#whew boy

[kimseokjinn]

#mentally im still here #btsedit #bts #jungkook edit #bts daily #dailybts #mine #jeon jungkook #bts edit #whew boy

[cantstoptheraiiin]

ur telling me THIS is the new agent? ...whew lord 😍

#deadlock #deadlock valorant #valorant #valorant agents #valorant x reader #whew boy

[childoftheriver]

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

#keith emerson #greg lake #carl palmer #nothing scandalous this time #just the boys IN BED!! #jesus take the wheel #my thoughts are so impure #I’d love to play the floor is lava with them….heeheee #despite the horrible bangs keith looks very sweet #that jumper looks cozy… #it’s hard to look at Carl without thinking of his underwear though #and his cute little butt #I love his hair like this #he’s such a hot boy #but Gregory #whew boy #he is so gorgeous #how is it possible #and of course there’s the bed… #gaaahhhhh #deep breaths #elp #emerson lake and palmer #emerson lake & palmer #emerson lake palmer #a greg a day (or two or more)

[netheritetanto]

TW://sexual assault, abuse

Kosei Shishido is a character that I have seen misrepresented in many aspects. I figured I would go ahead and represent what he actually stands for and the reasons for his always imminent betrayal. 

Shishido has, in many aspects, lived a life close to Kiryu’s. He seems to be obsessed to a point with Joryu. He sees right through the exterior of that obviously fake codename. He sees the strength. He sees fully realized the type of man he wants to be, despite the Daidoji label marked deep into his skin. Kiryu still holds a space and carries the weight of the Dragon of Dojima as plain as the clothes on his back. That type of room captivating awe. That mere respect that no one really truly had shown him before was standing right in front of him and he was frustrated at the thought someone would strip themselves of a weight as powerful as that of Kazuma Kiryu. As we move through the story, you feel a profound sense of sadness weighing down on his shoulders. Knowing the yakuza world, it is easy to ignore this. The way he holds himself. The oni mask… Why would someone so powerful in build and bulk and someone who wants power hide their face from the light of day? Then we meet the puppet master. 

Nishitani Homare III. A character who I rightfully despise, has taken control from Shishido in every possible concept. A former Jingweon Mafia member himself, he knew the importance of the weight of a name. Of appearance. Of merely existing in a circumstance that had never been born for him to inhabit. He has a stolen name, but not a stolen face. A name that has actual meaning in the yakuza world. He uses it disgracefully to the original owner, Homare Nishitani. I guarantee if Homare knew about the 3rd he would tear him to pieces. As I say this, I shift back to Shishido. His face, pockmarked, dragged, mangled by something. You notice this immediately after the mask comes off. It is a defining feature of a face that is exceptionally handsome. You wonder if this is the only part of his body to hold these deep pits categorized as scars. The pain that he must have felt as the weapon sliced his skin couldn't have been less than searing, white hot. Then Nishitani III unleashes his true villainy. He has Shishido under lock and key. His dog. He’s collared and it was hard to hear such a thing. Why? How? 

Shishido was born under a different name. A name that held less weight than dog shit on the bottom of your shoe. He was sold into slavery by his father to the Kijin Clan, forced from fifteen to be in death matches in their coliseum. The more matches he won, the more he caught the attention of the person who oversaw these fights. Nishitani III. He was caught in his “good grace” to ultimately be taken advantage of. Tortured. The scars on his face held that weight. Sexually abused. His mind held this tightly, as you see in the particularly hard to watch cutscene of one of Watase’s guys openly commenting and making fun of him for. This went on for decades a “living hell” that “broke his mind and body”. What did he have to do other than fight? What could he do when he lost, facing the 3rd and hoping he would hopefully do the least amount of damage to him. When did his mind break? Did it take a while of the abuse? Or did he withstand some of it, only to be broken by another thing forcefully done to him? In any case, even the name Watase gave him, with time, degradated and withered. He felt less and less like a human and perhaps more like a monster. An oni, perhaps? Forced and fed into violence, striking down those who would hurt him, would hurt his abuser. This is why he feels betrayed and ultimately would betray Kiryu, his name was not enough for him and he needed to know why. 

Shishido, crushed, broken, tired. He was everything when he went into the building to retrieve the note that was to end the Omi Alliance forever. The place that had given him his name, although now it felt and rang hollow, couldn’t end just like that, right? He was dumbfounded. Heartbroken, even. How could they do this to him? How could they get rid of this for everyone who had gained a name from their somewhat twisted profession? What about the legends? What about title and rank and bosses and underlings? He was even somewhat worried about what that meant for Nishitani III even despite everything. He had given him power, even if it was lesser than he would have wanted. The “murder” of the 3rd was framed as a mercy. As if he survived, what would happen to the dissolution plan? Although this pissed Kiryu and Tsuruno off, at least he was gone. Until he wasn't. 

