#you can't miss the themes

[willowser]

katsuki jumps, startlingly, when you rub a hand up his back.

he's leaned too far down, bent over the counter at an angle that will give him an ache he'll complain about later, and his head whips up as you come to stand beside him. an e-mail on his phone is what previously had his full attention, but now he looks at you, eyes softening as you lean into his shoulder.

he's never been a very touchy guy. even after a year into your relationship, it's most often you reaching for his hand as you walk down the street; you pressing a kiss into his cheek while watching a movie on the couch; you running a hand through his hair as his breath steadies out beside you in bed.

it's not something you really complain about. you know how he is, knew before anything developed between the two of you, and you can't say it's a deal-breaker. there's little you know about his previous relationships or if he even had any, but you have the painful-gut feeling that affection just isn't something he's used to.

you press a smile into the sleeve of his shirt and his spine relaxes under your hand, finds that awful curve again. he watches you like he's waiting for something, tracing the tender details of your face.

"love you," you say, because do and you want to voice it aloud, put it into his mind even though you know he knows. as expected, his lips flatten into a wavering little line, shy suddenly, and your teeth wet the fabric of his shirt when you smile.

all you get is a little grunt in response and he dips his chin down in a wordless nod, accepting your lovey-dovey assault. it makes him feel a little helpless, you know, but you bring up an arm to wrap around him as he turns back to his phone, ears pink.

katsuki straightens with a dull pop!, stretching his arms up and allowing you to shuffle closer, so that your head is resting on his chest. you press your ear to it and wait, eyes closed, until the heavy promise of his heartbeat echoes like a drum in your ear. it's loud, and after a moment, your own falls into sync, right where it belongs.

"'s'wrong?"

"hm?" you glance up at him, the frown on his pink face, before breathing in the clean scent of his laundry soap. your laundry soap. and then you shake your head. "nothin'. just missed you."

"been home all day."

"i know," you sigh, letting your eyes fall shut again. the sound of his phone locking clicks and you can feel the slight down-slide of his sweatpants when he pockets it. "sometimes i miss you even though you're right here."

you expect — something; another grunt or laugh through his nose, a raspy little noise that voices his confusion. things like this can be hard for him; you know how he is, knew before anything ever developed between the two of you — but you don't think it makes him any less deserving.

katsuki steps back from you a little, and you feel the hesitant rise of his arm before you feel it. his hand comes up to your face — pink and scarred in your peripheral vision — and he tilts your head up, waits until you open your eyes.

when you do, it looks as if a million things are running through his head. his poker-face is good, it has to be, but you can see little bits of his vulnerability shining through. you wonder how long it's been since he showed it to anybody. he almost looks sad.

katsuki squeezes your cheeks until your lips pucker, and his frown deepens when you laugh. "y're so...damn weird."

that's along the lines of what you were anticipating: one of his teasing little insults, warm with a fire he's still learning how to kindle. you don't get the chance to say anything before he's kissing you, eyes shut tight, lashes brushing against your own.

you expect something soft, because affection is a fickle thing, from him — but his hand never falls from your face and his tongue is sliding with yours suddenly, a heated gesture that throws your heart out of whack. you let him kiss you as deeply as he can, until your back arches painfully backward over the counter as he leans into you.

when he pulls away, his lips are a little swollen and his cheeks are burning, as he presses one into yours. "i—jus'—" katsuki tries and then abandons it, a hand curling into the material of your shirt. "i get it." he murmurs, there, into the heated skin of your face, heart beating in time with yours.

things like this are hard with him — but he makes them so, so worth it.

