#he's the left brain

[ask-aph-ottawa-and-friends]

Ottawa, talking to Toronto (still dead) at 2 am after way too many personality tests: *staring into void* Do you think I'm Canada and Japan's secret lovechild and that's why I don't remember my childhood? Toronto: *sputters*

#hetalia #aph ottawa #hws ottawa #aph toronto #hws toronto #toronto is dead #he's still dead #and still freeloading #and has just become a general menace #don't walk near water fountains if you think he's around #he's still way more rational than me though #he's the left brain #i always need a left brain to balance me out

[thelesbianthespianposts]

imagine: you get your memories back after years of amnesia to find out your whole species is dead and earth doesn’t exist anymore. that the only thing left of your culture is your weird ex and his busted honda civic that barely even works that he stole from the government when he was 13. And he’s been taking members of an alien species for trips in his honda civic and they’re all like “woah it’s so cool” and you get upset because it’s NOT COOL it’s a honda civic, the turn signals don’t even work “wow it can go up hills” yeah OF COURSE IT CAN GO UP HILLS EVERY CAR COULD DO THAT. but they’ve never seen a car before so everything it does is the coolest thing ever. And your ex’s only tool is a fucking screwdriver which is somehow also cool to this dumbass alien species even though it’s a fucking screwdriver so you just look like an idiot screaming about how none of this is even cool it’s actually really shitty but your whole planet is gone so you can’t even prove it but also you’ve had a constant drumming sounding in your head since you were 10 slowly driving you insane. I would become evil too.

#This metaphor might have gotten away from me #Whatever #the master #toschei #doctor who #tardis #the doctor #Companion: wow it can actually fully reverse and go backwards! #The master: *seething bc EVERY CAR CAN DO THAT* #I would be so mad if the only thing left of my culture was my ex and his terrible car #That he doesn’t even have a license to drive #Tensimm #J watches drwho #I really wanna draw this but I don’t have any artistic ability due to there being no apples in my brain #Plus your ex kinda wants to fuck the car

[shadowtraveled]

"mithrun is the only real monsterfucker in dungeon meshi" is objectively the funniest bit you can get out of his everything, but in all seriousness i think his attraction to his love interest is deliberately overstated—and that makes sense, because romantic jealousy is a classic and digestible motive, which is explicitly what kabru was aiming for in condensing mithrun's backstory, and also because until chapter 94, mithrun wasn't willing to admit to the true nature of his desires.

but because romantic envy is both classic and digestible, it probably isn’t a unique enough or complicated enough desire to tempt a demon’s appetite. mithrun’s wish, as far as we can figure from kabru’s reduced retelling, was to have a life in which he had never become one of the canaries, and that carries like 3857 implications and desires within it. that’s delicious. his love interest acts as sort of a red herring to his motivation for making it, though. (side note: i'm saying "love interest" here because, keeping in mind that i barely speak japanese on a good day anymore, "想い人" is something i'd usually take as just kind of an old-fashioned and romantic way to refer to a lover, but in context i wonder if both the connotation of yearning and the vagueness are intentional, and i think this phrasing gets those aspects of it more effectively. anyway.)

mithrun considered his love interest to be untrustworthy. there was a minute where i thought that comment might be about a similar-looking elf (yugin, one of his squad members), but comparing the two…

the "sketchy" arrow is definitely referring to the elf we know as his love interest—the bangs go toward her right, she only has the one forehead ornament, and, most notably, her ears aren't notched.

every time she’s given a full-body depiction in his dungeon, she’s drawn as a chimera, with the body of a snake from the waist down. (side note: the “what if a dungeon has chimeras before reaching level 4?”/“then the dungeon lord is unstable” exchange just being mithrun grilling his past self alive is so funny. he’s so. but anyway) there are a couple things about this.

first, the snake part of the chimera appears to be modeled after some species of coral snake mimic

which, in the biology-for-fun manga, i… doubt is a coincidence, especially with the added context of the “untrustworthy” comment. the dungeon’s conjured illusion of mithrun’s love interest was a harmless copycat of a venomous original. for whatever reason, he felt this person was a threat and made up a "safe" version of her to be in a relationship with, and while it’s definitely possible to be attracted to or even love someone you find to be toxic and/or intimidating, when you take that into consideration alongside the configuration of her body, you get some interesting implications.

