#i don't know which is my favourite

[aro-aizawa]

i like to think everyone has a colour associated with them, whether its just your fave colour or what you generally wear most of or what colour your bedroom walls are. i always associate the name sophie with dark blue, my mum is always a nice turquoise, i like to think my colour is a bright sunflower yellow.

if you have a specific shade pls tell me i adore when ppl have associated colours and tell me them, bc i think of them when i see that colour

#shut up danni's talking #its one of my ultimate favourite aspects of character designs and i will forever use it w my characters #but i also think abt it w ppl!!!! #its almost certainly spawned from a combo of my mum passionately loving her colour + my primary school #my primary school's name/theme/whatever was related to the rainbow #its common for primary schools in the uk for the uniform to be polo shirts and schools would pick a colour and that was your uniform #but w my school's theme being rainbows they were like lol whatever colour as long as you're in a polo shirt #so kids would choose whichever shirt colour they wanted some kids switched it up every year #others stuck w the colour they chose all 6 years #so of course i would correlate ppl w colours which is how i always relate sophie w dark blue #bc i'd play w this girl called sophie in the afterschool club who always wore dark blue through all the years i knew her #tbh i still think of my brother also as dark blue bc he would wear the same colour #if you could not guess my colour was yellow and i always felt distinctly wrong when i had to wear a different colour #there were a couple times i had to borrow a new shirt bc mine got dirty or all mine hadn't been washed so i had to wear my brother's #i don't know if its just me but i feel like everyone has an affinity with a colour even if its n9t your fave #hence the poll lmao

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Y'all previously said Ray wore it better...but now I present a third option, Uea, who actually wore it first:

Bed Friend ep 3:

Be My Favourite ep 7:

Only Friends ep 6:

#bed friend #bed friend the series #be my favorite #be my favorite the series #only friends the series #only friends #ofts #the thai communal wardrobe #I'm still looking for the 'totally not my day' shirt #and came across this instead #as well as another only friends/be my favourite shared item of clothing #which I'll post later #I can see this blog becoming just about the damn communal wardrobe #I don't know why I'm so obsessed #be my favourite

[atlantis-area]

TAEMIN - Pretty Boy (Show Champion, 140820)

#Taemin #Pretty Boy #Danger #giffedbyme #dailyshinee #Show Champion #solo: taemin #era: ace #It was only 720p so there was some noise #I don't even know which era is my favourite anymore

[jupitermelichios]

my favourite sexuality for comic book characters to be is "we made this other character canonically queer because of their relationship with them but for some reason they are still canonically straight"

like wade wilson? mostly canonically queer because of the period where he was married to cable. he was in a queer relationship, so we have to just make him canonically queer. (Yes I know it's not the only reason, I have read all his extremely camp early 00s comics, but lets be real they'd have kept insisting that was all just a joke if it wasn't for Cable and Deadpool).

cable? definitely straight. 100% straight. obviously cable is straight. his relationship with wade is only gay during the & Deadpool, in the Cable part of the book it's very straight. He stands next to a woman sometimes, that's how you can tell it's not gay.

Kitty has, finally, been allowed to come out, but for like a decade, Illyana was canon queer because she dated Kitty, but Kitty was definitely straight and would never date a woman, and no one at marvel thought there was anything weird about that.

[Image Description: a very straight character, interacting with another straight character, in a very believably straight way]

Marvel has way more of these, mostly by virtue of having more queer characters and also chris clairmont (you can never understate the impact of chris clairmont in these matters) but Tim Drake and Kon Kent spring to mind from DC.

I think you could even make a solid argument that 616 Tony and Steve are that, given Tony is out now and Steve, somehow, still isn't.

anyway you don't really get these in any other medium, because they require multiple writers who all wildly disagree with one another to all write the same characters to happen, but i love them, and as much as I want Cable and Kon to come out, I kind of hope this never stops happening in comics, it's just never not funny.

