#i finally feel READY

[i-love-tubbs-the-cat]

i think it's finally time i watch the lord of the rings

#i've really been wanting to for years snd #i finally feel ready #txt

[hylianane]

I have a feeling that Sanji and Zoro’s death pact will be properly resolved in Elbaf, as it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re done with it. And while Elbaf is gearing up to be very Usopp-centric (and I can not overstate how hyped I am to see him take the spotlight again, finally), let’s not forget that this all ties back to Little Garden, the arc that properly introduced Zoro and Sanji’s rivalry by paralleling them with two rival giants who fought each other every day for over a century, but who also lost themselves in their grief when one thought the other death. The parallel isn’t even subtle, Little Garden’s biggest landmarks are the remnants of Dorry and Brogy’s dinosaur hunting competition. You know. The very same competition Zoro and Sanji posed to each other at the start of the arc?

But here’s the thing. I’m a little worried about how it’s going to be resolved. Because. Despite how readily Zoro agreed to kill Sanji if need be, he must have known that the crew would never forgive him. Zoro is Luffy’s specialest guy but Luffy would not accept any excuse as to why Sanji had to die. Nor anyone else in the crew. But. Does Sanji realize that?

Does he know that killing him would literally be the hardest thing Zoro would ever do, because it would mean literally betraying his Captain and crew? Luffy said he can’t become Pirate King without Sanji, and Zoro and Luffy swore they’d commit fucking ritualistic suicide if they got in the way of each other’s dreams, so does Sanji know where that would leave the swordsman in this case? With no Captain, no crew, and yet another dead rival and best friend (who, mind you, began to live in fear of his own biology betraying him right before dying. but the parallels between Kuina and Sanji and how they relate to Zoro could be a long ass post for another day).

I think he doesn’t know. But he can’t find out how Zoro would mourn him unless the pact actually follows through. But still, I don’t think Oda would kill Sanji, cause that’s no way to resolve this issue. So here’s my speculation about how I think it could potentially play out, following that initial line of thinking of the death pact’s resolution being set in Elbaf, specifically because of Sanji and Zoro’s parallels to Dorry and Brogy.

Like Brogy, Zoro would have to believe that he killed Sanji. That he won their final duel. He’d have to believe that Sanji has fallen and, also like Brogy, have to face that grief and hurt all alone. But in the end, like Dorry, Sanji would survive, having never actually been hurt. Because their edges have dulled after fighting for so long, no longer as capable of landing killing blows as they thought. “Not even the blades of Elbaf could endure two giants fighting for 100 years”? Something of the sort. And maybe this line of speculation is simplistic or optimistic, but the chances of it playing out like this aren’t zero, so just in case, I would want to be able to say that I called it.

#i also cant rlly see the death pact being brought up again anytime before we get to elbaf proper #and any time afterward itd just feel. out of place? like too personal a conflict to be placed into the final arc where the strawhats- #-are supposed to be at their strongest and ready for their final challenges. Infighting at that stage would feel distracting? Melodramatic? #Zoro’s also not gonna finish fighting Mihawk and then go fight Sanji like it’s items on a murder grocery list #specially because it feels weird to place his showdown with his current friend-rival AFTER fulfilling his promise to Kuina? And not before? #like idk idk Oda is very meticulous about fitting all his plotlines together I’m sure he’ll know what to do better than me #but uh. This is my pitch on how and when it could play out #one piece #my post #zosan #??? I MEAN #you cant discuss the death pact without making it a little bit zosan #idk how to tag this tho or how many people i’d like to see this. hn

[team-timeless-au]

They got a little lost but they're back on track now!

#Welcome back Team Timeless! We're not dead anymore! #team timeless au #linkverse au #loz #the legend of zelda #tloz #links meet au #tt rhythm #tt epawna #tt trill #tt kart #tt zombie #tt scribble #tt kori #tt rufu #TLDR I didn't really feel equipped to tackle this AU when I first created it #but after quite some time and getting settled to a new program I finally feel ready! #and I missed these guys so much. I am still so attached to them 🥹

[its-your-mind]

*deep breath in*

the fears 👏 have always 👏 been (in one way or another) 👏 parallel 👏 to 👏 desire 👏

let me explain.

so many of the statements given by actual avatars center around some sort of need that was met by their entity. Lots of them even had a positive relationship with the fear that drove them.

