#we love a subtle man

[puppyeared]

Callbacks to older episodes

#the last one is kind of subtle. theyre from edas childhood bedroom lol #the hospital and amity’s ship are probably my fav references.. considering we saw at least 3 different precincts in the show it prob implies #there are way more of them all over the isles. also the sheer symbolism of the precinct being changed into a hospital fucking got me man #also amity’s ship with the little cat paws and face bc of luz making a cat face out of her abomination… I love them #HHHHHGGGGG IM GONNA MISS THIS SHOW MAN #if you notice to the right of eda’s office THERES a mural of raine and a small photo of Luz and King #there are also symbols of the titans skull replacing the emperors coven and the attention to detail is insane #they even managed to sneak one into 1 or 2 backgrounds which I did not expect #the owl house spoilers #toh spoilers #toh #the owl house #toh watching and dreaming #watching and dreaming #watching and dreaming spoilers #wad spoilers #toh finale spoilers

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

MDZS Disco Elysium AU part 2 - Psyche Skills

Part 1 - Part 3

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #disco elysium #MDZS disco elysium au #jiang cheng #jiang yanli #yu ziyuan #While it's more in vogue to draw a character's skill roster tailored to them - #One of the more subtle details I love in DE is how some of the skill portraits parallel character portraits of people hbd associates with. #Theres somethine rather poetic to be said about how other people shape out thoughts and sometimes act as a 'voice' in our head. #How we are in part a collection of impressions other people left behind on us. #I am a huge Skillhead (Those are my friends! My party members! They love me! They have their own agendas and alliances!) #so of course a healthy portion of this AU is dedicated to them <3 #the Int skills go basically unchanged from DE. Psy as well (with changes to a few quirks in voice). #Fys skills though...well...wwx is in a different body! Those voices belong to Someone Else. #Esp electrochem (MXY in this AU also partied to near death. WWX is withdrawing and craving substances he's never even heard of before) #While I personally don't fully subscribe to Volition Jean I *do* see Volition Jiang Cheng. The voice of your Not Brother keeping you afloat #All three of these parallels make me unbelievably sad. They are also both purple. Art is like that sometimes. #Empathy Jiang Yanli...oh man do I have a lot of thoughts about her. Disco fans Who Know....you can probably see what I'm cooking. #Authority is a really interesting skill in DE because *yes* its about power and intimidation - but it's also about finesse and respect #Titus Hardie and YZY both abuse *and* finesse how they establish their authority - in a way that leaves quite an impression. #2 more mdzs disco posts that I *need* to create and then I'm off to working on raffles <3

[tragicotps]

Asriel Belacqua + his biggest weakness aka Marisa Coulter

#his dark materials #masriel #asriel x marisa #asriel belacqua #marisa coulter #a little compilation of Asriel being a sucker for marisa #its kinda funny how she's all like HE obvi LOATHES me&wants me and our daughter DeaD so F hiM and he's all like I LOVE YOU Pls LOVE ME BACk #*puppy dog eyes* #he tries and fails so hard lmao #this took me waaaaay longer to make than I expected #but it was worth it 😆 #I love this idiot of a man #the subtle eyebrow raise when he says 'not just her' 😭😭 #like he wants to say HAVE I NOT BEEN SUPERCLEAR ABOUT THIS OR DO YOU NEED ME TO SPELL IT OUT #these actors really gave it their best with the material they had #i still cant believe they didnt even use one good marisa line from the books in s3 #we shouldve married and brought her up ourselves #what will happen to us #is this the end of everything #ive never hated you but I could see why you might hate me #i cant bear the thought of oblivion asriel #i told him i was going to betray you but i lied too well #She felt as soft and light in his arms as she had when Lyra was conceived thirteen years before #GAHHHHHH im just 🥺🥺🥺 whyyy #ignore all these useless tags #i wanted to add more to this set but tumblr didnt let me #mine

[clarabowmp3]

I’m sorry I genuinely cannotttttt understand how some ppl bash joe even in a joking manner. Like the poor guy did nothing wrong (that we know of) but so many ppl are making such snide remarks by comparing him to Travis which is not only condescending but actually kind of mean! HELLO did we listen to the same reputation album??? You can’t praise Travis for letting Taylor bejeweled and then rip joe to shreds in the same breath when joe was the one there for her in a clearly difficult and trying time in her life