#am i right in thinking one of boostle got to come out and not the other one recently? #i'm not that up on non bat dc stuff recently #anyway please leave your suggestions for other examples in the comments #and don't get mad about the ID #I did an actual ID as alt text #that one's just a joke #cablepool #kitty pryde #what's kitty and illyana's ship name? #i feel like i should know but i don't #timkon #616 stony #these are my favourite comics specific sexualities #and 'this character is just straight up queer but as long as we never say the words on panel no they aren't' is my second #your mystiques and your wolverines #and then finally #in the trifecta of terrible queer rep that i adore #you have 'this character is canonically straight but the fandom universally rejects that to the point of genuinely forgetting it's canon' #which is where gambit and roy harper live #gambit has never done anything that gay on panel that i know of #at least not by the standards of the x-men #he just has the strongest bi vibes you've ever seen #i genuinely forget he isn't bi 90% of the time

[sskk-manifesto]

Proof that bsd would be a lot better if they just let it pass the Bechdel test more often

#It barely counts too since the conversation between Kyouka and Kouyou verges a lot on men but eh that's the best we can offer #Idk I just really like Kyouka's arc and think that in this episode too it was well developed. #Her relationship with Kouyou really is one of the most interesting of the whole franchise. #About that I LOVE LOVE LOVE KOUYOU WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT HER ALL THE TIME I want her back as soon as possible 😭😭😭 #And her va is k/l/k's Ryuuko va aka my favourite va ever from my favourite anime ever. God I love k/l/k an inconceivable amount #Which is funny because k/l/k also does have a villain mother figure #The Kyouka / Kouyou dynamics are a lot like. The very watered down version of the Emma / Isabella dynamics. #(I'm once again saying read t/p/n) #I just think. Kyouka's interior struggle is really interesting and we don't talk about it enough!!! #Also FINALLY SEASON 2 ATSUSHI HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!!!!!!!! #I really don't know what's up with anime Atsushi every time he's on screen I'm hit by cuteness aggression. It's an illness. #Next. Can we agree Reason Living is the best b/sd op of them all both music wise and visuals wise #MAYBE on par with True Story for visuals but that's it. #Again I really can't vibe with Granrodeao but that's intrinsically a matter of personal taste ////// #MARGARET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARGARET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Also Akutagawa voice cameo eheh <33 #There'll probably be a lot of screaming over characters this time lol sorry in advance. Unfollow me now etc. etc. #random rambles

[dragonairice]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS GUY!!!

#Not a huge fan of how this turned out BUT it's pretty okay :)) #Sanders Sides #Roman Sanders #Frost Draws #I had a different idea which involved Remus cuz I didn't know they had different birthdays so this was very last minute fhdsjk #Also I think I don't like this because Roman's my favourite and I wanted a better picture but ehh what ya gonna do

[genderpresentationmichael]

Top 10 Vigilantes Present Mics

#10: Bucktooth Mic. Young Mic eats a hot dog. That’s it

#9: Crowd Control Mic. The angle of this drawing gives him a unique expression of anguish.

#8: Muppet Mic. I think he hurt his wrist, because it’s merely a noodle now.

#7: Shrug Mic. A special shrug for when you’re just not that into him.

#6: Erased-Voice Mic. As well as this unique shocked expression, this panel has so many Present Mic Lore implications! A truly enriching manga panel.

#5: Trepanning Mic. The use of his speech bubble’s tail to represent the pain caused by his yelling is an especially fun use of panel layout. I have to respect that.

#4: Goggle Mic. If you ever wondered why Mic chose sunglasses for his hero costume/signature look, this panel makes it immediately obvious. (It also took me back to when I showed my friend a picture of Mic, and they immediately clocked him as a sexual predator. But I’ll post more on that another time.)

#3: Flying Mic. He levitates across for several panels like this. Not sure how! Good going, Mic! (Maybe, since they’re paneled together, he was launched by Aizawa!)

#2: Upside Down Mic. He probably posed like this to tease Aizawa about some of his usual moves? Maybe. Or for fun. Probably for fun.

