#and people who defy him

[unexpectedbrickattack]

Hiding the rest of this HUGE comic behind a readmore for ur sanity

Hes got the keenest eye for these things!

Now that this is hiding behind a readmore i can justify writing an essay in here. Nothing big tho i am just very chatty :)!

Postgame where Peppino still gets visits every now and again from the bosses of the tower. I already drew one for the noise (lmao) but i wanted to draw each of the main four interacting with him in some way.

Pepperman is a refined and well renowned artist. His art is highly sought after and his advice is not taken lightly. He has many MANY fortunes to pull from to make his visions a reality and to influence anyone to do anything. Except for Peppino.

From the very first fight, Pepperman is immediately, overwhelmingly obsessed with this stout little brawler. He is much much more than what meets the eyes. He is initially extremely offput and annoyed that a human so boldly decided to waltz into his domain, and he expects to be able to steamroll and bully this…beast…out of his place of work. He is refined when he wants to be, but he is quick to use his brute strength to get what he wants if only bc he knows he can do it

And so when he decides to fully charge and thrash this little trembling human, expecting him to skitter away the second he gets struck, he is completely unprepared for when he gets launched to the other end of this room. The human looks so incredibly PISSED, like a bull seeing red, and suddenly this little altercation suddenly became a real actual ‘knock your teeth out’ brawl. This human is only like half his height, but his punches and bashes fucking knock the wind out of him.

And like ! To add insult to injury!!! After he wins the fight! He visibly deflates, the adrenaline seemingly wearing off. Hes just this trembling fuckin whelp again !!! Whimpering as he fucking runs back out through the portal to do god knows what. And Pepperman could not be any more fucking intrigued. Like this no name came in, whooped his fuckin ass, and went about his day. Its unreal

While Peppino is running around climbing the tower, Pepperman is in his room losing his mind. Hes obsessed. No one has challenged him in this way. No one has fought him and WON. He is ALWAYS able to bully people into submission either through brute force or with money, and he got his ass handed to him !! He needs to know more. Its quite literally consuming him.

Cut to the final fight, set up for a rematch; and he knows he is going to get steamrolled again but it is SO exhilarating to get another chance to see this humans form up close again. This time he can try to commit everything to memory. Its all such a blur though, and in a quarter of the time it took to end their first fight, its over. He gets to watch the human fight the gunslinger with his bare hands, no gun necessary, and he doesnt even bat an eye at what looks to be a clone of himself. He is a force of nature tearing through every single defense, and when Pepperman watches the actual final fight with the bizarre little pizza man, its like hes caught in a movie. The rain, the storm, the atmosphere. He wishes he could burn the entire scene into his mind.

So when everything returns to normal, he takes the time to travel for days to come and find this little human named Peppino. The memory is still strong and vivid but eventually, details will start to slip his mind. He needs to find this human, convince him to sit and do some still life sessions with him to help cement the humans appearance in his head. He hasnt had to resort to…asking for permission for anything in a loooong time…he bullies people into doing what he wants but Peppino is not your average person, and if he wants something from this man, he’ll have to meet him at his level.

He...can make an exception for Peppino...he supposes.

#pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #peppino #pepperman #i love love love how this little comic turned out #esp with how peppino came out in so many panels #esp the one w pepperman holding peppino close: that one is the best i think #anyway #yeah #heehee #this is not intended to be shippy but do as u please #pepperman is just an artist that appreciates beautiful BEAUTIFUL forms #and people who defy him #and he has No filter #peppino is like oh my god #hes eccentric…the worst kind of person…. #but like #no one has tried to fight him since the tower collapsed #and everyone seems peaceful enough now #so if this weirdo thinks hes ‘beautiful’ and ‘exquisite’ and ONLY wants to spend some time to draw him #well thats better than fighting again; hell take it #also #heehee yes; peppino is using a walkman #hes been holding onto that shit for decades its his ol reliable

[nightingaletrash]

I think it says something about Halsin that he approves if you try to appeal to Ketheric, to convince him to lay down his weapons and let Tav help him to redeem himself, even though Thaniel clearly states that the only way the land can heal is for Ketheric to die. With that line alone, you'd expect him to be all aboard the Murder Ketheric Train, No Exceptions and yet!

