#young me be like: is this originality

[ruporas]

lonely

[ID: A limited palette of green and pink, Vashwood comic. The first page serves as a prologue. The first panel shows Vash speaking to someone off screen while Wolfwood is lingering behind him. A black arrow is drawn pointing at him. In the second panel, Vash is buying donuts in the distance while Wolfwood is once again in view, lingering. and the black arrow is drawn pointing at him. In the third panel, Vash is leaving a cubicle and turning towards his right with a slightly peeved expression. He sees Wolfwood, leaning against the cubicle, waiting for him, and with the black arrow drawn, pointing at him, implicating the consistent hovering of Wolfwood’s presence during Vash’s everyday. At the bottom of the page, they’re drawn out of panel with Vash turning to Wolfwood and saying with an irritated expression, “You’re really following me everywhere, huh?” Wolfwood responds, “What, you got a problem?” Vash responds without hesitation, “Yeah, kinda...”

The second page starts with a new day. In the first panel, Vash is seen alone, weighing apples in his hands at a mart, with crowds passing behind him. In the second panel, he turns to his right and starts to say, “Hey, Wolfwood...” In the third panel, he’s startled from seeing a stranger, whom he’d accidentally called out to when he was expecting to see Wolfwood. He says, “Oh, you’re not him. Sorry!” In the fourth panel, the stranger walks off and Vash muses, “Right, he said he had something to do today...”

The third page begins with a close up of Vash's miffed expression, the continuation of Vash's thoughts, "Now that he's not here, this is just like how I used to be, but... It feels lonely somehow. Oh well, I'll see him again tonight, like always." In the second panel, it shows Vash walking through the marketplace crowd, alone. In the third panel, the door panel is a close up of the door opening with a peek of Vash's head. He says, "Wolfwood!" In the fourth panel, Vash is holding a bag of food with a bright smile and says, "Are you hungry? I got you something to eat today!"

The fourth page begins with a shot of the room, two beds being highlighted, one of them being made properly with the blanket draped over the bed and the other with the blanket folded and pillow sitting on top of it. There's no sign of Wolfwood. The second panel shows Vash with a disappointed look as he thinks, "He's still not here?" The third panel shows Vash putting the bag of food on the table. Stapled to the paper bag is the receipt with a written note "For Wolfwood." Vash's thoughts continue "He does like to stay out so, I guess there's no reason to worry..." The fourth panel shows Vash sitting his bed somberly with his thoughts continued, "It's not any of my business anyway..."

The fifth page starts with a close up his blank expression as he looks downwards, thinking, "Even if he left completely... That'd be understandable and better for him. I'll just travel alone again... like before... Huh?" The next panel shows Vash's composure break, tears welling up in his eyes suddenly, as he didn't expect to cry. He starts to sob, putting his hands to his face to quiet himself and wipe at his tears, as he says, "Ugh... Dammit... I miss h..." The last panel shows Vash leaning over into his hands, still crying, and in the back, the door swings wide open with a bam as Wolfwood walks through with the punisher swung behind him. He shouts, "SPIKEY! You in here?!"

The sixth page starts with Wolfwood confused, looking at Vash and Vash looks back, just as confused, with tears in his eyes and snot out of his nose. Wolfwood starts saying, "Ah? You..." No longer in panels, at the bottom of the page, Wolfwood takes the Punisher off of himself and starts to walk towards Vash, continuing with slight concern, "What's wrong with you? Did something happen?" Vash, hurriedly begins to wipe at his tears, denying immediately, "No! No, I'm fine! Nothing happened!"

The seventh page, Vash points towards the table, with a hand still wiping at his tears and he smiles as he says, "I uh got you food. On the table." Wolfwood looks towards to the table and responds, "Oh. I was getting hungry, thanks." He turns his head back to Vash immediately after with an uncertain expression, knowing the other wasn't responding to his concern, and says, "But, I know you're an idiot with this stuff, so I'm reminding you again. Don't brush it off if it's an issue, alright?"