#i like to think he's a lil too rough #wants to hold your face in his hands and ends up squishing you #kisses you with the potential to bruise #bc he's so unpracticed !! #cute !! what a nerd !! #and i think he can be a lil reserved with affection :( and so he knows :( what it means to miss you even though you're right there :( #all the things he wishes he could say and can't :( #hi. #i am actually feeling a bit helpless in the big writing world LOL #i'm happy with what i'm writing ! and will keep writing it ! #but in the back of my mind #i just keep thinking that i want to write something really really good for bakugou #something that matters :( #idk ! i'm just feeling a bit dramatic and off today !! #so have this soft gooey piece as an offering #✿ willow writes #✿ thoughts: bakugou #✿ theme: domestic bakugou

[pettyprocrastination]

I haven't seen the barbie movie yet but I think a lot of the "hot takes" about it could be nullified by having realistic expectations for what a two hour film with a pg 13 rating about a literal doll will actually contain thematically speaking

#tj talks #this isn't to say you can't like. criticize the lack of nuance in certain themes in the film #but I think that some people were expecting too much from miss gerwig in this one #barbie #not to be that person but ive never walked into a greta gerwig film thinking #'im going to see a nuanced perspective on intersectional feminism'

[torgawl]

this is absolutely killing me *bombastic side eye, criminal offensive side eye playing in the background*

#zhongli probably thinks neuvillette will turn into that one kermit punch meme as soon as he lands eyes on him 😂 #this entire quest was peak humour #i really love genshin sometimes #also neuvi falling for a marketing strategy and ending up buying too much tea on the first time he goes out to another country is so him #there was so much going on during this quest #neuvi explaining an inside joke to wrio... that was so cynoesque ahjsgsjsgshs he's trying his best at fitting in 😭 cute #i love that old man so much #and the ladle?!!!!! picasso 🤌 #furina having a death note moment of reverse physchology trying to understand if zhongli knew who she was was only missing the #l's theme playing in the background #plus clorinde and navia being questionably lesbian in the mountain that was also nice 👍 #but i swear neuvi is so funny #what do you mean that man carried everyone's belongings and went to another country in half a day and managed to scare zhongli without #even trying agsjsh i'm gonna create a monsieur neuvillette fan club #he's the best ever #i need him to meet zhongli for scientific purposes. the world will stop when that day comes 😂 #i need to know what would happen #okay realistically neuvi would probably start wheezing the moment he saw the false vision #but still poking genshin so they give us the content we need they can't just tease us like this

[rapidhighway]

i think my art was so much better like two years ago when i was into tw and spn and all that stuff what do i doooo ToT

#idk i just enjoy that stuff so much moarrr what to doooo :^| #i still struggle drawing sonic characters i just need to learn i guess 🙄🙄🙄 #ououououughhh #i do also miss the more serious themes sometimes i do want to draw something but im like #sonic is so silly it just doesnt feel right most of the time DSFBVFG #ofc there's place for serious stuff in the sonic franchise but you knowwww what i mean i can't write a fic that i would write for spn or #tw for this fandom it would be hilarious to even imagine those characters in these situations #anyway i need to practice drawing little critters

[feralnumberfive]

Another way of looking at how different the vibes are for S2 & S3 from S1 is listening to Gerard's cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter" since he said it's the theme (besides the actual main theme by Jeff Russo) for TUA. You can listen to it and imagine S1 and think "Oh yeah that matches the overall feeling and mood of the season" but you just can't do that while imagining S2 & S3

#and of course I can't find the stinking interview where he said that ''Hazy Shade of Winter'' was the theme 🙄 #but trust me on this because I also remember making a post about it in the past #oh S1 I miss your vibes but I still like you S2 and for S3....no comment #tua #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy

[yourelosingains]

my favorite thing to come out of season 4 was this jancy picture.

#ITS SO CUTE I LOVE THEM #i hope they stay together next season #if stncy gets back together i will riot bc they are horrible together #jancy is one of my comfort ships lmao #jonathan byers #nancy wheeler #stranger things #stranger things 4 #jancy #i miss them so much #byler #<- tagging so people see it bc others do this so why can't i #also do you guys like my new theme

[gamebunny-advance]

Random Question Time

#gbunny polls #animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons #acnh #sheep #maybe it's the nostalgia talking #but i think i prefer the scarves #it made them really unique among all the other species #i do think it's a little funny how they're now being *SQUEEZED* into their clothes #but i find the classic design more charming #i was thinking about this the other day #but beyond the sterilization of the characters and the drifting away from the social sim aspects #i think what new horizons is missing most #is a sense of whimsy #most of the furniture sets are practical #and the couple that aren't generally stick to a 'nature' theme so they're not *that* whimsical in the context of the island based setting #(looking at the new mush set and frozen set) #we don't have beds that look like giant cakes #or sofas that look like robots anymore #you don't see UFOs or fountain gods/goddesses #there's not a random chance to stumble into the underground or find a weird pattern on a tree stump #you can't even find 4-leaf clovers #it's not bad. it's just different and i prefer the old way.

