#this was fun to pull together

[boinin]

Batten down the hatches: Rin's ego is about to land

The latest chapters show Rin playing with an unfamiliar aura: what looks like swirling rivulets of water.

This represents the refinement of his ego and playstyle since the under-20 match. But what exactly are they going for with the swirling water? Here's my two cents.

Rin is strongly associated with water, specifically the sea. He grew up by the coast; he and Sae shared a love of watching the sunset over the water after training together. Those childhood memories are turbulent now, like dark clouds on the ocean's horizon.

It's here he realises that he can no longer play the puppetmaster football that helped him thrive in Blue Lock. As good as he is, it wasn't authentic... and it's nowhere near where he needs to be to compete with his brother, or even Isagi.

Rin's flow state is the most unique out of any others we've seen. Let's dig into it. All panels are from the official translation, which is important as the translation choices are 1) consistent and 2) likely chosen carefully.

In the dying moments of the match, Rin complains about feeling restrained. Being Itoshi Rin is eating him alive.

Cool, calm and aloof.

A genius. Prodigy. Puppetmaster.

Team player. Team captain.

Isagi Yoichi's partner. Shidou Ryuusei's rival.

Itoshi Sae's little brother.

The prospect of defeat rudely wakes him up. His pretence comes crashing down hard, triggered by his ineffectiveness in spite of the teammates around him. It's one of the best rugpulls in sports manga.

When the power of friendship comes knocking, Itoshi Rin tells it to fuck off and die.

What a glorious moment... and not just because it posits Rin as a Uchiha Sasuke kinnie. I prompt you to examine his eyes in this panel.

They're a swirling vortex of hate and destruction, befitting Blue Lock's angstiest character. The shape reminds me of this:

Satellite images of Hurricane Franklin and Hurricane Idalia, August 2023. Image credit: NOAA Satellites.

Rin's true ego, which he unleashes against Sae, is a storm.

Optional soundtrack for the rest of this post (because Rin 100% listens to this once it comes out in Blue Lock's universe).

Although it isn't portrayed visually as such in the under-20 arc, the metaphor fits Rin's evolving playstyle. What is more destructive, more uncontrollable, more senseless than a hurricane? A violent force of nature that we can predict but never avert?

When a storm approaches, all we can do is rank it, track it, then attempt to mitigate the inevitable damage.

In football terms? Sounds a lot like playing Rin.

It's even alluded to in chapter 250: the graphics for Rin's formation are similar to the satellite images of large storms.

Within the U20 match, there are exchanges that support this theory. Darai calls Rin's evolving playstyle arrogant and avaricious. The latter (meaning extreme greed) is evocative of a force that pursues what it wants without regard for anything in its surroundings. What it can't have, it destroys.

Niou is confident enough in his physicality to try withstand his opponent's attrack. Rin literally flips him into the air. Niou's hubris brings to mind all man-made constructs which are supposedly storm-proof... until a cyclone comes along and proves otherwise.

The contrast between Rin and Sae's egos are interesting. If we accept Rin's is a storm, i.e. a destructive force of nature that cannot be controlled, Sae's is the opposite despite being as impossible to defy. Sae's motif is defined in the manga as "beautiful destruction", plays and passes depicted in graceful data strings. Rather than natural, his playstyle is sleek and controlled, and dominant to the point of appearing pre-ordained by his opponents.

Their attitudes are equally different. While Rin drools and loses composure in the final minutes, Sae does little more than raise his eyebrows throughout the entire game. He's completely emotionless.

It's the extremes of human nature: animalistic rage versus robotic detachment. This time, the latter wins. Will Rin have an opportunity to face his brother again, with a better grasp on his ego? Here's hoping.

My final thoughts on Rin are speculative. How does one beat a storm? Not just endure—but subdue and calm one?

It's beyond human capability. The ability to control the weather exists only in myth and fantasy, and even then it's usually in the hands of powerful entities, not mere heroes or wizards.

Subduing something as powerful as a hurricane would require a god.

Is this Isagi and Rin's endgame?

Time will tell.