#1: Spin-to-Win Mic. Three Mics, an intricate office chair maneuver, and the much gentler “yeah?” with a toned-down smile to match. This man is pulling out all the stops trying to get that dinner date. He may not have succeeded in-universe, but he definitely succeeded on this list.

#present mic #presentation michael #yamada hizashi #hizashi yamada #mha vigilantes #bnha vigilantes #aizawa #top 10 anime betrayals #eraserhead #aizawa shouta #aizawa shota #shouta aizawa #shota aizawa #eraser head #melonstuff #this list was very very difficult indeed. i had to make another post just to appreciate the mic stealing earbud panel #another one of my favourites #truly there are many amazing selections and food for mic simps in Vigilantes #there are also enough aizawa panels making the -clearly you don't own an air fryer- face to make a moodboard out of him #which i'm still considering doing. let me know if you're interested readers.

[yellowfingcr]

// as tradition demands, my favourite 2023 pieces I've drawn! I can't say I'm too satisfied with both quantity or quality (especially quantity- I didn't really draw much) but still I'm happy with how some of these turned out!

#I think my favourite ones are the blue/red two-panel risques I made- enjoyed making them and still think they turned out well! #buuut I'm at a point in which I'm understanding that I really don't know how to draw lmao. I need to study more! #anyway hopefully next year I won't be stuck too much with job and family things? I'm really hoping to do more art in general; #be it commissions or for myself #doodlings / #ooc

[melit0n]

Sunset from last night and today's sunrise 🫶

@lifemod17 @hookedhobbies an offering to my favourite rays of sunshine <3 + @moonchild-in-blue of course, a moon for my favourite moontual!!

#don't know what the suns' doing but she is GOING #that right photo may be one of my favourites I've ever taken #I've also got a similar one from Paris which I may post soon 👀 #but I just absolutely adore it when the sun touches the clouds like that #reminds me how soft and fragile everything is #(there is truly beauty in this way of things) #sunset #sunrise #moon #mel's photos

[phant0m-l0rd]

it is now the 17th here so happy birthday to the amazing guitarist and band leader, Kaoru <3

(rollerball gel pens, alcohol markers, coloured pencils)

#I've scheduled this post cuz I don't know if I'll have any time to go online tomorrow (aka the 17th - which is when this'll post) #but happy birthday to my 2nd favourite diru member <3 #the struggle of having kyo and kaoru's bdays be one day apart and wanting to draw for both and thus rushing to finish both drawings #anyway i really need to draw kaoru more often fr #happy birthday kaoru #kaoru #kaoru dir en grey #dir en grey #metal #vkei #musician #art #fan art #fanart #traditional art #lisa's art #scheduled

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i'm giving guadalajara too much shit but los pueblos negros (the black villages) are genuinely really freaking cool

also! my first experience with them was through an andrea compton video, cause she is from one of these villages!!! for those who don't know her, andrea compton is one of the most belovedests spanish youtubers, one of the ogs as well and i love her very much. anyways, she lived here until high school, where she went to live with her father in my hometown lol, in suburban madrid. so. pretty big change. i unfortunately cannot find her video, she might have just deleted it at this point - i watched it at least 10 years ago - but i found what her village is if you want to look it up, it's called roblelacasa, and as of 2016 it has 22 inhabitants. i remember she told in the video that she had to go to another village to go to school, and that in said school there were 6 kids in total, of course with different ages all together in the classroom.