[annalrk]

as much as i enjoy playing fashion dreamer from time to time, i wish it were like idk better? or had a better gameplay loop, bc i wanna play but a lot of it i find is fomo for the events which.... isn't great.

#fashion dreamer #my ramble #i love it don't get me wrong!! #i enjoy playing it when i do very much!!! #but when it feels like i mostly play now due to fomo it just kinda dampers it #i hope they rotate events or smth eventually just so fomo isn't too much an issue in general #like i know you can like other people's clothes but you can't get frames and hairstyles you miss out on which kinda sucks!!! #like idk make npcs with those things or add another gacha or smth for missed storeroom items and frames #also npcs based on old events would be cute i think!! they'd already have a theme for their personality and name

[isfjmel-phleg]

One more paragraph to go! I realized that I had put into the first paragraph information that made more sense later on, so shifting things around got some thoughts moving and rekindled my desire to fistfight some of these authors of retellings, which I think is where you're supposed to be emotionally as an academic (this is a joke. I am joking.), so...progress. Very slowly.

#random personal stuff #it's the comments that suggest that Burnett didn't know how to write her own story that annoy me #allegedly Mary's 'grief journey' needed to be 'more authentic to what kids for the most part can relate to' #or she 'wasn't grieving enough' because the book was written in 1911 when presumably no one knew what human behavior looked like #or because it was just a children's book and therefore automatically lacking in emotional depth #so THANK GOODNESS for the writers of the 2020s who are fixing what poor clueless Burnett didn't know how to portray \sarcasm #YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT #YOU ARE BRINGING ASSUMPTIONS TO THE TEXT ABOUT WHAT ITS THEMES ARE AND THEN CRITICIZING THE TEXT FOR NOT TREATING THOSE THEMES #AND ACTING LIKE SOME KIND OF HERO FOR REWRITING THE STORY TO SUIT YOUR OWN NEEDS #the 1993 film and the musical have a lot going for them BUT #they have massively set back interpretation of the story because so many people are hung up on the traditional grief thing #ALSO to just gloss over CEN as something that most young readers wouldn't be able to relate to or just plain being unable to see it #comes from a very tone-deaf mindset #(I can't get this snarky in the paper so thank you for humoring an outburst)

[ranger-kellyn]

team star's boss battle music is actually so fucking good???? hello??????

#turns out i was just literally never in battle with any of them long enough to actually hear the whole thing lmAO #i dont think refrain is the right word here but #that second refrain (or w/e around the 2:15 mark up to it looping back around) is just. so fucking good????? it's subtle but good??? #maybe around the 1:48 mark but again-- idk what music terms i'm thinking of it's been. a while. #good shit. can't believe i would beat these goobers in less than 2 minutes khdfkjs #had no clue the official theme was closer to six minutes long fjkhasdlkjf #anyways nobody look at me i'm not here #djdksfhl #i just need to talk into the void but like where else am i going to put this???? on facebook????? for my aunties to read??? #unsuccessfully fighting off another scarlet fixation #was doing so well on getaway car but brain demanded we think about the sv kiddos again #i'm blaming it on i've been getting back into running and i had to put penny's boss battle music on my running playlist #it'll be a long time until i get to this point but i've already decided it's going to be my push to the 5k finish line music dshfklj #looking at my old running playlist the push to the finish line song i used was the Victory Is Right Before Your Eyes! from bw2 lol #anyways x2 nothing new under the sun here folks #talking tag #hope y'all are good i've genuinely missed you #but being offline is def better for my brain

[littlebigmouse]

I saw Fight Club for the first time yesterday and to the best of my memory, this was the second time I consciously noticed Edward Norton in a movie (I have a bad memory for actor's names and faces, I may have seen him around but wouldn't know).

