#but also bewildered

[erythroniumseedling]

#collection of dudes #blood #drawn gore #? #idk if it reads as what its supposed to do #postal #postal dude #postal 1997 #p1 dude #art #fan art #traditional art #uh yeah #shoutout to skeltrr for permanently changing my art style? #/pos #but also bewildered

[kerimcberry]

Hello! ive always been a silent fan of your work (Lyla is just so LOVABLE! 💛 and your Seb is honestly a breath of fresh air - love soft!Seb) so ive decided to break my silence just to offer you these favorite facts i know of otters 💌🤭

Bawww thank you so much! It’s lovely to meet you 🥹💕

When I saw your ask, I IMMEDIATELY needed to draw out the second one! It’s so adorable 😭🦦

This is Lyla and Sebastian in their twenties! Lyla 100% holds Seb’s hand when she sleeps 💛💚

Also, imagining Lyla carrying around a “special rock” is so funny to me LMAO 💀 I will def be drawing that scenario too 😂

#asks #hogwarts legacy #hogwarts legacy fanart #hogwarts legacy mc #lyla estaris #sebastian sallow #slytherin x hufflepuff #sebastian sallow x mc #slytherpuff #I was going to do a neater outline but I’m SCARED ILL MESS IT UP LOL #also HOW TF DID I DO THAT #THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I JUST STARE AT MY ART BECAUSE IM SO BAFFLED #IVE UNLOCKED A NEW POWER THAT I CANT USE ON COMMAND #UTTERLY BEWILDERED RN #WHY AM I YELLING

[stinkythehutt]

also. something about palpatine being so adept at seeing into the future that all of his successes feel completely joyless by the time he achieves them because he’s just going through the motions… how fucked up and nihilistic and brutal that would make you…

#teddy talks #anakin is like the opposite of this bc he’s tortured by his future failures #so he lives in constant terror and denial #whereas palpatine is lowkey tortured in a different way though he’d never ever label it as such #but the boredom of it all. the inescapability… #in a sense of course you would long for ultimate power over the force. because you would feel so much just like a meaningless vehicle #of its will otherwise #and anakin would be a PERFECT toy for someone like that. because he is so bewildered. he’s easy to tangle up in knots #i’m just doing some character Thinking #but yeah. of course one in palpatines position might hate the force and feel a need to lash out and dominate it #and he manages his own repressed bewilderment by manufacturing it in anakin to an extreme degree #but. importantly. while also having complete control over the machinations of anakin’s experience #and by crushing the force and all knowledge of it #CHRIST i’m back sorry but all the stuff he does to extend his life. he obviously is terrified of death #and rather than face it he just creates My Apprentice: The Guy Super Fucked Up About People Dying #to punish somebody else for his own horror…. it’s giving projective identification. not to bring freud into this

[nico-di-genova]

Lance Stroll witnessing the infamous chaist grabbing and immediately clocking them was my favorite part of the Brazil GP thus far.

#his expressions were just so funny #man’s really kept saying 🏳️‍🌈??? #while also looking bewildered as to how he ended up there #lance stroll #lestappen #formula 1

[krakenattack]

Mild spoiler for The Last Graduate ahead, but:

Having just reread the whole series, I love how at odds El and the Scholomance are. Like, El's pessimism is a great way of making your narrator unreliable, since El is sometimes right and sometimes wrong always expecting the worst response from everyone around her(a thought worthy of another entire post), but it becomes very funny once she realizes that part of the problem at school is that she can't do small spells? Like, she spends the whole first book being like 'this school is the devil tempting me to evil, it wants me to become a maleficier, I can't even ask for a simple cleaning spell without getting horrible spells for summoning mortal flames and enslaving an army of people, I hate it', and meanwhile the Scholomance is flipping frantically through its catalogue of spells gathered over thousands of years, desperately trying to find a spell in a language El knows that she can also cast with her affinity for working incredibly large and powerful spells. El's over here driving a bulldozer and saying, 'I would like to build a Jenga tower' and the Scholomance is looking at her with the weary despair of a preschool teacher knowing they're going to be suffering through a temper tantrum soon but unable to stop it.

El, a furious teenager who doesn't know as much as she thinks she does: I don't wanna summon a mortal flame! I want my room clean!

