#from a surface level

[officialspec]

hi! i love your brisbane meshi au and saw you mention that you headcanon senshi as japanese-iranian. genuinely curious, is there a reason why?

a lot of the reasons i read him as japanese are most likely little bits of cultural influence from miss ryoko herself but i still think its fun to tack them onto his characterisation (like the type of food he makes and his quiet, self-sufficient style of masculinity)

the iranian part mainly comes from how hes drawn in modern au sketches/with his helmet off hehee i was reading the ddh volumes in between chapters and it rly struck me how much he looks like a very beautiful middle-eastern man LOL

#like i know him. i seen this guy in the city #ask #im sure theres characterisation to be gleaned from this beyond the surface level stuff but im not the white boy to do it #i just think hes neat #iranian was a dart thrown eyes closed btw theres no particular reason for that country. i could see him as turkish or some other variety of #mediterranean/mid eastern #the face of a man who dips a bread in an olive oil

[aq2003]

ten is aroace for this one sorry society

#human ten is actually so. different. from normal ten. i really appreciate how he's portrayed as like #this empty shell of a person. past the surface level there's just kind of nothing underneath #he isn't selfless. and nowhere near as caring. like he's fine with kids growing up to be soldiers under his watch #he is like a blank wobbly sheet of paper. factoring in reading (normal) ten as aroace and this makes the point crunch in such a funny way #dr who #asexual #aromantic #tenth doctor #aroace #aspec doc tag #10 era

[pcktknife]

IQ

#ice queen #fiona and cake #fnc #adventure time #i think its interesting how much more disconnected she feels from her counterpart in comparison to everybody else #we never really get the simon part of ice queen right? like even the small cameo in fnc. maybe its cause we dont get that side of her in th #fnc episodes of adventure time we only get the surface level 'evil crazy ice lady' and never the person b4 the crown like her being a #ice cream vendor and her appearance while still slightly reminiscent of simon feels so different #etc etc shoulda made a textpost if i was gonna say all that #anyways ice queen + simone(?) #n marshall n betty but *waves hand* #myart #edit: so fucked everything i said apparently shes just some nymph in the comics 🗿 #i cant have anything. whatev im gonna continue living in my world of ignorance. those comics cant hurt me and i won't allow them to (u_u)

[evercelle]

how about that lantern rite trailer, amirite!!!

#genshin impact #venti #xiao #xiaoven #ever makes art #this is fast and dirty bc i had to exorcise the xvx demons from my brain #super not okay after watching that trailer. YOW #its hilarious bc on the surface level its such a nothing interaction HAHAHA #but if youve been in the trenches. you know #every xv fan is shaking everyone elses hands. we did it gang we survived until we got drip fed (1) additional crumb

[shimmershy]

Buttercups and Golden Flowers

#i drew this mostly because i noticed that a lot of people mistake buttercups and golden flowers as being the same thing. #so i wanted to try drawing them like. distinctly different in the same image. #it's not a big thing but i do think the fact that they're different has some significance. or at least like. symbolic meaning. #my art #undertale #chara #chara dreemurr #safeutdr #something about the fact that they both look similar at least in color but one of them is poisonous. #the way golden flowers are clearly a positive symbol throughout the game and clearly heavily associated with Chara. #contrasted with the very negative connotations buttercups have. with asgore getting sick and chara using them in their plan. #you never see buttercups in the game. which makes it even easier to mistake the two. because we've only seen one kind of #golden/yellow flower. who's to say 'golden flowers' aren't just referring to buttercups? well. #why would there be golden flower tea if they were poisonous? why would chara want to see the golden flowers from their village if they're #the same kind of flower? they clearly have buttercups in the underground. #it feels almost intentional the way golden flowers are so easily mistaken for buttercups. or at least that the difference is so subtle. #it goes well with the way they're associated so strongly with chara who's also a very subtle yet important part of the narrative. #from a surface-level perspective the flowers that took their life and the one's they actually like/are important to them are the same thing #but when you pay closer attention to the narrative you can see the different symbolic meanings. #well. uhh I've thought about it too much don't mind me. #see i think about it from the perspective of chara being super adamant about them being two different flowers #and frustrated when anybody gets it wrong. because clearly. CLEARLY they're not the same. #'STOP confusing buttercups and golden flowers. i literally used buttercups to kill myself do you think i would still like them after that?' #'do you think i want to be associated with them? they're not the same!!' #<number one golden flower enjoyer number one buttercup hater. #i need a badge that says 'i have strong opinions about chara dreemurr because i kin them. i apologize for the wall of text' at this rate.