#the ripping to shreds is a little exaggerated cuz there’s not that much vitriol behind it #but I just find the callous attitude to be so disgusting and insincere #like the love for Travis is sooo much rn I can’t imagine ppl hating him if they broke up #but I couldn’t imagine that for joe either #and another thing I think has to do with how public they are which is fine #but because ppl see so much physical proof of Travis being loving it somehow automatically proves joe wasnt #he was a private man! let him be!! #and if that wasn’t smth Taylor liked/struggled with she dealt with it like the grown woman she is #I’m not saying she didn’t face any kind of emotional stress in that r/ship #but if she did/going off of her songs she dealt with it like an adult #and now that chapters closed and ofc we can still talk abt joe but the subtle menace towards him is sooo immature #like some ppl rlly need to grow up/touch grass #and I’m not hating on travis like him not being there in 2016 is not a dig towards him #it’s just pointing out who WAS there which a lot of ppl seem to be forgetting #joe alwyn #travis kelce #taylor swift

[itspileofgoodthings]

one of my fave things about teaching is that I’m NOT a counselor and I don’t have to get into the weeds with a student but also I’m part of their life every day and i see when they’re struggling and I can ask how them how they’re doing and make sure that they know I see them on a steady, daily basis and it will be healing for both of us

#I teach a student who hit a wall a few weeks ago and just refused to go to school and was just all around struggling with his mental health #and this is not a kid who wants to talk to me about it or would even know how and I also know he has people where he can #But I’ve just tried to make sure that There’s a little extra contact and a few more questions and just a little bit more #and obviously I am not the cause of his doing better but overall I know that it helps #while still being such a subtle and ordinary human exchange that doesn’t force either of us to go to extreme lengths #like man I really LOVE that space and living in it #and just being a (hopefully) stable place for the kids to be seen in a small but consistent way #teaching tag #something about holding them in the safety of manners while also modeling what that looks like for them #it’s so gratifying to me and it helps me too! #like yes we should greet each other! We should ask how we’re doing! we should exchange pleasantries #and it’s important to me that that happens without getting personal sometimes or overly involved #pleasantries don’t have to be cold things and you can be seen and validated by a momentary kind glance as much as by someone digging #into your soul #it can be light and life-giving at the same time #it can be fun! #I’m sorry I’m rambling and over-saying this but it’s Saturday #!!!!!!

[back-in-a-bit]

wow i'm just looking at roy's thought process in the lead up to this call:

he's just gotten a ridiculous amount of flowers from the armstrong intelligence agent and he needs to do something with them, and his mind immediately goes "give them to riza".

like, bradley JUST called this man's ass out for wearing his heart on his sleeve and yet he just. keeps simping.

(you know what that is folks? king shit.)

(maybe he thought since he's not her boss right now he could get away with it. high key obsessed by that manga panel in the 'selim b is homunculus' convo where roy asks her out and riza shoots him down not having a CLUE that's what he's doing:

man's REALLY trying to shoot his shot pray for him y'all.)

and not only does roy decide to give her the flowers he decides to start off the call doing a goofy little bit.

like, my precious subordinate must be super stressed working under wrath! i know, i'll bring her some flowers and also use them as an excuse to check in on her and i'll ALSO honk my clown nose to get her to laugh or roll her eyes fondly at me! yes boyfriend of the year right here

i repeat, roy knows riza's going through a tough time and his game plan is to bring her flowers and try and make her laugh.

i'm frankly amazed these two weren't written up for fraternization before this. only the bad guys ever bring it up and no-one else ever calls them out on it in-universe but these two are NOT subtle.

#fma #fmab #royai #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #this scene cracks me up every single time #how the fuck is any of this subtle #royais are like “we mustn't let them touch. even a minute spent too long in each other's company is suspicious.” #meanwhile canon roy-boy's rolling up with a car full of flowers for his girl during a time when they're under major surveillance #also i'm forever agog that roy ACTUALLY ASKS RIZA OUT. IT'S CANON. IT'S IN THE MANGA. #he flirts with armstrong in a very calculated way in order to pass on info #but what possible reason does he have to ask riza out when they can communicate in the mess hall? #the way this man is chomping at the bit to love and care for his lieutenant... #and the way it just flies over her head lmaoooooo go girl give him nothing

[itssoinevitable]

I should have listened to you, Mrs Hall. You always seem to know what’s best for me.

