#mind keep possessed

[keep-her-wild]

#mind keep possessed #let my spirit speak freely #personal #it’s so embarrassing all of the love I seek living inside of me #i can’t see #I’m blind

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

fantasy au scribbles!!

#ft. bardaby and wall beefing <3 #ok yeah im just gonna call possessed wally wall. #cause yk. homes. home. walls. wall. #the alternative options were like. walome. holly. etc. bad options #In My Mind that scribble is the result of barnaby's first time seeing home possess wally #he did not know home could do that! they'd already had a very stressful and bad few months! #both of them were at their limits and were ready to Start Biting! #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #wh au #welcome home au #anyway yeah i gave howdy a lil ponytail. what about it #and his lil magic bullet bandolier <3 #ALSO DRAWING THE PUPPETS WITH TEETH IS FUN BUT ALSO VERY STRANGE #I AM NOT USED TO SHOVING CHOMPERS IN THEIR FACES #but in this au they're Real Fleshy Beings so. they need teeth i guess #ok i just wanted to give them teeth in a way that my brain allowed #still very unwell about this lil au btw #my little imaginings have been keeping me going lately #my favorite plotlines at present are bardaby-home bonding / wally & home are separated / ocean adventures / disembowelment <3 #fun things all around!

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

When discussing or analyzing Dazai, one thing I hope you will keep in mind when reading anything I write about him is that from my perspective, he is always, always both.

What do I mean by this? Well, I find there tends to be a general split among people who hold the opinion that "he's a manipulator and will always be manipulative" and "he's doing his best to be good and helpful and live up to Oda's last wishes for him", of which, neither is completely right - because he is both. But even among the people who hold to this dual-nature interpretation, I find that his individual actions and motivations still tend to be thought of in a dichotomous manner - is it manipulative, or genuine?

Again, I think it's always both.

Dazai has a very pragmatic view on a lot of things - he is always looking for the usefulness of things and people so that the situation turns out in his favour. He's incredibly adept at this, and his prediction and placement and careful reveals are all manipulation tactics to get his allies and enemies doing exactly what he needs them to. I don't think anyone can contest this since we see it over and over in the series.

But that's not all there is to it. He's not solely manipulative and he does, to some extent, sympathize with others - I think there are several instances of this in the series, but I want to stress that this has been apparent since Chapter 1!

For context, Dazai is recalling what Atsushi said to him a few minutes earlier, but it's very interesting that it should be this specific part of the conversation. He could've flashed back to the part where Atsushi said he had nowhere to go; no money, no food - he is about to trick him into joining, after all, and this is the key piece he uses to basically force Atsushi into the Agency. But instead it's Atsushi's self-deprecation that catches his attention, and it really does, because even during the conversation, he turns to look at him after he says this with an odd expression.

You could say that this makes Atsushi easier to manipulate, if that's your angle, but that can't be solely it, because in the later conversation with Hirotsu, we know Dazai was planning to bring Atsushi into the Agency and set him up as one half of the new Double Black the moment he met him. The panel shown there is the riverbank, set much earlier in the day than this scene. He was already planning to pair him with Akutagawa since he figured out he was the tiger, so what's with this reaction?

Well. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the best.

He manipulated Atsushi into joining with the intention of utilizing him in his future plans. He also helped him and gave him a place to belong, and importantly, he likes this kid! It's both.

I think much of it might be that his brain just kinda works way too fast - he's such a natural at crafting these elaborate plots and seeing how things connect and gathering useful people like resources that it's practically automatic - though this is not a great means when you're trying to be a kinder person. There's an omake, I believe, that has him saying "I like using my head for justice", i.e. using these underhanded means to act for the better. Not great, but those are the kind of gifts he has. He's way more suited to exploitation, but is choosing to use these tactics to save people now, which is quite reminiscent of what he tells Kyouka. Kyouka's talents lie in killing people - when what you're good at isn't who you want to be, what do you do? Well, I expect you use what you have, even if it's not ideal.