Jane Prentiss is an excellent example - the Corruption has always been about a form of toxic and possessive love, but she personally has a deep desire to be “fully consumed by what loves her,” and finds a perverse joy and relief at allowing herself to be a home

Jude Perry is another - she fucking loved watching people’s lives be utterly destroyed. The Desolation only offered her a power of destruction on a grander scale, and then gave her a more intense rush of joy as she did its work. When she tells Jon that he needs to feed the Eye before it feeds on him, it’s almost as an afterthought; she was happily feeding the Desolation long before it burned her into a new existence.

Simon Fairchild. Every time that old loose bag of bones wanders into the picture, he is having a fucking EXCELLENT time playing with the Vast. He loves showing people their own insignificance, and he loves luring them into situations where he can throw them into the void as he smiles and waves.

Peter Lukas (hell, the whole Lukas family (except Evan. RIP Evan.)) hated. people. all he wanted was for them all to go away, to leave him alone. The Lonely only fulfilled that desire.

Daisy, Trevor, and Julia, all devoted to hunting those things they deemed monstrous.

Melanie, holding tight to that bullet in her leg because on some level, she wanted it. It felt good, it felt right, it felt like it fit right alongside the anger and spite that drove her to success.

Annabelle Cane first encountered the Web when she was a child, running away from home in order to tug on her parents’ heartstrings in just the right way to have them wrapped around her little finger. Later on she volunteered to be the subject of an ESP study. Hell, she’s the one who dangled the “Is it really You that wants this?” question over Jon’s head in S4.

And that brings us to Jon, beloved Jarchivist, the Voice that Opened the Door. Ever since he was a child targeted by the Web, he was looking for answers. He joined the Magnus Institute’s Research Department looking for them, he stalked his coworkers in search for them, he broke into Gertrude’s flat and laptop out of desperation for them. And when he realized that all he had to do was Ask to get truthful answers to his questions? It was only natural for him to jump at that opportunity.

Elias told S3 Jon that he did want this, that he chose it, that at every crossroads he kept pushing onwards, and the inner turmoil that caused was one of the focal points for Jon’s character through the rest of the podcast.

There’s a certain line of thinking in many circles about the power of the Devil: he’s not able to create anything new. All he’s able to do is twist and warp that which was already present, making it something ugly and profane while still maintaining the facade of something desirable.

Jon didn’t choose the Eye. But he did wander into its realm of power, exhibiting exactly the qualities it was most capable of hijacking and warping to its own ends. Jon didn’t choose the Apocalypse. But Jonah picked at him little by little, pointing him towards each Fear individually. Jon didn’t want to release the Fears. But the Web tugged on his strings just so and laid a pretty trail for him to follow until he reached its desired conclusion.

Jon didn’t choose ultimate power, or omniscience, or even his own role as Head Archivist. But he said “yes” to the right (wrong?) orders and kept on pushing for the right (wrong?) answers. He wanted to succeed at the work he had been assigned. He wanted to protect his friends. He wanted to rescue them when they were lost. He wanted to prevent the apocalypse, to save the world. He wanted to know why he was still alive, when so many had died right in front of him.

The Great Wheel of Evil Color that is the Entities might not fit as neatly into categories in this universe - maybe there was no Robert Smirke trying to impose strict categories on emotional experiences, or maybe the ways they manifest in the world has turned on its head (goodness knows many of them have been showcased and blended in some very fun and new and horrifying ways so far) - but their fundamental foundations seem to be the same. Hell, in episode one we learned that there had been enough individual incidents to create a distinction between “dolls, watching” and “dolls, human skin.”

