#the parallels are RIGHT THERE

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

#aka: genuinely sometimes I think I live in a parallel universe and simply watched/read different things #full disclosure it does make you feel like a killjoy sometimes #because often times these fanons will be presented in a silly jokey manner #'oh so silly isn't this character so funny this is just my silly little headcanon' #and it's like yes yes lol lol but ok look me in the eyes and tell me you know that this is #at best only one interpretation of many and at worst simply not supported by the text at all #please tell me you know that #or in one specific example such a ubiquitous joke that is literally a significant theme of the work and i feel like SUCH a killjoy #being like 'ok yes very funny.....you know that was a major theme right?? tell me you know that'

[forged-in-kaoss]

gomu gomu of your eye

#i LOVE this trope #did i miss any? i think there are a few with other subjects but these are all the luffy ones right? off the top of my head hmmmm #one piece #one piece spoilers #egghead #gomu gomu no mi #luffy #monkey d luffy #mugiwara no luffy #gear 5 #gear 5 luffy #roronoa zoro #kaido of the beasts #yamato #rob lucci #dr. vegapunk #warrior of liberation #gif #parallels

[lovely-v]

I do genuinely believe that the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (and arguably the Zelda franchise as a whole, though i myself have played literally none of these games) is closer to fitting the description of ‘Tolkien-esque Fantasy’ than most other movies/shows/games/books etc that claim that label

Like, compare this post by tumblr user wufflesvetinari, which makes an important point about Tolkien’s worldbuilding, and also lives in my head rent free:

and then these quotes from Jacob Geller’s “Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda”

and his conclusions about the messages in Zelda games are thematically very similar to the through-lines about friendship and love in LOTR, and what a lot of authors miss about what makes a fantasy story personal and memorable:

“A world without joy and humor isn’t a compelling world to fight for” is exactly why there are so many pieces of fantasy media out there that just feel like carbon copies of each other (i’ve seen many posts that explain this better than I can though I can’t find any specific ones at the moment, just know that I didn’t invent this thesis). You’ve got the cool swords, you’ve got the wizards and the spells and the battles, but first and foremost you need the LOVE.

#veesaysthings #thanks for attending my ted talk on this day #lord of the rings #tolkien #the legend of zelda #breath of the wild #again i've never played a zelda game in my life but Jacob Geller's video stuck with my like nothing else #i was hoping he'd draw parallels bc I was like omg! this is literally tolkien-esque! in the most literal non-corrupted sense of that phrase! #but he didn't bring it up (to my knowledge) so i'm doing it right here right now #long post

[egophiliac]

like mother, like son, but less wholesome this time?

(I couldn't decide whether or not to put them together, so have them in all the different ways!)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 6 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 part 6 spoilers #if i had a nickel for every time a draconia ob'd while trying to save lilia #and had to be taken out by a member of this one specific bloodline with sparkly celestial hair that a fairy blessed #et cetera and so on you know the rest #i mean we know it's going to end better this time but y'know. the parallels! #oh meleanor my beloved #of course...of course she ob'd...it makes sense... #everything about this whole situation just massively sucked for everyone huh #well at least silver's biodad felt guilty about killing her i guess #i dunno i'm just havin' some feelings about all of this #lilia had both the absolute worst and absolute best things about his life come out of all this #down the two great loves of his life and also his job and reputation and 200 years of his life and uhhhh kind of everything else honestly #up some kids though! #(also one of those kids is a baby dragon who is JUST the right size to put silly hats on) #they were worth it to him! or maybe they were worth not giving up? look i am DEEP in the blorbosauce right now #if you don't want to read emotional tags about lilia twistedwonderland then don't come to egophiliac.tumblr.com

[vriskan8or]

let her go

#homestuck #vriska serket #terezi pyrope #vriska #terezi #vrisrezi #mic_art #screencap redraw of that one utena scene woohoo #vrisrezi and utenanthy dont share many similarities but there are some interesting parallels that can be drawn #like theyre all characters who are devoted to the respective roles they think they have #utena needs to be a prince and vriska needs to be a hero #terezi needs to cast vriska as the villain so that she can be the one to bring her to justice while anthy #is resigned to her role as the rose bride and is cast as a witch by others (and herself in a way...) to justify her suffering #im too tired to put into words all the other shit rattlign around in my brain but something something vriska society violence princes utena #something interesting to note is that in the rgu stabbing scene utena is walking to the left while is hs vriskas walking to the right #which i think is mostly a cultural difference due to english being read left to right while japanese is read right to left #changing which direction is percieved as forward #which could be read further into but could also just be the natural flow of the scene or whateevr #idk i need to peruse ohtori.nu again i looooove reading utena essays

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

Newt | Peeta

#the hunger games #the maze runner #peeta #newt #tmr newt #everlark #katniss x peeta #newtmas #thomas x newt #mockingjay #thg #tmr #catching fire #the death cure #the scorch trials #katniss #thgedit #tmredit #parallels #my gifs #it was inevitable that i’d eventually make a gifset of my two current favorite blond boys #my loves #btw bottom row is totally a parallel bc newt comes back cured in the end okay :)))) #he’s alive and happy with his friends in the safe haven right now :))))

[heros-shade-fanclub]

He found a baby in the wreckage of a wagon train

Thanks for your requests, @waroferas and @dragkbluire !! I love getting to see you guys in my notes bdjshjsjdjd