#this has been haunting me since I watched the xmas special #more gifs to come (I hope!) #look at the way he hopes she will take his hand #as she did last time to comfort him when he was sad #my man you are not subtle #and i love you for it #I love that this episode planted the seeds in Siegfried's mind that he may have certain feelings for Audrey he won't admit to #bring on the PINING bring on the ANGST #it's going to be amazing #how do we wait til next september I wonder #siegfried farnon #audrey hall #siegfried x audrey #acgas spoilers #acgas s3 #acgas 2020

[theyellowhue]

Phayu definitely know that he made Rain go oh

Look at that little grin. He definitely knows 🤭

#we forget how phayu is disgustingly in love with rain because we get distracted with rain's chaotic energy #that is a look of a man who flattered beyond belief that he made a cute boy blush #phayu is such a flirt but he is so subtle about it #i cant really blame rain for falling for the reverse chase phayu orchestrated #its okay rain bub i dont blame you for that one #love in the air #love in the air the series #phayurain #payurain

[bewilderedbuck]

"Turns out we're a pretty good team, for two people who hate each other."

happy happy birthday to my dearest kay @thefabulousfab-3 !! 💗

#benvi #devi vishwakumar #ben gross #nhie #never have i ever #benvi moodboard #benvi edit #myedit #kay tag #2023 is the year i start making stuff for mutuals birthdays bc i love u all so much #anyways. kay was my first ever mutual on this blog when i rejoined tumblr in 2021 for never have i ever #n i am just So Glad we became friends n that i have her (and grace!) to yell about benvi and nhie with <3 our lil discord makes me so happy #(even if i ghost for weeks like ive been doing bc i have not been having many benvi thoughts lately but like #even when i do ghost n randomly pop back in its always with open arms u know) #fr tho i just. Love Kay So Much !!!!!!!! #mutuals #also. using this as a very subtle way to push the Ben Gross Is An Artist narrative even tho its literally already canon #he loves science n he loves drawing <3 we love a man who can do both

[bylertruther]

the crazy thing abt will and mike is that we mostly learn will is gay because other people tell us he is, but we learn that mike is gay (despite him telling us he's not, begging us to pls see tht he's not gay) because literally everything that he does is so fucking gay. because in him trying to not be gay he is just being so unbelievably extra fucking gay without realizing. like. el is literally his red herring idc i'll say it stone me if u must but the truth must be said !!!!

#why is he always so crazy to save and protect will and even just to figure out if he's okay #but if el is missing he's like damn... tht sucks... but stays his ass at home. calls on his radio but thts it. #he doesn't Go Insane and put himself n everyone he loves in danger jus to find her. he knows she's out there. he SAW her. and yet!! #and when he fucks up with her he needs someone (lucas and will) to hold his hand n guide him through it (which NEVER fucking works #bc they don't know her how mike SHOULD know her as her bf but i digress) but when he fucks up with will HE LITERALLY DOES EXACTLY WHAT #OTHER CHARACTERS ARE TELLING HIM HE NEEDS TO DO FOR EL (LUCAS) OR EXACTLY WHAT OTHER CHARACTERS ARE TELLING EL THAT HE'LL DO FOR HER (MAX) #EL IS LITERALLY CRYING BEGGING PLEADING SAYING YOU DON'T EVEN LOVE ME WHY CAN'T YOU SAY IT YOU THINK I'M A MONSTER #AND HE'S LIKE 😰🤐😶🫥 BUT WILL CONFESSES UNDER HER NAME AND THEN /PROMPTS HIM/ TO SAY WHATEVER HE NEEDED TO SAY #AND SUDDENLY /THATS/ WHEN HE CAN SAY I LOVE YOU?!!? FOR THE FIRST FUCKING TIME????? #AND THEN AFTERWARD WHEN THEY'RE NOT TALKING HE JUST BRUSHES IT OFF???????????? #YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S NOT A GAY MAN? YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S NOT A HOMOSEXUAL? #meanwhile will has always just been will. the Biggest hint we got was s4 him moving his foot away. but other than that it was always subtle #ppl calling him slurs. bc everything else they PURPOSELY made it so tht it could be either he's just Not There Yet or Could Be gay #but mike is just so. he's fucking gay bro how else can i say it like 😭 #mine #mike

