me. have you ever doubted your choice of pursuing a career in stem?

hello!!! that's not weird at all. i'm in vet med, so we're on the same boat! i believe no matter the career i chose, i'd doubt myself in certain moments, and that's okay. i don't think we should be intimidated by our sensitiviness, on the contrary, we should let that be our strongest suit. rather than crushing this sensitiviness, i think being in stem is more about not letting it show that much (because we deal with people, their emotions, the ones they care for etc.), it's finding the so called balance. you can always cry in the bathroom afterwards kfljflf even more, having this sensitiviness, in my opinion, show we care, and honestly, at the end of the day, especially being in the medical field, it's the thing that matters the most.

#i know it's common to come across hard hearted people in stem #and i'd say especially in med school #because it's a symbol of status #but as i said. this sensitiviness will definitely set you apart #it's not easy. for sure #there's so much pressure because basically? you can't get anything wrong ever #but being sensible goes hand in hand with our field #we can't make a mistake. so we study and study and study #if we didn't cared we wouldn't feel like maybe this isn't for us

[goldensunset]

fighting for my life with the student-run group whose jobs directly impact my classes

#if we have to do something for a grade. the guy should make it easier for us to do what we have to do #if these guys are only open 4 hours a day #if they don’t feel like responding #if some of them *cough* one of them the primary one *cough* is actively MEAN #to ANYONE who so much as accidentally inconveniences her or breathes wrong #if i can’t get through to her #hhh #i get it they’re students too but also they’re getting paid for this they signed up for this #and i need this #they were in my situation once too can’t they have some mercy or is this job just a status symbol to flaunt #peach rambles

[lesbianaglaya]

dishonored and dishonored 2 love to tell me that corvo is an object. and then go noooooo we didn’t say that what are you talking about. and then they have him be a statue like a for real statue.

#sorry i do think it’s so fun and gay and evil that high chaos emily can leave him as a statue. #AND that that special action is called. your father is safe. :) #emily real woman with something wrong with her rep!!!! yes!!!! #like dh1 has less surface level stuff but in a very real way he is also just a tool there. which is fun! #dh2 however corvo is an object and it feels BAD. delicious. guy downgraded from tool to imported good for the ruling family to exert power #over and use as a symbol of their power through their possession of him #delilah stroking his face during the coup… the comment the delilah heart makes about him… AWFUL :) #plot of dishonored 2 obviously. well much to be said about the failures of an attempt at an anti imperial message when the goal is to #restore the monarch. but the interpersonal family drama? delicious. #gabby.txt

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

Do you ever look at a certain character and you wished the franchise did more with them but they just practically leave them quite undeveloped despite the potential they have?

#characters #franchise #txt #i feel like this about a few characters #like eric from tlm. i mean the animated version specifically #he is the least developed major character in all of animated tlm franchise and it's quite annoying #they gave him a decent/good enough development in the original movie #but his character was practically pushed to the side in the sequel and wasn't even present in the third #i think eric's status as the “representation” of humanity and ariel being a mermaid hasn't allowed his character to be expanded in the way #he really shoulda been. his character was left quite untouched till that novel came out a year ago #it's messed up that it took that long for writers to FINALLY pay attention to his character and depict him as more than just ariel's love #interest/arm candy #honestly most disney princes are quite underdeveloped specially the earlier ones #this is why people just dismiss them #and eric's case is interesting in that he is the only one to smash a non-human and that represented or symbolized humanity #he was the only one to not have a song and honestly he shouldn't have been given one. he didn't need to sing unlike the others #like eric is the only prince who was directly pursued he didn't need no song lol #for as much sh*t as the animated pairing gets they are the most unique and peculiar in all of the disney princess romances #this is what i didn't like about the remake they gave ariel's traits to eric basically. he was the one being infatuated now #like i'm sorry but one of the things i love about ariel was her fangirlism. they took that away from her and gave it to eric #they turned it into a traditional relationship in a sense when they weren't supposed to be that #idc idc idc this is how i feel about it #anyways i shoulda left that for another post tbh 💀