Now, about the current situation with Sigma - I think he definitely likes him, and is intrigued by him and his situation. We did get a little thought bubble where the guy amusedly compares him to Atsushi, and you can't tell me he doesn't care about Atsushi (listen to the onsen drama cd, or read 55 Minutes if you somehow don't believe me). But also, it's undeniable that Sigma is in a very vulnerable position of being homeless and having had no one be genuinely kind to him before. His trust is very easy to earn, and with the latest chapter, Dazai has now saved his life multiple times. There is, as always, a practical purpose he needs him for. And I have to be somewhat amused because Dazai is quite literally telling Sigma everything he ever wanted and needed to hear. It's a brilliant means of quickly endearing himself to Sigma - but I don't think that's all it is.

Look. The most honest moments we get in this series from Dazai are, interestingly for an expert manipulator, when people are at their most vulnerable. In spite of every pointlessly cruel act he inflicted on Akutagawa, his first meeting with him was open and transparent; much like the orphanage director, it seems he thought this treatment would make him strong and adaptable (he's wrong but that's not the point of this). He cuts Kyouka off in irritation and says "don't give me that" when she implies that she would fail the entrance exam. He tells Atsushi it's normal to cry after losing a father figure and to feel however you feel, even if that person caused you nothing but incredible pain and cannot be forgiven. He refuses to entertain Sigma's assumptions that Dazai sees himself as a superior being to him.

Selective honesty can also be utilized to great effect; Mori does this, and undoubtedly it serves this purpose for Dazai too. But I want to stress that I do sincerely believe this is all still honesty from him. Manipulation, or genuine?

Both. It's both.

#or to summarize: Dazai is a gemini (derogatory) #<- said as a fellow gemini (also derogatory) #the few exceptions to the always both rule are basically any of his interactions with odasaku #and the bit in sb where he tells chuuya about what activating corruption will entail #most everything else appears to have a dual reason. #to be clear: there's lots of ways to interpret dazai - but this is the approach i personally use in my analyses #so i'd love it if you guys would read my dazai analyses keeping this standpoint in mind :) #i think instead of debating 'is dazai bad' which is seriously kind of irrelevant to me #i'd love to talk a bit more about how dazai is actually quite helpful but also equally presumptuous about what will help people #we could also talk about the fine line between protectiveness and possessiveness with him too. #or about how drawn he is to kind people who value life likely because he's hoping to find answers or a vicarious experience #anything except the 'is he good or bad' debate. i don't like it. :/ #bsd #bsd meta #bsd analysis #bsd dazai #storyrambles #oof i never know how things like this are going to go over.

[thatsbelievable]

#Three Things to Keep in Mind if You’re Gifted a Possessed Doll Named Visogorth the Ill-Willed #advice #helpful hints #tips #tricks #life hacks #unreality #presents #gifts

[bleubeurre]

แผล่บ😋🩸

#the adventures of tintin #tintin #captain haddock #haddotin #ahahaha! vampire au #that lick sure stunned officer haddock unfortunately he doesnt remember afterwards #because this cute vampire hypnotizes him and confuses his mind #they meet again one day when one of haddock’s friends tell him to pay a visit to the cafe #to thank the staff there and seeing tintin again triggers something in his mind yet he cant quite tell what it is #so haddock keeps visiting the cafe to find out but of course tintin wont make things that easy #nobody should know that vampires are real #tintin himself didn’t until he is revived by a gem possesses of magic power #that somehow turns him into a blood drinking creature

[batw1nggg]

hi. im here to kamukoma ramble. ok so i reeaaly hate how all kamumeshi Fan Content (which is basically all kamukoma content) waters down izuru to being the dominant one and servant to being his cute little dog like i feel like its so much more complex then that.

izuru was created to be subservient, to be smart enough to see through manipulation tactics and yet not care enough about himself to do anything to stop them, always doing something to serve someone else’s interests - and even when he does do one thing in his own interest (the killing game), it was largely because of his obsession with junko, so we see her still pulling the strings on him from beyond the grave (emphasized by his convo with her in his udg cameo). he doesn’t have power and he’s been designed not to want it. he’s been robbed of his humanity over and over again and been taught to accept it. he even explicitly states all of this in talent dev plan with taka

komaeda, on the other hand, is always framed with such heavy control over the narrative - he heavily influences dr2’s ending and takes that same puppeteering role in udg too. although he has that inferiority complex, he still holds so much power over everyone else, manipulating them like chess pieces. he is just as dangerous as izuru is, considering he has not only the intelligence but the motivation to act out like this, something izuru lacks.