[scalproie]

bloodline kinda went off when they gave kaz the pointy ears

this is honestly such a good stylized kaz

#the character designer said that he has pointy ears to evoke devil and I looove it #I love when kaz gets subtle non-human attributes #man kaz in bloodline was so good I wish we saw him for more than *check watch* barely 3min #tagging later #kazamajun

[michi-chelle-draws]

inkuary 2023 - day 4

#meguru bachira #blue lock #fanart #ink #inkuary #we love an unhinged best friend character who’s got a not so subtle crush on the protagonist #i know sports anime are extra by nature but blue lock definitely takes the cake lmaoooooo #guys i think inkuary is officially kicking my ass but!!! i’m just gonna hope i gain steam soon….? idk man #i’m just not completely satisfied with my drawings so far but eh #i’m just shocked i’m still in the game #now let’s see how i’ll fare after a 12-hour work shift lololol

[benisasoftboi]

Spent my day off catching up on Miraculous Ladybug and all I can say is RIP Gabriel, actual funniest villain of all time. I will never get over how he akumatized an actual baby, spent the entire episode asking himself why the fuck he thought that was a good idea, and then proceeded to do it again like five more times

#miraculous ladybug #probably my favourite character actually #i volunteer at a library and one of the librarians there is a 40-ish y/o man with a 6 y/o daughter who loves mlb #we have bonded over roasting the shit out of gabriel agreste and his terrible parenting #mlb 🤝 doctor who -> shows that are most enjoyable when watched as comedies #i also enjoy tikki (she is very funny and cute) kagami (esp now that i know she’s a theatre kid) #and marc (even though he’s barely a character - but i like his design + the potential he had in his introduction episode. shame about that) #(and that his name is rainbow. subtle.) #julerose are also cute lol

[torgawl]

"love should be warm... but to you, it's become a form of punishment"

#SO RAWWWWW #something about him being an orphan... something about him having killed for vengeance at a young age... #i don't know it feels like a more personal line than just speaking out of his beliefs on justice #he definitely knows what it's like to be hurt by people who should have loved you and left alone and uncared for #but more than any lack of sympathy he could feel for that man he genuinely hopes he changes for the little girl's sake and i think that's #a subtle way to show who he is and who he has become?! idk not coherent but i liked the trailer a lot #i'm excited to find out more about him through his quest #one of my favourite genres of genshin characters really is deeply traumatised cryo user and i think that's beautiful 😂 #wrio 🤝 shenhe 🤝 kaeya = everything to me #but like can we talk about wrio being silly and warm and actually easy to talk to and how he doesn't hide the way he feels? #because it's so easy to close yourself after you go through those types of hard experiences but it's genuinely refreshing to see how #bright he is even if he can come across as cold like the little girl said we know that's not his demeanour #the fact he so openly admits he had a bad childhood and isn't able to trust people without any shame?? refreshing #i think he's just so easy to relate to and he feels incredibly dynamic as a character #i love him sm #genshin leaks #< because i talk about the voice lines and that hasn't been released yet

[icharchivist]

oh god oh god i actually love this hold on.

in the OG around this point you don't know that Aerith has a connection to the Lifestream that means she has a more intense connection with death. It's only when she gets taken by the turks that her mom mentions to us that Aerith was able to pass on the last words her husband wanted to pass down to her as he died far away in the war.

I don't have recollection of Aerith specifically connecting and hearing ghosts in the OG, and especially not in the Train Graveyard which was a pretty straight forward dungeon section, not exactly a character building exercise

and for all my issues with "ruining mysteries" i think, on the contrary, that here it serves it so well.

It evokes much more easily Aerith's connection with the deads, and they don't spell out why right from the start, so if Aerith doesn't drop any information until Elmyra does, this is actually a super good build up to what Aerith's powers are like.

and i'm thrilled that they add to it an angle of her being able to hear what the deads have to say, and wanting, in a way, helping them pass on. It's really just something that alluded but not really seen, and it's a great thing to expend on.

