#out of muses.

[inkyembers]

starter call! like this for a smol para starter. pls specify muse in the comments (or via IMs for plotting)!

#out of muses. #starter call.

[misunderstoodcreatures]

ooc // hi folks!! Yes, it is i. No, you're not delusional! it's been 8 months of being a mom 24x7 and 5 + of keeping my hectic full time job. to say it's been a rollercoaster it's the understatement of the year but well, i really miss writing here with you folks! So hopefully, you'll still be interested?

im not sure if ill cleanup the blog or add a new sideblog (probably cleanup) but anyway. Ill cleqnbup the muses first and then make a post/ reach on im abt threads. Have a great week!

#out of muses. #Im really back this time #Sleep depravation is no joke #out of muses

[tofixtheshadows]

Sorry but Kabru is so fascinating to me as a character, in a pure mechanical sense, because of what Ryoko Kui does with him. Everything about him is a red herring. He's deliberately introduced as some kind of rival for Laios, a party leader who is hopeless against monsters but absolutely brilliant with people both in and out of combat, and who has good reason to oppose him.

By the end of chapter 31, you might even think Kabru's going to end up as some sort of anti-villain, an antagonist with the best of intentions who nevertheless tries to foil our hero's plans. He wants to defeat the Mad Mage himself, he suspects Laios of being too irresponsible to be trusted with control of the dungeon, and his crew even thinks that Laios's party stole from them (and they're kind of right!). All signs point towards an inevitable showdown.

And then ... none of that happens.

Confrontation over the stolen treasure? Kabru is literally too smart to fall for the classic miscommunication trope and correctly decides it's not worth making a big deal of.

Kabru's deadly PVP skills? Aside from trying to take down Falin, he never fights another human again.

Wanting to be the one who defeats the dungeon? Turns out he was only doing that because he didn't think any other adventurer would have people's best interests at heart, and he's more than willing to play a support role in the whole affair.

Thinking Laios is up to no good? He really did just want to get to know the guy more. He has his misgivings, but ultimately ends up trusting Laios with his life.

Is Kabru going to get some sort of comeuppance for hating monsters and not appreciating their ecosystem? Well no, he has good reasons for hating monsters. He ends up wanting to learn about them through Laios's eyes, but he's never forced into any "Wow, guess I was wrong about them!" revelation.

Hell, even his implied ladykiller ways, which might lead you to think he'll end up being the stock "chivalrous lech" type of character, don't really manifest. He has a lot of opportunities to act flirtatiously around women, but doesn't. He's just a guy whose natural charisma makes him into human catnip.

And that's all hysterical to me, to pull it off. It's a fascinating way to tell a story. To introduce a character explicitly as a rival, potentially even a villain, and instead make them a deuteragonist. It's like a magician making a coin disappear, then slowing down their trick to show you the misdirection. "Did you see what I did there?" they ask with a wink. "The coin was in my other hand the entire time."

#Dungeon Meshi #Kabru #Dungeon Meshi spoilers #I will say that for the people who come out of the manga still thinking that Kabru hates Laios or that he's a bad guy in any way: #you were so busy staring at the hand where the coin disappeared that you ignored the magician explaining the trick #and yes I do think that Kabru and Marcille are the deuteragonists to Laios's protagonist #we see more of Kabru's interiority than anyone else. if you don't think he's a main character? idk. see me after class. #musings with Dea

[yuzuuu4]

jackpot

#cw: suggestive #he's on a couch. #i felt a little silly #so i wanted to try something out #so i tried it out and this is the result #aventurine my new muse........ take all of my pulls #mentally he is with ratio in this one #implied ratiorine #aventurine #hsr aventurine #honkai star rail #hsr

[katy-l-wood]

On my hike today I ran into a field trip of middle schoolers and showed them the rock I found that was covered in caterpillars. This briefly made me their god. (The middle schoolers. Not the caterpillars. Caterpillars have no god.) They asked many questions until I managed to sneak away while they were distracted by the neat bugs. The next time they saw me I was fifty feet above them on an overlook and back lit by the sun. They screamed with glee. I waved and carried on with my hike. I did not see them again.