#blue lock #blue lock analysis #blue lock meta #itoshi rin #itoshi sae #isagi yoichi #i missed doing long analysis posts ❤️ #this was fun to pull together #bllk analysis #blue lock spoilers #blue lock anime spoilers #boinin talks bllk #mine #long post

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

#my art #feralnette au #birds of a feather #long tags #sorry I went apeshit in the tags #LETS SAY IT ALL TOGETHER NOW #I - M - A - G - OOOOOOOOO #its fun drawing marinette's back to Alya and having her appear stout and unstoppable and totally logical #and then you see her face and she's like two seconds from completely snapping and is keeping it together by a thread #as a note just because mari feels very certainly abt smth doesnt mean she's right. feelings can be valid and also irrational #in the throes of grief she decided it was better to be alone than to lose someone again so she started pulling away #and lila made pulling away very very very easy to do #shes also vaguely aware she's being unfair in pinning this on alya which is why she started spinning the drain on cockmoth again #legitimately all the shit that's happened to her wouldn't have been so catastrophic if he was never in the picture and she knows it #but the bitterness of her bestie choosing a fantastic liar over her at the worst of times stiiiiiings #alya's personal timing was bad but lila really took advantage of the fact that marinette had been acting off and weird #she basically clocked marinette as being unstable from SOMETHING and made up a lie about her #knowing she wouldn't have the strength to defend herself #between her social life going tachy bc of lila and losing fu in a way that felt like personhood death marinette was really put on the spot #and alya doing her thing of busting in there and assuming her bias is correct was a terrible combo #essentially marinette is highly unstable and alya is just realizing that #busting in and giving her a lecture when she's slightly hysterical and definitely delirious from exhaustion is NOT the way #to show her she's self sabotaging #cuz thats just gonna make her double down on self sabotaging. bc marinette will not accept that she is also a CHIIIIILD

[flotsamii]

10/10 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY REIGEN !!!

A piece i started a few months ago to practice fun poses and anatomy :) finished it up last night for the birthday boy !

#reigen arataka #arataka reigen #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #reigen fanart #had a lot of fun with this ^-^ !!! hope his ass is sufficiently rotund #wouldve loved to pull together a redraw from the final ep but didnt have time <//3 #art tag

[pricklenettle]

I’m so excited to finally show the illustrations I did for this year’s invisobang!

These are from the first chapter of @wingedflight’s story, Something Rotten

It’s based around Hamlet, and it is so cool and tragic to read the characters in their roles, please go check it out!

#I’ll post more art as the chapters come out #and then at the end ill probably post them again all together #I wanted to do more of an old fashioned illustrated look for this year #did i pull it off? #probably not #but i still like how they came out #as i said before #i was excited for this story because i was a huge emo/nerd for hamlet when i was younger #so this was fun #danny phantom #invisobang 2023 #danny fenton #jack fenton #red huntress #my art #dp

[puppetmaster13u]

Hey you know The Class Pulled a Tiamat thing that I keep using in prompts? Well I finally did the lineart and colors for if they could also take a humanoid form so probably expect more prompts at some point lol :)

NGL I had a lot of fun just doin colors, and one of my discord friends' reactions was SMASH so hopefully that says something about the design lol.

#dcxdp #dpxdc #The Class Pulls a Tiamat #my art #art #ibispaintx #Sometimes you fuse together into one being to wreck shit #and be a poly couple #and overthrow governments #for fun #Reminder for who is all in this: #Danny Dash Tucker Sam Val Kwan Star Paulina & Wes #Yes the edge/sash thing has a dragon & cloud design #does this count as body horror #danny phantom crossover #danny phantom

[theminecraftbee]

actually, before I go to bed:

you know, it’s funny. this has all the TRAPPINGS of a life series game. it’s got a “secret life” name. it’s got all the same players. it’s go the countdowns, the colorful statements… but in rules, it’s not one. the logo doesn’t even have the three colors bit on it; the logo doesn’t even look like it’s in the same font. and why would it be? the concept of green, yellow, and red lives is gone entirely. the idea of a “bloodlust” role is gone. the idea of LIVES is gone, even—you only have one!

this has all the TRAPPINGS of a sanctioned life series game, but it’s missing the core elements of what made the life series the life series in the first place.

so as people start to pull together their lore for this one, may I propose:

what if it’s not one?

