#era: ima

[dkarchives]

[WEVERSE, 231010] DOKYEOM 🌟

멋진 상 만들어준 우리 캐럿들이 정말 첵오랍니다🩵🩷 오늘 하루도 열심히 응원해 주고 많이 사랑해 주신 덕분에 저희가 행복하게 하루를 잘 마무리할 수 있는 것 같아요. 앞으로도 좋은 모습 많이 보여드리고 캐럿들이 행복할 수 있도록 열심히 하는 겸이가 되겠습니다! 모두 조심히 들어가시고요! 많이 도아해요 정말 많이🩷🩵

#dk #dokyeom #seokmin #lee seokmin #lee dokyeom #seventeen #svt #with mingyu #media: photos #source: twitter #era: ima #231010

[zuzu-draws]

So after the spoilers for Chap 257 dropped, I saw some tweets clarifying the meaning of the Kanji Sukuna used in the chapter when referring to his mother, and the overall reveals in the chapter got me thinking.

I’m making this post as a way of gathering my thoughts, personal speculations and where I think all of this connects to Sukuna’s character and the information Gege has given us over the years. Nothing I say is by any means new information, but like I said, I’m just collecting my thoughts here. By the way, just a warning, this post contains SPOILERS for the JJK Manga! If you don’t like that, please don’t read this!

Something I’ve noticed is that the theme of “Hunger” and symbolism of “Cooking/Food” is heavily referenced with Sukuna throughout the Manga. Gege in a previous Fanbook has disclosed Sukuna’s favorite Hobby to be “Eating”.

This theme is again very much ingrained within Sukuna’s cursed techniques and even his Domain Expansion, the “Malevolent Shrine”. With his two main techniques being “Dismantle” and “Cleave” are cutting-type attacks. He is also able to use a Flame-Arrow, and Fire is essential for making Food. The Shrine in his Domain Expansion literally has mouths on all sides, looking eager to chew down anything in-front of them!

This symbolism also heavily influences Sukuna’s own manner of speech, and the way he speaks to other characters in the series as well. With his post-fight chat with Jogo before his death, Sukuna mentions Jogo lacking the “Hunger” to take control of his desires, preventing him from reaching the heights of Gojo Satoru. Before the Start of their fight in Shinjuku, Sukuna called Gojo a “Nameless Fish on top of his cutting board”, and that he was going to start by “Peeling off the scales”(refering to Gojo’s infinity). There’s also further symbolism that supports this by analyzing the Kanji and meaning of Sukuna’s “Malevolent Shrine” but I’m not very educated on that so I won’t be opening that point here.

What all of this points to is that Eating and Food……is extremely important to Sukuna, to the point that it literally affects him in manners innumerable.

Eating is an instinct, a necessity for the survival of every single living being.

And In the face of extreme Hunger and starvation, even those with the strongest will could lose their Humanity and revert to the basic animalistic side of their existence. (The Heian Period also had a Famine, although I believe the timing to be a bit off, but do with this info as you see fit)

In JJK Chapter 257, it is revealed to us that Sukuna and his Twin were most likely starving in the womb of their starving mother.

On the brink of starvation, Sukuna had to consume his “other self”(his twin), so that he could survive.

Btw, this tweet and this thread gives additional characterisation to Sukuna:

Link to the original thread: Link.

More context (and reactions :P):

Link to original thread: Here

This reveals to us that indeed, Sukuna was born a twin. And as we all know, “Twins” are seen with extreme scrutiny in Jujutsu Society, they’re not well liked. This too in a period where Cursed Spirits and Jujutsu Sorcery was at its peak, it is not far-fetched to assume that his Mother may not have been treated very well by the people in her surroundings, especially as she bore twins.

When Kashimo asks if Sukuna was born the Strongest or if he made himself the Strongest, this is the response Sukuna gave to him:

When you think about it, how do you think the people around them would have reacted when the woman: who was supposed to birth two twins, gave birth to a single child instead? and that child had consumed his other twin in the womb itself?

No doubt people would’ve been horrified, disgusted and even revulsed. With the woman and her newborn child.

This would’ve led to their further ostracisation in the already very close-minded society. Unable to fend for herself and her newborn child, it must’ve been difficult for Sukuna’s mother to survive. I feel like somewhere along the line, Sukuna was left alone to fend for himself at an extremely young age. To protect himself from both Curses and Society alike.