and so this creates a really cool complexity where servant believes he’s meant to be subservient to izuru but this may not be wholly reflected in the way he acts, and izuru most definitely does not care for/about controlling servant. and, if izuru does take a domineering role, it’s because that’s what servant wants (especially after junko’s death, when he has no one left to place himself beneath), and so izuru’s still letting himself go with whoever the people surrounding him want him to be. he’s not with servant for the power trip, that goes completely against everything he’s ever been - because, in reality, IZURU is the one who exists to serve. to serve his creators, and then junko afterwards, even after her death. his purpose has always been assigned to him, not created by him.

both characters are fucked up and morally grey. both characters are the man, both characters are the god.

this is what i wish people would focus more on when writing their general character development and the development of their relationship. because they barely get any screen time you get lots of creative freedom and you can take this concept in either a “they are going to heal and get better together” route or a “they are doomed to always hurt each other in their codependency” route or some weird thing in between; again, personal preference, and if you want to keep izuru and hajime separate postgame this opens a whole new plethora of dynamics and development to write about after komaeda becomes himself again. the flexibility of their dynamic is whats so intriguing to me - kamukoma is a very complex and fluid idea that i wish more people would mess around with like this join me and we can play with them like putty

#servant was willing to rig that entire death trap in udg. do u really think he is truly subservient in nature. do u really think hes not #possessive and weird about izuru. keep in mind he was despaired #also if u want me to add a read more somewhere let me know . she got beefy #anyways PLEASE feel free to add your thoughts i need to talk about them be4 i explode badly #ko’s danganronpa ramblings #long post #kamukoma #nagito komaeda #izuru kamukura #servant nagito #servant komaeda #kamumeshi #danganronpa spoilers

[thistransient]

View of Bali District 八里區 from Zhuwei 竹圍

#i was possessed to keep going today cause i usually stop at Guandu #i was rewarded with this pretty view，yay pollution haze i guess? #i actually had ambitions to make it to 紅樹林 but there was a pack of stray dogs literally howling on the onward path #not that they were bothering anyone but maybe that was the call to begin the Wild Hunt #how am i to fathom the mind of a feral dog #taiwan #taipei #biking #淡水區 #river #mountains

[angelsdean]

me, dean, and everyone else watching: ok sure, sammy

#vics spn rewatch #spn 1x10 #the apology is made worse by j*red's inability to actually sound sincere #he's doing his fake sympathy voice and it is so. grating #adds a fascinating unintentional layer to sam as we've talked abt before #and it's like not necessarily a Bad thing to perform rather than feel sympathy #but like. this is very much a non-apology and dean knows it and we all know it #sam DID mean those things on some level. maybe not as harshly as he said them bc his anger WAS being heightened by the ghost #but those feelings were real #and sam is allowed to feel them. but they are in many ways. a projection and also unfounded #sam literally could leave at any time and dean would let him go (as we'll see in thee very next episode!!) #just bc he feels those feelings doesn't mean they're inherently true #dean isn't keeping him trapped. dean isn't just blindly following orders. dean Does have a mind of his own #and in fact dean isn't being all that great of a dutiful son bc he actively is not all that interested in finding john!! not the way sam is #and you'd think for dean being the one to initially show up and ask sam's help that he'd be more invested in finding john #and making sure he's actually alive instead of following random coordinates to a case. and taking on every other case they find too #anyways. sam's feelings of anger are real bc he feels them and it's okay to feel things #but he's massively misinterpreting and projecting things onto dean #and then he feels guilty (like post-possession) and tries to swipe it all under the rug and claim he didn't mean any of it #but he Does. and dean knows it. everyone knows it. #his perceptions do not align w/ what's really happening. bc he doesn't have the full context. #bc he doesn't know just how complicated dean's relationship to john really is. bc he was sheltered from a lot of that. #he sees dean desperate for approval and a good little soldier #when in reality dean was playing peacekeeper and mediator and punching bag most of their childhood. #and rn dean doesn't really care that much abt finding john. he just wants to hang out with his brother #not samcr*t btw. we love all this abt him it's spicy it's crunchy it's tasty

[puppetmaster13u]

More about Meat Marionette Au

 Thinkin of lil Robin and all of them being very fluffy with like, almost down mixed with fur and softer larvae-like chitin. Way softer than Bruce’s chitin that can take some ridiculously solid hits before cracking. Bruce gets so stressed when Dick gets his secondary body because like?? Small child with?? Large blade?? On the end of a tail?? And long claws??? This kid is like, nine at most and has very sharp blades now that can’t be taken away. He’s so very stressed. 

