#theme: exist

[rustchild]

desperately craving weird surrealist arthurania. Knights with no faces wandering through the mists. Seams between Christian and pre-Christian Britain gaping like open wounds. Beafts and visions. Maybe a monk. Maybe the monk is gay

#This post brought to you by remembering that The Green Knight exists #and longing to live in the alternate universe where it launched a whole genre of high quality queer indie arthurania retellings #craving themes of guilt honor repression wildness etc etc #bonus points if it includes critique of the whole divine right of kings English empire imaginary that can accompany Arthur retellings #I would write it myself but alas! I have no brain #Mine

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Turtle Takedown Teamwork.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #tulu xuanwu #Something about changing the action sequence to something gentle is hilarious to me. #The lesson here is “Be nice to turtles. They are gentle creatures. And many are very endangered.” #don't get me wrong here; I love this scene a lot. LWJ's string technique is one of my favoyrite things. #We do get a fair amount of LWJ fighting but I always loved how the theme of strings comes into play. #There is actually a lot to unpack with LWJ being associate with 'strings'. #The musicianship: Of dedication and rigor in one's practice. #The tension between following along a path or composing your own way forwards (playing what has been written vs composing) #A string is a tightly coiled/taunt entity; The same tension that makes it sing so beautifully can be it's downfall if pushed too hard. #And as a non-musical string - something that binds. Be it to his sect and family or how he binds his fate to WWX - #LWJ cannot exist without his binds. It is not something which ties him down though. It keeps him together. #And he himself *is* a bind. He 'ties wwx down' in ways that are initially negatively viewed ('come to gusu' - feels like: come be trapped) #But later it is shown how (despite being introduced as a free spirit) WWX truly wants to be bound to something and someone. #Marriage is a bind he wants. He wants to be tied and grounded by LWJ. #It's starting to sound like innuendo. Let's call his fondness for being literally tied up smart thematic writing. #Finally. Sex scenes that are important to the plot and characters

[topnotchquark]

Carl Andre dead at 88, comfortable, rich, celebrated in the art world. Whereas Ana Mendieta never got to have her full life and express all that she wanted to explore through her art. Truly the petty injustice of life is cruel in such disappointing ways.

#justice for ana Mendieta #and I hope it's rhe divine kind finally #whatever exists beyond this life I hope it atleast torments him for a while #to grapple with her death #the fact that ana spent so much time exploring the themes of violence in her work #him being so widely regarded breaks my heart #carl andre #ana mendieta #justice for ana mendieta #personal

[chaosgenasi]

I’ve had a life. I think a lot of us here have had a life. And I can count the really good days practically on two hands.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #criticalroleedit #ashton greymoore #taliesin jaffe #basil.gif #cr3 #ashton #bells hells #ashton 'abandonment is the neverending theme of their existence' 'one of the reasons i allow myself to get the shit kicked #out of me is in the hope that people are actually watching' 'character who nothing good has ever happened to' #greymoore's response here just makes so much sense & others have said it but it rlly is so fucking compelling #in regards to also being like. 'main priority is fuck ludinus we Live Here.' anyway character of all time to me

[honehonn3honey]

#When I saw this photo I immediately thought of Gojo #I’m not one to draw on an image. And it took a little work #And during the process I imagined a Gojo after all that happened. Completely fucked and mentally tired #Pretending it’s not you know? #His glasses #forget they exist #Anyway scars are sexy don’t you think? #I just want him to have a break #I wish after all Satoru can meet Geto on the other side #he deserves it #I got three Gojo in the oven right now but I got creative block #mystyle #fanart #drawing #digitalart #〔 ꒰ 💭 ꒱ thoughts: satoru 〕 #〔 theme: jujutsu kaisen 〕 #art #satoru gojo #gojo #gojo jjk #gojo satoru #satoru x reader #maybe #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #artists on tumblr #anime #drawing reference #reference

[climbdraws]

im so so sick of the infantalizing takes of "this children's media is soooo dark its not for kids!!!" and it's just a millennial recounting scene for scene what happens like this

#FAIRYTALES ARE STORIES MEANT TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO DEFEAT THE BOOGEYMAN #NOT PRETENDING THE BOOGEYMAN DOESNT EXIST AT ALL #screaming crying thrashing #im so so sick of it like its the most brainrot take #thinking that children cant understand or be exposed to “darker adult themes” when those themes are just Life #theres an entire genre of youtubers who do nothing but recap scene for scene and go woah?? like thats so dark?? woahhh broooooo #im begging and pleading to bring back 80s dark fantasy

[canisalbus]

I really appriciate how often Machete is depicted struggling and feeling like a burden, while still being loved and supported by Vasco. It gives the top tier angst of "i'm not good enough, I'm not worth it" but you frame it in such a way where it's clear that's just how he *feels* and is not how things really are, but also it's so nice to see someone who struggles quite often in a loving and unique relationship that suits them. The narrative of not being able to love or be loved unless you're consistently healthy is really tiring lol.