The full villainy of Shishido is overwritten by his extreme grief and hatred. He was about to lose another name, one granted by the people who had saved his life and given it purpose. Who else did he have to turn to other than his abuser, Nishitani Homare III. Who also suspected Joryu’s real nature. Whose name symbolized power in the Kijin Clan. Who could overturn the dissolution with sheer numbers, if he desired. Kiryu was their shared enemy. Kiryu was also their ultimate downfall. Joryu isn’t a man. He is a concept. A ghost. When you have hauntings, who do you call? Well, Shishido and the 3rd saw themselves as Ghostbusters of sorts. If he was revealed to be alive, what would happen to the things he was trying to protect? No one knew, but it was a point of contention. If they could get the Dragon of Dojima behind them, if they could reveal he was still alive? The dissolution would come falling down with them. This is the end to which the means are defined. Shishido had to protect his abuser because he had lost every other thing that had given him the little power he did possess. The collar tightened around his neck and with it, he lost his power again.

After Kiryu defeats Shishido, there is nothing left for him. I’m sure he knew, somewhere. Deep down he would lose. But he went down fighting with everything he had. But little did he know he wouldn’t die there. An even worse fate awaited him and his abuser. They were both taken to become Daidoji, to become complicit to their ways, even if they had to keep them half alive to do so. I can only imagine the terror as Shishido wakes up only to find he’s lost not only his name, but his rank and power along with it. The dissolution went off without a hitch. Kosei Shishido was a dead man and to top it all off? He was to be in this organization with a new name, new rank. He would have to fight to be back at the top, although the top is different in Daidoji’s books. There is no top. You are either a good agent or a bad one. The realization he was to spend probably the rest of his life chained to his abuser while simultaneously chained like a dog to the Daidoji was one I could only imagine caused the worst pain in him. I fear it may have even made him complicit to the Daidoji, which will have to be figured out with the release of Infinite Wealth. I hope there is a way to save him in some way, as I think he does deserve peace. 

#yakuza #like a dragon #like a dragon gaiden #shishido kosei #nishitani iii #kiryu kazuma #yuki tsunoda #dude shishido is the first character i've written an essay about in a while #he means so much to me and also his story #whew boy #do heed the tw because i do go into it a bit

[awanderingcatharsis]

the sbg fandom is gonna lose its shit in a few weeks

#sbg (webtoon) #school bus graveyard #fast pass #sbg ep 60 #whew boy

[curiosityschild]

She ponders her orb

#amphibiuary2023 #whew boy #this is actually a little statue that I have #figured I'd maybe use a reference this time lol #that IS a wizard hat btw #I know it looks like a crown but look. every hat that a wizard wears is a wizard hat #doesn't matter what it looks like #I'm going to reblog with a picture of the statue I just don't want to clog the tag

[frecklesandpoverty]

ohhhhhhhhh man I didn’t know anything about Renfield’s cast except for Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult, so I was woefully underprepared to suddenly see Ben Schwartz as a tatted up gangster. I immediately knew “ohhhhhhh he’s gonna be a problemmmmmm.” I already had a crush on him from Parks and Rec but whew boyyyyyyyyy Teddy Lobo presses all my buttons.

(also I kinda wanted him and Renfield to realize Drac is abusive and leave/kill him and then they can be bf’s. or throw in Awkwafina’s cop character and be a throuple lol)

#that centipede snorting awakened something in me #whew boy #sir #goddamn #ben schwartz #teddy lobo #tedward lobo #tedward lmaooooo #renfield #renfield 2023 #renfield cast #parks and rec cast #parks and recreation cast #movie #movies #horror comedy #comedy movie #comedy movies #horror comedies #horror comedy movie #horror comedy movies #horror movie #horror movies #tag all the tags #lol #dracula #dracula movie #vampie #vampires #vampire movie

[yuichiiusagii]

ok quick question

if i made a little whiteboard fox thing would yall like that and would yall join

gotta summon the fandoms rq HOLD ON

#grian #avian grian #hermitcraft #secret life #life series #tmnt #rottmnt #whiteboard fox #the last of us #tlou #tlou 1 #tlou game #the last of us game #the last of us 1 #whew boy

[queenimmadolla]

I hate (love in this case) to be the bearer of bad news, but I’ve seen cop character AUs getting some hate and I definitely think it’s some performative ass shit given how CHIEF HOPPER was indeed a CHIEF OF POLICE and gets written about like nothing because it’s really not that deep. Out of all the things people write about, this is where some draw the line???? Sure. Tell that to the entire Law and Order fandom that exists. Certainly don’t see anyone crying about that because it’s not that deep and you don’t really care, it’s just performative.

