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ctl-yuejie · 2 months

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making my own post since i didn't want to hijack those of other people who talked about the online comments/non's parents' comments in episode 9 and how it drove the points home the story (imo very overtly) tried to tell in ep 8

in the ep 8 reaction of some of the cast, 1. all the actors were horrified at the keng and non scene (really leaving no space for reading this scene as anything else but sexual assault) 2. jj made the interesting comment that keng loves non.

and with ep 8 and 9 the writers have shown that they do understand the dynamics at play so this is very tentative on my part, but if that is indeed the writers' intention, I appreciate it. because it doesn't change that keng assaulted his student, but it fits with the realistic choices they make for the writing: non compartmentalizing what is happening to him as him finding a way out by himself and being shown kissing keng and holding onto him and keng choosing to shut out the part of him that knows that what he does is assaulting someone in his care and compartmentalizing all the manipulation and exploitative tricks he has to use to corner non as him "helping" non because he loves him. that is what he has to tell himself and i think is what he chooses to believe, because while the characters of this show might be able to regret some things, none of them want to see themselves as bad people.

which does open the possibility of keng surviving the car crash and being the masked man on crutches. and it would complicate things if phee had to ally with him or at least accept that keng is out there exacting revenge while still not able to be accountable himself.

to be clear, keng being one of the masked men would not be atonement for what he has done but another avenue to explore how non's agency is taken away from him and how the characters are not able to face their own wrongdoings (we still do not know what phee is up to, but it is safe to say that he must carry so much regret for cutting off non in that way before he vanished).

#dead friend forever #dead friend forever the series #dff the series #spoilers #dff #unless non is either the masked man on crutches or hold now power over keng who is out in the woods on his order #but seeing how non wasn't really able to actually hurt them in the first place they might go the route of everyone wanting revenge for non #or an alive non avenging himself but him not going through with it but everyone who has hurt them slowly destroying each other

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artheresy · 5 months

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Yingxing Appreciation 🎉🎉

hi, hello, it's Yingxing appreciation time and I'm dragging you into it bc he is my baby and I need more ppl to talk about him

Y'know I see a lot of people like in awe and hyping up DF and just giving him tons of appreciation while analyzing him specifically as an individual which is all so so valid, DF is amazing and very intriguing as a character and I love him sm, but I sadly don't see the same for Yingxing despite him I think also being so interesting. I also see him more so dismissed in the "literally God and some guy" kind of fashion sometimes

So I'm here to rant just a little bit about Yingxing, why I love him, why he's epic and why he ruins my day every single time I think about him! This is for any of my fellow Yingxing lovers who are also starved of any content of him

Firstly, this man is a genuine genius, like lest we forget this is from Baiheng's travelogue in which she met a young Yingxing who was still a child by this point.

He was a young boy but had already become a craftsman, a sign of his ability to learn exceedingly quick under Huaiyans tutelage. And his ability to work and progress incredible fast continues into his time as a young man on the Luofu.

We know he arrived probably somewhere around 18-21 (in my personal estimate) and by the time he saw Jingliu again (which itself was likely early into his stay on the Luofu given HCQ ages and timing), he had already impressed the Master Craftsmen of the Luofu's Artisanship Commission and earned himself a title.

There are also multiple things in game that emphasize his achievements and creations he crafted, some offhandedly mentioned in a readable or item while others are emphasized with importance.

Casually mentioned in the Discarded Ingenium Parts is his feat in the Great Trial of the Furnace (perhaps that trial is for gaining the furnace master title? Once again signifying an earlier achievement in his legacy) where it took him only a day and night to create a whole mechanical lion that moved and looked just like a real live lion from a bunch of defective parts and waste.

More recently in 1.5, they released a readable, the Ten-Lords Criminal Directory, which mentions an imprisonment method designed by Yingxing that keeps “Mirage” in a perpetual state trapped within a hallucination of their own making. Utilizing it’s own powers in order to keep it imprisoned. Something that with proper maintenance seems to have lasted for around 700 years so far.

And of course, how can we forget his most famous creations

The beautifully crafted weapons of the High Cloud Quintet, from Jingliu’s incredibly heavy sword remarked as being as heavy as three thousand catties, to Dan Feng’s Cloud Piercer with the ability to even cut through dragon scales, and the Devastator Glaive as well as Baiheng’s recurve bow. Each impressive in their own ways and seemingly crafted pretty early as well into his time on the Luofu with the HCQ given the distinction of Jing Yuan who (even if he likely was more a teen than a boy) still wasn’t an exact adult yet. So once again, let me emphasize this man’s skill here. With how many things he managed to do so so early into his time on the Luofu. A genius craftsman who deserved all of the praise he had garnered with his works.