The eight page, Vash's tears have dried and he looks to Wolfwood with a soft smile and responds, "Yeah. It's okay though..." A panel at the center shows a side view of Vash approaching Wolfwood. At the bottom of the page, with no panel, is a close up shot of Vash's hand, holding onto the edge of Wolfwood's jacket sleeve, as he says, "Because you're here now. Wolfwood."

The final page is a back shot of both of them standing next to each other, Wolfwood's head tilted slightly to the left, not fully believing Vash as he says, "That doesn't answer anything, Spikey." Vash responds, "There's no need to talk about it! You should enjoy your food. Let's have a drink too?" Wolfwood responds, "Tsk, tsk. Fine, yeah. I could use one." END ID]

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #trigun maximum #but onto this comic... i think and talk a LOT about vash's loneliness bc trigun is just. kind of central on that for a good while! esp in #the original manga he was alone for a good portion of it and he tends to keep others away like how he ran away from meryl and milly when #they tried to tag along. and he was kind of bothered when he realized ww was following him around Too. at the core even though he loves #humans and he loves deeply the people he does know -- he isnt really much of a people person and i think thats been the case since he was #young considering his initial doubts towards humans... with the exception of kids bc kids dont give him moral conflicts. so suddenly #here comes wolfwood!!! his guide. someone TRULY affixed to him until he has to get to knives. someone who isnt budging and someone whos #really good at following him around and even seems like he goes like 5 steps ahead to make sure vash doesnt run on him #in one way its - i don't want you to follow me bc i don't want to burden you and i don't want you to kill the people i want to save. #in another way its - i like this companionship. i like waking up to you and i like ending the way with you. i like talking to someone who #knows my world. i like being in your space and sometimes i enjoy talking about our day #theyre just living together. like. roadtrip buddies or theyre also under the same roof because they're going everywhere together. #trimax they mainly spend their mornings together and if they had personal business attend the other person would usually know and itd only #be during the midday. anyway bc of this kind of companionship i figure that vash eventually grew accustom to it and he really. cant go back #to the kind of loneliness from before. it's harder to imagine and it'd be harder to withstand. esp after 2 years with lina and her grandma. #ruporas art

[andromeda3116]

look, i know everyone said that the new interview with the vampire show was incredible but holy shit i was not prepared for how incredible this show is

like, not only is louis interesting now, he is incredibly compelling! his once-bland internal dilemma is now given actual weight because it's not just the same old Thou Shalt Not Kill But I Am Hungry story, it's tempered through his righteous fury at how black people have been treated all these years, how many people have wronged him and laughed and expected him to laugh along, how his ties to the community that once saved him are now turning to nooses around his throat, how his family that he once provided for and relied on have now come to fear him

that, combined with his explicit homosexuality, and with lestat being the only one who seemed to accept him and love him for all that he is, and how that is both comforting and incredibly toxic and combined with sam reid's insane charisma and mania and gravity as lestat that make it completely understandable why louis would still be drawn to him in spite of everything

and how they've used the changes from the original to this one to examine how memory shifts regarding someone who was so intense and formative in your life even if they were ultimately so controlling and abusive but still left such huge gouges in your personality like knives

like

fuck

this is the best-written show i have seen in a long time like this is top-tier writing holy shit

#interview with the vampire #iatw #i kept thinking ''eh idk if this is for me'' but now i'm just. frothing at the mouth over the quality and the nuance of the writing #and the incredible acting and the shifting timelines and the nods to the original not as easter eggs but integral parts of characterization #i mean. mind blown #at the sheer level of writing going on here like holy shit this deserves so many awards #FUCK AND CLAUDIA IS JUST #FUCK #like if i had to pick the ''worst time to be made immortal'' it would undoubtedly be 14 #i mean kirsten dunst being 10 is definitely awful but 14 would be so much worse #because you are on the very *cusp* of adulthood #and to be denied ever reaching that adulthood would be an unspeakable torture #like you're just old enough to *know* but just too young to really *experience* #and you're at the very peak of being Your Worst You #like 14 is undoubtedly the worst time to be made immortal #literally nobody would ever even remotely want to be 14 forever that's everyone's idea of hell

