#is this too descriptive

[gr1ll1nt]

He looks like he's at an office work party and he just really needs to shit, but he can't find the bathroom and his social anxiety is stopping him from asking someone where the bathroom is

#is this too descriptive #i just look at him and picture wild scenarios #i think im accurate #tsp #the stanley is parabaling #the Stanley parable #tsp stanley #stigley wigley #tsp stanlurine #tsp meme

[tofixtheshadows]

I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.

Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.

Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.

Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.

I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.

He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).

First, we get this:

Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.

They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.

It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.

We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.

What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?

He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.

In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.

Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!

...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.

Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.

And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.

I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.

And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.

Meals are the privilege of the living.

#Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Kabru #Kabru of Utaya #Laios Touden #Dungeon Meshi meta #you can have him in the tags too. as a treat. #Dungeon Meshi spoilers #this was directly inspired by livelaughlaios's post about Kabru self harming but I decided it got too long to make it a direct reply #this is a theory I've been working on for weeks because I kept noticing this while skimming for screencaps #I'm hesitant to trigger tag this because of the way certain subcultures on tumblr operate #but if anyone needs me to add a content warning please let me know #also I included image descriptions! I did my best #I think they even help illustrate my points but my god were they sad to write. Kabru is so fucking sad you guys #musings with Dea

[wellfine]

Work to be done 🍳

#One Piece #sanji #description in alt text #blatant thirst trap bc I think he'd have nice forearms. like yes of course he's Leg Guy but he puts those arms to work too!!

[vaspider]

Hey uhh Lyft what the fuck

#image description requested #too angry to speak

[kithj]

good games i've played on itchio lately:

please tell me you love me - chat with your guild members for the last time before the game's servers are shut down

GIRLKILLER (covet) - there is a girl who looks like you, and today you're going to kill her

cover me in leaves - stuck in your small hometown, you get your first tattoo. and then a few more, and more, and more

don't rock the boat - play through the different perspectives of a women's crew team as they are stalked by something in the water

GUTLESS - you are the captain of a deep sea vessel. your mission doesn't go well

so, about last night... - you wake up sick and weirdly hungry after hooking up with someone at a party. you spend the next night trying to find her.

close the window, my love - short bitsy poem about closing the window. sound on! this creator has a lot of short bitsy works i recommend.

there is a beautiful star - just a short, cute side scroller. lots of short, lighthearted games from them, definitely recommend for a mood booster.

#these are all p short except for so about last night gutless and rock the boat #still not super long tho #these are all on my itch page too but whatever lmfao #also cringe i feel so awkward writing descriptions but i dont really have a lot to say personally #except. Good Game 👍 #also sorry recommending gutless a second time sue me #i think girlkiller is my favorite atm... i like the ambiguity in that one and two different endings #games

[scary-monsters]

my fake bf who eats rocks and has an attitude problem 🧡

#diego brando #steel ball run #jjba sbr #jjba fanart #sbr #my art #diego #i moved my signature to be near his armpit bc that's where i belong #he also whimpers. didnt add that to the description bc i got too shy ☝🏻

[furious-fish]

alex and jonny give me an easy episode to draw challenge (impossible)

#the descriptions of the people in tmagp 8 really were giving off an ai generated vibe to me so i tried to make them look like it too #like the whole bit about their speech being just meaningless noise. vague impressions of people but nonsensical once you look more closely #tmagp #the magnus protocol #illustration #tmagp 7 #tmagp 8 #fish art #tmagp title cards

[incendavery]

"notes in my lunches, winter 2022" a collection compiled by my finacée <3

#artists on tumblr #love notes #relationships #corvid #davedrawsstuff #no image description bc that is too much for me to do rn but if you write one i will gratefully reblog

[fashion-runways]

UNDERCOVER Spring/Summer RTW 2024 if you want to support this blog consider donating to:ko-fi.com/fashionrunways When the lights went black at Undercover we waited for the usual procession that signifies a show’s finale. It didn’t come. Instead three models materialized out of the darkness wearing strapless dresses whose skirts seemed to light up. From a distance they looked like movie projections, but as they approached it became clear the skirts were glowing from within. Moving closer still, you saw the colorful flowers, and, wait, was that a butterfly flitting around? Why, yes, it was.