[seagreenstardust]

“When toxic behavior is portrayed as romantic, it’s problematic. When problematic behavior is portrayed as a character flaw for a character to work through, it’s good storytelling.”

Katsuki Bakugou, my friends.

His behavior was problematic but never once portrayed as romantic at the same time. Katsuki said and did awful abusive things, and he also chose to be better when he was given the chance. If you’re still hung up on chapter 1 Katsuki now then I don’t think you’ve been reading the same story I have.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not shipping Izuku with an irredeemable abuser. I’m shipping him with his most important person. His narrative foil. His childhood friend who made awful mistakes and then made it right when he saw he was wrong. The person Izuku looks up to and strives to emulate, despite their past struggles.

Bakudeku is so good because of how flawed these boys are, and how hard they’ve worked to get over it, and how much they matter to each other after it all

#perfect stories about perfect people who never do anything wrong are usually boring #stories about growth and mistakes and redemption and forgiveness and progress are lit #bkdk #bakudeku #the quote is from cinema therapy on YouTube btw #love them so much #they look at media and talk about what is and isn’t good from a real life human perspective #and boy did this quote slap me in the face #anyway this is my thought literally any time anyone says something about shipping Izuku with his abuser #if he was still being abused then I get it #but he’s not #and saying he needs protection from Katsuki is honestly doing his character dirty #and this is not to say that every situation with an abuser and a victim should turn out romantic #obviously not #the world is not black and white and neither are people #sometimes you have to get yourself out and never look back and that is valid and healthy #but sometimes you’re talking about two boys in a manga who literally cannot stop thinking about how good and incredible the other is #bro I get it #surface level chapter/episode 1 Katsuki is literally the worst #but his glow up has been literally meteoric

[romancanine]

I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died.

#based off these postcards I got from the Shakespeare house #if you think the quotes are inaccurate to the characters just know that I am not a scholar and my choices were mostly surface level LMFAO #anyway. FUCK!!!!!!! #succession #shiv roy #roman roy #Kendall roy #kieran culkin #Jeremy strong #Sarah snook #the roys #Logan roy #succession hbo #my post

[softer-ua]

Izuku 🤝 Ochako

Thinking their creepy af, crazy af, blood thirsty blonde counterpart is the cutest things in the whole world

#you know what’s scarier than a psychopath? #their delusional love interest who thinks they’re baby #Hori really do be loving his inverted/upended stereotypes #Deku and Uravity look so doe eyed but they have such a carnal craving for justice and vengeance #that they seem to get off on being beaten down to their pith #meanwhile the ones you think from a surface level glance are terrifying goblin people are continually placed in these #damsel in distress ‘oh where art thou my great hero come at last to save me from my turmoil’ moments #and honestly I love it #they make for such a dynamic and rich story without having to over saturate anything

[llapasllaly]

ive just watched a youtube video about disco elysium and now i feel like this

#the video wasnt BAD bad just very basic #and A LOT of stuff flew over that youtubers head #like very surface level political analogies to soviet/post soviet archetypes #and i was like??? do you have to have certain background to get it??? sure not you can research and google what ppl think and whatnot #but oh well #the worst DE takes are always from USAmericans sorry my oomfies #disco elysium

[t0bey]

unbandaged florian doodle

#identity v #idv #florian brand #idv fire investigator #I like to think he and Norton’s face scars look different #cuz Florian’s was from prolonged fire exposure while Norton’s was surface level burns from a single explosion #my art

[lotus-pear]

i love causing discourse so i want EVERYONE who sees this to comment which bsd character has the best character design and WHY. i want to see some analysis in the tags or simply why u think ur blorbo is on top in terms of fashion taste

#DO IT. NOW. #i will go first #verlaine bc he is meant to resemble 22chuuya but retains a relatively lighter créme color palette in contrast to chuuyas black mafia attire #which is deeply intriguing bc we know verlaine is one of stormbringer's main villains #to be portrayed in lighter colors--typically characteristic of the “good side” or divinity--while being the villain is interesting #this is reminiscent of verlaine's character and perspective towards chuuya #he believes he is an angel. a savior. offering grace towards chuuya by making him accept that he isn't human #when in reality he stands for everything chuuya does NOT want to become. alienated from his humanity and hateful towards humans #ANYWAY on a surface level it also represents him serving as chuuya's narrative foil. black and white. yin and yang #“in kindness there's evil” chuuya and “in evil there is kindness” verlaine #and they balance each other out that way #ANYWAY OMOMOMG LOTUS SHUT UP ABT STORMBRINGER CHALLENGE HAHAHAHAHAH ANYWAY #let's hear it guys #bsd