#guadalajara #spain #also. and i feel obligated to say this every time i talk about andrea compton or inés hernand but it's the only good thing i can say #about my hometown #but not only did she live near me. the high school she went to is the one that's next to my house. like the park in front of the hs was #the park i went to when i was a kid #which most likely means i met andrea compton and inés hernand when they were teens and i was a kid #cause all the kids from that high school also go to that park #and for those who don't knw #inés hernand is like. one of the most important people in this country i would say??? at least among young people #she studied law but she's mostly a tv presenter nowadays and she is like. extremely political extremely leftist extremely funny #i love her #well they've talked thousands of times how andrea and her met on the first day of high school and became best friends and how tehy've been #inseparable since #to think that happened next to where i live while i was living there just blows my mind lmao #and we've met andrea compton cause she's my sister's favourite youtuber like she's been following her since she was like 10 #in fact my sister was the one who showed me the video about her village #anyways we've met her twice in anime cons and also we've also met her a couple times more in concerts and stuff cause she's fan of stuff #we also love sjdsj #and every time we talk about my hometown and we know ehere her dad lives (very close to us) and she's confirmed the high school was that on #and yeah. she's very dear to my heart and i'm extremely happy everytime she gets recognition cause it's only what she deserves <3

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Kawi and his sense of Self

I've had Thoughts jumbling around my head for a few days, ever since @waitmyturtles started watching Be My Favourite (and sped through all 7 eps - so great to have you on board!) and having read some really great posts about time travel, the idea of 'present' and 'past', truth, and Kawi's character growth (here, here, here, and here are just a few examples by @waitmyturtles, @rocketturtle4, @wen-kexing-apologist, and @ginnymoonbeam).

But it was @rocketturtle4's addition on this post that made me think more about Kawi and his sense of self, specifically the bolded part of this line:

The overall theme of being who you are regardless of the time you are in feels like it needs teasing out more.

And this might not be interesting to anyone but me, or relevant to the analysis of the show, but it's bouncing around in my brain and I need to write it down.

The above line (and all the talk about Kawi's present and past) made me think about Antonio Damasio's theory of the construction of the Self in his book The Feeling of What Happens:

The idea each of us constructs of ourself [sic]...is based on autobiographical memory over years of experience and is constantly subject to remodelling. (p. 224)

This remodelling occurs through the reworking of memories - so each time we remember a memory we craft it slightly different based on our accumulative life experiences and innate biases.

BUT what really made an impact on me about this is the following:

The changes which occur in the autobiographical self over an individual lifetime are not due only to the remodelling of the lived past...but also the laying down and remodelling of the anticipated future...The memories of the scenarios that we conceive as desires, wishes, goals, and obligations exert a pull on the self of each moment. No doubt they also play a part in the remodelling of the lived past, consciously and unconsciously, and in the creation of the person we conceive us to be, moment by moment. (pp. 224-225)

So how does this relate to Be My Favourite?

Many people have already talked about how Kawi is not a nice person (this is a great post by @respectthepetty). Why does Pisaeng like him? Kawi doesn't even like himself. And, at the beginning of the show, Kawi's Self - his identity - is built from his memories of the past and his immoveable desire of what he wanted and still wishes his future to look like. Kawi is miserable, stuck in a miserable life (of his own making), and unable to make any changes because his idea of what he wants his future to be is impossible.

But then he gets to go back in time, and his sense of self starts changing. It changes because he's remaking his memories in real time, and in remaking those memories he's being exposed to things which are gradually altering his desires and goals for his future.

And that's a huge shift for Kawi. It's almost like going through a break-up - in a break-up, not only do you lose the person you're with but the future life you imagined with them ceases to exist. So you lose your sense of identity. Who are you without them? - Who is Kawi when he's not pining for Pear? Who is Kawi when he gets and loses Pear? Who is Kawi when he dates Pisaeng?...

And it's no wonder everything is still a mess when Kawi jumps forward to his present - he hasn't had enough time in his changed past to process the new memories of his past, nor to honestly admit to himself (or realise, if he's not quite there yet) what he really wants for his future.

And this journey is such a beautiful one to watch. As his memories and future scenarios change, Kawi's sense of self changes - hopefully to a happier, 'better' person...and I mean 'better' in the sense of nicer to other people because he's nicer to himself (and vice versa) and more open to change, rather the rigidity of his 'older' Self stuck in his miserableness.