#secret life smp #secret life spoilers #traffic spoilers #just. you know. as people pull together their lore for this. #in the grand cycle of everything. #what if this one’s… not? #a fake? #anyway this isn’t criticism of the gimmick or anything I’m too tired to have real GAMEPLAY thoughts on it other than ‘looks fun’ #but LORE-WISE….

[glow-worms-are-believers]

Break a leg (dp x dc)

"So, the food here is pretty sweet," the girl sitting next to him starts.

Damian hums before remembering he's supposed to be gathering intel and that means he has to talk to people.

"There aren't a lot of vegetarian options," he manages with a tight smile, making sure to look like he is stressed over the audition.

"Oh yeah, that's true," the girl says and falls quiet for a moment.

Damian looks back down at the script he's reading, though he knows the lines by heart. And then the girl speaks up again.

"So how'd you get here?" she says as she swings her legs. "My name's Dani by the way, what's yours?"

Damian folds up the papers carefully. "I'm Stephan," he says. "My agent suggested I try out for a movie role." He offers the girl a convincing shy smile. "How about you?"

"Some guy came up to me and wanted me to audition for this. I thought he was a child trafficker so I followed him. Turns out he wasn't and now I'm here," the girl said before shrugging.

"Why did you follow a man who you thought was a child trafficker?"

"To beat him up," the girl answered.

"Oh." Damian is going to assume that's a joke, if only to preserve his last bit of faith in human intelligence. He's pretty sure every child knows to go away from criminals, not towards.

"Who are you auditioning for?" Dani asks.

"I'm trying for Lennox," Damian answers, shuffling his papers as if nervous.

"A lead," the girl exclaims before extending a fist. "Nice, dude. I believe in you." Damian internally sneers at the gesture but outwardly, he smiles sheepishly and knocks his knuckles against hers. "I'm going for Abigail," the girl continues. "If this goes well, we might end up working together soon, huh?"

"Hopefully," Damian answers with a smile.

Dani smiles back widely and is about to answer when a lady steps out into the room.

"Danielle Nightingale?"

The girl gets to her feet with a chirped "present!" The lady gestures to follow before walking back out. Dani looks over to Damian. "Wish me luck!" she says before twirling away without giving Damian the chance to actually answer.

Damian sits in silence as he looks back down at the script when his earpiece crackles to life.

"Wow, baby bat, that was downright sweet," Brown's whistle comes over the coms. "When's the wedding?"

"I will hurt you," Damian hisses back, hiding his mouth behind the papers.

"Just saying," she sing-songs. "You were awfully chummy out there."

"I was trying to follow your instructions," he bites out quietly. "Or would you have preferred I didn't?"

"No, no, I prefer my civilians un-stabbed," Spoiler answers lightly. "I just didn't know you had it in you."

"I was trained for infiltration," Damian points out. "I know how to lie."

"That is good news because we need you to get on that crew," Brown says. "Ready to blow their minds?"

Damian lets himself have a little smirk, hidden behind the script. "They won't know what hit them."

#They both get the parts #Dani is just going with the flow and having fun #Her costar is a sweet but really shy dude and she has decided he is adorable and that she will protect him at all costs #Damian is stuck with the shy guy act that he pulled together for what he thought was a nobody NPC and he is losing his mind #his costar will not leave him the fuck alone #Also #if she even TRIES to pet his hair again he will bite her fingers off #Steph is laughing obnoxiously #danielle phantom #damian wayne #stephanie brown #dc x dp #dp x dc #roxpoxwrote #roxpox

[haterlain]

uhhhh.. i bet you can't draw dirkjohn. 🤨 (please please please.../silly)