Smirke’s Fourteen isn’t going to be relevant as common parlance, RQ said that already, but I don’t think that means the Fears themselves (and their Dream Logic-based rules) are different - I think it means that the levels of understanding, language used, and personal connections among people “in the know” are going to be entirely unfamiliar

#tma #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp meta #tmagp analysis #the entities #robert smirke #smirke's fourteen #mind write a meta post that doesn’t turn into a fucking essay challenge #I literally thought about citing my episode sources here but decided that would get too FUCKING long. #anyway I’m pulling mostly from Gerry’s statement (111) and #and the Big Elias Group Confrontation (92) #and Annabelle’s statement (147) #and then finale - 196 / 197 / 200 #there are other little lines that I grabbed - tbh feel free to ask about anything I’ve said bc I feel like I’m ready to defend a thesis #I’ve been thinking about this on and off for a few weeks since the desire thing started going around #I have an obsession with Themes as they relate to Worldbuilding and now I have subjected you all to it as well #I am serious tho if anyone wants me to pull the specific parts I’m talking about (whether cuz you have Questions or you wanna ref them too) #lmk #my hyperfocus on silly media brain might as well come in useful somehow #aight peace ✌️

[theysangastheyslew]

But you understand, don’t you?

Everyone you meet will be parted from you one day

#levihan #hange zoe #levi ackerman #aot #snk #snk fanart #snk 132 #s04p03 #i was never going to be ready #totally hated working on this and maybe thats why it doesnt feel like nearly enough but #this quote has been in the back of my brain since thor 2 came out and i finally put it to use #this better be the last 132-related thing my brain comes up with bc idk if i could mentally or emotionally handle more #i maed dis

[nichiperi]

#finally....it is done #i'm so tired #but it was SO worth it #feel free to interpret it however you want! ambiguity is the spice of life. boy i am ready to sleep. #i'll be making physical copies to sell at some point. stay tuned. ✌️👽 #nighty night folks #invader zim #dib membrane #my art #fan zine #illustration #zadr #zadf #zade #tw blood #tw death #tw eyestrain #tw gore

[storge]

This can't be considered as a happy day.

Story of Kunning Palace (2023) 1.30

#story of kunning palace #宁安如梦 #cdramaedit #userdramas #cdrama #asiandramanet #cdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiancentral #asiandramasource #perioddramaedit #mymymy #ep 30 #i loveeeeeeeeeeeee this episode #so many goodiesssss and i actually loved the side plot with the sisters romance #i know its a happier ending than life 1 but it sure dont feel good in the moment lololol #also the princess leaving and the aftermath for Xuening was so sad and glorious cause just like that she was ready to leave the capital #and it would be right when XW has finally started making advancements in the romance department lol

[humans-are-tasty]

#sir crocodile #one piece #my art #cant put into words how ready i am for the final saga :)) #i feel bad for the people who started simping for him 10 years ago!! #how lucky am i that the year i start liking him he returns to the story #2022 #crocodile one piece

[martlet-my-beloved]

ran out of comic ideas so *gestures* take a doodle dump instead

First - Previous - Next - Masterpost

#oh my god tagging stuff for this au is a nightmare #undertale bluebird #martlet #undertale yellow #martlet undertale yellow #martlet uty #undertale au #frisk dreemurr #toriel dreemurr #chara dreemurr #chara: *points at martlet* excuse me who the fuck is this #i wanna escalate the story a bit further but i feel like the goofy vibes are gonna be ruined for a bit after i finally post that comic :/ #so i wanna like throw out a few more goofy ones before shit gets real for a bit #cause like a lotta jokes i wanna pull can only happen AFTER i set the scene #and unfortunately setting the scene requires a bit of seriousness(TM) #anyways im very much a momlet fan but only if shes extremely confused and very much Not Ready to be a mom #like girl is a what 21 year old who wanted to be a guard so she could slack off HER ASS AINT MOM MATERIAL #but like its really fucking funny so she gets to be a mom. for my entertainment #born to be fun older cousin forced to be a mother 😔

[lollytea]