The first time was Primal Fear.

This makes Edward Norton the second most specific type cast in hollywood in my book (right after the actress who played cinderella's evil stepsister in like, three different adaptations).

#despite years of memes and being on the internet i somehow missed the Fight Club plottwist and I am insanely grateful for it #i'd need a rewatch to make a sure decision but after the first watch i feel like the message of radicalisation #is stronger when brad pitt and edward norton are just really toxic friends #and edward norton realizes how fucked up everything got when he's in way too deep and can't get out anymore #but a rewatch mind change my opinion once i have a better grasp how the plot twist influenced the story/theme before #anyway #fight club #primal fear #edward norton #fight club 1999 #very stoked to play edward norton bingo on american history x #i know my sample size is like two movies and edward norton is an extremely prominent actor #but the fact that he plays the same plottwist twice but once in reverse technically tickles me so much #director: i need someone to play this character with the hollywood version of DID- #casting director: man do i have the guy for you

[depressedraisin]

do any of you also think that this peak late 2010s-2020s culture of packaging EVERYTHING into neat little easily consumable boxes of microaesthetics is also seeping into the music industry or am i just thinking too much

#one more time i see an album/artist being described as somethingsomething-core #without any constructive discussion of the piece's themes/craft/sound #i WILL burst a vein #like....... i love when bands and artists have their own unique visuals and aesthetics etc that *complements* the music they make #but these days for a lot of them... it just feels really not organic. more like “how to get viral on tiktok 101” #i mean you can't blame them especially the up and coming ones bcs that's just how music marketing works now #but i miss when artists/bands did not give a fuck

[kazumasdiary]

i keep thinking about how olive green's whole murder plan is also a kind of test.

because she didn't know her fiance was murdered. she didn't really consider the possibility of murder until she heard soseki talking about his gas leak. perhaps she suspected something beforehand- "i'm going to buy strychnine" is a pretty big jump to make from "my fiance died in an accident"- but if she hadn't overheard soseki, she probably would have accepted the explanation that duncan's death was an accident, and left it at that.

she wasn't sure. she was setting up a plan to murder a man and she still wasn't sure if duncan's death was an accident or not.

like, she sends the letter to william shamspeare, but the letter specifically says, "i have information regarding duncan ross's death." if shamspeare hadn't been involved, he might not have heeded the letter- he might have brought it to the police, or the landlord, or just ignored it. he might not have left his apartment at all.

he does, though. and when she goes to briar road, his flat is empty. but that's not confirmation- maybe he was scared he'd be hurt if he didn't follow the instructions, or maybe he didn't know what else to do. she doesn't know for sure.

so she executes a murder plan that will only kill him if she's right.

she wanted the truth. but she wanted revenge, too, for her and for duncan, and the two are inextricably linked- the crime committed against her, and the crime she committed in order to know what had happened. she set it up so that her revenge would give her the truth- if shamspeare died, then she knew she was right.

but then she fails. she loses both: shamspeare survives, and she now knows the truth but she's made it unusable. she can't come forward with the knowledge that her fiance was killed, because the only way she can prove she knows that is to admit to her own attempted murder- and who will believe her then?

(and she and duncan are poor. she's not wealthy enough for the police to care- what are the chances that they would have discovered her murder, thrown her in prison, and stopped there? her murder was a lot more clear-cut than shamspeare's, so it's likely that her crime would be discovered first, and no one is going to bother investigating the claims of a poor woman already arrested for murder.)

we've seen people commit murder in the name of vengeance before. ashley graydon does it in 1-5, and we'll see it again with enoch drebber in 2-3. but i think olive green is the first person we see to tie truth and vengeance together- to make "getting revenge for the loss of a loved one" and "finding the truth behind the loss of her loved one" one and the same. and it backfires on her, in the end- but it was the only way she could see forward, to actually find closure for what she'd lost.