Even though he lost so many people because of Ketheric, his predecessor/mentor, his childhood friend, people he considered to be his family and friends. Even though he has every reason to despise Ketheric, Halsin approves if you try to spare him. He keeps his heart open. No one is beyond help so long as someone thinks to offer it. And he approves of Tav doing exactly that.

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #halsin #ketheric thorm #i have determined why halsin is so big - it's because a regular sized elf could not contain the sheer volume of compassion that he possesse #you'd expect a druid to be all in on the murder if that's what it takes to heal the damage done to nature #you'd expect halsin to not want to redeem the man who inflicted so much suffering on nature. on his childhood friend. #on the people he came to see as his family and the good people he fought with #but halsin defies that expectation. he has so many good reasons to hate ketheric and want him dead #but instead he's in favour of trying to help him come back from the dark #to find the light again and repent the evil he's done #he believes that people deserve the chance to come back from their terrible mistakes

[calypsolemon]

I think because I characterize Death very differently than the rest of the fandom, I have a hard time categorizing the way I view post-tlw death/puss stuff as actual shipping. But I am down with the idea of Death having a sort of... fascination with the cat post-film that manifests as little signs of his presence, that eventually Puss catches on to and gives little acknowledgements back. Like, a bird falling out of the sky suddenly and landing dead at Puss's feet, or freshly picked flowers wilting rapidly overnight, or whistles barely heard on the wind. Once he realizes what these signs are (and that they're not omens or threats) he just sort of tips his hat and mutters a friendly response when he's alone. In that way they end up building a quiet familiarity with each other that persists until their true final meeting.

#puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #to me I think Death is just impressed that Puss is one of the rare people who ever defied him and actually got away with it #so he's like here as a sign of my respect and admiration you can catch my vibes all the time. memento mori <3 #and at first it worries puss but over time he comes to get what the sentiment is #animal death #for the bird thing lmaooo this movie is one big hashtag animal death warning

[lady-tortilla-chip]

The way Tamlin in the narrative is structured as fully a victim to Amarantha in acotar and yet people STILL read that book and go “he was always terrible actually” like he wasn’t in an impossible position just blows my mind.

#tamlin not telling her the truth cuz Amarantha literally made it so her couldn’t #tamlin bringing her there against her will cuz he literally had no other choice of he didn’t want to become Amarantha’s sex slave #like it contextually frames Tamlin as someone who is just as much a victim as Feyre working with what he can #and it’s worse too that people villainize him for it cuz this is a beauty and the beast retelling where literally the beast #had no fault in being cursed #he defied a woman who wanted him that was it #LIKE #hate to pull the ‘if the genders were reversed’ card but IF THEY WERE NO ONE WOULD BLAME HIM #acotar #pro tamlin #am just dropping random unfiltered thoughts on y’all

[theprinceandthewitch]

No, no I don't think I will "get over" this shows poorly veiled misogyny lol.

#ml salt #Adrien has always been the “female love interest” character who gets nothing substantial of his own #this is really obvious in Volpina: where Adrien's golden ticket to see Foo is usurped from him and given to Marinette through plot bs #Marinette is rewarded for Adrien defying his father. Adrien knows he will be punished for breaking into the safe but does it anyway because #the book is clearly filled with important miraculous info. Suddenly the fandom cries out: #but Adrien couldnt keep the book because hes too girly - i mean too feminine- I MEAN too stupid to figure out a good place to hide this boo #yeah okay listen if this show actually gave a single fuck about making him anything more than a female LI type of character #they would have come up with a way to make sure Gabriel couldnt take the book from him. he could have given it to Nino or something since #theyre ya know. friends. and Nino hates Gabriel so hed be cool with Adrien stealing from him. #something something people need to stop appying outside logic as for why characters behave a specific way #because the job of the writer is to clearly convey why characters do (x) thing

[petrenocka]

"X is just a guy" is a popular phrase to throw around these parts when talking about blorbos, but I swear, and I am 100% stone faced serious when I say this, not a single character has ever done it quite like Geralt from The Witcher books.