Huntlow situationship gives me such intense brain termites you don't get it

#no i dont think its because Hunter needs time to heal first #i think if it was up to Hunter they would plunge into a committed romantic relationship immediately after the events of the finale #he would propose to her in like. 3 months probably #i know that sounds intense but i think this is what ''i literally died and came back to life'' mania does to a guy #he is so carpe diem minded hes become a little insane. he wants everything #no more waiting around. no more hesitating. he cant afford to do that anymore #would it have been the wise decision to enter a romantic relationship immediately #who's to say. but Hunter would have done it without thinking about it #its Willow that makes the decision to slow down and wait a while before they make any committments theyre not ready for #i dont think she's entirely learned her lesson about letting herself be emotionally reliant every once in a while #shes made progress but the events of ftf were such heat of the moment responses #once things are semi-stable she still needs to adapt to acknowledging that her feelings for Hunter are like. serious. and scarily intense #so like. yea Willow is slamming her pedals on the breaks for both their sakes. shes thinking about how this would effect Hunter too #but also. she scawwed. #when Willow tells him she wants to talk and she's like ''i think we should just be friends'' oh the face he makes is DEVASTATED #he didnt expect it was going in this direction at all. but like. once Willow explains how this is the most reasonable decision for now #he DOES agree. he understands what shes saying and he agrees that it's the best decision to take a breather before they jump into a romance #anyway even when theyre not officially dating the flirting continues insistently. they are very obsessed with each other and cant stop #Willow keeps trying to insist to herself that its just messing around. nothing serious. they find each other hot. its fine to kiss a little #but Hunter makes it very hard when he looks at her with big brown labrador eyes. looks at her like shes the entire world #i think if it was up to Willow they would have been trapped in that uncertain limbo forever. shes too scared to take the plunge #even if she wants to. she badly wants to #but Hunter just wont let that happen. every so often he says ''im ready whenever you are'' #he makes his intentions very known. he is not the shy boy from Camila's house anymore #Willow cant just playfully flirt with him without worrying that hes gonna reciprocate. he talks now. he expresses himself #shes a little afraid of that. but she adores it too. he makes her feel safe but also he wont let her stay in this comfort zone #hes giving her the push she needs to pursue this relationship. gives her to push to feel like she can go after what she wants #because god knows HE knows what he wants #they make me so insane

[campchitaquamemories]

One thing I love, love, LOVE about the Netflix ATLA is that you *really* get a sense, very early on, for each of the past 3 incarnations of the avatar and how their struggles and their age of the world shaped them into who they are. (Spoilers for the animated show, if you care - and S1 and potentially future seasons of the live action)

Kuruk's age was plagued with threats from the spirit world (a history that rhymes with what we see when the cycle rolls around to Water again with Korra), that is where his focus was, and that is what cost him his closest connection to the living world. It left him crippled and bitter and unable to see the strength in Aangs connections with others. This is really something that was only hinted at in the anime, and I love seeing it fleshed out.

The next avatar, Kiyoshi, was born into an age of strife - warring kingdoms and tyrants and terror. She HAD to become a mighty and fearsome warrior, becuase she had to clean up the mess that Avatar Kuruk left in the living world. So of course, this is the lens through which she sees the troubles of Aang's age. This is the advice she gives him: only the strongest can bring balance and peace.

Then we have Roku, born into a golden age of peace and diplomacy, the remnants of Kiyoshi's iron fist holding the nations in their places. He was allowed a full childhood, friends, and you can see it in his manner, his sense of humor. You can also see the terrible pain of the wound that his best friend's final betrayal left in his spirit, when he counsels Aang that he cannot always trust his friends.

I just. I love that we are seeing all of this, and so soon! The stories of the previous avatars, and the way each of their lives impacts not just the rest of the avatar cycle, but the life cycle of their entire world, is so fascinating to me. I really, really hope they continue to deepen Aang's connection with his past lives if the series continues!

