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yellowsubiesdance · 3 months

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i think i’ve learned a lot when it comes to not applying my own values to the media i consume

for my script analysis class yesterday, we discussed two gentleman from verona, and nearly every classmate of mine was up in arms about how sexist the story is.

and i'm not saying it's not, or that it's not infuriating to read. but i'm also not putting my energy into getting upset about something written 500 or so years ago. and i'm not about to put my own beliefs onto these characters that are not me. i'm going to let their choices speak for themselves, and interpret it in the context of the story.

all that said, this now brings me to the point of alastor in episode 5, and how viscerally people are responding to it. those of you up in arms about the choices he’s making, and the violent threat he gave husk, you’re missing the entire point of his character, of this place they’re in, of the story being told. he’s an overlord, and he became an overlord by killing much bigger overlords and broadcasting their deaths over the radio.

HE IS NOT A GOOD PERSON.

if you started this show with the belief that every character working the hotel is a good person, you’re in the wrong place. watch the good place if you’re looking for a good wholesome story about getting dead sinners into heaven, because that’s not what this show is about.

you’re more than welcome to hate him after seeing the way he exerted power over a being whose soul he owns, but you’re doing the media you’re watching a disservice by writing it off so quickly. if you don’t like to be uncomfortable watching media, watch something else. this is an uncomfortable show, it handles uncomfortable topics, and it’s going to be an uncomfortable ride, and if you’re not up for something like that, then you should take a break from it and pick up something else. you don’t have to get online and defend your own ideals while you watch a show that goes against your ideals.

#hazbin hotel spoilers #that’s not even touching on the fact that husk was an overlord too #he also owned souls that he used as currency to supply his gambling addiction #he’s also not a good person!!#the majority of these characters are in hell for a reason: they’re not good people #i quite frankly love the way this show blurs the lines between good and evil #our heroes are sinners and overlords and demons. while the enemies are angels. but that doesn’t mean our heroes are good people.#you HAAAVE to come to terms with that!! you have to stop seeing the world in black and white or you’re not going to survive this world #if you’re upset because alastor was cruel to husk fine! be upset! but explore why you’re taking yourself out of that world.#in this world sinners own other people. there’s no ifs ands or buts #‘oh alastor is a poc why would he own people’ he was a serial killer when he was alive do you really think you can apply your values to that #(and this is me speaking as a poc. specifically a mixed race poc.)#i cannot speak to who vivzie is as a person. but i’m interested in the message she’s writing and thus far i’m finding it compelling #it’s a similar story as the good place but it’s going the distance to explore even worse people than those in the good place #i don’t think it’s responsible to write something off just because unsavory things happen in it.#and she’s giving us so many different types of representation that don’t involve race (although we’re also getting a lot of hispanic rep)#just like cool your jets and maybe process some of the anger you’re feeling. and maybe nothing will change.#but if you act. instead of react. if you understand why you’re feeling some type of way and then make a choice.#that’s so much stronger and more responsible than reacting and not thinking anything through #hazbin hotel #alastor #husk #hazbin alastor #hazbin husk #anyway let me get off my soapbox #long post

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tracle0 · 7 days

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Small writing tip

I've found myself getting lost in chapters quite a lot. Finding the sentences dawdling or meandering, or just not being fully sure what my intention is anymore. To try and counter this, I've started writing little plans for each chapter before I start writing, it, and keeping it at the bottom of the document.

Some examples (from my lil prophet story woo):

nd in this case, 'bus scene' ended up needing expanding too:

It's very base bones, very rough, just an outline of what happens plot-wise and maybe emotion-wise, if it's going to be a heavy chapter. Helps to have something to refer back to. I don't know if it's useful or helpful to anyone else, but could well be? Food for thought :)?