This is why I believe Sukuna knows what true starvation, weakness and hunger feels like. Both in the emotional and literal sense. He was left without another person caring about him or his well-being, in a cut-throat period where it was “Fight or be killed”.

Powerful curses roamed all across Japan, nowhere was safe. Simply be strong, or you'll die. There's no room for weakness. And initially, a kid!Sukuna was weak, as anyone would be in the beginning when they're just starting out in this world. (and maybe, he didn't have much to eat, leading to long periods of starvation? :') )

I believe it is this debilitating hunger, and feeling of weakness that eventually led to Sukuna’s current Hedonistic mindset.

He’s essentially traumatised by it, and believes that it was his own weakness that led him to experience this sheer starvation. That he deserved to feel this way because he was weak then. Perhaps, the people around him were right, that as long as they have the power and strength to overcome anything, they’re free to do as they please; And there is nothing anyone else could do about it.

I feel like the irony here is that Sukuna himself, must’ve been a “weakling” before eventually rising the ranks to become History’s Strongest Sorcerer. This is also why he values Strength so much.

Ultimately, Sukuna has decided that there was nothing more important than being strong enough to fulfill your own desires. And “eating” is one of his most important desires. It’s his favourite thing to do, the one he derives the most pleasure out of. And like an animal, whose main focus is to consume, consume and consume. He too, simply consumes.

Most morals likely have no meaning to him. He doesn’t care who he hurts, what he does, as long as he’s able to get what he wants. And this isn’t limited to eating.

This is why people referring to Sukuna as a “Natural Disaster” is so befitting of him. Because Natural Disasters also don’t care about what or who they’re destroying, they just come and go, wreaking havoc appropriate for their nature and magnitude.

I believe Sukuna himself has said lines similar in nature, when talking to Kashimo:

Now I’m not sure how Sukuna perceives or even experiences this “Love”, because I think he has a rather very warped idea of it. I do think that this definition of love is similar to the one that Gojo also understands, but I don’t think he knows what “love” truly is. I’m not sure how I could comment on this, but I do think that Sukuna’s emotionally starved, whether he realises that or not.

Because, like Kashimo himself asked Sukuna “What is the point of dividing your soul into 20 different parts and then traversing across time if you’re satisfied with this?” we do not know the answer to that yet.

But many people have speculated that “Black Box” panels in JJK manga represent a curse (either self-inflicted or put by someone) on the speaker. Like, take a look over here where Sukuna reiterates the same dialogue, except it looks like he’s trying to reassure himself:

This once again shows that Sukuna has only ever strived for himself, in the same hedonistic fashion, to a very very extreme degree. It is possible that he's been lacking something, and he himself does not realise that he’s lacking it. Maybe it was this subconscious feeling, that led to Sukuna agreeing to Kenjaku’s plan of dividing his soul into 20 different parts, and to traverse across time as a Cursed Object.

Sukuna’s an incredibly complex character, and I’m excited to see where this goes. Gege has put extra care in the way he characterizes and depicts Sukuna, and again, I’m really sad that a lot of that characterization gets lost in translation. Still, I’m going to try my best to understand and get the most accurate feel of his character as I possibly can.

If you made it this far, Thank you for reading! And if you would like, please do leave a comment in the tags or replies because I would love to read what other people think of this and just Sukuna in general. I do not see a lot of people doing critical analysis of him, and a lot of his actions are seemingly swept under the rug. I don’t like that, so hopefully this contributes to people focusing more on Sukuna and his character. (/^v^)/ <3

#ryomen sukuna #jjk sukuna #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #sukuna #king of curses #heian era #character analysis #manga #jjk manga #jjk 257 #this is...so very long omg im sorry for my huge word vomit #like 1.4k works but i really did felt like i wanted to gather my scattered thoughts into one place and kind of make the connections #not sure if anyone is gonna read this but if they do #thanks for reading! be sure to let me know what u think! #i just love psycho-analysis of my fav characters and being able to really understand the essence of their characters #their emotions their motivations and to finally be able to do that with Sukuna and reading what everyone else have to say about it ahhh #im super excited! We're finally getting close to the Heian Backlore!! rejoice!! #my gut always did tell me he was a tragic character T_T and now we're finally getting the tid bits #also apologies for adding different panels #but i only added the translations i liked #i don't like J*hn W*rry's translation like yuck #so ima wait for Lightning's translation notes~ for further clarifications!

