#lin speaks

[lin-of-the-linkverse]

The gender-fluid swag is strong in this one

#lin speaks #ITS SUCH A GOOD MOVIE OH MY GOD!! #nimona

[darkcircles4lyfe]

WAIT

I’m sorry I only just now found out about Himiko taking the All Might keychain holy shhdkfjhfk why are we not making a bigger deal out of this!! I knew that if the keychain appeared again, the context would be extremely important.

It was symbolic of Ochako hiding away her crush, and also her admiration of Izuku’s All Might -like traits, mainly his self sacrifice. Taking the keychain seems to suggest relieving Ochako of that emulation. Now she’s the one being saved. And again, for this to fully be a positive thing for Ochako, it shouldn’t result in Himiko’s death because Ochako has already dealt with that guilt enough, and it’s time for a real win.

Considering that this moment of Himiko giving Ochako her blood is an act of reciprocating genuine love, there’s a sense of finality. The keychain is gone, and with it her romantic attachment to Izuku, because the void of unrequited love is now being filled by Himiko. Literally.

Like I can’t stress enough how this sudden but understated appearance speaks volumes hidden in plain sight. If this isn’t a smoking gun for putting *that ship to rest, I don’t know what is.

#OCHAKO IS FREE #bnha manga #bnha 395 #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #lin speaks #meta #toga himiko #uraraka ochako #togachako

[into-the-linkverse]

new reaction pic just dropped

#lin speaks #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #botw #breath of the wild #loz link #loz #loz memes

[concubus-desires]

Should you interact with me? A visual guide:

❤️ yes, if demons are your type or if you like what I blog/reblog

💙 yes, please! I’m very t4t >:3

💛 omg hiiiii can we be friends?? (Yes)

🧡, 💚, 💜 drooling, hey there hi (absolutely)

🖤 I am in your dms and rapidly approaching your location (please)

#lin speaks #lin is silly #demonkin #monster fucker #t4t nsft #angelkin #actual demon

[miguelswifey04]

if i take forever to get to your requests!! please i’m not ignoring them, i just take breaks and take awhile to write so i hope you all understand…anyway how are we doing today <3 (it’s nighttime for me)

#spiderman atsv #spider man: across the spider verse #🌱 lin writes #lin speaks #♡´･ᴗ･`♡ lin answers #lin’s asks

[uhgood-93]

it's me, hi!

i have an old bts sideblog but apparently you can't move those onto their own account SO FINE, here's a shiny new blog

partially in case daddy musk ruins everyone's lives and partially bc i do really like tumblr army

let's get it

#I'M THE PROBLEM IT'S ME #hello #lin speaks

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Whooooo could have predicted this?

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#Poorly drawn MDZS #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #fairy #I love that they go up a mountain to check out fake ghost rumours. It's everything I want out of a date (Nature hike & something haunted) #I just know these two are big hike fans (wwx prob 'gets tired' and 'needs to be carried' at the end) #(he doesn't need it he just wants to be held) #Its not super apparent but wwx is using 'gonna be haunted in there' as an excuse to not encounter the dog #thats on me for rushing this one though #the end result makes lwj look like one of those dad's that's like 'come on kids lets go check out these dark caves! Nothing creepy here!' #Which is a vibe he deserves to have. Maybe with a more blunt tone. #I don't know who would be a worse chaperone tbh. I think together they would be good but separate? Chaos. #Speaking of chaperoning...Jin Lin sure did wander off. Wonder where he went? #JC needs to invest in a stronger child leash 'cause his nephew keeps chewing through it and running off

[lin-of-the-linkverse]

wake up babe new rarepair just dropped

#their support convo was so cute fr fr #lin speaks #fire emblem engage #fe engage #fe17 #fire emblem engage spoilers #kagetsu #seadall #what should their ship name be??? #seagetsu? kagedall? #my fanart #fire emblem fanart

[darkcircles4lyfe]

it's a story about hands (reprise)

Yeah, okay, today's the day.

I gave my blog that title for a reason, you know, and it has loomed over me for years because the hand motif is absolutely everywhere and you could go on about it forever.

Maybe that's something I'll never actually attempt to do, but this chapter, we reached a breaking point.

Before I continue, I need to give a big, big disclaimer: I do not have a physical disability, so I'm not able to speak about that from the standpoint of representation as a first-hand perspective. I have at least listened to enough disabled people to know that fictional characters who become amputees only to miraculously gain their limbs back is, um, a trope. Disabled people in general being "healed" is a conception we would really prefer to avoid here. Not to call people out, but I don't think we're giving enough space to acknowledge that.