#writerblr #writing #my writing #am writing #writblr #writing community #writing tip #good news cain is not dead and drowned btw he totally survives #this is not necessary for every chapter - some of them I just bash out which is really nice #but idk. Things have been real hard lately for me so I take anything I can get #maybe it'll help you too :)

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miraluking-respectfully · 7 months

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felix being referred to more or less exclusively as "your soldier" in-game speaks to how little the writers put into his character beyond his noggin full of sith secrets & his relationship with the consular; still, i do find it kind of sweet and funny, in a way. he's not a republic soldier, not even your personal bodyguard; he's your soldier. the consular is a small nation-state in and of herself

#accurate.#felix iresso #swtor #jedi consular #open tags for My Rant:#going back through rishi and doing the cute little holocron quest got me brooding - as i often do - on my best boy felix #that the writers could not think to give him anything in KOTXX that wasn't Torture Angst is deeply shitty but a little understandable.#all the other consular comps kind of have a way forward that isn't consular-related when the consular goes away #nadia has the jedi. zenith has balmorra. tharan has his old illustrious career. qyzen has little baby clan and also his religious directive #meanwhile felix isn't involved with your order or a supergenius or a politician or even someone with a lifelong goal #he was a guy doing his best at a dead-end job that turned into a far more enjoyable but still lowkey dead-end job #i would argue they could (should) have sent him to ossus but i can see them balking because Doc was already there #that's a little narratively redundant especially bc Doc has an extremely useful set of non-martial skills you would want to center #when telling a story about survival and persistence against the odds like with ossus #(also he was in the group of companions second-closest in proximity to the emperor in base game)#HOWEVER.#because i am immensely sexy and cool and have a huge brain i think i've cracked it #the way to give felix a compelling story post-consular is to put him the fuck in charge.#no longer your soldier or anyone's. his own. maybe even in charge of a large group of people in need of someone to follow #considering he used to be really good at that #a group like...idk...maybe the rest of the people incarcerated on his prison colony?#much to think about.

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inamagicalhallucination · 9 months

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i dont get when ppl say "atsushi would be horrified" at something thats probably just another tuesday for him

#yall atsushi is sheltered as in he doesn't know the real world literally cuz he was locked up #not that he doesn't know how evil or awful ppl can be #sure maybe some things he'll be horrified - especially since he usually seems to sympathize and empathize but stop treating him like he's #only seen good things in his life and doesn't know how hard it gets #i think atsushi would really only react to the specifics of dazai's relationship with akutagawa in terms of akutagawas past but i dont thin #hed start being scared of dazai or anything #i think he might take some time to process it but atsushi is aware of the dazai that dazai has changed into too #also in terms of atsushi not wanting to kill #when he realized that he killed shibusawa he had a little break down and then he got the fuck over it lmao #so idk whats this stuff about atsushi not being able to handl ever killing anyone #like he doesn't like unnecessary killing and he doesn't like not valuing life but still guys come on #also when ppl talk about atsushi not understanding or getting the fact that dazai wants to kill himself #like okay yea atsushi isnt dazai he'll never understand but sometimes ppl act like atsushi doesn't know what suicide is #or that despite his strong want and thirst to survive he also doesnt also think itd be better if hed died in a ditch #what else #also i dont like when ppl say atsushi is weirdly mean to akutagawa becuz akutagawa showed up and in a way confirmed atsushis worst fears #bringing misfortune to those around him #and then tried to kill him #and then resented him for dazai liking him more even tho thats not atsushis fault at all #fuck id throw dazai's name back at akutagawas face too #and he did come to understand and care for him to some extent #atsushi cares about akutagawa i dont understand how ppl can think he doesnt #anyway #also atsushi canonically gives ppl who've hurt him second chances like look at lucy why would he turn his back on dazai ever

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archerofunspeakablelove · 3 months

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Finished Russian Roulette. Feeling sick again