#sure your guy is maybe just a normal man in an unfair supernatural circumstance #but is acknowledgent of his guyhood a conclusion of a gut wrenching character study about trauma personal and generational #about the lies we tell ourselves so we can ignore the hurt we feel #did your guy spend the entire story desperately dehumanizing himself clinging to his alledged non-personhood #did he insist at every opportunity and despite an overwhelming mountain of evidence to the contrary that his torturers were successful #that they did make him into a monster without feelings without morals without future #are the people who did this to him the only family he ever had and the only people who would ever accept him now that he's this? #did they also go through the exact same process themselves do they genuinely love him on top of that? #does your guy reference his acquired infertility every time the topic of sex comes up #only to end up raising a daughter with the equall infertile love of his life? #does he defy his non human credo all the time by being unable to stop being kind an empathetic #and never acknowledges it because he can't bear thinking of himself as anything but ''a witcher''? #is he just a guy? #geralt of rivia #the witcher #the witcher books

[wonder-worker]

"In reality Richard III invented a Woodville scare as a screen for his own conspiracy"

-A.J Pollard, "Richard III and the Princes in the Tower"

#lmao #r*chard iii #my post #I think that's true for all usurpations and coups to an extent #but its 10x more applicable and accurate for Richard III #Not only because of the compressed length of time (a mere 3 months as opposed to years of back-and-forth tensions) #but also because ultimately one of the key reasons Richard could do what he did was because he did it from the heart of the political #institution (ie he was an internal threat rather than an external one) #and he was someone who was trusted and loved rather than mistrusted and hated. His betrayal was political but it also had far more personal #ramifications for everyone involved - most people simply did not expect it from him and cooperated with him precisely because of that #which enabled him to seize power before most people even realized what he was doing #And there's the fact that he actually did stage a conspiracy by accusing the Woodvilles of plotting to attack and ambush him #and produced weapons from his own war in Scotland as fake 'proof' - when in fact we know that HE deceived and ambushed THEM #there's also the (propagandic) lie that they usurped him from the position as Lord Protector when they certainly didn't #either Edward IV didn't appoint Richard Lord Protector meaning the Woodvilles denied him nothing #OR the council collectively chose to have a council rule during Edward V's minority rather than a Protector (something they were entirely #within their rights to do both socially and legally) #so claims that they wrongly defied Edward IV's last wishes or broke the law (which Mancini repeats in his account) must be seen as exactly #that - propagandic lies to vilify EW and her family #when in fact Richard was the one plotting a seizure of power - whether it was as Lord Protector or as King #(of course these are just two things - there's a whole laundry list of others) #so this is definitely applicable to him

[melonisopod]

Kinda lukewarm take but most Scathach fans don't even care about Scathach as a character they will just jack off to any purple-haired red-eyed woman in a sexy outfit. And I know this because how else would Skadi get that popular?

#it sounds pretentious to say 'you don't care about her personality' i know #but seriously fate added lore to her story #and then didn't really do anything with it beyond window dressing for her to be OP #which is fine and i don't actually mind this #but then she doesn't really live up to the lore when it clashes too badly with her having to pose sexily. does that make sense? #she's a god-slaying immortal who defies death itself but also is kind of terrible dealing with people #and chaldea kind of forces her to just interact normally with others #she is attached to cu chulainn because he's the only one left from her past who isn't dead #i mean he IS dead. but even a semblance of him is better than nothing right? #she flip-flops between suicidal and thrill-seeking or sometimes both at once #because she is severely depressed. she doesn't get joy out of killing or fighting anymore #she's also an atrocious teacher who doesn't care if her methods kill her students #and that's *lightly* touched on in grail front but only as an offhand joke at the very start

[deeism]

possibly my most annoying trait is that i really do think i understand always sunny better than anyone else does. i am so incredibly pretentious about that show

#iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia #the possible exception here is dennis reynolds #who i will admit defies me a little. im not really a dennisgirl like that #there are a great number of people who know him far better than i do #generally speaking though im really weird and autistic about sunny #so i do believe that i understand it in ways that transcend reality #and also are objectively correct #operating in ways rcg couldnt even comprehend

[ihamtmus]

the majority of the people who were upset with aziraphale for lying to crowley at the bandstand in season 1 did not understand his character or his situation. and many of them are upset with him again after season 2. because they still don't understand his character or his situation. btw.