IM SORRY. THIS IS ALL I GOT

#idk why dirk is so hard for me to draw now #(it’s bc I keep getting too lazy to pull up a reference) #John was actually so fun to draw tho #I think dirk thinks his attraction to John is rebound even tho John is like super different from Jake #and John is really clueless for a stupidly long time and is like jee wizz I’ve never felt this way about a bro before! #John is corny to me but like in a little more on an online bro way than Jake #they would go to the gym together and John would keep trying to make dirk laugh between sets #homestuck #dirkjohn #johndirk #my art #dirk strider #John Egbert

[booasaur]

Ted Lasso - 3x05

Bonus:

#tedlassoedit #ted lasso apple tv #keeley jones #jack danvers #juno temple #jodi balfour #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso 3x05 #jack x keeley #femslash related stuff #no longer subtext #woot woot #we CALLED it #and then we had a whole day of them hanging out together #and they were actually lovely together #keeley's fun and funny and smart and jack can see that #so many people predicting after last week that jack was disappointed in her #and so not only did they get along so well but she was able to soothe keeley's self-reproach #she was SO upset and worried when she pulled back #but she read the situation right #she likes her! #and lol at remembering to change the window

[profoundmakerdreamerss-blog]

Is it just me or we barely have any tomarry heist au's??? Like, imagine them teaming up and breaking into places — Tom doing the planning/breaking in and Harry doing the stealing and making plans on his feet if they have any problems. Imagine, everyone is after them but no one knows who they are — and they are ALWAYS successful.

#nah but seriously we need more tomarrys where they just fw people together #imagine them pulling heists #imagine instead of becoming dark lord or cop they just became thiefs™ or menace to the society ™ #the crack #the adrenaline #the acrobats LMAO #just it'll be sm fun 😭😭 #tomarry #harry potter #tom riddle #that time they decided to rob the malfoys™ #imagine the purebloods fams just fearing they will be next #it's just them vs the world #idc i just need need heist fics. thanks

[rustedrocket]

thinkin about these dudes as teens.. what're they up to, y'know? what're those kooky kids doin

#sonadow #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sth #shth #i cooked up some lore for them and didn't realize how much it was until i wrote it all down. really didn't feel like much in my head #basically the conceit of this romance is that shadow has trust issues and sonic just wants this cool guy to chill out and like him. y'know? #it was fun to think about bc i pulled from the sonic bible for some stuff and got to giggle maniacally about that #i know sonadow is not a word in the sonic bible your honor but it is my denomination #religious freedom is a beautiful thing #anyway yes lore exists. there is background. but the vibes are all here on this page #and then something something they grow old together and i cry about it

[paladinbaby]

So the bad news is the apocalypse is here, or something like it at least. And thankfully for you it’s been here for a little bit, long enough to adjust anyway. The good news is life finds a way. Even as the world is ending it carries on. So maybe ending isn’t the most accurate. The world is changing and you find yourself sticking around for the ride. Even better you’ve found yourself someone to ride out the apocalypse with, if you can just find your way back to them….

Dear God is a letter writing game played with two players, using a tarot deck to generate prompts as you cross a the world to reunite. It was made for the 2k23 Record Collection Jam based on the album Doomsday Diaries: A Love Song for Any Apocalyptic Scenario by Emily Axford.

available on itch.io or ko-fi

#letter writing game #indie ttrpg #duet game #duet ttrpg #reco2k23 #emily axford #two player game #storytelling game #doomsday diaries a love song for every apocolyptic scenario #personal #my writing #am writing my second ever game and realised I never actually posted the first one #also realised in pulling together the post I hadn’t saved the cover image anywhere #so that was fun

[alaraxia]

finally finished some full body art of vesper and her three main outfit variations

#and by outfits I mean 3 nearly identical variations of mostly the same items #fhr #sidestep #fallen hero #mayhaps I should have finished this BEFORE I sent off for a comm #OC vesper #digital art #I need to draw her in more outfits as I practice more but this is what I picture as core rn #I do wanna do one of a skinsuit peeled down and worn as just pants with the top tied around the waist like a boiler suit #with a sweater or something on top #like I'd picture it's something she may wear at her base working on armor stuff or plans #that's a bit of my own fashion taste creeping in #tho to be fair her whole fashion is pretty adjacent to what I like to wear just like a bit of a dif focus #since it's what I'm familiar with #like I lean a lot into streetwear/techwear + more put together stuff but for her I wanted to pull it more to athletic adjacent streetwear #anyway fashion is fun