The Scholomance, a giant building that cleans its own hallways, floors, dishes and various and assorted other workings with mortal flame: Why is this child testing me

Also hilarious in retrospect is El's blithe statement in the first book about how no one would ever give her that much mana to do these high volume spells bc mana isn't free or easy to acquire and so the school is clearly telling her to turn maleficier and kill her fellow students all while Orion is humming to himself as he kills mals and dumps oodles and oodles of mana into the New York power sharers.

El "I'd rather die than ask for help" Higgins: I won't do these spells bc no one will give me mana

The Scholomance, as loudly as a building who may or may not be partially sentient and who can't speak human languages: Wow, those sure are some HIGH MANA VOLUME spells you got there! If only there was SOMEONE around who would be able to provide you with a NIGH LIMITLESS FLOW OF MANA so that you'd be able to cast them!

Orion: :)

El: *hisses like a feral cat*

Orion: :(

The Scholomance: oh my freaking god

Hilarious. Top tier humor.

#the scholomance #a deadly education #the last graduate #naomi novik #I also truly believe that the scholance was trying to prep El for her future by giving her those spells #she ends up being able to use her knowledge of several of those spells to useful and non-malicious effects in the last two books #but it's funny to imagine a very tired scholomance trying to find enough complex and high mana-cost spells #to placate the bewildering moral whims of this angry wizard child

[snivyartjpeg]

and they were roommates

#rain code #raincode #mdarc #master detective archives: rain code #yuma kokohead #yakou furio #shinigami rain code #look i am. deeply in love with whatever tf they got goin on #i dont really buy much into the 'yakou fathero' headcanon im much more of a weird cringefail boss intern roomies kinda guy #i just think it's funnier #also ik yakou is an expert gamer but id imagine he's like. good at the arcade cabinet stuff #theyre both ass at smash bros. yuma is yuma and yakou is bewildered at the lack of button combos #yakou mains pac man and yuma plays kirby bc kirby is cute

[loopnoid]

the beejcage...

#here you go lisa's mash server 🫡 #beejhawk #mash #m.a.s.h #bj hunnicutt #hawkeye pierce #the birdcage #hunnihawk #this was originally shape/stylization practive but then i started thinking about beejhawk the birdcage and talking #about it with the shrimps and well. well. #yes i wear pink yes i live with a man yes im a middle aged fag but i know who i am erin it took me twenty years to get here!!! #also consider: bj trying to teach hawkeye how to pass as straight and failing miserably #how do you think i feel? betrayed bewildered... wrong response? #TALK ABOUT GAYS IN THE MILITARY #the beejcage

[aaandbackstabbed]

Scrooge: I’m not that in love with Goldie

Huey: you are doodling your wedding invitations

Scrooge: no, this is our joint tomb stone.

Huey: …my bad

#because Scrooge McDuck is THAT kind of insane #he’s so silly #and evryone doesn’t actually realise how insane he is #so I’m here to educate #also #he’s so me #I would totally draw out my joint tombstone with th Loml-most hated rival-gf-baby-loser of a soulmate #bec that’s what cool people do #but also I need this casual insanity over Goldie from Scrooge #I love how he doesn’t even realise he’s insane #bec he is obsessed with that woman #((and rightfully so tbh)) #but so is she #like their mutual obsession with eachother should take centre stage #in all aspects of life #that’s all I want #ok but #alsooo #like you can just imagine the look on guest face #utter confusion and little judgement #but overall everyone who is not them is bewildered by their arrangement #no one other than Scrooge and Goldie can be at peace with what they’ve got #((tbf even their not too at peace but at least their cool abt -eh~)) #scroldie #scrooge mcduck #huey duck #goldie o'gilt #ducktales #incorrect quotes

[littleblackraincloudofcourse]

Everybody is excited to see Buck being the jealous one for once but honestly I just feel sad for him.

There's no one Eddie trusts more with his son but Chris is growing up and he's going to need him less. Buck's already being left out of big moments.

Buck's not really a guest in Eddie's house but when he has a girlfriend is that still true? Will he still be welcome if it's not just Eddie's house?

Buck was the guy that fixed things but Eddie isn't broken anymore. He doesn't need Buck to take care of him.

They're "best friends" but there hasn't been anyone else to complete before now. If Eddie has other better options will he ever choose Buck?

Everyone always leaves and he's never been enough to make them stay. Why would Eddie be any different?

Buck is still unsure of his place in Eddie's life and afraid he's going to end up alone.