 I like to think the robins all vary in size by like a few inches but they’re all child-sized just so they can sneak around easily and hide in the Bat’s back. Plus then Bruce can pluck them up whenever they decide to try and sneak out or attack someone lol

This is a combo of my cryptid batfam au & @phoenixcatch7's Possessed Doll au, which is amazing and you need to check it out if you aren't aware of it <3

#meat marionette au #batman au #one of my favorite details is that the robins all have lil openings in their teeth where their tusks can eventually grow in #Dick: Look I have a second body like you now :D #Bruce: *stress levels rising* #Gotham's rumors *explode* when Robin joins Batman in his new body #Like before there was a chance of it being a suit (which it was) #that people debated about but now it's distinctly Not #Some people think the baby grew some & isn't mimicking humans as closely while others claim it's a whole different entity #I am almost tempted for Dick to be the one to grab Jason instead of Bruce (seeing as no batmobile for them to use lol) #I just think it'd be hilarious for Bruce to return from patrol all worried because it was Dick's first semi-solo one #only for Dick to have brought back another child gushing about how the kid hit his legs w/ a tire iron #Keep in mind they're both still in their second bodies during this & then there's completely human Alfred there with cookies too lol #possessed doll au #what's out there au #it's a combo between the two and I am giggling evilly

[oneknightstand-if]

On a completely unrelated note, did you know that the (usually bright yellow) Parking Brake switch on larger motorhomes also functions as an Emergency Brake?

Although the low-air spring-loaded brake (aka the secondary Parking Brake) is supposed to automatically kick in when something happens to compromise the air flow to the primary Service Brakes.

Supposedly.

#Just a random completely unrelated fact to keep in mind #I must do something with all this air brake knowledge that I now possess #Unfortunately that 'something' isn't 'buy a $250K-$350K motorhome #oks-info

[ingravinoveritas]

No ask, but this is hilarious! 🤣

https://twitter.com/georgiaEtennant/status/1735337984986099992?t=qOT_4EOVRoJ_GTZqSDbjmg&s=19

Hi there! I did see that tweet from Georgia earlier, but I appreciate you sharing it and including a screenshot for folks who might've missed it.

It is pretty funny, I agree with you there. But I think for me, it would've been a lot funnier if it wasn't something we've seen before. That is to say, it seems to have become a pattern for an announcement of some sort to be made (renewal of GO, new season of Staged, etc.) and for Georgia to post a "scandalous" funny tweet on the same day, usually related to David and/or having sex with David, to get attention via the publicity from the announcement.

I do want to be clear that it's not the tweet itself I have a problem with, because it's Georgia's prerogative to post whatever she wants. What gets me is that she could easily have posted this tweet any day of the year (because the fact that she gets to have sex with David is no less true regardless of what day it is), but she specifically chose to post it right after the announcement for GO 3 was made.

It's almost as if Georgia saw the social media chatter going full swing to all things Michael and David--as if we somehow couldn't have that for even a day--and knew the focus would no longer be on her, so promptly found a way to get at least some of it back. As I mentioned, this is not the first time Georgia has done this, so at this point, it's just sort of...predictable. And it's definitely not "shocking" (as in "shock value") because of that predictability.

Now, if on the other hand Michael had tweeted something like that, that would be quite surprising and unexpected (especially given his recent absence from Twitter), not to mention utterly delightful. As it is, however, it's like...yep, Georgia, you get to have sex with David, and I think we got the message.

Those are my thoughts on her tweet, at any rate. Glad to hear from my followers as always what your takes are on it...