Additionally, I know they keep harping about “ugh arrogant craftsman, ugh he’s so full of himself” but every single time we’ve seen his personality, he just seems like a genuine joy to be around. Bright, charismatic, sure he’s cocky but he also gives the impression of being incredibly fun and a bit silly if you ask me.

His behavior as mirrored by the mirage echo in Scalegorge Waterscape is distinctly playful even in what might be a more tense situation, lightly bantering with Dan Feng and even chuckling in certain languages.

In Jingliu’s character stories, it even furthers this bright, playful attitude he gives off with his distinct cheekiness shining through especially with that “toothy grin” of his. And if you listen to Jingliu’s (at least her English) voice lines during Clouds Leave No Trace when she speaks about Yingxing before getting into his transformation, there is a distinct fondness or amusement in her voice as she speaks of him especially that cocky nature of his despite her distaste for it at first.

While Baiheng is hailed as this kind figure in the High Cloud Quintet, perhaps their sun even casting light upon them, it doesn’t seem too far off to say Yingxing was a shining star among them in his own right. His easy going nature with them bringing about a bubbly playfulness similar to Baiheng given their closeness from when he was young. I could go into way more especially in regards to the casualness at which Yingxing seems to speak and treat others allowing for a more equal formation of relationships especially with Dan Feng but I’m saving that for another rant.

And all of this about him especially how expressive he seems at certain points he’s been mentioned, really just makes me so incredibly sad when thinking about Blade now. How severely separated he is from this identity. A division that exists from not only his death but from the way his mental state has been severely warped from his time with Jingliu and being affected afterwards by the mara.

The sheer dehumanization and lack of a personal identity in place of seeing himself as a solely a weapon when put next to Yingxing, with such a clear bold individual identity, really makes the transformation of one into the other all the more jarring and tragic. Especially with the emphasis on how Yingxing hated the abominations of Abundance only to become one himself, something that is still implied to have not been by his own hand. Blade is an immensely tragic character, but that tragedy only holds weight because of the life and identity Yingxing had. It is only with Yingxing’s light which shined despite the circumstances of his life that his descent into darkness hits harder, and it makes me so sad that I haven’t found many others talking or expanding upon this despite my searches because he really is such a well written character with so many details in his story that are both interesting and utterly heartbreaking.

And additionally, I want to say that I think there is a lost potential in examining the Xianzhou through Yingxing. Specifically in the way he is treated as a short life species. We know how the relationship between the Vidyadhara and the Natives, especially as it’s changed after Dan Feng, but there is a very interesting relationship to be explored between the Xianzhou and the Short Life Species the end up there, especially through Yingxing’s relationship to the different Artisans guilds whether on the Luofu or the Zhuming.

In the end, it becomes another sad element to Yingxing’s story. Yingxing managed to change his attitude regarding how the Zhuming masters treated him and even grew more of a confidence, but even in the Luofu's Artisanship Commission, he can never truly get as far as he deserves. Just as Jingliu says

Even with his work impressing the master craftsmen of the Luofu, even after more than showing his skill and earning the title of Furnace Master for that skill, he still would be denied higher positions and could only prove his true worth by the High Cloud Quintet.

And just let me say it again, him being a short life species allows for such an interesting examination of the world and people around him based upon that. While we don't know exactly how they met, we do know that Yingxing was Huaiyan's personal disciple and the only one he mentions of the celestial masters to treat him with respect and believe in his capabilities despite knowing he's a short life species. Through his treatment of Yingxing, we learn quite a bit about him. Through Baiheng's treatment of him as well, we learn a lot about her, more than anywhere else.

He's just UGH I need more exploration from Yingxing's perspective, the lack of it feels as if I'm being starved. He's so interesting, he's so fun, he's incredibly tragic, and he makes me cry every single time he crosses my mind. Please do yourselves a favor and think more about his character so you'll end up as sad about him as me. Or don't maybe. I dunno. All I know for sure is that you absolutely need to read Views of the Universe From a Starskiff: The Zhuming if you haven't. Anyways bye, thanks for listening to this rant, I gotta go cry over him.