#god the way that White Carnation was almost certainly meant to invoke the scene where he tried to kill himself #especially since it's placed right after it #so it's like. it's like the lesson he's learnt from that pretty much #and if he couldn't save himself #(because really the chances of him dying in that scene was 100% there was just a 1/6 chance he would physically survive)#if he couldn't save himself maybe he can save this woman.#im going to throw up #and the fact that he just. never sees Hunter ever again? kills me #he trusted once and never again. it was better to forget Hunter meant anything to him at all #the fact that he just “Hunter died a long time ago” and that's that?? I'm screaming #he doesn't even care anymore. or maybe he does but he can't afford to #and the fact that White Carnation gets deleted after you read it. what's up with that? maybe he reads it and decides it's not wise to #have proof that his humanity is still there if not intact #I've just been liveblogging myself reading this book tbh #wild ride. 10/10 would not recommend on the basis of the psychological damage it dealt me #russian roulette #alex rider #yassen gregorovich

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hecksupremechips · 1 year

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The 999 cast is very important to me and there’s so much good about them but I think one big thing they have is that they’re all smart and contribute to the story

#zero escape #999 #this is where the other ze casts really lack I think #like all the 999 characters are there for a reason they were hand picked by zero #and all of them were really smart and they all worked together to solve the mystery #in vlr we got characters who just willingly participated in the game for shits and giggles #even more so with ztd like they didnt even try to make the q team important #plus just like so many of the characters are wasted and pointless #quark contributed nothing. alice was needed only for a math problem. tenmyouji was just screwed over #clover is the one who really makes me mad cuz they did the aini thing where they erased her whole arc #and reduced her to a ditzy joke of a character #shes not fucking ditzy shes smart and her bond with junpei is literally why everyone survived 999!#without her your ass would be dead #makes me so mad 😤#they only added her to vlr just to get people interested in the first place since she was popular #ztd is the same like none of the new characters introduced mean anything #and all the stuff they do with the old characters is just awful none of it is good #honestly 999 is too good of a game to be attracted to the other ze games #in my mind 999 ended and everyone lived happily ever after and idk quark can magically be there somehow cuz hes a good boy

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djeesperate · 4 months

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Worrywart

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Event spoilers/mentions (…And You, A Sweltering Eternal Getaway)

Not so heavy(?) mentions of Gawain feeling anxiety and Bertilak being suicidal.

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He couldn’t stop crying.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, the turbulent sea of emotions could not stop gushing out no matter how hard he tried to piece himself back together.

The captain had a fever, that was what everyone thought. But that fever turned into Nectar melting all over the floor and the fabric of reality tearing apart all while everyone screamed to the top of their lungs for them to wake up.

This is the norm, he told himself.

They’ve always been a lightning rod for danger… but for a fever to turn into something heinous like this?

God, Gawain’s paranoia was building up so much, that it could fill the gaps between the island that housed Feendrache, Dalmore and Wales all the way down to Pandemonium itself.

It was the norm. It had always been this way.

It’s just that Gawain wished it wasn’t. He just wanted them to go through the rest of their life with as little danger as possible.

He could relate to that Orologia, he supposed… but he’d never hurt the captain to that magnitude before. Nor will he ever want to.

Gawain’s poor heart couldn’t handle any more bad news about them, frankly speaking. He was fine the first few months with the Grandcypher crew but after a mishap (and fallen angel or two) here and there, the saviour of Dalmore developed a feeling he wasn’t familiar with.

Anxiety.

It ate him away, and he wasn’t aware of it at first… not until the captain collapsed with a fever and he heard nothing but suspicious whispers between the dragons and that blasted Eternal man named Siete. That’s when he realised it wasn’t a regular fever, and they were once again hurting in a place far beyond his reach to be of any assistance.

Gawain was human, with human capabilities. Sure, he was strong but he’d be joking if he equated his strength to someone like Sandalphon or Fediel… or Siete… even if that carefree annoyance was just as human as him (is he human?).

What can Gawain do? Nothing.

In every instance when they’re in danger, he couldn’t do anything of significance no matter how hard he tried. He would start to lose sleep during the nights when they’re not back on the ship, even though the other crewmates happily talked about the recent letters and trinkets they received from them that would indicate they’re probably well.

You were a liar, he concluded; a dangerous one at that. The kind that would tell everyone around them that everything is fine before being found dead the next day, with traces of prolonged suffering kept secret.

How does one cope with being in love with someone like that?