which brings us to our second point: if we assume that mithrun was not in fact fucking a snake, then sexual attraction, at least, was so far removed from his idea of a relationship with this person that he did not even bother to keep her dungeon copy human enough to maintain the illusion of the option of a sexual relationship. this is somewhat echoed in the depictions of their interactions, which also imply a frankly unexpected romantic distance. she kisses his cheek and he doesn't seem to react; she's at the edge of a narrow bed with only one set of pillows, on top of his blankets while he's underneath them.

the kiss is particularly interesting because it seems to contrast the text. kabru's narration tells us this was everything mithrun could have asked for, but mithrun is there looking unreadable to pensive, likely because this is right before the panel that makes it clear things in the dungeon are beginning to go wrong.

walking through this backwards for a minute, we have the physical barrier of his bedding and the spatial separation inherent in a bed made for one person, the emotional barrier of his mounting anxiety getting in the way of his ability to enjoy the affection he sought, and... the snake, which historically carries the connotation of temptation, yes, but also mistrust, barring physical intimacy. okay. ok. if a dungeon reflects the mentality of its lord, all of this might suggest that mithrun was not able to have any real desire for a relationship with this person. his unwillingness to be vulnerable or let another person in was insurmountable. but in that case, why was she such a focal point that she remained to the end, after his dungeon had stopped creating iterations of his friends to come and visit him? why would he get so upset over her meeting with his brother that he became lord of a dungeon about it?

well. mithrun's brother was also interested in her, probably genuinely. and mithrun had to win.

you have an older brother who your parents completely ignore, probably in part because he is chronically ill/disabled and almost definitely in part because he received a ton of recessive traits that resulted in rumors that he was an illegitimate child. you are aware, most likely because those same parents fucking told you, that you actually are an illegitimate child. but they keep you around because you had the good fortune of looking just like your mother. what can that possibly teach you but that you, like your brother, are disposable?

it's utterly unsurprising that mithrun, under these circumstances, developed a pathological need to be better than everyone around him. people don't keep you otherwise. i'd argue this is also why he says he looked down on everyone he knew while milsiril claims his dungeon reeked of feelings of inferiority—he sought out people's worst traits and prioritized them in his mind to protect his already extremely fragile sense of self-worth, and all the while he tried to be as likable and high-performing as he possibly could be. his parents disposed of him anyway, but even then he tried to keep up the performance. he was kind to everyone. he never once lost to a dungeon.

when he saw his "love interest" meeting up with his brother, what he saw was himself being replaced by a person his parents had always treated as worthless, and if that was what they thought of the child they'd kept, what value could anyone possibly see in the bastard they'd given away to die? mithrun and kabru tell the story like he wanted to win this unnamed elf's heart, but it was never about being with her. it was about cementing his worth, proving that he didn't deserve to be thrown away.

and so it's particularly cruel that his demon discarded him, too. but maybe it's also particularly gentle that, in the end, there was someone who refused to even consider giving up on him.

kui laid it out in three panels better than i could hope to.

yeah. it's love. you wanted to be loved, even when the only way you were able to understand it was through the desire to be wanted, and you wanted that so badly that the idea of being consumed felt like the promise of finally mattering to someone.

#dungeon meshi spoilers #mithrun #dungeon meshi #this has been rotating for a while but i wanted to check my evidence before getting into it thanks user angelspenance for posting that meme #half of this is just the text and the other half i'm sure has been said before but it's making my brain [radio static] so here this is #someone did for sure mention this but i do find it very cute that in his fucked up conjured world meant to portray his ideal reality #his teammates came to visit him. like part of the fantasy was then explicitly that they cared about him and were his friends. even though #he says he tried to see the worst in them. #hm it does feel important to note that i do also believe 100% in mithrun suicidality--his desire to be eaten does seem to focus a lot on #wanting it to be Over. wanting not to be left incomplete and empty anymore. #but that loops back around a bit to the hole in your heart that appears when you feel unloved. it's many things and the same thing at once #snakes #long post #severe problems #meshy

[saturdaysky]

we'll be alright, love. we'll make it through, you'll see.