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#ah thank you! I'm so glad these themes come through the way I intended #this touches on something that I've been thinking a lot so sorry if this gets a bit ranty #but I have massive personal beef with the sentiment “you have to love yourself before you can love someone else/someone else can love you ” #I hate it with a passion #I know it's meant to encourage positive growth and I get that self-love and healthy self-image are something you should strive for #but it also sort of sends the message that people who struggle with these sort of issues don't deserve to be loved #not until they reach some external invisible standard of “okay I'm normal and well adjusted now” #“perhaps now I'm worthy of entering a relationship without the danger of dragging the other person down with me” #people who aren't in perfect health mentally or physically already feel like they're inconveniencing others with their mere existence #depriving them of the possibility or even the idea of loving and being loved won't make them better #it's just a stupid idiom it doesn't matter but to me it just comes across as unspeakably cruel way to think #and it rustles my jimmies #answered #anonymous

[sawvhs]

i wouldn’t have had my feeling hurt with no lawrence in saw x before now, but since amanda and hoffman are confirmed, i WILL be calling some executive and start crying on the phone if i don’t see mr. elwes

#saw x #saw x spoilers #saying hoffman confirmed even tho its not like legit legit. cuz like. he has to be #SHOW ME DR BOYFRIEND I NEED HIM BACK!!!!!! #logan only exists to me when mentioned by name so whatever but i need lawrence ok? i jst need him to be in this one #ITS A DOCTOR THEMED ONE CMOOONNN CMON.. #click

[otaku553]

I have an agenda.

Long hair teenage sabo.

#one piece #sabo #you cannot convince me that he did not have a long hair phase #like if he grew out his hair to hide his scar he has to have tried more to hide it more thoroughly #I found a fic recently that followed sabo’s growing up in the revolutionary army and it was really really good #I want to see more amnesiac teenage sabo acting awkward around his peers because even back on dawn he had only two friends #more of kids being insensitive and asking about his scar which even he has no idea how he got #and koala and him being antagonistic towards each other #and them slowly becoming friends #anyways I’m so. I tried going onto YouTube to see if there were any good video analyses of sabo #and like yeah I can see why sabo would be a divisive character #but I also completely forgot that there are one piece readers who have not an ounce of media literacy #or respect for female characters #something something ‘sabo is like an oc insert because he exists so distant from everything and just in time to replace ace’ SHUT UP #or ‘favoritism towards sabo because he has a hot girl following him around and more hot girls in the revolutionaries’ I AM GOING TO GO INSA #KOALA IS HER OWN CHARACTER AND AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING ONE THAT DOES NOT EXIST JUST TO BE EYE CANDY OFF OF SABO’ ARM #SABO IS AN AMAZING CHARACTER IN LINE WITH THE THEMES OF ONE PIECE AROUND FREEDOM AND EQUALITY

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

I used to despise Eridan and think he was the absolute worst character (barring Cronus ig) but you have shown me the light and completely turned my opinion around and now I think he is such an endearing little freak <3 I read your whole blog already but if you've got any more thoughts on eri or anyone else then I hope you post them bc I'd love to hear more abt it!

i have sooo many controversial opinions about the dancestors you have noooooo idea

#always glad to have another person go 'oh eridan's not that bad huh' #like he IS a freak and there is SO MUCH thats wrong with him #but he's supposed to be an antagonist AND sympathetic AND funny AND pathetic AND tragic #like all these things can be true hes just a complex character #same w a lot of them #vriska equius and gamzee all kind of fall into this boat #yes there is a lot thats wrong with them but they are also 13 #let he who was not a shithead at 13 cast the first stone #anyway ive been hesitant about talking about the dancestors because if my eridan opinions are controversial... #but the tl;dr is that almost all of them suck horribly #like collectively they are the worst characters in homestuck and thats on purpose #bc their role in the story is villainous like theyre the reason lord english even exists #if the alternian trolls as a rule are meant to be sympathetic even if they have a lot of problems #then the beforus trolls are like a worst case scenario of 'what if they never address their problems and grow up that way' #theyre the counterpoint to the comics themes of being a kid and growing up #learning to care about each other and become responsible #the beforus trolls are children who never grew up #going through the exact same problems and drama as when they were children #because they never took responsibility for their own actions or their treatment of each other #And That's Terrible

[realbeefman]

made this for fans of the “these two white guys have 0 business behaving like That around each other” genre