It was painful for him to bear this fear of losing them daily, what of their suffering? What’s going on in their mind that they’ve never told him? Would they tell him?

It hurts.

It hurts Gawain so much, he can’t get himself up from bed on some days. No one would pester him about it too, no one on the ship was particularly close to him.

So he just rots.

Rotting away in one of the storerooms, he calms his heart before he walks out to face other people. He’s slumped to the ground, leaning against the shelves as he hugs his knees and rests his head forward.

“What the hell?”

Gawain almost jumped at that voice – he wasn’t expecting anyone to enter. “Bertilak,” he tried to keep his usual composure, “What do you think you’re doing here?”

“Don’t Bertilak me, dumbass,” the brunet snapped back, “I should be asking you that. This is my sanctuary, and I ain’t sharing.” He gestures to the surroundings in the room.

“Can’t you go to your room?”

“Tch.”

“C’mon, get out.” Bertilak clapped his hands as if talking to a dog, “Ever since I hung out with those Erune brothers, they won’t stop pestering me about rizzing up a 5-meter tall bombshell so my room’s not safe. Honestly, if I can’t stand Charlotta, what makes them think I’d want 6 of her stacked up with duct tape?”

Silence.

“Oh my godddd, Bahamut to Gawain? Sir Gawaaaainnnn? Are you in there?” The brunet knocked Gawain’s head a few times before his hands were shoved away.

“Can you just!” He raised his voice before inhaling to calm down, “… just leave me be,”

Bertilak wasn’t sure what he walked into, but if the knight that protected his country was sitting in near fetal position, refusing to fight back? Something was definitely off. He decided to bite.

“Nah, don’t feel like it,” he simply responded, “But what’s up with you? On the ground all depressing like that.”

“Not in the mood.”

“Captain-related?”

“...”

“Aha! Pre-marital angst!” He rubbed his palms together with newfound interest, “What troubles in paradise are we havin’ today?”

Bertilak’s smirk cracked wider seeing the man beneath him sigh in defeat.

“It’s always those Eternals men,” He started, “Or those Society members, or dragons, or primals, or angels,” Gawain’s frustration started to seep out, “They’re always off with those crowds saving the Skies from extinction. I’m always left behind to wait until they’re back… Sometimes they disappear and don’t come back at all. They’re always so close to dying on me.”

“On you?” The younger male snorted.

“Shut it,” Gawain’s voice was stern, “you know what I mean,”

“Uh-huh…” Bertilak put his hand on his chin, posing as if he was trying to think about it, “Aren’t you like, special to the captain?”

“I doubt it.”

“They give you presents for every occasion. Every year. Without fail. You know how fat their wallet gotta be to pull that off?”

“They do that for everyone.”

“Rightttt, even Valentine’s Day?”

“Yes.”

“What the fuck, how come I never got anything?!” He whined at the discovery, “Hey, it’s requited though, right? You give them presents too?”

“Yes.”

“Huh, maybe that’s how to get on their good side. Y’know that one weird-haired guy that flirts a lot? The one with all the swords strapped to his pants without it falling – Big brother this, big brother that?”

“Siete.”

“Yeah, yeah, that guy. He brings them literally everywhere, man. It’s crazy. I think they went to Levin for the hot springs not that long ago. Always wanted to go th- ohhhhh…” Bertilak figured it out, wagging his finger smugly. “It’s cuz they all turned blue-haired recently right? Like they’re destined to be.”

Silence.

“...I had that,” he crouched to the ground to meet the knight’s pained eyes, “That was how it was when I was back home.”

More silence.

That was his queue to elaborate.

Bertilak isn’t all that great with telling people how he feels but he breathed in, clearing his mind as he gathered his words.

“In Dalmore, I was so… tiny. Doesn’t matter what I did, I never played a big role where I wanted to,” his shoulders slumped, “No matter how many bones I broke from training, no matter how much I cried myself to sleep when the day ended. I wasn’t ever a part of what made Dalmore free…” His breath shook. The boy bit his lower lip to stop it from quivering the way it did, “Everything that happened… would’ve still carried out the way it did if I never existed –

– Because Dalmore was your story. Not mine… Never mine.”