#i'm just feeling a lot of feelings right now #i finally finished season one and i am ready to scream about it #sorry to everyone who follows me but i'm never gonna shut up about how much i love both versions of this story #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #netflix atla

[shawsimmer]

franki, my beloved 

#deleted around 20 gb of cc and i feel like i can finally breathe a lil #had to unmerge so many things #but now i can do sim dumps :))) #also i'm so ready for infants #<3 #ts4 cc #the sims 4 #sims 4 #ts4 cas #my sims #shawsimmer #ts4 #ts4 portrait #franki

[forcestruck]

#If you don’t cry over how much Owen and Beru love Luke, idk how to help you

#beru lars #owen lars #Luke Skywalker #kenobi #star wars #starwarsedit #swedit #kenobiedit #swcreators #starwarsblr #kenobi spoilers #no seriously I actually did shed tears making this #There's so much physical affection going on with them trying to reassure him #They're trying to make sure he's not scared and make sure he feels loved #and in that final gif they're getting a last look like they may never see him again #Because they know they're going to a firing squad #They're ready to do whatever it takes to keep their little boy safe #and I'm crying again #*mine

[killemwithkawaii]

K.E.W.K.: *Walks back into the blog 8 months later with a mug of cold coffee and even bigger eye bags* Self-Care~ 👑✨

#k.e.w.k. draws #I felt this meme was obligatory lol #CRINGE AINT DEAD (IT WAS JUST RESTING)✅ #(okay but how has it been that long srsly what is time) #i needed the break #been doing a lot of work with self-improvement irl #it has been A Lot (tm) #but I feel like I'm finally ready to come back c: #bc FUCK I MISSED BEING CRINGE ON THE INTERNET WITH MY DARLING KOUHAI AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH QwQ #Now to do some revamping and reply to my backlog of DMs so I can slowly get back in the swing of things around here~ #[please stand by...] UwU 💌🎨📚💦

[thranduel]

when you first watch the scene where mike jumps off the cliff in season 1, your first thought is “he did it to save dustin”, and of course that’s true, he wanted to protect his friend. but when you actually stop and think about how quickly he made that decision and how he didn’t scream or cry or try to beg the bullies for another option, it’s actually so much more heartbreaking because you realise he had lost almost everyone he cared about at that point and probably felt like he had nothing to live for.

will, one of the most important people in mike’s life and his first ever friend, got kidnapped and taken to an alternate dimension that he couldn’t escape from on his own. mike lost him.

mike had a big fight with lucas and was too stubborn to apologise and make amends. lucas ran off and pushed him out of the way. mike lost him.

mike yelled at el after she accidentally hurt lucas. this scared her and made her run away, and he was unable to find her again. he lost her. she was also the only person that could help them find will, so he felt like he failed both of them at the same time and thought he would never see them again.

dustin was the only one out of the original party that mike still had by his side, but he was being threatened by the bullies. if mike hadn’t jumped, he would’ve lost him too.

i never thought about it like this until now and it makes it so much more heartbreaking. mike has so much unresolved trauma and so many internal struggles that we have no idea about because they haven’t allowed us to see his POV yet. but i think season 5 will focus on him a lot and reveal so much.

#mike wheeler #stranger things #finn wolfhard #byler #i’m gonna cry man #and because i believe he has internalised homophobia it makes everything even more heartbreaking #he’s going through SO much #that’s why we need to see his POV and feelings explored in season 5 #we need to address all of this #finn needs to get ready to scream and cry and sob so we can finally understand what mike is going through

[cockyroaches]

Hey do you guys think- ah nevermind

#the concept of these two at least getting along brings me immense joy you have no idea #no matter how you feel about louie the fact he tamed that gigantic beast Is impressive. and i bet shepherd would be impressed #there are evil concepts brewing in my brain but idk if this hole of hell is ready for them #pikmin #pikmin 4 #erma shepherd #louie #pikmin shepherd #pikmin louie #pikmin 4 spoilers #for real this time. that there is the final final final boss #ps: you guys better know i posted this with the implication theyd be cute together romantically.