#i hope it ends up being funny #but i think it's going to break my heart #i'm also not convinced it will be solved in one episode #buck bothered and bewildered #911 abc #evan buckley #buddie #eddie diaz #buckley diaz family

[perelka-l]

I was rereading second half of DN this weekend and I swear to god I can't believe anime just skipped this particular plot.

Bc a) Mello has more active part in story and actually had his own way of using Near b) those two kinda cooperating is sexy as hell c) more Mogi bc Mogi is amazing

(I really like the Polish translation of this moment "He is manipulated but not necessarily with he notebook" which imho has slightly different connotations)

Also, this fucker doing this I love him so much the little bastard

And this

(also Near and Light just hating each other so much is so so entertaining, like honestly their dynamic is 👌)

#Also I found kink meme over weekend so I'll have fun next weekend hoho #Death note #Perelka dot txt #Anyway like I love how L and Near are just so different in ways that matter like #It's hilarious when Light goes WELL YOU COUKD HAVE KILLED ME WITH NOTEBOKK BUT YOU'RE TOO SOFT TO BE LIKE L #And Near is like yeah I could have killed him but I won't bc it's not what L would do #And both just. Hate each other so much #Nvm the scenes in which they basically telepath while everyone else is bewildered lol #Srsly. Prime hateship

[screebyy]

babygirl (affectionate) vs babygirl (derogatory)

#tryna develop a more Sustainable Style™️and also to Understand His Hair™️ #expression wise they are both feral cats to me #but uldren is like. a stray who you feed regularly but has not yet connected that you are responsible for the food it has been fed #and crow is a feral kitten being completely bewildered and bamboozled by a kind vet tech making the 'momma cat mrrrp' noise #what if i just never draw people from certain angles. what if they just don't exist from that angle

[jorisjurgen]

Very glad that Ush's beef with Jurgen-Crepins has now been acknowledged outside the Remington comic's insane interactions between Ush and Joris, and Wakfu OVA.

Genuinely the best scene in the history of this whole franchise.

#season 4 spoilers #spoilers #wakfu #wakfu spoilers #ush galesh #atcham crepin #kerubim crepin #ALSO KEKE LOOKS SO TIRED AND BEWILDERED THE WHOLE SCENE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME USH IS EMPLOYING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE UPON ATCHAM #krosmoz #crepinposting

[introspectivememories]

okay so i know that dash baxter barely gets any character development in the show but like the idea that danny hates dash? boo, lame, overdone!!!! danny who can beat dash up and dash knows this and everyone knows this but by god danny needs something normal to cling on to so dash shoves him in a locker everyday?? yeah that's the good shit

#like danny more than anything wants to be normal except he is schrodinger;s person so he'll never be normal #but dash still shoves him in the locker everyday and dash still gives him swirlies and dash still calls him 'fen-twerp' #so he's still a normal teen... right? #dash doesn't bully danny for a day and he watches the way danny get progressively worse throughout the day #dash bewildered: is he like- going through bully withdrawls??? #tucker exhausted after 2nd period: dude can you just like shove him into a locker or smth? #dash: i'm trying to be better!! kwan says that i am being too much these days #sam also exhausted: be better after danny graduates #also the idea of like dash bullying danny is their way of saying 'hello' is sooo funny to me #danny as he's getting shoved into a locker: so how's your mom? #dash: better now but like that cough isn' going away yknow? #danny contorting himself to fit in the locker better: you should take her to dr. esperanza later. i heard the flu's going around #dash closing the door: alr thanks for the tip. stay in there for at least 5 minutes #danny preparing to nap: whatever #dp #danny phantom #danny fenton #dash baxter #swagger bishie #teddy ghost #dandash #ig i'll tag those bc i am a pretty big swagger bishie shipper but you could totally read this as platonic

[diver5ion]

#for all mankind #margo madison #bewildered stressed and awkward #as usual #wrenn schmidt #this is for margo monday #even though it's only sunday #also #i'm still in season two #but she goes to jail? #why? #;c #//

[writer-room]

I think there’s some real untapped comedy potential between Imperium and the Ninja’s crazy abilities and history.

Like, the Ninja can summon elemental dragons. Does anyone remember that? Conquering their fears and summoning dragons? This is like, prime bait and switch material here.