I don’t feel comfortable making the judgement call about what should happen. I’m leaving that open. I also don't want to downplay people's emotional reactions. Honestly, I don't know if I can accurately define the line between acknowledging real pain vs. ableist pity. But I’d like to talk about the possibilities of what could happen. Other characters have definitely gotten permanent disabilities as a result of their hero work, or even just the side effects of their quirk. But, for better or worse, I don't think this case is really about representation. Not that Horikoshi won't do that justice. He might. What I'm saying is that's not his purpose for having Izuku lose his arms. It's meant to be symbolic, so we can explore what it means. The other thing I’m keeping in mind here is that Horikoshi is notorious for playing with our expectations, like, alllllll the time. I mean, just take a few chapters ago for a classic example. Eri appeared at the end, and we all assumed she was about to take some sort of action to save someone with her quirk. Then, immediately following, we were given an explanation for why that wouldn’t be happening. And now it’s clear he wanted to do that “fake out” not just as a silly cliffhanger prank, but specifically so we would know not to suspect that Eri could be the miraculous solution to Izuku’s loss of his arms. Rest assured, there is no easy way out of this.

The expectation at play in this particular instance is an old one. It’s very understated, but its subtext has burned so brightly, you’d be a fool not to notice it. It sits with anticipation like one half of a call and response. Man, I was so certain. Lots of people still are. I was really looking forward to printing the panel where it happened onto a t shirt and wearing it proudly. All the hand motifs in this story radiate thematically from a single moment, the one that started it all for Izuku.

It raises all kinds of questions about the act of saving, who needs saving, why, what does it mean, what are the dynamics of power, politics, honesty, exploitation, compassion, pity, disdain, sacrifice. Katsuki has dealt with many of these since he first rejected Izuku’s hand. While Izuku was the one who was convinced Katsuki would keep on rejecting him…

…Katsuki was the one who kept that moment in his mind all these years and eventually came to regret it.

Katsuki is the one yearning for that hand-hold, the one who has imbued it with so much more weight than it ever originally had. Izuku, in contrast, does not allow himself to dwell on what he wants. To illustrate this difference, we need to look at another piece of foreshadowing:

Ugh, do y'all remember when lots of folks were complaining about how there never seemed to be actual consequences for Izuku's destructive treatment of his own body? I don't blame them, I was concerned and confused about it too. There were several "fixes" along the way. Recovery Girl healed him, but left a physical reminder. Then he started training to fight with his legs… sometimes. Then he got support items. All of these were unsatisfying non-conclusions because they didn't present Izuku with a lasting enough impression to change in a meaningful way. They didn't address his core, his origin.

Of course, that all changed this chapter. Now it looks like our frustration was inflicted intentionally. With the current context in mind, all of these moments look more sinister, like this day was always gonna come because they kept putting bandaids on a deep emotional and psychological wound. The problem is pretty much spelled out for us here:

As Katsuki put it, he just doesn’t take himself into account, ya know? He doesn’t care what happens to him. And he lies about it, to keep others from worrying, to keep them safe. To keep them from returning the favor and putting themselves in harm’s way for his sake. His motivations are noble,

…but what about the little boy inside Izuku? Who saves him?

This is all about Izuku giving himself up to the point that he literally has no more to give. The thing is, I bet he saw this coming. He knew his limits and decided to keep going anyway, because his personal safety and wellbeing are not important. Now that way of thinking has come back to bite him because the fight isn’t over yet, and he’s already made his sacrifice. So now we know who will be more distraught over this. Not Izuku—Katsuki.

It’s not about Izuku becoming disabled, it’s about how Katsuki wanted to use the intertwining of their fingers to communicate that he would never let go. Never stop valuing him most. Never let himself make the mistake of rejecting him again. Never let Izuku be so reckless with his life. To say: “we are in this together.”…if only Katsuki believed he deserved to be able to say such things. To reach out his hand would have been the ultimate way to simply imply them and let Izuku be the one to decide. Then, to feel their hands clasped together would be more than either of them dared hope for, but so beautiful, so right. A moment they’ve waited their whole lives for.

Yeah. That’s what we were expecting. We’ve been so comfortable. Horikoshi gave us all the signs. He tempted and teased us over and over. BUT. You know he does this thing were he gives us a desirable, completely plausible and simple thing to look forward to, and then he snatches it away. And THEN he replaces it with something much better, something we were not expecting at all because it seemed too good to be true. That’s exactly what happened when Himiko snatched Izuku away, and we were robbed of the chance to see him and Katsuki fight together. In hindsight, though, I’m glad things went a different way because now there’s so much more depth and angst on display. Likewise, in the present moment, we may consider how, as one door closes, another opens.

As wonderfully meaningful as the hand-hold would have been, perhaps it is still too simple a resolution for Izuku, for his and Katsuki’s relationship. Tbh, it could have been done like 100 chapter ago. At this point, there’s so much more potential. There are a couple of ways it could go. If Izuku stays armless, Katsuki will be forced to use other methods to get his point across. He’ll have to do something else, or say what he means, or both. Yes, I’m talking about what you think I’m talking about. If I say it, I just might jinx it (lol), but I mean it. I’m being serious. Either way, if Izuku did get his arms back in the end, I’m sure that it wouldn’t be an easy fix. It would be hard-won against Izuku’s self-destructive mindset, and/or by Katsuki’s conviction. Again, I say this knowing it is not meant so much as a representation of disability, but as a representation of Izuku’s greatest character flaw taken to the extreme. I know this might sound harsh, like, hasn’t he been through enough? I get that, but… I’ve said it before and I say it again: Izuku is stubborn as hell.