#two of these are not like the others but #this was originally a shitpost abt ships i enjoy #until i noticed a common theme nd switched directions #cba to remove the obscure-ish ones #yes stevebucky isnt in there i dont like remembering marvel exists #hannigram #marvey #hilson #destiel #deancas #samdean #wincest #heisenbitch #johnlock #spirk #macdennis #denzo #goldrose #newmann

[sea-me-now]

fun fact; Splatoon themed 3 in one body wash and shampoo exists

#(not my photo) #it costs ¥638 which is around $5 #i found that this existed because of this one guy i follow on instagram who lives in japan and posts about splatoon products #previous things they’ve posted include a 1000 piece splatoon 3 puzzle and the splatoon themed instax camera #things like this are so silly but i wish we still got stuff llike it over here #personally i really want the offical splatoon soap dispenser #splatoon #splatoon 3

[frogatz]

you'll see them again !

too many thoughts and things done with Intent to fully explain myself . partially bc this was supposed to be much much longer, but i think i would like to play more in the space of post-game loop.

#finallyw finished the game . i'm dunking them into the primordial soup ^.^ #before i forget #isat spoilers #isat act 6 spoilers #anyways . i created a very specific analogy of how the universe and the big bang Works when i was 8 and i will never shut up about it #whatever space our universe inhabits Was like a completely still lake and the big bang was something disturbing the surface. #our universe expands and will eventually run out of energy like a ripple on that lake #regardless of how their world Actually works . i think that something like that would be a popular belief in sif's country #vague idea rolling around . loop fades or is like . Somewhere Between. siffrin's unintentional rituals keep them around #something triggers them to properly exist again (i promise there are themes here) and they wash up on the shore of vauguarde #they are especially malleable for a little bit . kind of going through craft metamorphosis . they are given a place to stay for a while #there is more but these tags are already ridiculously long . someone talk to me abt them before i go nuts #frogart

[glouris]

Some of my favorite moments from Ragnarok’s ost

#it was like 5am when i made this so ‘witch of the woods’ theme just kinda stopped existing in my mind #of course it’s freya’s theme playing with skoll and hati it’s vanaheim jesus christ #sorry for spreading misinformation on the internet #it’s cool tho that the themes of the main cast can sound a bit similar sometimes #god of war ragnarok #god of war spoilers #god of war ragnarok spoilers #kratos #freya #faye #atreus #heimdall #god of war #brok #sindri #videogame music #'why did ragnagok got the award for best score??' girl be fr now #what is your favorite track from it and why is it son's path

[visenyaism]

ASOIAF terrible fathers bracket FINAL ROUND: Tywin Lannister vs. Craster

after six long weeks, it is time to end this. thank you to all who have participated even if you went against my wishes and elected Craster to this final spot instead of Jaehaerys. I love democracy. 

Tywin Lannister: Inflicts extreme sexual violence onto all of his children even if it is through proxy, and sacrifices all of them to the feudal system while ensuring they will be unprepared to hold their own in it and dependent on him forever even after he dies. In terms of impact, his terrible fatherhood was so extreme that it needed to be deconstructed in an entire book, like it took 1/5 of the series to fully examine the ways in which Tywin Lannister’s toxic fascist parenting not only irreparably damaged his children, but also locked the entire realm in a perpetual cycle of violence that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. Tywin’s abusive fatherhood, and the failure of his entire legacy of abuse is a core theme of the series, especially the series is themes on gender violence, and familial patriarchal abuse, and its impact cannot be overstated. I have never claimed to be impartial. I think this is the right choice.

Craster: Marries his daughters and sacrifices his sons to the white walkers.

#asoiaf #like craster is TERRIBLE but he exists to give jon his crisis and show how the nights watch is complicit #but TYWIN’s terribke fatherhood is like THE THEME of the WHOLE SERIES #feastpilled psyonic warriors come to my aid #terrible dad bracket

[comradekatara]

the reason ozai is so powerless after aang strips him of his bending is because the fire nation has built their culture off of firebending as a projection of strength and thus supremacy. we of course know that bending, even firebending, is not ontologically a weapon, and has many cultural and spiritual purposes besides being an agent of destruction, but ozai sees bending as a tool for power and domination, so when aang energybends ozai, he is essentially disarming him. we know that bending serves many different functions throughout the show, and we know that nonbenders are equally capable of being powerful and agentic, but losing the tool of his supremacy does serve as a totalizing disempowerment for ozai, because of the cultural landscape in which his divine right to rule is correlated with the sheer strength of his firepower. he’s useless now. not literally, of course, but within the scheme he and his forefathers created. his loss is one in which he becomes victim to his own ideology.

#i swear like 90% of yall dont understand the basic themes of the show. #but then again neither do the writers . since lok exists -_- #ozai #analysis #ish?