Peep the tags also for a rant about my own characterization of YX if you wish to witness my insanity

#Let me rant about my own personal characterization of Yingxing based on this and its OVER #It's OVER #Firsy off We need to acknowledge before we get into anything that YX is severely traumatized #Before becoming a teen (we don't know exactly how long he was at the Zhuming before he met BH so he could have been p young)#He had already lost his entirely family in an incredibly brutal fashion to the Borisin #His home planet was conquered destroyed and turned into a weapons nursery for the Borisin #And he ended up somehow on the Zhuming (it's my hc that Huaiyan himself found him but we don't know the canon details)#And on top of that seemingly only Huaiyan his master was kind to him as the rest of the celestial masters on Zhuming degraded him for being #A shortlife species to the point he A CHILD tells BH he doesn't know if he'll live to see his parents avenged #So yeah he's gone through some shit #And we know his arrogance begins after Baiheng says kind words to him but ngl I don't think he switched up so fast from a few kind gestures #I think that arrogance of his begins as a coping method inspired by her especially given the exaggerated nature of it as jingliu describes #When he was a child #Kind of a fake it til you make it #And by the time he ends up on the Luofu I think it's half genuine confident half fake it til you make it #Specifically in that he does really see the people around him as equals no matter their status or species including someone like HE IL #And in that he's probably pretty judgemental all things considered #But I think the more exaggerated parts especially his outward declarations are played up a bit by him to give off a certain facade or image #In order to garner respect when paired with his actual genuine skill and talent #That's just a reduced summary of my characterization of him tho with his relationship to his confidence I have more to say but #ALSO YINGXING WITH SURVIVORS GUILT #WHERE IS MY YX WITH SURVIVORS GUILT CONTENT *bangs my fist against the floor*#That 100% plays into my personal characterization of his relationship with his confidence #Also I view YX as being AuDHD for so many reasons but esp with what we know in canon of his obsession with crafting and his #Overworking himself tendencies regarding it #Yingxing #Hsr blade #Hsr #Honkai star rail #Don't let me mention how this affects his relationships I'll be even more annoying than I already am

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zelraiya · 1 month

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GUYS PLEASE VOTE FOR MY PATHETIC WIFE!

I’ll draw him oiled up and naked if he wins

(Hazbin Hottest Character Poll)

#I’ve been so obsessed with this for the last two days now #I still can’t believe he won against Lilith and Carmila #I had to avenge Velvette cuz why was she out so fast #Val Vs Adam and Vox Vs Carmila were so intense #y’all HAD to be there #love you Angel but I find the TV hotter #I’m weird #I’m preparing myself to see him destroyed by Lucifer #hazbin hotel

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seinnens · 7 months

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Roleswap!AU where Lost Kin takes up the task of defeating The Radiance instead of The Knight, who never managed to make it out of the Abyss...

#my art #hollow knight #hk ghost #hk lost kin #in this AU lost kin becomes enraged after their teacher falls to the infection and vows to destroy her once and for all #they'd just accepted the death of their siblings and found new purpose #potentially new family #only for even that hope to be stolen by the old light #i am going to create a broken vessel who is SOOOOO pissed off #almost called them 'the avenger' to continue the Vessel Sasuke gag #but its not worth it long term #so here. Guardian of Hallownest and seeker of vengeance Lost Kin #+ infected!Ghost #hk the hollow knight #the radiance

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bi4bisamjess · 1 year

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fav thing about modern day dd comics and the show: both still operate as if Hell’s Kitchen remains to be the organized crime hellscape-of-a-place-to-live-in neighborhood of the 1960s. like hate to break it to you but baby it’s gentrified now. mr murdock doesn’t have anything to fight other than like bird scooters and overpriced coffee shops tbh

#comics aren’t going for realism Ik I’m just a snob who thinks it’s funny #ada.txt #dd #daredevil posting #okay reasonably the show exists in the post avengers universe where the city was almost destroyed #and the comics are just like that I mean can I blame them #Stan Lee in 1964: he’s a blind lawyer in one of the worst neighborhoods! he fights organized crime with his ninja skills!#present day dd: look dude I’m literally j beating up people for rent money it’s so goddamn expensive here nowadays #this doesn’t make sense oopsie #matt murdock #daredevil #daredevil comics #netflix daredevil #she hulk #karen page #foggy nelson #hells kitchen #elektra natchios #mattfoggy

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widevibratobitch · 6 months

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ah di me non vi scordar... o7

#avenge me beloved mutuals 🙏#this war's fate is in your hands now. be brave. they can't block us all (they very much can actually but hush shshsksbssj)#well i had fun. more fun than ive had in a long time. i regret nothing.#and you. my vicious enemies...#you've become the very thing you swore to destroy... you've just hurt a Living Creature...#and you'll have to live with that for the rest of your days 🙏 sei vendicato o nonno beppino!#opera tag #opera bracket #also it's so funny how i only this morning lamented how im not rodrigo-coded enough #cause im his age and havent even died a martyr's glorious death yet. and now behold sjshsjshsjsjkshsjs #it's been an honour fighting at your side girlies. i would have followed you my sisters. my fellow verderine. my queens.#ill be with you always. coraggio.#and now. addio o7 #(of spain???)

