#just a cage

[blood-orange-juice]

I am still not over the "I hope you won't be tainted by fate" line.

It's just...

The way in most stories I know fate is something that proves the existence of a higher power and gives life meaning. Even if it's tragic. That very human paradox of wanting to fight against the very same thing that gives life meaning.

And in genshin it's all upside down. Fate as something fake, devoid of any real meaning, a cage made by a false god.

#it's buddhist in a way but not quite #I feel like genshin samsaras are not even lessons #not the process of refining souls narcissenkreuzers assume #just a cage #maybe that's what draws me to this game #the basic assumptions they base their stories on are very different from the ones I'm used to #so every classic fairytale gets a different spin

[jasminebythebay]

you know i'm something of a civil engineer myself

#totk spoilers #totk #tears of the kingdom #legend of zelda #loz #link #addison #admittedly most of my builds are actually just cubes that cage addison and the sign in #but if they fail #then it's time to start mashing everything together

[cowboybrunch]

i love when characters get angry when they're frightened. shelter dog characters. i love when they bite, not able to tell the difference between a hand that feeds and a hand that strikes. there is no difference. a hand is a hand is a fist. i love characters that are deemed unadoptable. unlovable.

and i love when someone loves them. i love when someone sits with them, patient. they don't flinch at the snarling and snapping. they're not trying to fix it—there's nothing to be fixed. this is you, all of you, and ill wait. because one day, one day you'll take the treat. go on, draw my blood. spit and curse and rage. you're safe with me. one day, you'll feel safe with me.

#savrambles #im in a Mood #thinking about my actual dog with actual behavior issues #and shes such a sweetheart but she was also a stray #and learned to defend herself the only way she knew how. with teeth #and i looked at her in that little cage. all raised hackles and curled lip and sad sad eyes #and i knew. i just knew. kindred souls and all that #ANYWAYS

[dapper-lil-arts]

You should read The Princess and the Peasant it's really good lol

#just so you know. she chooses (O) in canon lmao #one of my favorite scenes and yet its not even the top 10 #my fic if it was a david cage game. but actually good #rarity #applejack #pony posting #rarijack #mlp gen 4 #mlp fanart #mlp fim #my little pony #friendship is magic #i love writing these two so much #its so fun

[s0fter-sin]

people are acting like we’re saying creators shouldn’t be paid for their work; they absolutely should. and watcher already is. they have a patreon, they get sponsors, their videos regularly get millions of views which gives them ad revenue, they sell merch; they are getting paid. feeling indignant and disappointed that they’re asking us to pay for content we were already getting for free isn’t entitlement, it’s expected. ​they wanted to make bigger produced shows and now their budget can’t sustain it, that’s not on the viewer to make up for

#im not going to feel as sorry for the company as iam for an artist working out of their bedroom #they went too big and now expect us to make up for it #its normal to feel slighted by that #im not paying over a hundred dollars a year for a guy to eat food another to walk around a house and a puppet to tell a story #im just not #their shows are entertaining theres no doubt about that but can you really say its worth that fee when we are in a cost of living crisis #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #watcher #watcher tv #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #hey there demons it’s me ya boy #ghoul boys

[cuntylestat]

I'm not Lestat, Louis.

#iwtvedit #interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #iwtv spoilers #edits #gifs #i know this looks like shit but i just really wanted to make this #that moment just gave me 'back in your cage sweetheart' vibes #what did jacob say? same shit different vampire

[milllkaa]

Johnshi doodle

#I don't like the way I draw Johnny #but I don't have the energy anymore #i just give up #mk1 #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #johnshi #mortal kombat #artists on tumblr #digital art #art #fanart

[arkashas]

i'm not insane for making this parallel right

#hannibal #hannibal rewatch #will put winston in a cage to keep him safe/so he wouldn't be seen as a threat to the others #just like hannibal would be in danger constantly if he was on the run so will put him in a cage too :)

[myykster]

I can never draw them being serious I’m srry

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat fanart #mk #mk1 #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #johnshi #mk kung lao #kung lao #myykster stop drawing in solid color 🤓🤓 NO. I CANT COLOR FOR SHIT. #and I’m just lazy #Kung Lao is forever a third wheeler btw #myyk arts

[bethanyberg]

I want the boops to come back but I don't want them to always be here you see. I want the staff to randomly flip a giant switch in the middle of the night activating the boop matrix, sending the whole website into chaos on a random thursday in the middle of august, flinging us into combat when we're least expecting it, forcing me to bang on the door of my friends DM's to tell them "the boops are back!! they've returned!! hurry get your paws on we have war upon us!"