[insertsomthinawesome]

GUESS WHO IS NOW A KLEE HAVER!!! 😭😭 Legit only A ENTIRE YEAR LATER BUT BABY CAME HOME!!!! Anyways Nai and Albedo have like, almost the exact same Eye and Hair color. I originally wanted to draw Vash in Albedo's coat... but the fact that Nai looked more like Albedo haunted me, and then I realized that Albedo has a younger sibling and the rest is history asdlfjdsLKJDSGLKJSDGSD -NO ROMANCE INCLUDED-

#Genshin Impact #Trigun Stampede #Trigun Stampede spoilers #For vash's scars :p #Vash the Stampede #Millions Knives #Knives Trigun Stampede #Vash Trigun Stampede #klee #klee genshin impact #Isa's fanart #insertsomthinawesome #July2023 #So this was not at all originally intended as celebratory Klee pull art (the Nai albedo piece is like 2 months or more old lol) #but me realizing that I could make it that gave me the motivation to finish this all xD #I pulled klee like. ages ago on july 4th but I'm still happy i did so there SDLFJSDLKJGDSG #This was hilarious to do honestly HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It feels like its been a hot second since my more unhinged fanart #this was a lot of fun in the end HAHAHAHA #That last one of Klee and Vash was especially delightful to put together ;;v;; #Sweethearts. the both of them. #Vash is so stressed out by having all of Klee's explosives alsdfjDSLKFJSLKDJGSDLG

[mf-headcannontap]

DREAMWORKS TROLLS: SUPER UNPOPULAR AND CONTROVERSIAL OPINION!!!

DreamWorks Trolls Opinion #1:

Branch's dynamic with Cloud Guy could have been great, if not for how they severely mishandled it for the sake of making Branch the punchline in the show.

Now hear me out!

Cloud Guy is an absolute menace to Branch who loves to prank and humiliate him, but in the end somehow makes Branch overcome something. This is putting a very toxic relationship on screen and making it seem like it's fine when it 100% is not. Now, I've never been a fan of Cloud Guy, but I do know the turning point of where Cloud Guy went from being a character that mildly annoyed me to a character I genuinely hate, and that was Apple Of My Ire. To understand this, let me give you a rundown of my feelings every time Cloud Guy is in an episode.

Laugh Out Cloud: This wasn't too terrible, seeing as how Branch was sort of intense in that episode, but that whole flood thing was really unnecessary.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Hugs: This was just funny. Only thing was Keith in the end. I love Keith, but Branch worked really hard, and Cloud Guy may have been the most annoying wingman ever, but he still got the job done. Although, he really needs to not break into Branch's house and respect his personal space.

Rainbowmageddon: This was just Cloud Guy unnecessarily humiliating and undermining Branch, but honestly I'm more upset with the Trolls because THEY'RE the ones the rainbow is affecting the most, and they're the ones who aren't taking anything seriously. Also, they were fine with just leaving Branch up there? Laugh Out Cloud was fine because I do think Branch was way too uptight about the drought, but here he was rightfully worried about the rainbow, and Cloud Guy and the gang were just goofing off. What's worst was the whole deathbed confession that proved unnecessary. In Laugh Out Cloud, it wasn't exactly a deathbed confession (and it would have been way better if Cloud Guy wasn't faking being scared) and Branch really didn't suffer all that much over it. But here, that was just mean. But honestly, it was the Trolls (Snack Pack in particular) that were the most frustrating.

Two's A Cloud: Now, this episode had potential. It was SUPREMELY irritating when Cloud Guy just moved in. It was also equally horrible when he was being an inconsiderate roommate, purposeful or not IDK but IDC. But them working together to get Cloud Guy's parents to leave was great. And even if Cloud Guy decided to ultimately not move in the bunker, it was still a pretty sweet episode. The Trolls just randomly bursting in his home, though, was awful.