#loluilu #reply post #david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #georgia tennant #for me it's also the fact that Georgia keeps feeling the need to brag about it #it's possessive but not in the way where it's showing him off #but rather showing her off #if that makes sense #again if this was a one time thing i wouldn't even say anything #but the fact that it keeps happening is...yeah #but i will leave it to my followers to make up their own minds #relationships #discourse

[chuplayswithfire]

i have been talking about this with @broadlybrazen a LOT lately and finally wanted to consolidate my thoughts here on tumblr, but there's an aspect of homophobia represented in our flag means death that i think a lot of people miss, and that might be because it's not the sort that people usually encounter, but like -

the entirety of izzy's plan to have stede killed by the british navy is motivated by homophobia. the entirety of his motive is grounded within homophobia. that izzy is likely to be a repressed gay man does not change the fact that his entire motive for sicking the english on stede is grounded in homophobia.

when chauncey badminton rolls into spanish jackie's bar and asks their motives, jackie is pissed about her nose jar and her favorite husband being killed. izzy's motivation is explicitly "he's done something to my boss's brain". izzy's entire motivation for having stede killed is explicitly because he thinks that ed adoring stede, having affection for stede, having a romantic and sexual (because he thinks they've already consummated!) bond with stede, has literally damaged him as a person and damaged his brain.

i have seen a lot of discussion about how izzy is trying to save ed, and none of it acknowledges that what izzy is doing is straight out of the homophobic evangelical playlist of "i love you and you cannot be like this (gay, queer, feminine, soft), this is not who you are, you are being corrupted, for your own good i will isolate and harass and hound you and i will seek to destroy these corrupting influences so you can go back to being the person i knew".

our flag means death is very earnestly talking about toxic masculinity, about what it means to be a man, about what it means to exist in a world where you have been abused for being your true self (stede), what it means to exist in a world where you have never felt safe to be your true self (ed), what it means to exist in a world where you feel torn between your peace and your familial responsibilities (jim), what it looks like when you're a man who has embraced himself (lucius), what it means to be a man who chooses compassion and understanding (oluwande), and in all the ways it represents men and especially queer men, it digs deep into homophobia.

yes, it does this while being a comedy. yes, it does this without being a trauma porno. but also, yes, it is talking about what it means to have experienced trauma, and what it means to cause trauma, and izzy hands' plan to have stede killed and ed pried away from stede, his plea for ed to see stede being gunned down by a firing squad as a humane death, all of this is about homophobia. it is about the fact that izzy thinks stede is a thing that should be killed, and that ed, in choosing to emulate him, in choosing to be open and soft and vulnerable and gay without violence, has become a *thing* too.

it is about the fact that people can care about you, because i truly think izzy cares about ed, and because of that care they will do horrific things to you and the people you care about, because their regard is a controlling, possessive thing, that feels entitled to dictate the truth of your existence.

there is nothing benevolent, nothing compassionate, nothing loving in what izzy does, but he sees it that way because he genuinely and truly believes that stede is ruining ed because he is corrupting and changing him for the worst, and that is classic homophobia, izzy's just doing it in a repressed gay hat.

#be romantically entangled with him #feminine #ofmd meta #ofmd #izzy hands #izzy critical #edward teach #stede bonnet #homophobia #i keep seeing posts about how their isn't homophobia in ofmd and its not true #and i also keep glimpsing that people see izzy as being wrong but acting on love #AND people insisting that izzy isnt homophobic #there is homophobia on ofmd and its there on purpose to be dissected #izzy is acting out of a corrupt and possessive love! he IS wrong! he is wrong because he is being POSSESSIVE #HE IS BEING HOMOPHOBIC... #he genuinely says that stede has done something to ed's brain while verbalizing ed adores stede and thinking they fucked on deck #the thing stede's done to ed's brain is and thats unacceptable in izzy's mind because of his homophobi #hating (in quotes because izzy didnt see stede do the feminine coded things he was abused for as a child and stede's #style of dress is actually quite masculine for the time period) gay men is homophobia #it doesnt matter if he's maybe gay himself its STILL homophobia #the ENTIRE plan was grounded in homophobia my friends!!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i have never felt this uniquely insane about a character <3 i cant get a read on him