[xbomboi]

Growing Pains

as raven finally gets to be free from her shackles, apple silently chooses to shoulder all the pain that comes their way and bear the burdens of dealing with the horrors of the world so that raven can be happy. because raven has suffered so much and apple decides it’s only fair that she do all she can to prevent raven from any further suffering. it’s her way of atoning for all the hurt she caused raven, because apple knows raven has been and always will be a better person than her. to apple, if either of them deserves to smile, it’s raven.

#so level with me here #ideally i’d want a few more story arcs in the main series of eah right #ending when they graduate #but then say there’d be a time skip amounting to the same length of a gap year right #and then that’s when the sequel series would take place #basically like part 2 #it wouldn’t be as long as the original series #but it would have a few more arcs and lead to the final conclusion to the main series #it’s basically what naruto shippuden is to naruto #if that helps it to make sense #except they’d be young adults at that point #aged from 18-21 #eah #eah fanart #ever after high #raven queen #apple white #duncart

[lazycranberrydoodles]

modern AU where they meet again at the fast food place Xie Lian works at and Hua Cheng has to figure out how to romance a customer service employee

#tbh this is kind of a similar situation to the original - where xie lian is kind of obligated to take care of him as a young runaway #except here he is obligated to hand him a big mac #if you allow me to be a bit more deranged with the au: #xie lians manager (jun wu) (most powerful franchise owner) tries to tell him off for holding up the line talking to the hot goth guy #but turns out hua cheng is a renowned restaurant critic and has gotten 33 businesses closed #so he can’t say shit #hua cheng is picking up food for he xuan. btw. #ive been having immense brainrot about them lately but #less so about angst/plot/romance #more so about #putting them in mundane silly scenarios. #this is also very indulgent. its like therapy for me (<- retail worker) #put hyour ideas for the mcdonalds tgcf au in the tags <3 #has anybody written a fic about this btw id like to read it #tgcf #hualian #art #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #hua cheng #mxtx #digital art #my art #comic #lmao #hob #tgcf mcdonalds au

[mewtwo24]

I just started reading the svsss volumes (and re-read them again because A LOT IS GOING ON) but like. This shit is so hysterically funny I don't even know where to begin.

Was no one????? Going to tell me that one of the cornerstone jokes in the damn series is that lbh's adoration for his one and only 'tism person who literally cannot express his emotions to save his life is basically genetic?????????

Was no one???? No one AT ALL going to tell me that Mobei-Jun straight up yeets Airplane at the problem in one of the scenes?????? And that in the most hilarious twist of fate Airplane then unyeets Mobei-Jun not twenty minutes later?????

It's one thing to see people joke about sqq and lbh being unable to communicate but it's on a league of its own when you have to read HUNDREDS OF PAGES of sqq's inner monologue be like 'that's my darling boy. my baby. my sugar plum pumpy umpkin you're my sweetie pie' but on the outside he says "get lost binghe" and somehow deems that an effective expression of his affection that lbh will surely understand. 'Why is lbh whining and crying and tugging at my sleeve like a plaintive wife, why is he so angry?' Sqq asks, the entire circus, as lbh is about to fling himself off a cliff for attention--

In short, MXTX is the queer comedian of our generation and nobody appreciates her enough