Apple Of My Ire: This episode had me just screaming, and not in the good way. I don't know what in the world Poppy was thinking in finding someone new for Cloud Guy to harass, when she should’ve talked to him about reevaluating and changing their dynamic into something better. You know, something more healthy, or borderline brotherly. Because Branch is so little brother coded, and Cloud Guy honestly seems like a guy who would definitely mess with his siblings out of love. Not to mention, the last time they interacted was to team up to fend off Cloud Guy's parents. That's basically a brotherhood right there! But no. This episode ruined it. Because Branch was emotionally growing, and Cloud Guy pulled him right back to his old ways. And Poppy did NOTHING!!! What's worse is that the other Trolls were also in on this! Like why??? Do Trolls not understand harassment? They have a holiday dedicated to pranking one another, but constantly being bombarded by pranks seems like that would be terrible. Like, in Prank Day, POPPY was getting fed up with the pranks. And sure, she may have planned the prank she pulled on Branch, but she really wasn't taking being pranked constantly well, so why would she be okay subjecting anyone else to that treatment on a day that isn't a day dedicated to pranks? Better yet, if she cared so much about finding Cloud Guy a troll he could annoy, why didn't she volunteer herself? There have been multiple instances where Poppy has proven to be just as temperamental and easy to annoy as Branch, so why couldn't she be that Troll? She already had some practice when she was trying to help DJ with wrangling CJ's wooferbug. But what really took the cake was when Cloud Guy just openly admitted to planting a tracker INSIDE Branch, and no one did anything. Also, was that bit really necessary? When has Cloud Guy ever had to use the tracker? Rainbowmageddon aside, he always first interacts with Branch near or in his bunker. This episode turned their dynamic from frienemies-that-can-be-potential-brothers who annoy each other, to outright bully-victim where the victim gets shamed constantly for defending themselves. This episode made me hate Cloud Guy, and gave me such an ick, I can't even watch any of the previous episodes with Cloud Guy in them without feeling rage.

I have not seen Trollstopia. I do not have access to it. But I have seen people discuss the show online. More specifically, they discuss the episode Cloud Control. And what they discuss... I thought Apple Of My Ire was bad, this episode was infinitely worse, and I haven't even seen it yet.

The takeaway here is Branch's and Cloud Guy's dynamic had so much potential, but then Apple Of My Ire came along and every episode with Cloud Guy after that just cemented Cloud Guy as an antagonistic bully who gets away with it due to victim blaming and finding ways to make it seem that he was "helping" his victims all along, as well as a large dose of full on guilt tripping.

It all comes down to DreamWorks and their love of making Branch the punchline to everything. Even his trauma isn't taken seriously, as evidenced by Trolls: Band Together. Branch deserves better. Cloud Guy's character arc was brutally murdered so I guess he deserves better, too. Poppy and the Trolls need more character development and a crash course in healthy character dynamics. And DreamWorks needs to stop making Branch needlessly suffer for the sake of a joke.

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #trolls branch #trolls cloud guy #trolls the beat goes on #trolls band together #character analysis #DreamWorks needs to lay off Branch for a while #DISCLAIMER: if you need to consistently bully a main character for comedy then that says something about your writing abilities #just saying #for reference look at Marinette from MLB #don't pull an Astruc DreamWorks #you're better than that #so be better #do better #please don't drag me for this trolls fandom #if you disagree please be nice and provide evidence for your position so that we may debate upon this #this is all fun in games y'all #in the end this is just a movie/show and it's not that deep/serious #let's have fun and keep it in perspective.

[hiroshotreplica]

ill defend side order until the day i die. Would people kill me if i said i prefer it over octo expansion

#rambling #octo expansion has a better story and its ost makes me cry #but. Side order is so much fun. And i love tinkering with it like im pulling apart a toaster and putting it back together #Meanwhile i Really dont want to touch OE again unless i REALLY want to go for the true 100%