I wish I had a resounding final note to end this on, but I kinda don’t. I’m not sure what’s best. Now we just have to wait and see what Horikoshi has in mind.

#lin speaks #bnha meta #bnha manga #bnha 419 #mha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #midoriya izuku #bakugou katsuki #bakudeku #bkdk #dekubaku #dkbk

[into-the-linkverse]

YALL SAID YOU WANTED RAURU EATING GRASS AND I DELIVER:

My magnum opus (+the full doodle I did in maths class)

#I'm gonna start googling funny things goats do and then draw rauru doing it #lin speaks #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #king rauru

[concubus-desires]

About those demonkin questions you reblogged a while ago:

4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, and 20!

I'm curious to see your answers! (And sorry for doing so many questions at once)

4. What do you think of humans and humanity, as a demonkin?

I love humans, I love humanity as a whole. I think some Very Bad apples have made things bad for them(and for me by virtue of living in a human body), but that’s not most of their fault. I see them as little guys, potential pets, and overall mostly just like one would consider less powerful but very cute creatures.

5. If you’re POC, trans, disabled, chronically ill, etc how does that affect your demonkin identity if at all? Are there certain things you don’t identify with?

I believe it’s more the other way around, I believe my pangender identity is connected to being a demon because I’m mostly above human binaries.

6. Does your demonkin have a separate name to yourself? How old is your “demonkin-sona”?

No, the way I see it, I am my “human self” but I was born with the soul of a demon. So I am Me, I just Happen to be a demon, if that makes sense.

8. What TV show, book, or movie has the best portrayal of demons and hell in your opinion?

Ummmm, goodness that’s so difficult. Media doesn’t usually set out to make a “realistic” hell, it’s usually so stylized because it’s a fictional place that is so vague in the source material. I think that the best portrayal that comes to mind is Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel.

9. Who is your favorite written demon (from ars Goetia, dukante hierarchy, etc)?

I’m a big fan of the boss Luci but I can’t have that be my answer. Paimon maybe? Love a suck up<3

10. Tell us about your favorite fictional demon from a tv show/movie/book.

Gotta be Crowley

12. Recommend us two movies!

I do not usually watch movies. What We Do in the Shadows and A Silent Voice

16. If you were to be evoked during a ritual, what objects would we need?

I don’t know much about human rituals so I hope this is good. A dildo, a two liter of orange Fanta, and a willingness to give up your soul.

17. Recommend us five to ten songs that make you feel infernal and demonic!

I LOVE music recommendation questions, please listen to these and tell me what you think think and ask more questions about music and ask for recommendations and(frothing at the mouth)

In no particular order except the order that I came across them on Spotify looking just now:

Ængus, the Prize-Winning Hog by The Toxhards

Blood Moon Love by Shayfer James

Until It Doesn’t Hurt by Mother Mother

How I’d Kill by Cowboy Malfoy

The Otherside by Kade McCuen

Exit Strategy of a Wrecking Ball by Diablo Swing Orchestra

Sirens by Bear Ghost

Whisper by Burn the Ballroom

Don’t Mess With Me by temposhark

Do It For me by Rosenfeld

20. Misconceptions about Demonkin that drive you insane?

I’m not really in this space very much/for very long so I haven’t come across anything like that, will update if that changes

#ask #actual demon #demonkin #alterhuman #concubus #otherkin #lin speaks #lover-of-monsters

[miguelswifey04]

GUYS!! i made a discord soo JOIN if you want <33 i’d love for everyone to join and talk with me, and maybe i’ll take requests there too. 🤭🤍

#spiderman atsv #spider man: across the spider verse #miguel o'hara #atsv discord #atsv x reader #discord group #lin speaks #🌱 lin writes #♡´･ᴗ･`♡ lin answers #lin’s shitpost #miguel spiderman #spider person

[lalalaugenbrot]

oh so vundaag is "speak your language day"... as ik dat vör en poor Weken leest hebb, hebb ik glieks dacht, dat ik dat denn woll in Nedderdüütsch maken schull — vunwegen dat ik ja nu al so veel (Hoch-) Düütsch snack hier. Twors is Platt nich mien Spraak, man dat is de Spraak vun all mien (Oor)-Grootöllern, also is dat en heel lütten beten woll doch ok mien Spraak... anyway, denn kiekt wi mal, wo dat so lopen deit...

#nedderdüütsch #speak your language day #snack dien spraak dag #lin #wenn een hier beter Platt snacken deit deit mi dat bannig leid #ik bün al eerst an't lehren #verbetert mi geern #nd