I think this is why I'm warming up to him, because he is changing, albeit gradually, and changing for the better. He's becoming more pliable in his outlook, choices, and acceptance of things he can't control. All of which will aid him in being able to see a different future for himself - like an upward positive spiral. (This is a great post by @lurkingshan which is sort of related).

I'd love to be able to connect all this with other people's takes (especially to the discourse around whether Kawi will stay in his past and live his 12 years again or jump forward to an altered present and 'fix' what he can there) but my brain has stopped here. HOWEVER, I welcome others to jump on and expand on this if they wish.

(also tagging @grapejuicegay since we've been shouting to each other in our dms about this show 💖)

#be my favourite #be my favorite #be my favorite the series #there is a point in all this but I don't know if I made it well #it might just be me going - I FIND THIS INTERESTING #IS IT INTERESTING FOR YOU TOO? #but honestly. Damasio's theory of self was so eye-opening for me #and when changes happen in my life in which my picture of the future changes #which throws me off and disturbs my sense of identity #I remind myself of this and it helps me adjust to my new future and recalibrated 'self'

[nemmet]

question: who is your favourite scooby doo character and why?

in a similar vein to my how did you get into scooby doo post from last month, i'm now interested in hearing who your favourite character from the franchise is! are they a member of the core gang or a side character? which iteration/version of theirs do you like best? do you have any specific memories associated with them? do they mean a lot to you personally, or do you just think they're neat? it's time to gush about them in the tags/replies!!

#if you don't know me: hi i'm nem and when the scooby doo hyperfixation beam hit me back in 2021 i was cursed to forever think about #fred jones more than everyone else on the planet combined #i just think the evolution of his character is so fascinating #especially in the way that they made him more engaging by just exaggerating his core traits a whole bunch over time #my favourite iterations of his are mystery inc (for the canon autism and generally how emotionally affecting he is) #and what's new (for just how plain silly and sweet he is) #however now that i've seen the whole show be cool's version of fred is now a firm favourite as well (his focus episodes are amazing!!!) #there's just so much that can be done with him and there's never a dull moment when he gets quality screentime in an episode or movie #he makes me laugh he makes me cry and through relating so much to his character he essentially tricked me into loving myself #i grew up with undiagnosed autism and struggled with self-hatred for things like my intense interests/social struggles/hyperempathy #things that i now know are just. fundamental parts of me and the way my brain is #so seeing fred be his unapologetic autistic self (canon in mystery inc/coded in everything else) made me feel less alone & gave me hope #which eventually led me to seek out & obtain my formal diagnosis at 17 and generally just feel so much more secure in who i am #so yeah!!!! this silly goofy cartoon character means a whole lot to me and i'm glad to have a place to express that :) #i look forward to seeing everyone's responses to this question!!! #scooby doo

[popiellart]

Tell us ur DUNC thoughts pal! <3

what can I even say about DUNC other than i fucking love it!!! i've been a shameless dick rider for denis villeneuve ever since Sicario, and I went to the cinema to see DUNC and DUNC 2 which. one thing about me is i hate cinemas. i didn't even go to the cinema for scorsese or yorgo lanthimos or top gun 2 so you know it's serious

the visuals are straight up incredible, the casting is peak, the material is handled with a lot of what feels like genuine love and passion, the lady going ham on the arabic yodeling on the OST is a queen, and in general wrt dune fans watching DUNC, I imagine that's how people who like Tolkien felt when Peter Jackson's LOTR came out

i can't wait for the conflict between the matriarchal eugenicists with milking machines and the patriarchal eugenicists with breeding tanks

which is what the books are really about. oh, and i guess the galactic jihad also happens, so that's fun