[rickswh0r3]

he wants me, i want him, we’re perfect for each other

taglist : @bloodstainedcanary @narcissismand @epilepsywarrior8787 @celtic-crossbow @ririi-3 @walker-bait-1973 @versatilehater @chibsgirl143 @blackvelveteen1339 @iheartbadguys @dixonzzgirl

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#i need him so bad #WHAT A MAN #so soaked #no other man exists in the world btw #i’m sat. #his s10 era was everything #it’s rlly hard to type w one hand ima b honest #my heartbeat is so high everytime i see him #the walking dead #daryl dixon #daryl dixon x reader #daryl dixon smut #daryl dixon edit #daryl dixon fanfiction #daryl dixon x y/n #daryl dixon x female reader #norman reedus smut #norman reedus

[prod-svt]

woozi live commentary

woozi about "power of love" album

he'd always wanted to do a carol-like song so this song was made even if it didn't seem like it but he tried hard to make it sound like a carol song

wonwoo's narration - before making this song, he watched "wolf children", the movie has a narration by the daughter and it was impressive to him. he thought that by explaning/narrating a bit what this song is about before it starts would be nice

woozi about "face the sun" album

this album was made while covid-19 was happening in internet meetings

he was complimented a lot with darl+ing

with face the sun, they wanted to show who they are

the goal of the album was "they wanted to be the sun"

some people in the company also questioned their theme and they couldn't answer it properly except saying "we really want to be the sun"

ash perf stage - they also want to show it.

hoshi really liked ash that he nearly sent message the CEO if it can't be the title track

woozi about "sector 17" album

they didn't really release repackage albums. only with love & letter and sector 17

woozi about "FML" album

why the title is sonogong - there were time where so many bad things happen (2022-ish) and they wanted to overcome it

bc of the bad things that happen, he couldnt even finish singing cirle bc he really just wanted everything to go back the way before

so he wanted to be a hero and for woozi it was sonogong

the hero was sonogong and in FML's lyrics there was a line referencing it

while/after making sonogong, like a miracle everything just went right

dust - humming part, hoo-woah is like releasing/breathing out the dust not that it didn't really have lyrics

woozi about "god of music" album

as the title says, really grateful to music. "if there is a god of music, i want to say thank you"

yawn - just like apum (pain), hapum, hapum, it was written like that but woozi pronounce the first as hapum, while the second was pronounced as "apum" (pain)

woozi doesn't really like talking about music bc it felt like bc he as the creator talks about how the song is made, it would feel like the song is caged(?) on it

to the members: for believing in me, for following me, thank you. it's an honor to make music for the kids so its okay if its hard for me. the members are my all.

#seventeen #seventeen kpop #woozi #lee jihoon #power of love #jeon wonwoo #seventeen wonwoo #wonwoo #era: hot #face the sun #darl+ing #era: sector 17 #_world #seventeen lyrics #era: fml #sonogong #seventeen sonogong #ima - even if the world ends tomorrow #era: seventeenth heaven #seventeenth heaven #god of music #17 is right here #maestro

[44lh]

There are no words

#TFEYGUWFHIJOKAEGRSHPTI0EP9URGY8OUASHOIDTJPYKFTHGIDO;Uyofaegrshijtdpokgef'ao;ghirlsjbokpl[pstdjy[oy #I finally found the full pic of bottom middle bc I always use #the top half as a reaction pic #And then I went down a rabbit hole #IMA OUT OF HERE.. lewis italian era #funny how that was during his rumored move to ferrari. makes you think! #lewis hamilton

[itssovaa]

Hey, you, come here...

Ever kiss a demon before?

#he doesn't bite. much. #across the spiderverse #atsv #atsv miguel #miguel o'hara #spiderman 2099 #trans miguel o'hara #demon #my art #transmasc miguel for my mental health #ima be real i really wanted to draw horns and teeth again and miguel was my unfortunate subject to projected on #this is probably going to be my last miguel post where i put him in suggestive situations #im moving him into his comfy era

[albaqae]

Based on this!