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

TF One D-16

#poll #maccadam #transformers #smash or pass #request #d-16 #tf one #look. listen to me. i want the movie to be good. i want it to be good so badly. #but i simply do not trust it. its giving marvel movie and that has me Incredibly Fuckin Worried #because i do not want this franchise to turn into generic safe crowd pleaser action comedy allergic to genuine emotion generator no. 6483754 #i do not want cliche heavy low effort lowest common denominator movie afraid to do anything even slightly weird beyond surface level #like. look. as much as i dunk on bayverse. as much as i voice my distaste for the designs and everything micheal bay has ever done #i respect the hell out of them for letting those robots be fucked up aliens #with weird nasty unfamiliar biology #and for having intense and serious and deathly somber moments #even if they butcher the characterization of some of the bots #cough cough give me your face ill kill them all optimus #im also not crazy about it looking like optimus and megatron come from the same place in the bottom of society #its so much more compelling for megs to come from the very bottom and be hyperaware of how bad everything is #whole orion has more of an everyman position. a cushy library job. not afforded luxuries but not rotting at the bottom #because then they learn from each other. orion piecing together hiw bad things get while megs picks up how in the dark the mid caste is #also genuinely truly if i have to hear bumblebee say 'well that just happened' im walking through the space bridge into a vacuum #welp. that turned into an essay. dont mind me being a hater 💖

[squeakadeeks]

being a hobbyist artist and a professional in STEM is making me go utterly insane bc as an artist i have a visceral hatred of all things AI generated and it's so blatantly clear the danger it poses and cases where it already has been used to cause harm are extremely well known from day one but then you clock in to your job and a good chunk of your coworkers are like "yaaaay hooray yippee AI art i love it im going to use it to make figures for my upcoming paper yaaaay" and then i suffer an aneurysm and die

#its also interesting to me bc due to the insanely physical nature of my job i have 0% risk of being replaced by AI #but most of the people i see celebrating it are people working on programming models that 100% will suffer the most from AI #and even trying to warn them about it on the surface level with just copyright complications doesnt go anywhere which is crazy

[biblicalhorror]

Aroace Riz real but also Fabian is SO clearly in love with him and Riz has no idea

#honestly fabian might not even fully know yet #a core part of fabians character is that he is so deeply afraid of rejection that he is never going to pursue the people he actually wants #i do think he likes Maezy a lot but i think he only knows how to pursue hot toxic women that will discard him at a moments notice #which in a way protects him from ever actually dealing with heartbreak #is he a gay man dealing with comphet? ehh maybe #i could see that #but I think the vibe i get is more about how he has these platonic friends he completely adores and is fully devoted to #and then in another category he has the people that he does not have any actual attachment to that he will allow himself to pursue #and crossing the boundaries in between those two categories or allowing himself to pursue someone he really cares for #would require a level of vulnerability he is in no way prepared for #in his home life he has an emotionally detached mother who is well liked but kind of floats through interactions on a surface level #and a father who is extremely concerned with fame and glory and attention but doesnt seem to have ever stopped moving in his life #genuinely fabian does not know what a safe loving partnership would look like #and we see him constantly oscillating between emulating his mother and his father in relationships #but just beneath the surface is a little boy who wants so badly to cling to his loved ones so tight and be squeezed right back #with no way of knowing how to even ask for that if he wanted #and riz is his best friend in the world and he knows on some level that riz is simply not interested in having that kind of relationship #not on the level fabian needs #but that also makes riz a safe target for these feelings of devotion #theyre just friends! just besties! fabian never has to reckon with his own loneliness or harmful patterns #if he channels all of his yearning for closeness onto his best friend #anyway! this boy needs therapy #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fabriz

[xmrnothingx]

An Eldar and an Ork from Warhammer 40k

been getting into Warhammer 40k a bit recently playing Dawn of War, was in the mood to recreate this meme but with an Ork and an Eldar.

based on this meme:

#warhammer #warhammer 40k #Eldar #Ork #I'm still pretty surface level #I tend to stay away from edgy stuff because of my own depression #so I probably won't go deeper than the games I play #Orks are funny though

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

sorry i cant get over this like waow. there was a death fakeout? in the death fakeout manga? no way..... should we call the president? should we call the pope?

#just from a surface level perspective its like #no fucking shit #and then from a deeper perspective its worse bc like #the manga about Living. you want people to keep dying fr #??? #blocked #bsd spoilers