#dune #dune 2 #dune spoilers #(sort of) #anyways dune is an incredibly hilarious series on one hand you have the very serious exploration of imperialistic politics #and manipulation of societies. and religion for herbert is what linguisitics was for tolkien. (except frank's hyperfixation actually fucks) #and u get these powerful conversations about power and fate and lady jessica says 'history will call us wives' #which. by the way. everything lady jessica says and does goes incredibly fucking hard. #one of the best and most problematicest female characters ever. <3 #one of my favourite features of dune is how vicious the women are. there is a sisterhood but theres no hand-holding and singing kumbaya #jessica uses the Voice on chani. irulan does what she gotta do to secure her interests. theres an understanding but claws come out #THEN on the other hand you have the 'hm. good effort' hitler talk between paul and stilgar xD i hope they put it in dune 3. please denis #i first read dune when i was a child and understood pretty much fuck-all from it. but i think that's what herbert would've wanted #in conclusion: i don't know. i hate cinemas and i still went to see dune #i hate heat and sun; i'm a winter child thru and thru. and denis makes me want to be there on arrakis when i watch his adaptation #i think that says something

[salvadorbonaparte]

I don't know why but when I'm home long enough I'll just turn into a teenager again. Fighting over stupid things. Crawling into my room afterwards

#My mum got this rule about not going to bed angry #Because what if something happens (tm) #And she usually comes into my room after a fight to talk it out #Which is tacky but works #And yeah that's some teenage shit but like I'm living with her like I'm a teen rn #And she didn't do that today? #She just went to bed? #And I won't see her tomorrow until the evening #So now I'm like oh great I'm going to be paranoid about something bad happening all day because that's what she always talked about #And all of this because of the dishes??? #What am I? 12? #And I was just like annoyed #Because it's an annoying situation #Have you ever washed dishes in the bathtub? It sucks #And my mum always expects me to jump immediately and it was 8pm so of course I was annoyed #And she's suddenly like if you don't stop it I'll throw it all out of the window #While holding my favourite cup #And obviously she didn't but I was shocked she'd shout that just over dishes? #Anyway I really really need to know what's happening with my future because I am going mad

[time-is-restored]

i think that a lot of the overworld is simply gone in the aftermath. miles and miles of bedrock, exposed lava veins, hundreds of unprocessed chunks that leave veins of ore hanging unmoving in the sky

but not everything. kristin was quite clearly very familiar with the parts of c!phil's life that were the most important to him, even if her knowledge abt the server as a whole was limited ('niki! im a big fan!' vs 'is the portal near here?') - knew to guide phil's friends + family to safety before c!phil even had a moment to ask.

and phil promised he'd take care of the wolves. the wolves, the polar bears, the foxes, the cows...

so i don't think all of the overworld gets wiped away in the calamity. she's been growing her forest around phil's home for over a year, letting her magic steep in its soil. so it doesn't take much to let the foliage grow up and across, joining hands with itself and covering the arctic sky in a goddesses' silent, loving embrace.

the fungi spore and the flowers bloom - the wolves pile into their shelter together, steve curls up by the fire, the foxes lie down on phil's bed. their heart rates slow, and the noise from the outside world fades as through a dream. the arctic sleeps, and it survives.

niki's city is trickier - kristin had never wanted to impose on what was clearly a such a personal shrine to life, and all of one woman's reasons to keep living. but just like phil's presence is felt there in every block he lent, every enchantment he helped inscribe, every recipe he passed on, so too is kristin's magic felt through phil. it is not the perfect coverage of the arctic, but its something. the city will change, but it will survive.

after all, its not like nothing's happened. the fallout from the nuke will leave scars on the earth for a long, long time, and it will be longer still before the life that used to thrive on its surface will be able to breath its air once more without consequence. the arctic and the city and all of their stories will have to hibernate for a long, long time.

but one day, it will be safe to return. it's not goodbye. it's 'till we meet again.'

#c!phil #c!philza #c!niki #dsmp syndicate #dsmp #dsmp spoilers #hey guys. how about that lore huh. #in which i make it painfully obvious that the arctic base is my favourite single location in just about anything ever #its just. its just home you know? #and sometimes u have to leave home and sometimes u don't get to come back. but i think this time that home can wait. #this home for these people can wait. #mine