Gawain’s head lifted an inch hearing his admission.

“Made me fucking angry, when I finally met you. The hero of my dreams, lookin’ down on me.” A pathetic laugh escaped his lips as he frustratingly ran his hand through his hair, “It’s exhausting, y’know? Waking up to try your hardest, only to just feel like dying at the end of it. Then being treated like some spoiled brat on top of it all. All that effort, not even acknowledged.”

“... I didn’t know,” Gawain spoke up.

“And you wouldn’t have ever known,” He snorted.

“Are you…?”

“Yeah, I still wanna kill myself every waking hour of the day but what’s new?” Bertilak nonchalantly said as he inspected his nails, looking bored out of his mind, “How I got out of that mindset was to just… leave. After your stupid potato pullin’ lesson, I thought, ‘I’m not letting him go without me’. So instead of balling my eyes out back home till I kick the bucket, I left that shithole chasing after you.”

Bertilak now staring into Gawain’s eyes, his own burning with determination, “No matter how much you shove me away, I’m squeezing myself in your business. If Dalmore wasn’t my story, then I’ll tag along this ship glued to your ass until I find my calling.”

He softly knocked his knuckles onto Gawain’s forehead, a smirk worn on his face but it was more endearing than cocky this time, “And once I do, you’ll be part of it.”

Gawain’s eyes widened as he heard the young man’s confession, but before he could speak up, Bertilak thrust his fists further into the man’s skull.

“Augh!”

“I’m strangling you and myself if you bring this up to anyone.” Bertilak dusted his pants as he stood back up, “Orrrr maybe I’ll tell Cap'n how you’ve been feeling this entire time?”

“... Would you?”

“No,” Bertilak’s face was serious for a split second, “None of my business. Just go be by their side. If they’re leaping through different dimensions, why not follow? Who cares if you’re not familiar with the other goons around them? They probably don’t either. Travelling the skies like that… isn’t that lonely? Wouldn’t it be nice to at least have someone close by their side? Besides… you know, the red gecko and blue kid. Why’s there so many blue people? A fucking whatever-blue fantasy.”

“Besides, surely that Siete guy can’t do everything.” He huffed, “Aunty Metera said flirts like that are a temporary high. You can’t really settle down with someone like that,” He crossed his arms, “There’s not much they can confide with between lizard and Lizria either, you know. Some things you just can’t tell someone that raised you… and I’m 100% sure they hide a lot of their pain from the girl to keep her from worrying. You starting to see what I mean?”

Gawain sat there, thoughts stew in his head as he processed all that was said. Bertilak took this as a sign to lighten up the mood, “But screw all that. Aunty Korwa getting me in a dress was much more fun than dealing with my feelings. Sometimes you gotta slay to keep the sad away… or whatever Chloe says. Have you met Chloe? She did my nails once. Most mentally stable I’ve felt, to be honest,” he rambled as he took a look at his nails one more time.

“Anyway, bye. Hope your love life sorts itself out. Hope I don’t see you here again, Sho’s also pretty clingy so this place is still mine.” He turned his heels and left Gawain alone.

Kids are… something. Whatever just happened, it will take some time for Gawain to understand (what does slay mean in that context? Lizria? Why’s he acquainted with so many people already?), but one thing was certain – he didn’t feel as horrible as he was before the brat showed up.

Gawain sighed. There was truth in Bertilak’s words about their relationship with Vyrn and Lyria. The captain was always hiding, it was probably just as soul-crushing bottling it up as he has with his own feelings. Maybe it’s better to confide in each other?

That sounds like a mess…

But the thought made Gawain smile regardless.

He kicks himself off the ground and walks out of the storage room, feeling more like himself again. It was about time they came back from Sierokarte’s errands anyway. He’ll be there to help carry the boxes.

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Sometime, not too long ago, word spread around the ship of Fiorito’s birthday coming soon. The girls were buzzing, hoping to make gifts that would suit their friend. A certain designer had special plans…

“What.” Bertilak deadpanned, not believing his ears.