(hey, kazuma. remind you of anyone?)

#dgs #dgs2 #dgs spoilers #dgs2 spoilers #olive green #meta #my meta #like kazuma and olive's situation have some major differences: namely that he is not right about the culprit where she was #but genuinely i am not over how much olive green was just like. #would you like to see me speedrun the major themes of the next three cases? #because we're about to speedrun the major themes of the next three cases #the cycle of vengeance? got it. the struggle to live with major loss? got it. in order for the truth to matter it must be heard? got it! #the only thing she's missing is an authority figure keeping secrets from her #now this makes some assumptions about 2-5 that i can't back up yet but like #she REALLY DOES FEEL like a speedrun microcosm of everything we've got going on #q

[blazingblorbos]

this is a Baizhu stan account now

I simp for one (1) man and his name is Baizhu (Genshin Impact)

(From Genshin’s Version 3.6 Trailer.)

#I simp for one man and his name is Baizhu (Genshin Impact) #blazingshitpost #blazingshitpost genshin edition #I have been WAITING FOR HIM since 1.1 #his theme has me by the neck #HOYO-MiX never FUCKING MISSES BROOO #he is real; he can heal; he can shield; (his theme is ETHEREAL;) and he will be mine to wield #he has been the ONLY man on my mind I SWEAR TO YOU #I can't believe I have to skip Nilou againnn tho :( #Genshin #Genshin Impact #Genshin Baizhu #Genshin Impact baizhu #Baizhu #Genshin 3.6

[zhongrin]

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— fin.

alrighty, i will be cuddling the shit out of a certain dragon after this but before that, a small bonus (read: silly doodles) because we all need therapy after all that (or at least i do) -

1:

2:

"i had a nightmare."

"but i just went to buy milk-"

/silly

3:

we both have separation anxiety now so that's that 👍🏻

#rin plays ebg #'ebg afterparty' event #ok for REAL this time things are going to return to normal lol #i hope the ebg event was enjoyable for you as it was for me hehe #i loved every second of it #altho i was in pain™️ at the same time hskfjskjdlsjdlsfj #thank you for sending all the asks and rbs and creating entire POSTS for this event #thank you for your patience and encouragements for my noob art🙈 #thank you for going along with my silly whims #thank you thank you thank you thank you <3 #i can't express how grateful i am to have such a supportive and amazing community and friends. it still feels so unreal to me #if you missed the event i'll post a little masterlist latr so you can go through all the post. i mean i doubt anyone would be interested bu #it's more for me myself to go back and reread the asks bc man. that was so much fun. the most fun i had in a while tbh #literally the whole time of this event i nearly neglected genshin (and work but we dont speak about that-) HAHAHAHAH #gimme a bit to do the theme changes and such!! <3 #i did not expect to get soo invested. i just wanted to make a mini au thingy for the ebg and.... and somehow..... this happened......... #i'll be reblogging some stuff from other people which are related the ebg too for the next few hours lol- #feel free to tag me if you want me to see anything you made!! #should i...... post the 'alternate ending' sketch....... HMMMMM...... it's so roughly drawn tho shdlfjskljdfk #rin selfships #zhongrin

[essektheylyss]

You ever like, end up in the hell phase of writer's block where you cannot experience any good art or you'll break into hives over the fact that some random thing someone made is making you FEEL THINGS and you have not created anything in weeks?

Nah, me neither.

#today this is about like. all of hozier's music but for WHATEVER REASON right now it's jackboot jump #I think it is the high energy plus the YOU CAN'T MISS IT theme #it's just very fun #also I should probably eat dinner but I did just have a lot of cookies and chocolate. rip. #none of which is helping I'm sure #anyway someone else should write the series of vignettes about what's happening around exandria #cuz if I do it I'm gonna end up going off the deep end with luxon/dunamancy musing again and that won't end well #I mean maybe you like that kind of thing but I do not have the TIME