#undercover #fashion #runway #spring rtw #spring rtw 2024 #spring summer #spring summer 2024 #ready to wear #2024 #again i dont usually add reviews/descriptions but this one was too cool

[gomzdrawfr]

[content warning:MCD, afterlife]

Back in your arms

#is this angst? fluff?? i have no idea #bittersweet maybe #sorry if the font's too small I've added image description for easier reading #I needed that view from far effect #gummmyart #doodle #soapghost #ghostsoap #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #cod #cod mw

[dakeus-art]

My take on the new cast!

#maybe Lena’s design is just a bit too self indulgent #but I’m the one holding the apple pencil #I can do what I want #I hope I didn’t miss any canon descriptions #if I did I blame it on the fact that english isn’t my first language #my art #tmagp #tmagp fanart #tmagp cast #the magnus protocol #digital art #character design

[wellfine]

An extremely embarrassing screencap redraw for both me and Sanji

#one piece #sanji #POV you are pudding and you have the worst taste in men imaginable #descriptions in alt text #I need to draw this from Zoro's POV too and he's just a drowned fucking rat #edit: HELP ME WHY WOULDN'T IT LOAD HASDMGSDHG

[isjasz]

[Day 238]

💤💤💤

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ME WHEN I GET A FULL BLOWN FIC INSPIRED BY MY ART AND MAKE A FULL PAGE COMIC OUT OF IT HOW WE FEELING💥💥💥💥💥

Explodes this still feels like a fever dream hi so @definitelynotshouting this absolutely batshit insane guy wrote "honey it's starting to storm" INSPIRED BY THIS ART FROM CHRISTMAS. I need to yell about it more istg this is the W of the century. Guys please it's so good go read it go read go rea

Emphasis GO READ IT👉

#dddaily4sherin #desert duo #scarian #hermitshipping #<- for tems fic #bc this comic itself can be read platonically too ig LOL #the fic is. def not tho. /pos bro went ham on the love description its so URGRHHRHRHRJRHE #listen i WANTED TO DRAW THE KISSIES BUT IT NEEDED A SECOND PAGE😔 #but anyways tem i have not yelled at you enough about this this gen so cool UEJEJKAKHAKAS RAHHHHHDHEHEJ #ENJOY THE ART 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 #my art

[gin-juice-tonic]

It's bed time, but I wound up reading the manga "She Loves to Cook, and She loves to Eat" and now I want to share some pages

I've never even seen an ace person in a manga before. To have it be someone so knowledgeable and proud is especially awesome

#and an ace lesbian at that! #and also they mentioned aromanticism too! #long post #(i will get to image descriptions tomorrow)

[hjemne]

Narumitsu + textposts pt 1 (pt 2, pt 3, more)

#narumitsu #ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #wrightworth #ace attorney textposts #idk how to do image descriptions and im too tired to do them on my phone atm ill do the rest whem i can #ace

[aroaceleovaldez]

Rick describing Thalia in Sea of Monsters as "somewhere between a punk and a goth" (plus every subsequent time he uses "emo" and "goth" interchangeably to describe Nico, and that one time Percy describes his ideal self as punk) tells me Rick has no idea what music/fashion subculture terminology is.

im like 90% sure he thinks "goth" and "emo" are the same thing. He's literally just describing emo/punk here. there is nothing here that screams "goth." this was 2006. sir.

#pjo #riordanverse #thalia grace #Unless Thalia woke up from the tree with a full face of heavy makeup #i don't think 12/15 year-old Thalia is going to be giving simultaneous overt punk-goth vibes #especially not with that description #either Rick retconned Thalia being goth too or he has no idea what that means