“Please! You’re about the same body measurements as her, I can tell!” Korwa held onto his hands, pleading.

“Fuck no, are you kidding?” He swatted her hands away.

“It’s just a one-time fitting! I just need to see if the dress fits around the back.”

“I’m not wearing a dress.”

“Why not?”

“I… can’t think… of a valid excuse… Whatever, fine.” Bertilak’s head hung down, giving up his resistance, “But it better look good on me or I’ll be pissed.”

“Lucky for you, that’s my area of expertise! Come, let’s go back to my workshop.”

Bertilak learned how comfortable skirts were that day.

#gbf #gbf headcanons #granblue #granblue fantasy #gbf imagines #granblue fantasy imagines #gbf gawain #gawain gbf #granblue fantasy gawain #gbf x reader #gbf x reader imagines #gawain x reader #I have this very specific headcanon that Gawain is very jealous of Siete's proximity to MC but is completely fine with Six #I want more Bertilak content he is actually really likeable (in my head where anything can be real)#I want Bertilak to be the pouty child showered in glitter by the many aunties on the ship #I also want him to be a ball of messy emotions that's just... surviving somehow #I strive on Gawain-Bertilak bonding I love them #Fetal position Gawain

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sysig · 11 days

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I hope you blink before I do (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #DAX #Blood #Fuck you *reinjects romance into your song about love-lost*#It's the ''I want to be the one to lay you to rest'' of it all #Or if not that then at least to be the last one suffering #See him off - make sure he goes knowing that he's not alone #I'm Fine just Don't Look at me and I'll Be Fine #Schrödinger's Fine lol - I am simultaneously Fine and Not Fine until I am observed #I simply subsist largely off of angst and then whatever small scrap of comfort that can be coaxed from there hehe #I am very mean to them considering how much I want them to be happy lol #Honestly I think what would be meaner is seeing ZEX off and then somehow DAX survives alone #Night ends just as he's about to blink out and oops you're still stuck here sorry about that <3 #But I wouldn't do that to them would I?#:3c #I also think it's interesting that I started doodling this before I actually read ZEX's death - I finished it after but still!#Does he just give off gutted vibes? Canonically he's eviscerated so #And not just in the eye way - in this case it's enucleation #Did you come here for eye removal surgery puns? I don't see why you'd expect anything different *b'dm tss*#I've done way more research on eye removal than I ever expected to but now those two terms will be forever seared into my mind haha #Hhh ZEX's death was very affecting to me ;; I'll talk about it more with its accompanying doodle but really 💔#I wanted an honourable death for him - and if not that then a death where he wasn't alone - and if not that then to rest #He got one of the three ;;

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dapperrokyuu · 20 days

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Extremely funny that I cannot imagine even crackshipping Luka with anyone else in the cast besides Hyuna because thats how obsessed he is with her, shfiejfhefjek-

#dee p thoughts #alien stage #alnst #vivinos #not that I particularly ship anything too hard at all but just had this realization #well I do think luka and ivan would make a killer duo I mean that in terms of ''would in combo create the most awful vibes in the world''#and not in any actual relationship way. for funsies pretty boy ship I guess but I think theyd be better maybe-friends #I really wish ivan lived for multiple reasons but he really way too gay for a straight man #Idothinkhemaybealiveforcheckhovsgunpurposesbutanyways #sure I guess you can ship luka and mizi if you reslly hate her but to each their own whatever #the fact that till and luka is the most likely potential luka ship...#at least till has two options. hyuna as well. mizi too!#ivan sua...hmmmmm I mean at least theyve interested in interacting with other people so theres that #as for luka alls hes got is either hyuna or ''Im interacting with you to kill you right now'' either because of hyuna or survival lol #mizisua w tho remember that everyone. forever. Im beaming this into your soul.#I can oddly stretch for a luka dewey ship but its out of luka being extremely weird about dewey and hyuna's relationship lol

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ace-and-ranty · 4 months

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Listen, I just feel like having one (1) incoming ice age would have been conflict enough for Game of Thrones. You can have all the mounting time pressure, the survival challenges, the snow imagery, the incredulous masses, yadda yadda yadda, and you don't have to address the EXTREMELY WILD biological and societal implications of having unpredictably sized seasons.