#good omens #i have so many thoughts like you wouldn't believe #i don't share them on here much but that post about working in aziraphale apologism mines got to me #like yeah i'm an aziraphale apologism miner and i should dig a little #i might start with season 1 bandstand scene because so many people fundamentally misunderstand what happened there #there's lots of people who relate to crowley out there but you guys should maybe try to relate to aziraphale a little idk #and see things from his perspective #i have never ever seen a character more relatable than aziraphale tbh and it's a bit funny to see how many people just don't get him #my post #i might have to elaborate later because i have a lot to say #but the point is no he did NOT ''betray'' crowley at the bandstand #because at no point was he working with him for their own side until he explicitly defied orders in heaven send post

[ritzcuit]

i aam deep in dhurkedatz specifically thoughts today. Oh the them. oh the unspoken of it all. the unlabeled. we got a good thing going. of course this is my ... he's my. You know. well hes my right hand man of course. im the fangs o' the defiant dragon. but that doesnt explain it fully.. thats business. and their lives are almost entirely business but Not Quite. and beyond the revolution they escape description...thats his best friend. that's his datz..

dhurke loves amara like crazy his love for her never died at all ... datz isn't a replacement ... hes just his datz. you know? 20 years of partnership cant go away like that. theyre together. partners!! and rumors fly and theres jokes. call off your boyfriend! so whens the marriage? and theres shared looks and pitying looks and understanding looks and skeptical looks but no one Speaks on it.. its unspoken!! but its there. by god.

like i wouldnt dream of doing anything without you. or that dhurke knows when he gets reunited with his family once more, for real this time, datz is gonna be there. and amara isn't being replaced so shes not concerned at all lol shes like ... what ... and take away his datz? what kind of monster do you take me for :( Like she knows. and everyone KNOWS. thats just his datz. and thats his dhurke. and you cant seperate them its unethical its cruel and unusual punishment its not nice

All the small tiny things... the years of history in each others actions ... the energy and focus shifting between them without needing to ask. in a discussion fixing to break out into a fight datz defuses it. datz tense and uncomfortable outta his mind and dhurke spots the way he tugs at his scarf and makes an excuse for datz to leave early. he asks to be waken up in a few hours so they can trade ofd guard duty and datz says yeah but they both know he'll stay up the whole night just to let dhurke sleep longer (this i stole from such terrible tales bc that detail made me sick) Like Ugh Like i cant Like i just dont know

and its not that they dont want to label it but its just so...what would change really. dhurke knows datz loves him and datz knows dhurke loves him (though maybe some nights he really does need reassurance, and he gets in his head about it, and somehow- through ways datz doesn't have a clue how- dhurke can tell when datz is quiet from upset as opposed to another reason, and he'll take datz's hand and kiss his knuckles and Thank Him so deeply and earnestly that it burns out any negative thought datz has ever had in his life ... crazy.)

and hes the family friend and the sort of uncle and the right hand man and compatriot and everyone knows just by the way they lean against each other and speak in half finished sentences and answer questions that weren't fully asked ... reference jokes from years ago and diffuse each other and the way datz is obviously gloomy when dhurke is gone vs perks up when he comes back And the way dhurke is on edge and his leaderly dad warmth is slightly colder while datz is in prison like even when theyre not together you can tell the impact left on each others lives LIKE IM SICK FOR REAL

#girl who reads blackmadhi fic only to come away with terminal dhurkedatz worms. Sorry man #sorry yuty #i like your weird dad situation sorry man. forgive me ok? #Also my apologies to amara for sidelining her for my mlm ship. i still think she'd be cool with it though #like dhurke has enough love in his heart for two people. she can believe that easily #i think she teases datz but it doesnt quite work bc i think datz is way too convinced she's gonna oust him one day #i think datzs innate urge to leave things unlabeled and untied down and loose kind of bites him in the ass #i think if hes left alone for too long he gets way into his own head abt His Place in the family #smth which does not get better in a post soj canon #like he relishes it being something special tht defies a label but also hes like. #Could use the comfort of a stictly and unambiguously romantic label rn. Lol #but he wont ask for it. Bc thats crazy. so he has to survive off of a million unambiguously romantic moments instead #however will he make it... his poor soul (hes fine)

[kurozu501]

been thinking a lot about this page since finishing Berserk. To me, this right here is the core of the series. This is what the story became. Guts, Casca, and their new found family. 

I know in my heart, however the final cliffhanger was meant to shake out, however casca finally became able to move on from her eclipse trauma, wherever life was going to take Guts and Casca next, their new family would have gone with them. All of them and their silly little elf duo, journeying on into the horizon, into the future. Thats the image of Berserk thats going to stay in my heart.