#Musings #I will have caterpiller pictures as soon as I find time to sort my pictures #I took my good camera today so I've gotta actually pull the SD card out and load everything up

[nordarknessdimsthesky]

the amount of sheer GENDER stored in these images should frankly be ILLEGAL

#im vibrating out of my skin #im shifting physical states #season 2 is gonna melt my entire fucking face right off #ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #our flag means death season 2 #edward teach #jim jimenez #frenchie #speaking and musing

[thiscoldheart]

NICOLA COUGHLAN as Penelope Featherington

BRIDGERTON S3 TRAILER (2024)

#* #bridgerton #penelope featherington #nicola coughlan #bridgerton season 3 #bridgertonedit #bridgertonsource #tuserbea #perioddramaedit #periodedit #dailynetflix #netflixedit #dailybridgerton #gifshistorical #perioddramasource #usernanda #userbennet #polin #colin x penelope #muse inspo #tw // flashing #flashing gif #was fighting for my life trying to crop that netflix logo out #we're back to giffing bridgerton babyyyy #usergreta

[canisalbus]

Ok ok hear me out: it could end in tragedy,, AND have a happy ending. The attempt(s) on Machete’s life force him to flee, he doesn’t even have the chance to find Vasco. Cue gay longing for at least a few years while Machete despairs over the loss of his love, his life, his status. He and Vasco only reunite (again) in their later years. Their relationship is forever flavored with loss and loneliness, but that only means they savor every moment that much more

I also I would like to see them as old men. Vasco would be so droopy :)

You gave me such old dog brainworms.

#Vasco would go white and gray in the face like an old golden retriever and get wrinklier #his golden fur would get shaggy and gradually lose it's shine #at some point he wouldn't be allowed to ride horses anymore which would upset him greatly #he'd get rheumatism and bad back and his hearing would worsen but he'd be an active and jolly type of grandpa #Machete would mellow out considerably if he managed to retire #I'd like to believe he'd be able to find some sort of inner peace in his later years #even in his prime his eyesight was bad and he spent his entire life fearing going blind so if he eventually got cataracts and lost most of #his remaining vision he'd probably be relatively fine with it as it was something he knew to expect #and he would have Vasco to look after him #his left ear had trouble staying upright when he was a pup so it would be kind of funny if it started drooping again #answered #anonymous #Vasco #Machete #own art #own characters #this isn't canon or anything I'm just musing

[the-upper-shelf]

"The intruder"

#fantasy #haelumians #personal art #digital art #humanoid #wings #monster #digital painting #nature #I did a big steppy for my mental health today #this summer my family's cottage burned down and it was my muse #for a long time it felt wrong to draw cozy homes and blooming plants #when all I had in my mind was blackened walls and the smell of burnt plastic #I was scared I would have never been able to do this ever again #but today I decided that if anyone was gonna pull me out of this sadness that was me

[mxmarsbars]

wanted an excuse to draw my cyberdubs design. he’s an artist.

#his bird is his muse #because I couldn’t think of anything else to make graffiti of #I actually kinda like how it came out #which is embarrassing #impulsesv #impulsesv fanart #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo100 fanart #clock duo #clock duo fanart #hermitcraft #hermitcraft 10 #hermitcraft season 10 #hermitcraft fanart #hermitblr #impdubs #for tagging purposes

[amiracleilluminated]

#jerichoes #dulciecollins #usermichi #saltburn #saltburnedit #barry keoghan #jacob elordi #filmgifs #filmedit #*gifs #gays can't have a normal breakup‚ they vomit the poison that they gave to their object of desire and proceed to be weird about it later #and maybe fuck their grave when they die of said poison #*time is running out by muse is playing on the background*

[inkyembers]

i think it’s time for me to pick a new pen name (harold face). i just can’t in good faith remain “bunny” on tumblr with sharing it with that… other person.

give me some time to think & i’ll share my new pen name.

reminder that *i am not the other bunny*, i just got here 😭😭 and i’ve never been a part of a callout ever because i care about safe spaces for everyone.

#out of muses. #i’m so UNCOMFY ugh #why did they have to share my pen name

[kimeoshi]

#i'm genuinely so close to making aven my following muse #it's not even funny #hsr aventurine #aventurine #aventio #ratiorine #veritas ratio #dr ratio #honkai star rail #hsr #honkai fanart #definitely should have posted these seperately but my ignorance shall elude the laws of the algorithm (fuck around and find out) #fanart #sketches #artists on tumblr #my art #2.1 spoilers #spoilers

[tofixtheshadows]

You guys really need to stop and consider the ways you're talking about Kabru I am dead fucking serious. Like I know that flattening characters is just what fandom does to a certain extent, but Kabru's actual personality is getting lost to the fandom hivemind insisting that he's aggressive/cruel/sociopathic/hateful, and these are particularly concerning takes to see leveled at the only brown character in the main cast day after day. "My poor sweet golden child Laios needs to be protected from this scary brown man" is not a good look! Like, it's very telling that the bulk of the hate and bad faith readings are reserved for Toshiro and Kabru. Everyone else's flaws get to be discussed and validated and forgiven (or erased), meanwhile people are straight making up things to be mad about with Toshiro and Kabru but patting themselves on the back for being smart.

The worst part is how undeserved it all is. I'm trying to lay off anime-onlys because we're still kind of in the red herring stage of getting to know Kabru, but I would still like to gently suggest that even if you think Kabru is up to something, you don't gave to get in the tags of every fan creator's post and bring up how you hate him or You Can Tell he's totally evil. Sometimes I think Kabru's blue eyes give people license to say things about his appearance that they know would sound completely racist otherwise, but referring to his blue eyes acts as a get-out-of-racism free card. The jokes about the dog with brown contacts are getting old, by the way.