I mean. Not that he did address the wild implications. As far as I know. Which again, begs the question of why put it in the text, if it's never gonna influence anything?

#it's absolutely insane to me #Getting Enough Food has been the desperate driving force of humanity until like. VERY RECENTLY.#It is insane to think that a society that has faced unpredictably long winters wouldn't be laser targeted on the food issue.#and if he REALLY wanted to use the unpredictable seasons #he could absolutely have written about how the people of old prepped for winters #and how current people have grown lax and indulgent about it #BUT IT SHOULD GET ADDRESSED!!!#OUR world has had sudden ice ages before #why not just have a fucking ice age #one (1) incoming ice age would be just as bad or worse than a long incoming winter #and then you can have a society that's basically us. no need to invent anything. they work just like us.#they just didn't know the horrors were coming!#drives the climate metaphor even better!#there problem solved!!#instead we are really just gonna ignore the INSANE amount of effort it took to survive even regular winters. in like. ALL of history.

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eeriehowl · 6 days

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i know it’s a big part of mammon to be mysterious but i really would love to know their age. there’s a lot more i want to know, too, but they sure wouldn’t divulge anything.

#khr 0 #gender obviously isn’t among these #mammon is cryptic gender #also xanxus’ age is wild #we do accept he is 24 since amano has pretty much made him that age and consistently says so #but we really are led to believe that someone can grow in cryostasis #that is somehow canon in this bizarre universe #(anything is possible in khr though)#i was already wondering about this as a kid #i can’t call bullshit on a thing like this though when we are in the same anime that has a 10 year bazooka #that a character uses for comic relief when they’re upset #amano decided that works in some bizarre fashion so it works #characters can become older and grow in ice & a character can somehow be convinced that they are playing a mafia game #even when shit blows up around them and people almost get killed #xanxus did legit grow physically there’s no doubt about that #but mentally??? by this manga’s logic….not even the most insane thing #there’s a baby that defies death. he’s immortal….#though idk how that’s special when characters can blow up through a GIGANTIC explosion and come out mildly bruised….#so the defying death baby doesn’t seem special despite the emphasis #i mean a character even survives having his heart ripped out #by having it replaced with an illusion

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seventh-fantasy · 7 months

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可待的意思是请你等等我。 (please wait for me.)

#posts made by me for me myself and i only #keep scrolling! just me having a mental breakdown! nothing to see here!#me hearing lwx say 可待的意思是请你等等我 for the 7378414828th time: *bursts into fucking tears*#my posts #hlht #lhl #ok. serious thoughts time. it's always lowkey funny to me that it's genuinely believed #(like in xcp's eulogy for him)#that xdq cares more about his people than anything #it's not that i think he doesn't care? he's actually kind and good and feels for his people but?#he cares in a detached and distant way exactly in the manner he can from within the palace walls #...which is reminiscent of huahua in the last episode going yeah he's a good emperor (really?)#and i'll give up my only chance to survive in exchange for the peace of the world #(he says. but it's also for xiaobao - like. every political move xdq makes it's mixed with personal stake)#he does things *for* the good ever since he has been the lxy who built sigumen #but is it really *out of* goodness or he's just trying to live up to the ideal xia #his self-imposed isolation as the top of wulin is as iron-clad as the palace walls of confucian social roles that hold xdq in #the way that hlht is all about the social world and lhl is all about the world outside of that which xdq dreamt about #then at the end of the day they both go back to the water bodies where they wish to be released into... bye #and they leave behind loved ones who will go see the world for them #xdq is so much less cruel to them than huahua is tbh #at least xdq had aggressively fought for them and to be with them #both stories are like. what happens to someone AFTER they're at the top and was born into/for that role?#do you know what fucked up things that does to someone?#ok bye FOR LEGAL PURPOSES THIS POST IS FOR MYSELF and whoever wants to read ONLY

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pu-butt · 3 months

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Thinking about Him* again.