#what is his DEAL #im usually really good at pegging a character's intentions / general vibe #BUT IM GETTING SO MANY MIXED SIGNALS THAT I JUST DONT KNOW #his off the charts rizz is fucking up my geiger counter #is he evil? is he a victim? a pawn/minion? does he have good intentions? neutral ones? bad ones? #I CANT TELL #welcome home #wally darling #i mean im team 'wally is a victim just trying to help / protect his friends (maybe the 'viewer')' #and home is maybe the main villian but also not bc the villain is the abstract force of cosmic horror manifesting as the chasm under home #and it has simply infected home or possessed it #and welcome home's whole deal is cosmic horror from a puppet's perspective #and they all need to stick together like glue to get through the Ordeals and Situations #and wally's just trying to keep his friends safe and the neighborhood together and fix home #BUT if it turns out wally is straight up evil then. yknow. i support his wrongs <3 #he could do literally anything and id be twirling my hair cheering and clapping #i love his big hair and gay little outfit #ever since i watched night minds video he hasnt left my brain. i think he's eating it #like i want him dead. i want him to be happy. i want to beat his little body against a wall until his stuffing comes out. i want to hug him #he is everything to me. he activates my maiming instincts but also my cherish instincts #i want him to get all the hugs from his friends #god i cant wait for this whole enchilada to kick off its gonna be a DOOZY #i trust clown's brilliant mind no matter which way they take this #absolutely fascinating stuff. i already know im in this for the long haul

[elegyofthemoon]

i really don't know what happened yesterday. the stream happened and then shortly after i got lured by her charm

uncolored version under cut !

#doots #uhhhhh #yeah i dont know................... #she showed up for a split second. didnt speak. and i had a Need to draw her asap #so here we are.... #pay no mind that i missed a lot of details/got some details wrong ALKSJDFHALKH #i was originally gonna just keep this in black and white... #but then.... The Possession happened. and somehow the colored came out.... #at the very least im kinda proud though ^7^ coloring is a lot of effort but. i got lost with it so. you know. good? i guess??? #hsr #hsr robin #ah yes. the doodles i put out once every blue moon. hi <3

[moonsickcafe]

I’m not gonna lie, I just don’t see what people are hating about Artrem’s characterization in the second anniversary. I thought it was pretty true to form.

My only real beef is that it felt shorter and off theme compared to the other 3 cards which is a huge shame and feels gross considering it’s such a momentous canon card.

BUT

Artem in the 2nd anniversary doesn’t feel super out of character.

He’s putting off engagement because he feels paralyzed by the act of telling Rosa what he feels/wants because he doesn’t know how to convey his feelings or propose in a way that matches his own expectations.

He’s being distant and aloof as a result, and Rosa is doing what she does best and hyper analyzing his behavior with wrong conclusions (that reflect more on outward situations than internal, since Artem still isn’t great at being open up about that stuff unlike Vyn who knows how to communicate well but withholds as a concerted choice, for example).

All of his background cards see him bobbing and weaving not just how Neil and his parents have affected him in front of Rosa, but also when Rosa or anyone else hurts his feelings/comes to a wrong conclusion about him/his intentions, with fleeting exceptions.

Master of deflecting further questions or the topic at hand with (mostly work) segues.

He’s still being cheered on and brought to reality by his work big sis Celestine, who is so invested in Artem and Rosa that she views it as a cherry on top to see them engaged after her wedding. Which is so lovely. And very in character for her—she loves to see the fruits of her labor happen front and center and now she can hold this memory close not just in regards to her wedding but in regards to Artem and Rosa, who she cherishes. Especially Artem! (Also the fact that Mr. Rodriguez is so on board….busy body power couple)

This in particular is where I feel people are just beefing to beef. Celestine has ALWAYS meddled. And this feels very in character for her to guide Artem where he needs to go in a way she likes. She does it in almost every card she’s in!

And he is still struggling with his abandonment issues from Neil being gone and his parents not being around as much. He feels SO hard for Rosa and in a moment of high emotion and still a bit tipsy off alcohol he makes possessive comments which is also not out of character.

To me, it’s Artem feeling comfortable and going to the next step physically (and emotionally) by REALLY admitting that he’s insecure and his fears are manifesting as possessiveness ie YEARNING for Rosa and for more with her. He feels secure with Rosa. And he fears losing her just like he’s lost others. And he wants it to feel real. He doesn’t want to lose her to a case (Neil) or a career (his mother and father) or anything else!