I love the idea so much, and to hear Aerith's voice breaks after defeating this ghost that has been haunting them the whole time, realizing that the only reason it attacked them was just that they wanted to have fun one last time? The way to set Aerith on the door between life and death, able to bridge that misunderstanding?

oh i love it so so so much, fantastic addition, i'm in love.

#when the remake is good it's so good!!! #like maybe my memories of the OG are a bit far bc i haven't played it fully for about a decade #but i don't have direct recollection of her talking to ghosts #but meanwhile i know it's something i often thought about #because i do think about Aerith and her powers a lot even without having ff7 in mind #and just. god i love this #i love this addition. #it works very well with the lore and what we know of Aerith's powerset #and so far they're subtle about building it on #though tbh i think it's not like Elmyra talking about Aerith's powers are when the group must learn them #though i would prefer Barret being there still when it's all being cleared up #but man. that's so good. #ichablogging ffviirg

[fourteenthz]

wip whenever

@coldshrugs tagged me on this one AGES ago. and I've been in a weird headspace with writing so since I wrote like few paragraphs on this one today I was like "it's now or never" so here, extremely late but better than never ? I think ? it sure isn't wip wednesday or whatever lol. anyway under read more we go!

tagging: I still am not sure which of my followers write so :) if you want to do this PLS pretend I tagged you here!! I always want to read your fics.

for context: right after that first quest when we met y'shtola on the first. thancred excuses himself, minfilia asks to go with the wol and runar around slitherbough but thesa asks for a moment to go after thancred before anything else. it's wolcred + pre-relationship, like 90% of my fics.

“Don't mention it,” Thesa says before standing up. She speaks with a tone that translates as if she doesn't want to talk about it again — which does sound like she's scolding him, if he's being honest — but the viera stops in front of him with their hands still linked, so Thancred doesn't really complain all that much. “I'm taking her with me for a stroll through the village.”

“Be my guest,” he laughs — though there's a sign of relief there as he throws his hands up in surrender. If he's happy to rest off his obligations for a while or if it's because he realized she's not that mad at him, Thesa can't tell. Still, he adds with that familiar amused delivery of his, “unlike you, Minfilia isn't reckless, but she's a bit too naive sometimes. Keep your eyes on her, please.”

“I'm an expert dealing with both kinds of teens, trust me.” She hits her chest confidently, though her smile is warm now there’s something else in there. Thancred asks himself if this is the longest she has been away from the twins.

And, of course, there was no need for the suddenly confession, but he does all the same: “I always do.” It's accompanied by a smile as he clasps her hand before she can distance herself again and brings it to his lips again. This time without checking out the people around him — to which a young adult elezen sure is entertained to witness in the back — his eyes never leaving her, he mutters with his lips still over her fingers. “We also have matters to settle, you and I.”

Thesa squeezes his hands lightly. “I'm well aware,” she nods, taking her hand away from him to stroke his cheek for a few seconds before letting her hand fall to her side. “Later, though.”

#me everytime I write: wolcred + cannon compliant + behind the scenes. well at least it isn’t 3rd person pov this time lol but man... #i LOVE behind the scenes fic. I did look for him everywhere in slitherbough after he leaves the room with the scions. #for some reason him and yshtola felt so nerve-wrecking at the time. when I replayed that part in ng+ last month I was like 'I need to write #something out of this' and prev post reminded me of this fic so yeah I picked up today :) also ofc english isn't my first language #I just can NOT translate their maneirism in any other way so it's always english fics for me. bare with me and there take it off my system. #who knows maybe I'll just finish it for once. this is pretty much the end of their conversation like. really. there's nothing else here #the main scene is done and still I was not able to finish it lol. + fun fact: the whole “matters to sattle” thing is like.. their thing... #their subtle way of saying “we have to talk about this thing we have” which is NOTHING so far. but. you know. it's there and they know. #alright its 1 kiss in heavensward (putting it mildly lol) BUT it's pretty much nothing. I just LOVE their way of having so much between the #and not having anything at the same time because: COWARDS. still. kissing their foreheads. they are sooo emotionally constipated <333 #always shy abt posting my writing here because again ENGLISH but azia tagged so THERE take it. #don't look too closely I have NOT proof-read anything lol #kelly says #tag game