I wanna make a longer animatic but idk how to do it and it’s scary :,) BUT ILL DEF DO IT CAUSE I GOT A RLLY COOL AND TENDER IDEA AND IMA DO IT WHEN MY DEADLINES BECOME LESS DEADLINE :))

#it’s real scratchy and stuff bc it was like one attempt with no sketch like this IS the sketch and I thought mk good enough and went w it #I did some other vers w diff fps and wanted to show but tumblr said no but if I figure out a way ima share #tmnt #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #save rottmnt #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt mikey fanart #rottmnt animatic #not rlly but it’s animation? #l.o.v.e fanart #l.o.v.e #l.o.v.e fanart tag #life of violence era

[mulderscully]

Can you recommend me some good DW blogs?

dw specific blogs, @dwgif, @timelordgifs, @dailyclassicwho, @moffatwho, @themastergifs , @rosetylerdaily, @whywhatswrongwithblue, @dailydw

some ppl who i enjoy who post dw content: @cersxisbitch, @darth-tella, @queenofthecon, @thirdeyeblue, @nostradamus0, @lastbluetardis, @tennant, @hopemikelson, @eccleston, @tardxsblues, @my-fortuna-thats-you, @doctor-rose, @deardiary17, @gingerteaonthetardis, @hisfortuna, @tenteen, @altindie, @fay-lure, @goldensyren, @naaer, @lacokita, @junotter, @bellamysgriffin, @quitesrighttoo, @sadwolves, @aemma-arryn, @rachelwiesz, @youcouldbewonderful

my besties who somehow stayed with me since 2013 lol @tinyconfusion, @marsdetective, @tickle-me-dalek, @pulledacross

also my own sideblog/shrine lol @metacrisisdoctor

hope that helps! if i missed anyone it's bc my brain is pea sized

#reply #i was thinking of making a rtdwho blog which would include both eras #but it would be hard to keep that updated when the show starts airing again #so ima have to see if ppl would be interested in helping me if i did

[abiglifeinsurancepolicy]

i think this will be super interesting!!! my tears ricochet is a personal favourite, but collectively as a fandom i think it might be mirrorball??? we’ll find out i guess <3

love you guys

#katalina makes polls* #making that a tag now #ima do more alliterating songs #taylor swift #tswift #ts #folklore #my tears ricochet #mirrorball #mad woman #taylor eras #folklore era #eras #katalina posts taylor stuff

[angllqvr]

thinking of getting the girlies pierced this summer but i’m also so nervous of how bad it’s gonna hurt 😭

#ik ima be passing out fr #they’re so cute tho #yeahhhh #hot era coming to you sometime #beauty is pain #or whatever they say

[ghost-proofbaby]

AAAAAAAAA Im so glad youre back- its gotten too quiet here, ghost

well it’s a good thing i’m back and prepared to be as loud as possible while i wreak some havoc

#ghost is back and in her insane era #i never really left it but the words won’t stop wording #is a crash imminent? absolutely #but ima make it all of your guys’ problem until that day comes #thank u ily <3

[dkarchives]

[WEVERSE, 230928] DOKYEOM 🌟

윙가디움 레비오우사🧙

#dk #dokyeom #seokmin #lee seokmin #lee dokyeom #seventeen #svt #with jeonghan #with seungkwan #media: photos #source: weverse #era: ima #230928

[tinylilvalery]

Kicking my feet and giggling as I think about all those silly little Tom of Siobhan posts

#tom Wambsgans #succession hbo #Tomgreg #y'all REALLY thought he didn't find it demeaning as fuck to being reduced to Shiv's Partner and nothing more lolll #let's not let Tomsh*vs near Tom again <3 #yes im in my spite era #i had to deal with Tomsh*vs invading the Tomgreg tag and being annoying #of course ima be happy about this lol #can't wait for him to break faces with wine<333 #get their asses Tommy

[mishkakagehishka]

I wanna get take out but i don't wanna talk to people, do you guys get my dilemma

#she got money for her birthday and is in her ima se može se era

[omgeto]

what about the "doing whatever karma says" era? 🤨🤨🤨📸📸 + can i be karma anon for funsies 😶‍🌫️

#yes you can be the karma anon #yes doing whatever karma says era is true but karmas a lameeeee #so I take it back #karma anon! #ima just assume this is karma #even tho if it was her it would be a completely different emoji she'd use #everyday 🥸 #xoxo gossip girl 💋

[nikidanger]

I low key hate it when I be so busy that I don’t have a single moment to look at my phone for like 7/8hrs straight, but then when I FINALLY get a moment to try to catch up, all the messages are so freakin overwhelming that I just wanna turn the shit off completely. 🥺🥺

#ima go get me a dumb phone & disappear in the Caribbean yall #see u next year #lmfaooo can I just pay someone to do this for me? #I get it #I truly do #phones #ugh #take me back to the pre-cell phone era PLEASE #like …1991 will do