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obihoe · 8 months

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anyways completely different topic but i always think its so moving when naruto goes nine tails in the first part of the series .. bc its completely involuntary and he doesnt have any control or understanding of it yet at this point but it always happens when he's very emotional and there seems to be no other choice ... like during the land of waves arc when haku injures sasuke and he collapses in front of him and naruto thinks that he's dead and he becomes so enraged bc he is so desperate and he goes complete apeshit at haku and suddenly he has so much power ... like i think u could make a similar argument here like w the sharingan, about how the power gets triggered by love. and desire to protect. bc sasuke before this throws himself into the line of fire from haku to save him. and then dies for him. as far as he knows. during the vote battle (the first one), its similar, naruto is desperate and his own power isnt enough to save sasuke so the power of the nine tails just takes over and naruto starts tearing up while it happens and says that he'll break sasuke's every limb if that means he will get him to safety .. something something love turns into smth destructive that looks like its hatred to the outside observer but its still at its core just .. still love.

#posts #naruto #sasuke #this combined also with the way haku immediately recognizes this ... and says to naruto later how theyre so similar.#they both want to protect something precious to them #haku wants to protect zabuza and do anything to enable him to reach his goals #and naruto wants to protect sasuke. or avenge him. just like sasuke risked his own life to protect him #also i dont mean to argue that kurama is like .. made up of loving energy but like the process of accessing his power #is similar to the process of sharingan evolution #bc both of it happens out of a desire to protect. it is triggered by great emotions of affection for somebody #also in shippuuden when naruto goes crazy at orochimaru. he can feel kurama's chakra come up and he just lets him take over #bc he's so angry at him and wants to destroy him and kill him for taking advantage of sasuke ..#i guess the same thing also happens when there's no loved one involved .. when naruto is in danger #but the sharingan ultimately also functions as a way to protect the user himself #independently of whether there are dramatic emotions involved #uhhhh. hmm guess i'll stop here before my whole theory collapses like a house of cards

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batcavescolony · 2 years

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Ok so I watched She-Hulk and I gotta say I don't understand why people hate it! Like yeah the cgi is...something and maybe the lawyering could be better but it's MCU.

I saw a guy on tiktok say that he thought the jokes fell flat and that it was stupid how they weren't making her serious. But like why does the MCU have to be serious all the time, comics arnt! Plus I think their falling flat for some people because we are used to seeing the hero side of the MCU. The first 1-2 phases of the MCU were focused on the hero but now new projects we're seeing more civilians. Jen isn't an Avenger, she's not in the military, she a civilian (so were Peter, Kamala, Shang-Chi and Kate) so we're seeing their view of the world. The MCU is stupid and crazy and has a different normal to us. Shape shifting Elves are a Monday to them, So are people who have powers, portals opening in front of you, and the sky suddenly being messed up. I love seeing the civilian pov, "yes that guy in red and blue spandex just jumped off a building BUT I have to get to my 9-5 and it's really inconvenient that the road is closed because alien tec was found in a building" Like that's funny af!

#its Juxtaposition! and i love it. heroes and villains exist they could destroy a wall and kill you at any moment but you have juryduty at 5 #she hulk #jen walters #jennifer walters #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #mcu #comics #ms marvel #spiderman #peter parker #moonknight #marc spector #steven grant #konshu #shang chi #avengers #hawkeye #kate bishop #clint barton #steve rodgers #tony stark #the guy also said he thinks the jokes fall flat because jen hasent earned jokes.why does she need to earn jokes? why cant she just be funny #captain america #scott lang #ant man #SCOTT HAS A PODCAST and kamala listend to it that funny. what does he talk about? does he give ant facts?#like the jokes and stuff are world building. im getting a better view of the average civilian in the mcu I LOVE IT!#we just watched the last what 5 projects that made me cry. marc and steven. Wanda and her kids. kamalas family. peter losing everyone #why cant i laugh at the shape shifting Asgardian and enjoy Megan Thee Stallion? i just had to watch May die!

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