#boops #april fool's day #april fools 2024 #boop o meter #that's my ideal kind of website tbh #just fling some enrichment in our cage every so often

[nadilu]

Cutie baby ❤️😭

Credits to drkavcheg on X

#just let him hug you guys..no matter the hat(? #he's so affectionate and cute💕 #i want him to hug me from behind🥴 #kung lao my beloved💕🥹 #kung lao #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #mk1

[tndo]

Bad day?

#comfort b(oo)bies >:) #marrarts #sk8 the infinity #matcha blossom #matchablossom #joecherry #kojiro nanjo #kaoru sakurayashiki #i just came across this in my drafts and decided to post it bc of the ova news (yay!!!!!! im so excited) #so yeah this is Old old #posting this with my eyes closed and if i regret it i’ll just delete it in the morning and we’ll all forget about it okay deal? #anyway im gonna go watch a nicolas cage movie byebye

[alpacacare-archive]

he dont bite

#repostober #day 13 yyaayy #deltarune #undertale #gaster #wd gaster #what inspired this was an old dadster painting i saw that drew the skelefam as realistic skeletons and depicted gaster as #a skull without teeth #so i looked up what a skull without teeth looks like and !!!! look its uncanny!!!!!!! i had to draw him like that #i love looking at this cus while drawing it i was in a super nostalgic mood and listened to a bunch of my childhood songs (in my native) #so while this could be interpreted as me trying to draw something scary #whenever i look at it i immediately feel the warm fuzzies i felt while drawing it and listening to songs kid me liked #to me this is a drawing of a childhood friend #anyways jhdks.. #i tried to make the triangle shape under his head in the og sprite his rib cage #sort of morphing and contorting out of his melting body #also i tried to make the body of the sternum of this rib cage (the piece between the two sets of ribs) look like his soul #just some details i liked about this :'))))

[s0fter-sin]

09 ghost sleeps curled up as tight as possible; knees tucked to his chest, arms wrapped protectively around them, wedged into the corner against the wall. anything he can to try and feel secure

that doesn't change when he finally starts staying after sex with mactavish; even with mactavish there he just can't let himself relax. can’t convince himself that he’s safe

mactavish notices; of course he does, he notices everything about riley

that's why he also notices when it starts to change

months pass and riley stops tucking his arms under his legs, instead just loosely holding them to his chest. then his legs start to relax, slowly spreading out until mactavish can fit his arm between them and his chest for riley to latch onto

it takes years, unwinding muscle by muscle before he finally sleeps splayed out across the bed. he doesn't shove himself into the corner anymore

instead, he trusts mactavish; trusts him to have his back, trusts his bulk to hide him from anyone that would burst through the door

he sleeps better with mactavish's arm slung over his waist, his stomach pressing into his back and legs tangled through his own, than he ever did curled into the corner

#09 ghoap got me fucked up #just the intimacy of falling asleep with someone knowing they can and will keep you safe #and accepting not only that they will but that you deserve their protection #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #talk to me ghost #we’re a team. ghost team #soapghost #09 soapghost #john soap mactavish #soap cod #captain mactavish #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #09 ghost #09 soap

[molinaesque]

You know why these boys brought you in? 'Cause I f*cked up a poor, defenseless gang-affiliated organ dealership? Yep. Mm.

#cooper howard #lucy maclean #fallout #fallout prime #walton goggins #ella purnell #there's so many layers to this ahhhhhhhhh #this also parallels maximus wholeheartedly believing cooper was the one who chopped off wilzig's head off... not lucy #cooper himself believed it... he just found it absolutely fascinating #and in the end the difficult lesson she learned from cooper helped saved her life #but she still held on to her own rule and did it her way... by saving his life instead of killing him #this damn relationship is so FASCINATING im rattling my cage #fallouttvgifs #ghoulcy

[hyukiuuu]

johnshi ft kung lao thirdwheeling (aka story mode in a nutshell) ignore any anatomy imperfections i did this when i was sleepy

#someone has probably already done this #i love gay people #i just think the concept of kung lao 3rd wheeling is funny #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 fanart #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #kung lao #johnshi #mk1 #mk1 meme