#Berserk #Guts #Casca #Farnese #Schierke #Serpico #isidro #puck #ivalera #berserk spoilers #just in case #my vague thoughts on how the series would progress big picture wise is #the flaws in griffith's rule that were exposed by rickerts mini arc would continue to build up #a country where anyone who defies or disagrees with griffith is assassinated by demons wont stay pretty for long #and eventually a movement will build up against him #likely led by people like silat and rickert #and eventually guts and co would team up with them #and in the end guts and casca would take down griffith not for revenge but for the sake of ending his tyranny and cruelty #obvs thered be a lot more to get to that point #i think guts would eventually face a temptation by the behelit/godhand to sacrifice his new family like griffith did #that would be the payoff to him carrying it around all this time #but he'd refuse it cementing his contrast to griffith

[starsandthorn]

feeling so fucking normal about kaeya's hangout. btw

#personal stuff #thorn plays genshin #kaeya having to play the part of a prince. who had to endure a trial by fire to prove his innocence. okay. okay okay okay okay #just bites and tears. oh my fucking god cannot believe we are getting into this in the FIRST ROUTE. HELP ME #''people do not choose when and where they are born #but the circumstances of their birth decide the choices they'll have for the rest of their lives'' I'M NORMAL. #THE WHOLE THEME OF DEFYING YOUR FATHER'S WILL TO ESTABLISH PEACE BETWEEN TWO NATIONS. OKAYYYYYYY #WITH THE HARBINGER OF DAWN SWORD TOO NOOOO #''wow your friend is so dreamy!! he's not by any chance a real prince is he?!'' GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU LADY. #BUT I WILL NOT BEND TO THE WILL OF FATE. I AM NO PAWN IN HEAVEN'S PALM #THEY ARE NOT EVEN BEING SUBTLE ABOUT ITTT HELP ME #MAN. #i'm ill. i'm ill. i cannot believe him #his whole thing about the world being a stage and everyone in it being both an actor and the audience #''if you don't like the script then just walk off the stage and join the audience. you always have a choice'' #fucking . christ #''perhaps there's an inept god out there deciding everyone's fates... inept is a good word for it. honestly; it might be a little too civil #to describe a god who turns fathers against their sons and is bent on endless warmongering... don't you think?'' #AUGUHGHGHGH. #KAEYA. EXPLODES

[baked-hylian]

Sasuke's body count this, Sasuke's body count that

Are we not gonna talk about how Naruto killed someone before Sasuke was ever even shown to have killed his brother?

#i see this joked from time to time #but Sasuke's whole bit in defying the person who told him what to do (in this case Orochimaru telling him he needs to kill to be heartless) #means he's fairly adamant about not killing people when he doesn't have to #where I'm at in the show it's quite obvious that he cares so much #probably too much #his crying when trying to convince himself that Itachi was just a villain #cold and heartless #even though he's always known it wasn't true that Itachi was a villain #like so far Sasuke's body count is 2 where I'm at #which is literally only 1 more than Naruto

[widowshill]

i'm going to eventually write up something coherent about why i think liz makes sense as a post wwii queer woman / the reverberations in her own Myth. but in the meantime: excerpts from this article.

#➤ elizabeth collins stoddard. ┊ i belong to the house. the house belongs to me. #ive talked to people privately about this but i realized i never actually posted this and why i decided to rewrite everything lmao. #to me... it's about the sacrifice of Self and Pleasure in service of glorifying Nuclear Family and Dynasty and Domesticity and Property. #in contrast to her brother who is all but living in a public polycule at this point lmfao. defying every standard of behavior and law. #its on her shoulders not only to Behave as the american ideal mother figure as matriarch and civic figurehead. #but literally to produce the heir. she's really running two ideals of family at once: the Collinses and their larger impact #through history – law – influence – money – property – etc. #and also the Stoddards: her immediate nuclear family. #everything that happens with paul. i think can be read through the lens of compulsory marriage (beyond He Just Kinda Sucks.) #down to whacking him with a firepoker. #and she spends the next eighteen years Atoning for the sin of destroying the husband and the nuclear family – phallic weapon and all! #imprisoned where else but the domestic space she defiled. #and she doesn't learn. she Wants carolyn to be unlike her and to marry joe and find happiness but carolyn quite literally Freezes Up at the #idea of marrying joe. (at being with anyone who's not The Most Unobtainable Man. but thats another post) #anyway. like i said i'll be coherent sometime lmao. #but god. is it significant to ME that carolyn is born in 1946 lmaolkamdfsjf