#loz fanart #tp #twilight princess #hero’s shade #the legend of zelda #zelda #I always hc’ed that Shade was the one who brought Link to Ordon #in a sort of parallel to OOT where he was left in the care of the Deku Tree. falls over #anyway thank you for being patient guys I opened my rqs right as art slump set in LOLLLLL #I’m happy with this one tho. it was fun 🙏🙏

[eddiediaaz]

yeah. who does that? 5.09 ✽ past is prologue 7.05 ✽ you don't know me

#911 parallels #bobby nash #eddie diaz #evan buckley #911 #911edit #911 abc #911 spoilers #*gifs #jddryder #tuserzee #userabs #userdahlias #usertreena #mialook #usernicolo #userfnuggi #userriel #usertiny #userbuckleys #usermadita #tuserella #tuserambs #userpickles #userrin #ajlook #usercorinne #userbon #bobby sees right through their bullshit as always

[anthonysperkins]

Interview with the Vampire (2022 – ) Right in Front of My Salad? (2017)

#Interview with the Vampire #Right in Front of My Salad #Jacob Anderson #Jaxton Wheeler #guys #tv #lgbt media #parallels #vampires #* #** #tvedit #iwtvedit #horroredit #gayedit #userbrittany #usergina #holesrus #rasputinaillyanna #usertom

[ministarfruit]

day 28: made you smile ♡

(femslashfeb prompt list)

#minifemslashfeb2024 #ace attorney #dgs #tgaa #goulstrade #maria gorey #gina lestrade #GOD I MISS THEM #goulstrade is so funny to me. they're both freaks. they're both weirdos #BUT IT AIN'T EVEN ABOUT THAT #IT'S ABOUT THE PARALLELS (yes. again.) AND THE #THE FACT THAT NEITHER OF THEM HAD A NORMAL CHILDHOOD #both outcasts in different ways... both looked up to someone who ended up letting them down... hooh... #on a happier note I do think that maria would find gina endearing #I don't think maria knows what feelings are. exactly. #she just sort of goes 'it's that funny blonde girl again. day 130 of gina not agreeing to let me dissect her' #and gina is just like wat da hell. you're so scary. i need you in my life #girl knows if she befriends maria then she'll never have an enemy again #and she's right! #blah blah blah gina who has seen too much of the world and maria who has seen too little of it #thanks for coming to my goulstrade presentation where I make things up #I really enjoy them. teehee

[pinkrose05]

Revelations were had today.

#past me could've never guessed her “yomi is purple nihility ren” joke would be so right. this is really funny actually #honkai star rail #hsr #hsr acheron #hsr blade #pink does a silly #there are so many more parallels btw. i'm almost tempted to make a list of these

[thegreenthepeacetheorange]

feeling emotional

about this

#and you're telling me that katniss just somehow ended up with him at the end of mockingjay because suzanne is a bad writer #and didn't know what she was doing? #katniss and peeta were by design #they were endgame right from the beginning of the first book and it's so clear when you read the books back #so many parallels #so many mirrored moments #a well thought out line of plot that is so specifically and perfectly executed across 3 books #this makes me so soft #everlark #peeta x katniss #katniss x peeta #katniss everdeen #katniss and peeta #peeta mellark #the hunger games #mockingjay

[grey-wardens]

#bg3edit #gamingedit #* #ara #the dark urge #oathbreaker knight #baldur's gate #they're romancing shadowheart and they reclaimed their oath right after she changed her hair to silver. love the parallels! #also i want to kiss the oathbreaker knight!

[rassebers]

So, who's paying?

#mp100 #my rart #shigeo kageyama #reigen arataka #mob psycho 100 #i love tumblr tags now I can talk abt this a lil bit #i rlly really wanted to try a back and forth panelling parallel thing to emphasize their body language #and I imagine mob is more comfortable with his emotions and expressing himself as he gets older #so as reigen & mob become closer friends I think they tease eachother more #hence. mob starts purposefully copying reigen #also small optional detail #i Imagine when mob says you're moving apartments right it's bc serizawa n reigen found. an apartment together #because every night I look up at the sky and it's full of stars and the world is beautiful #no matter how old mob gets #reigen will always insist that hes the one with the paycheck #so obviously *he* should be the one paying! #Reigen never gets out of the habit of calling mob kiddo either #thanks for listening #mob pays in the end btw

[musicalchaos07]

brb going feral from the implications

#HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMEONE HAUNT THE NARRATIVE LIKE BARB HOLLAND??? #y'all see it right??? like I'm not reaching right?? like this feels so incredibly intentional #everyone pray for our final girl tbh because this is sooo #this outfit is going to be what nancy goes to the upside down in mark my words #they're insane for this #stranger things #st 5 #st parallels #nancy wheeler #barb holland #stranger things 5 #you know the stick figure guy bouncing off the walls image me rn

[kelsh]

Super late post before For the Future airs but goddamn I am so exited!!!! Despite the leaks I have held out until the 21st and the feeling of getting to watch on the premiere day is *cehfs kiss*

Anyways, Willow and Evelyn potential parallels are always on my mind rent free

#huntlow #toh #the owl house #toh hunter #toh willow #toh evelyn #toh belos #phillip wittebane #caleb wittebane #myart #i headcannon that evelyn had green eyes #kind of like gwedolyn and lilith #more crumbs for the parallel #also if you couldnt tell i love women going feral and mad #i support womens wrongs and rights