just a doodle of my gnome tav, mayhew, and gale sometime in the long, dark night of the soul that is act 2

line version:

used a photo ref for the general pose. refs are amazing ✌

#lest you think wizards have left my brain THEY HAVE NOT #i just completed the game - sans some epilogue stuff - and i loved it. catered to me and my angst-loving ways #god gale...perfection. he's so interesting. i want to shove him in a locker but he might be my fav gale #expect art #and maybe fic #my art #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #gale x tav #gnome tav #gnomeposting #mayhew #galehew

[crunchycrystals]

this makes me want to cry

#crunchyposts #pjo #pjotv #guys i also have been obsessed with this series for years it means so much to me that the actors are also fans of the book #it doesnt mention it here but i know leah's said that she was so excited to play annabeth to be 'the girl in her brothers books' #since she got his old copies when he left for college (?) #this means absolutely everything to me rep in media means so much to me bc of how little i understood myself as a kid since i never saw #anyone like me and pjo was the first time i saw someone whse brain was kidna like mine and so many things clicked into place after that #and as a queer girl and someone who's south east asian i rarely saw anyone like me on tv and ive still never seen any demiro char on screen #but now they actually have a non white nd character and its /my/ favorite character and its gonna mean so much to younger black girls #100 #150 #200 #300 #400 #500 #1k #1.5k #2k

[cozylittleartblog]

gooseworx in the glitchx livestream: i want to see people draw jax in a suit. people should draw him crying

me: sure thing, boss o7

#tadc #the amazing digital circus #art #jax #caine #ragatha #doodles #tadc fanart #the amazing digital circus fanart #gooseworx #glitchx #the tie was almost yellow in the left one. and then my brain yelled THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER??? and i had 2 change it #too afton colored #also i think it's interesting that the characters can't change their own outfits. caine has to do it #they're like baked into their character models in-universe. that's a cool detail #so that's why he's the space filler. the rabt will be dapper he demands it #i hope they do get in the joke where pomni takes off her hat and the back of her head is empty. u just see eyes and the mouth modeling #i love video game humor. i have seen many such horrors playing phasmophobia while my pals load in

[slavicafire]

also today I told my neighbour I'd carry her bags upstairs because somehow the oldest ladies buy the heaviest shit, and so she went up first, and I of course being the stubborn goddamn mule had to commit to One Trip Only mentality, and so it took me some more time to get to her floor, but I did manage and won my unwounded pride in return, and so I happily huffed and puffed my way to her door and they got opened. by a fucking turtle. just a straight up trutle opened those doors

#żmija gada #I assume she left them ajar and the turtel just decided he had to go greet me #but I didn't even know she had one #so I had a moment of panic that I left my brain without oxygen for too long

[starwarsdinosaur]

The reason echo wasn’t in this episode is because he would have stopped the Ventress vs The 3 Stooges fight before it even happened

He knows they would get their asses beat

And they did

#he left and took the one working brain cell with him #the bad batch #tbb #star wars the bad batch #star wars tbb

[cerulean-fantasy]

💜✨🌠🌟

#danganronpa #drv3 #kokichi ouma #ndrv3 #oumota #sort of...???? ish #they make me uwu so he's in momota's jacket since it's cute and i didn't feel like drawing two characters #my art #anyway #a small self-indulgent thing #since i've been playing through ndrv3 with a friend lately #re-experiencing it after MANY years #and he's taking over my brain like he never left help #he's so hard to draw right it's not fair

[isjasz]

[Day 136]

Greyout

#dddaily4sherin #grian #goodtimeswithscar #desert duo #my art #secret life #secret life spoilers #secret life smp #trafficblr #traffic smp #secret life fanart #cant believe i finished this on time actually HJREHNE WE BALL #all the brain fog and anxiety from noxs words. fjsjdjsnsksnekwmmw that episode was insane #that part scar edited during the skizz part has not left my mind #and I imagine that this is what he constantly sees during the session when he's panicked 💥💥💥💥💥 #(which is also the reason grian did not end up teaming up with him bc he kept having to run away and was all the over place) #the secret keeper wants us gone #sorry for editing i want to put these in the tags instead and keep the caption clean o7