#this grinds my gears #whew boy #eddie munson au #eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #chief hopper #Jim hopper #stranger things

[odinsblog]

OMFG. I always like to think that I would be a great father, but Hoo boy, the stories my sister tells me sometimes got me thinking that maybe I might not be as great as I believe

My sister called me this morning and she was fucking hot

She just had the interiors of her house professionally painted. Something she and her spouse been wanting to do for years, but they kept putting it off because they always had other, more pressing uses for the money, right?

So they splurged

And then, this morning she called me so mad that she could hardly articulate her words (she’s a communications grad and former news producer, so it really takes a lot to leave her speechless)

I was trying to get whatever happened out of her and she sent me a text with a picture

Their 9yr old son took a giant permanent black marker and wrote across the wall, and his bedroom door, and the wall on the other side of his bedroom door: “NO ONE IS ALOUD IN MY ROOM”

Like ….. in huge, giant ass letters

LMAO, all I could think of to calm her down was, showing her this video and asking if she was going to discipline him for misspelling the word ‘allowed’?

My sister has always impressed me because of her parenting decision to never use corporal punishment with their children. Like, “not sparing the rod” is big in Black families (esp Pentecostal ones) and it’s definitely not how we were raised, so kudos to her. Breaking the cycle and all. Good job, sis 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

HOWEVER ….. I gotta say, I’m wondering if she’s gon be able to stick with that one today

Nah, she won’t. She definitely might be tempted to, but I know she won’t. She sees the value of talking things out, and not setting an example for violence solving problems. But she will absolutely teach him about consequences fo sho

But I am seriously dying to find out what his punishment is going to be

#whew boy #parenting

[occultopossum]

That ND thing of when you have a melt down/get upset over something And once that something has been resolved you feel like the biggest cunt about it even if you were justifiably upset or not

#whew boy #mostly like 'why are you so upset about it it's fixed now' #mentality @ yourself #likegod brain can i have been upset over something in peace

[wanderingmind867]

Stan Lee may have been the only person who understood the X-Men. Because I legitimately think no one else understood them but him. Stan Lee's X-Men hid their powers when in their civilian identities (at least initially), which makes sense! If they're meant to be so actively hated and feared, this makes sense! Nowadays, they seem to have mostly ditched this. Which is a shame.

Also, I wouldn't say the X-Men work great as a metaphor for race. You want to do stories about racism, ableism, whatever, make more characters of colour or characters with disabilities. Here's a quote from a person who wrote an online post critical of the X-Men. I won't speak to how good his whole article is. But I do want to share this quote: "The most appropriate metaphor for the original Stan Lee comics is probably invisible dimensions of power such as LGBT issues or religion." I think they're right on that one note, and so I wanted to share this quote.

#whew boy #I really rambled here #apologies if I got too wordy #marvel #marvel comics #marvel universe #x men comics #xmen #x men #the x men #I still prefer stan lee's x-men to any other run #anti chris claremont #particularly #stan lee

[childoftheriver]

Oh

#keith emerson #what a beautiful version of this picture #whew boy #hot hot hot 🥵 #I have a thing for that little bit of hair around a man’s navel… #I mean #pants uncontrollably #elp #emerson lake and palmer #greg lake #emerson lake & palmer #emerson lake palmer

[jascurka]

*through gritted teeth* blocking makes for a better online experience :) I'm here to be me not someone I'm not :) I won't engage in pointless discourse :) I don't have to please everyone in the fandom :)

#whew boy #i just.. ah whatever #twitter again #im just doing it to myself for staying there aren't I #day ruined

[anakinskywalkerog]

for your consideration: the Hayden smolder

#whew boy #how am i supposed to cope #look at him #my heart #hayden christensen #star wars #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #star wars prequels #ewan mcgregor #obi wan and anakin #anakin #obi wan show #kenobi #kenobi series #star wars fandom #sw fandom #sw prequels #star wars anakin #sw memes #star wars cast #crush #star wars press #hayden #smolder #hot #hot celebs #celebrities #actors #sw fanart

[mindyourmanors]

Alexander,is the monocle because your vision is fucked, or because you need to be fancy and one up people with glasses

TW//Blood and gore below!

“…It’s something I wore from before this world. When my heart still beat. I have no use for it here, but it brings me..comfort.” -Alexander

#dark deception #gold watchers #deadly decadence #gwa #dark deception oc #digital art #whew boy #hai not dead #just school #lore lore lore lore