Picture this. Imperium is trying to steal dragons. They found a horde of them and started trapping. The Ninja show up, save the day, etc etc, and Kai gets the brilliant idea to summon his elemental dragon. Imperium people have never in their life seen an elemental dragon. Far as they’re concerned, its just a cool looking dragon. Its one the Ninja seem to like, so they all target it.

All of the dragons escape. Except for this red fire dragon. The Ninja leave without it. Score! They’ve at least got one dragon to take home, and its a funky new kind of dragon! So they pack it up and start to head back and where the fuck did the dragon go. What do you mean it VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. What do you mean it DISSIPATED. Is it invisible?  Nope, it’s just. Gone. Completely. Poof. Did it teleport? Can dragons teleport? When was that a thing dragons could do. How. What the fuck. 

This happens four more times before all of Imperium starts avoiding shifty magical looking dragons like the plague, no matter how many normal ones are around. They don’t mess with spooky teleporting dragons, no THANK YOU

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #dragons rising #lego ninjago #lego dragons rising #dragons ninjago #imperium #elemental dragons #ninja ninjago #headcanons #ideas #jokes #talk #text post #kai smith #kai ninjago #once they realize this is something they can do the ninja always double back to watch the sheer CONFUSION as their elemental dragon vanishes #it becomes a game of 'how spectacularly can my dragon bewilder imperium and also cause massive property damage' #that last one was added after zanes dragon was being carried off before it vanished and caused the van carrying it to swerve at the sudden #loss of weight and land in a ditch. he got bonus points for that one #the elemental dragons are disgruntled by this but whatever if it saves the day or something #yknow until jay purposefully ran over to an imperium camp. chucked his dragon at them. and just sat back to watch the chaos unfold #menaces all of them

[skaldish]

Oh my god I just had a horrible realization. It's a really personal one so please bear with me but I need to share it because…Idk, maybe it's not just me.

But I realized. I didn't actually grow up being a part of any culture. I grew up with seeing culture around me, and sometimes participating in culture temporarily, but I was not raised with a cultural identity of any sort whatsoever.

I identify as an American only because I live in the US, not because I'm acculturated American. I only have the cultural senses I have because it just so happened to be what I was surrounded by.

None of the stories told to me, none of the food I ate, and nothing I wore, were used to convey "This is who we are as people" by my family or community. Stories were just for entertainment, food was just for eating, and clothes were just whatever I liked wearing from the department store. These things weren't, in any way, identity, outside of things I could use to express my own personal identity if I wanted to.

Fuck, I wasn't even given the cultural knowledge associated with the class I was raised in. No leadership skills, no business sense, nothing.

"But what about religion?" No religion either. My family has culturally Catholic leanings, but it's residual and unrecognized.

"What about being white?" The fact that I can't describe what "being white" even means—beyond how I've heard it described—goes to show you my expertise in the matter.

"What about subcultures?" I only know how to participate in subcultures as either a spectator or as a guest. No culture has ever identified me as belonging to it, despite welcoming my participation, and I can't consider myself part of cultures if they don't claim me.

In terms of my cultural identity, I'm completely blank. It's like I have no name.

I write all this because I was thinking about why some Scandinavians would be upset at me using "Heathen" (as well as bigger questions of cultural appropriation in general) and came to this realization.

For the record…I don't consider myself Heathen because I identify as part of Scandinavian culture. That would be absurd. I use "Heathen" because I accidentally befriended a Heathen god. Loki hid his identity from me for years, and I was very upset when when he finally told me who he was—I felt like he betrayed me, and also like I was going insane, because my worldview prior to that did not support the existence of gods.

I dug deep into learning about Norse paganism because I knew understanding Loki within his cultural context was vital to understanding who he is. The reason I started digging around in Scandinavian culture directly, though, was because—surprise!—nothing we have published in the US actually has this context.

…I'm embarrassed to admit I wasn't aware "cultural appropriation" describes a situation where one person walks into another person's culture and says, "Yes, this is my home now," like a cuckoo taking over another bird's nest. I always thought it was a function of mishandling a culture—using it in ways that was careless and ill-informed—but no, it's taking away other peoples' identities in the name of playing dress-up for yourself.

"You're robbing me of myself for your own stupid aesthetic desires!" That's how I imagine it must feel.

It disgusts me to think that's how my actions may have looked.

#zan speaks #personal #I need to figure out how to resolve this but idk #no culture has gone 'ah yes that's clearly one of ours' before #not even the ones I'm demographically a part of #I'm upset yes but also extremely bewildered by how this happened