[deelavis]

whenever a fanfic says that Mello is wearing a t-shirt I know they probably mean something like this:

but all I can imagine is this or this

Bonus Comic:

Bonus Bonus Shirtless Mello:

#my art #death note #mello #near #mello death note #near death note #death note brain rot #I can't imagine Mello wearing anything practical #Maybe it's just that I can't turn off my costume designer brain but it my mind he must always be doing the most #also yes the long sleeve shirt is the one he left Wammy's in that he diy-ed to be slutty #Also also Mello is offended by specifically by the implication that he's a virgin #I want to tag this meronia but idk if it counts??? I guess just assume that anytime I draw them together they were kissing moments before #i drew a Near to go with him that also has flat colors with fully rendered pants but this post was already getting too long

[berrysquared]

my favorite father that stepped up

#orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kim dokja #omniscient reader fanart #shin yoosung #lee gilyoung #kdj #sys #lgy #biyoo #listen i have so many emotions abt them #rotating them in my brain #kdj just keeps adopting kids and it breaks me every time #he is the FATHER #berry art #also the kids being lil shits and clinging to him constantly i love them #guys I know he left for milk and returned 3 years later I KNOW

[psalmsofpsychosis]

You know, i've been thinking about the way Batman keeps danger and weapons so close to his body, so tight to himself, practically tied around his neck, that joker often has no way left but to grab for him if he wants something Batman has. Batman does not want to be left out of Joker's plans, his story, he wants in on Joker's narrative by any means he can make it happen. It's such particular "you take me with you wherever you are, it's your punishment, just as it's my punishment to take you with me wherever i am" statement. Batman actively leaves no choice for Joker but to get very very close to him and claim him as part of his win or his loss. I mean,

he didn't have to. he could've put the key in one of his waist pouches, push it into the back of his left boot, he could've tied it around his bicep, i dont care— he could've done whateverthefuck with it. But he had to put it around his neck, and intentionally invite Joker to "come and get it". Something something classic cliche of the way lovers' bond is signified by a necklace-adjacent item and the way they interact with it; hold unto it, toss it, tie it around their necks, giving it back, not giving it back, necklaces as items of reverance and revenge. Something something a tie around neck being a sign of being claimed and owned,

#this is the first night in 2 months where i got good sleep of course i woke up and had batjokes popping on my brain screen #''99+ unread emails'' style #the whole invitation thing is. certainly something #i mean bro. a ''you will take that wish to the grave with you'' would do just fine or #or ''you will not have it.'' #Bruce wants his fights alright. He's uneasy with being left out of things often but he's particularly uneasy #with being left out of Joker's narrative #and it's far less about him ''being the only one strong enough to deal with him'' than he'd like to admit #batjokes #batjokes meta #Batman #Batman meta

[oniliae]

if ithink abt them toomuch I throew up . 💞💗💓 ough. ft tim cameo ily tim

#notsure why the first comics lines gripped me so hard but i thinki got lost in the sauce of em cuz the original audio isnt even dramatic but #in my brain n when i reread the lines i imagined martins emotions to be like a mix of pity and understanding of jons loneliness but also lik #a bit of resentment and justified(?) anger at jon for having the nerve to look for martin after he left him in the same loneliness hes nowin #anyway i also have nomemory of anything and none of my opinions arereal 🫶 #the magnus archives #tma fanart #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #tim stoker #tma jon #tma martin #tma jmart

[intotheelliwoods]

I think I have settled on not giving Poptart a prosthetic, so... I might instead... give him a lil compression sock but lil shoulder stump edition...

Yknow for like, his mission/out of the house outfit

#2 arms left #would also help him not move it around much #<- or well attempt too #the more movement there = the more brain going ??huh???? where arm?????? #= more potential phantom pain later in the day #sooo lil compression sleeve will def help #that and now he looks decent enough to go out in public whehwenkd #also!!!! #its not quite big leo scarf #but its not sprout bandages either... #its his own thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thesherrinfordfacility]

"...that joins Crowley and Aziraphale." (X)

#good omens #i want to yell at that man for the devastation he left in my brain today #(yes i missed out “and” bc once i noticed how they progressively fill out the frame i didnt want to disrupt it)