For people who have read the manga, it's disappointing. Kabru is one of the most complex and important characters in the story, and if you base your interpretation of him and all your fandom interactions on shallow first impressions you are completely missing out.

I know part of this is because Dungeon Meshi is a comedy, but the story also wants to be taken seriously. For example, it's admittedly really funny when Chilchuck calls Laios "sick in the head", but that doesn't change the fact that the way Chilchuck casually belittles Laios caused him to hide the fact that he was "hallucinating" from his friends for weeks. Those feelings matter.

Like, this

is funny.

But this?

Is not. This is just a very clear example of a brown boy with PTSD. As someone else with PTSD, just looking at this fucking sucks, man.

The only reason why Kabru thinks about killing Laios is because he is in the middle of a flashback. He's struggling through a panic attack. If he truly wanted to kill Laios because he's violent or because he finds Laios inherently annoying, he wouldn't otherwise talk with Laios normally. Notice how he doesn't act this way at any other point in the story- it's just because he's triggered by monsters. Even when he's thinking about his plans to "deal with" Laios later, he's reluctant to actually kill him and only considers it to prevent another tragedy. Despite his deadly skills, Kabru relies far more on "soft" power- insight, persuasion, diplomacy. He's a rare example of a character who absolutely is, or at least can be, manipulative, but seems to use his abilities for good. He's not a pathological liar, he isn't looking down on everyone behind a smile. He's someone who is extremely emotionally intelligent, and he's willing to put aside all his own basic wants and needs to stop the cycle of dungeons devouring humans.

I'm going to cut a potential thesis on his character short and just give some examples of things that fandom should consider about his personality more:

Racism in fandom isn't just about whitewashing in fan art, or using racial slurs. The insidiousness of bad faith readings, reductions to racist tropes, lack of fan content for characters of color, and dismissal of a character's complexity are far more common. You can believe yourself to be completely neutral or even positive about a character and still churn out low-grade bile about them into fandom's collective unconscious. Fandom reflects real life.

And I have been around fandom long enough to see how these behaviors (mostly from my fellow white fans) affect fans of color, how it makes a fandom feel hostile and unwelcome to them. It's fun to make jokes and memes, I'm absolutely not saying that everything needs to be a deeply nuanced take, but we need to be careful that it doesn't veer into toxicity. Please think about how our contributions to fandom come across, and what sort of vibes they cultivate in this communal space.

#Dungeon Meshi #Kabru #Kabru of Utaya #Dungeon Meshi meta #I'm putting it in the tag. I'm making you look at it. #if you come into my inbox to bitch about this just know that people used to send me b*heading videos in there for similar racist reasons #so I will not be impressed #I'm in a fucking time loop someone get me out!!!! #musings with Dea

[crabsnpersimmons]

Y'all liked raincoat chibi!DCA, well it's been snowing a lot in my neighbourhood recently, which means it's time for...

Winter coat chibi!DCA

Expectation:

Reality:

#fnaf sun #fnaf moon #fnaf dca #dca fandom #traditional art #this au is just me putting chibi sun and moon in different outfits and sending them out to play #this began when I was out driving for work #and I saw a parent and toddler crossing the street #the toddler looked like a waddling little star with this pointy pom pom hat #and my brain just went “waddling winter stars sun and moon” #crab art #actually I've been thinking about an underlying plot for this au #yes there's a sad backstory #my writing muse already got to them #but afterwards it's all slice of life playtime shenanigans #it's also got a name! #I'm calling it the Rain or Shine AU #Rain or Shine AU

[ghost-bxrd]

Just saw artwork of Jason doing the heads in a duffle bag thing and—-

I’m sorry but there’s just something so visceral and horrifying about a teenager sawing heads off people in a display for power.

Were they bad people? Yes. Did they deserve it? Probably. Did it send a message? Absolutely. Is it still horrifying? Heck yeah.

Just—- knowing Jason and his background, it’s just so heartrendingly tragic. I don’t even think he liked doing it, I’m just imagining him having to throw up afterwards before putting his helmet back on and playing tough crime lord again. The amount of self loathing he must feel whenever he thinks too hard about his actions. Falling asleep and seeing that—

Just— emotional repercussions, man. They’re real…

#sorry this one’s a little deep #see this is why I usually go with pit madness #one of the many reasons #like the put kind of numbs the part of you that feels guilt over something so atrocious #greys out your moral compass #if you can’t fall back on that— you’re doomed #in Jason’s case pls don’t quote me on that #anyway yeah #just #musings #ghost talks #jason todd #red #it was awesome art btw #just got me thinking tho