*shaolin fantastic the lady-killing romantic

#my dearest darling you-know-who you are: this is your one sign to stop reading these tags so you can avoid spoilers #with that out of the way: some thoughts in no particular order #1. this post is a lie because i am actually always thinking about shaolin fantastic #2. a l i e n b r o t h e r s #no but like weve been robbed so bad #of dizzee and shao connecting here #elaborate on the fucking alien brotherhood man #and like also... it's really what theyre all about huh and in such different ways #shao is doing anything and everything to reach that fucking opera #and he depends on zeke for it all the more because zeke is his ticket out #and then also he loves zeke so clearly #and it is such a mess of different stakes and vulnerability and then like...#him having made choices for his survival that zeke wont support and it hurts in a million different ways #and it's like... idk man #shao gets SO close to his opera and he is still an alien #and dizzee goes about his opera so differently #and maybe i think #just m a y b e he couldve helped shao in some way #they couldve helped each other #but we were robbed #this was all extremely incoherent i know #maybe one day i will write an actually coherent and fully thought out analysis of shaolin fantastic #and esp his extremely layered relationship with zeke #but today is not that day #today (like any other day) is just me having Thoughts and Feelings #i will say once again: i will never forgive baz luhrmann for ditchting the get down before giving shao a happy ending #the get down #netflix the get down #can we get a the get down renaissance around here please?#i miss them so much always

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spatzenn · 11 months

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𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭. He feels strongly and deeply, as greedily as oceans plunge far, and he feels oh so longly, long like memory. Levi's humanity's strongest. Levi bears that weight. He takes up that mantle, and with it, carries the hearts and wishes of all those dead that fell before him. He's invested in human lives, in humanity as a whole, and every death he's seen has to mean something. Every death he's ordered. It's a need. A lifeline. He loathes reckless death the most, needless slaughter and wasted lives, and it shows itself plainly in every excursion. He wants his men to live. It sobers him when they don't. And he knows, very much knows, that he isn't responsible for every soldier's death, but as he's always the last one standing, the one stood breathing with the dead, how he carries their name is his duty. All this angry slaughter -- it has to mean something. No. Captain is emotional. He feels more than he ever lets on. He knows dying's an expectation, understands their job toes suicidal, but he believes in what they do, and he believes utterly in man. He's made so many sacrifices, has given his body and buried old friends both, and neither are choices he regrets. Freedom -- that's what they'd all wanted, after all. And even with Erwin gone, wild Hange, and his tattered squad and friends whose voices he slowly comes to forget, Levi let them all go because they'd rather themselves than humanity's downfall. He made the tough choice to say goodbye. And he made the tougher choice to fight and triumph in their stead.

#META.#this isnt a headcanon. i think we all know this already about levi. but i REALLY love this part of levi and it really #sets him apart from just 'cool character thats also the strongest.'#like levi isn't going to be the usual 'beast of burden.'#everyone in the corps can make their own choices. they came into this. they signed up for this. they knew death was never above any of them #he doesn't explicitly believe he's what led to so many people's deaths #but he also knows he has the responsibility to lead. and when they die it's his responsibility to carry their torch.#because...well. he is humanity's strongest. he ALWAYS somehow survives. he NEEDS to fight and win because everyone who died HAS to have #their sacrifices MEAN something. because all this reckless slaughter... god. would he have given anything to see everyone survive till the #very end. the only choice he did make was expressly for erwin on his behalf and he doesn't regret that choice either #erwin didn't deserve to be forced to play the devil again. he wanted to help humanity so badly #he even gave up his one dream to reach eren's basement and learn the truth of the world FOR humanity.#erwin deserved to rest. he doesn't regret choosing armin but #like i said. with all these deaths levi becomes more and more heavy with the weight of their dreams on his back.#levi cares so much. he cares and feels SOOOO much all the time.

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