He wants to feel like it isn’t a dream. He wants it to be solid, fully grounded in reality, in a way a lot of his personal relationships never get to be. No one could know about NXX and the full extent of his relationship with Neil (or the other members). He actively hid who his mother is and by extension who he is to her. Despite his relationships with Celestine and Rosa, he feels leagues away from his co-workers at large.

He wants people to KNOW that he has a truly personal relationship. He doesn’t want to for others or himself to see a large distance between himself and Rosa—like they’re strangers attached by business (like others in his life have been). Rosa is his partner, in all senses of the word.

Not just that, but it’s been a full year since Artem and Rosa started dating. In what world is it out of character for them to be familiar with intimacy. I kept seeing a lot of people saying Artem was too sexual and all he did was hold her and kiss her which he’s done……a lot, probably. They’ve been dating a year by now! The ending implies what we see is something they’ve done before but Artem would like to go farther. And Rosa is all for that but has never heard him say that before now! Because the repressed guy has been giving her repression.

Is the expectation truly that Artem’s first time making out and feeling up Rosa is this card? For real?

I have no idea what future cards will bring and I’m not interested in knowing until I can pull them in Global, but personally it feels like frustration toward future events is bleeding onto this card. Because what was presented does not feel disconnected from Artem’s side story, cards, or characterization as a whole.

There was just less time allowed to expand on what was presented which I agree is not ideal or even acceptable, especially for the 2nd anniversary. It should have been on par with the 1st in that regard, full stop.

But acting like this card pulled away from his established characterization in other cards in a huge way feels disingenuous. It did not! It was just rushed which I HATE SO MUCH. Like Rosa and Artem felt like they had the least time actually interacting within these 2nd anni cards!

And among these 2nd anni cards a big theme was family. Artem’s parents are certainly not dead so their exclusion from this proposal warranted at least some form of explanation. ESPECIALLY since his mother is someone Rosa knows and thinks fondly of and it certainly would have been interesting to see Celestine and Artem’s mother interact together.

His card lacked time to explore what he was feeling and cohesion to the 2nd anni theme, for sure. Which is really sad considering he is one of my favorite NXX guys. Like there are criticisms for sure but mine are more toward the structure of the card

#tears of themis #Artem shows a modicum of assurance in intimacy and suddenly it’s Too Out of Character #he’s a square not totally incompetent #I think it’s so funny Artem keeps getting knocked for being possessive when he is like far from alone in that behavior #EVEN ROSA HER SELF WAS PULLING IT IN THE 2ND ANNI #very directly with Vyn for example #like part of a repressed character is that when emotions do come out they’re often immature #this happens even in his highly praised cards like The Weeds/Gufeng #in fact the ending was just a more intense version of the The Weed’s main scene but since Rosa and Artem are actually in a relationship #it wasn’t just half hearted mumbling it was Artem full on SAYING his immature desires #also the proposing thing….people literally had me thinking he did it without permission like #I even re read some of my favorite cards to see if I was going crazy but NO #he mumbles or says never mind when he gets close to being open A LOT #and now that he’s being open but it sounds immature is Bad like???? repression in my repressed workaholic? it’s more likely than you think!

[sweetpapercroissant]

actually sam’s the one that sunk his claws in dean. but y’all aren’t ready for that conversation.

#it’s ok tho #i’ll wait #neither of them are really actually as violently possessive of each other as fandom likes to frame them (and with good reason it’s !!!!) #or more accurately even though they may feel that way they don’t/wouldn’t act on it #but especially dean is framed as this crazy jealous bf who will chain sam to his dungeon to keep him from leaving #which is fine if that’s your cup of tea. but canon dean wouldn’t do that #he’d try to guilt trip him maybe maybe even ask him to stay but that would only go on for so long #before he’d give up and let him go. it’s what he does every time #obviously not when sam’s dying but when he wants to leave #and i don’t think canon sam would either #BUT. but but but. #something something about dean’s loyalties changing from john to sam #it’s kinda there in s1 but s2. god. #i also don’t think sam did it consciously like some evil mastermind #but i think some corner of his mind knew he wanted that. dean being sort of unquestionably loyal to him #see also: ‘you can’t just fill that hole with whoever you want’ #supernatural #sam and dean #dean winchester #.txt