#svsss #bingqiu #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #mxtx what must it be like to carry the gays on your shoulders like this #she ran so that the rest of us could walk oh my actual god #i just can't get over how much of the novels are sqq panicking because he needs to 'do right' by lbh #aka make lbh the absolute lunatic from the original #so its just this uproarious back and forth between a guy trying to make a bbg desperate for his love into a human weapon #AND make himself disappear before that weapon is turned on him (also probably the self-hatred talking) #amazing showstopping spectacular **slaps sqq's back** you can fit so many repressed internalizations of toxic masculinity in this mf #legit as i read these volumes i just kept thinking of that meme like 'congrats sqq buddy that's the worst anyone's ever done it' (joke) #not that lbh is any better but in fairness the lad is going through a lot too so i spare him too harsh a judgement #also sincerely i dont think i was prepared for just how stupid how crazy lbh goes for sqq. it was. MAGNIFICENT #I was like 'surely he isn't that dramatic' and then by god everyone. by god I started reading and went #'jesus christ that's a nuclear missile shaped little meow meow and that's HILARIOUS' #i also just can't get over sqq insisting 'IM NOT GAY. I DONT GAY. IM THE STRAIGHTEST STRAIGHT!!!!' #while. literally. saying full stop to lbh of like 'wym i smile more genuinely at everyone else they're just scarecrows around me' #sqq--the man who couldn't bear to see lbh suffering as a young boy. #who was so affected he was crying in his sleep and calling out lbh's name over and over #ON WHAT LEVEL IS THAT HETEROSEXUAL SQQ. THE JIG IS UP #literally EVERYONE around sqq being like 'congrats on being the last to know' about his love for lbh #and can we talk about sqq being like 'we used to communicate so seamlessly that we had no need for words. there was no greater joy for me.' #and highlighting that though gongyi xiao was a similar and talented young lad he fell decidedly short because he did not have above quality #and then sqq still being in denial; i swear i LOVE the little hints mxtx drops i feel like the happiest mouse scampering around for crumbs #additionally a question: how does anyone take liu qingge seriously #when he's displeased he just yells 'HEY' and does nothing about it (most times) #that is the most boomer dad energy i think i've ever seen #also :(((((((( all the jokes about tianlang-jun (though accurate) were so deceptive my heart was broken at the end of vol.3

[yj-98]

six versions of kon! <3 and some conner kents, template from @/oliveroctavius! used this as an excuse for a style study :]

#kon el #kon-el #conner kent #superboy #young justice #dc comics #dcblog #dcmultiverse #dcart #kyebat #tusergaya #megtag #rook.png #its kinda obvious i think that the new superboy run rly got me hooked on giving kon lil spikes and fun gloves but anyways. #im a curly haired kon truther. cmon now!!!!!!!!! #my favouritest specialest little guy ever ... #tee-shirt conners are still cared for . i cant hate him. but. i do not like how they massacred him.... that is not his truth #i ADORED drawing in the yj98 + sb94 styles honestly... would u believe me that the hardest one to nail was the RotS movie one #i just kinda colored my sketches because i think trying to line these wouldve made me explode. i was originally a lot more ambitious #(like. lining and then trying to copy exact coloring style ambitious) #made up all of these poses/expressions for the most part LOL i was not redrawing any specific panels/shots 😭 #also rest assured my kon also has an earring i just posed that ear Not facing the 'camera' :( #anyways. pls enjoy my kons ty <3333

[radioactive-mouse]

god i do still think it’s so interesting that most wizards (and even gale itself at times) talk about magic as though it’s an exact science, like, fantasy equivalent of being a STEM major, but during the weave scene gale explicitly compares it more to music and art and poetry, like!!

i know he has a thing for the dramatics but this is fascinating!!!

#makes me think abt that post (forgive me i doubt i could find it) talking about how like #gale’s been manipulating the weave since he was extremely young and has an innate magical ability #and also i’m like ? summoning the illusion/bed during the confession scene??? i didn’t put that in ur spellbook boy #gale’s magic seems much more malleable than most wizards #and sure it could have something to do with his connection to mystra #but so much funnier (and also very compelling) to me if gale was originally meant to be a sorcerer #the concrete spells and incantations aren’t strictly Necessary but they serve as a very useful conduit #which like 😭😭😭 IF YOU TOLD HIS ASS HES A SORCERER HE WOULD BE SO MADDDD #anyway <3 lawl #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #mouse.txt

[wildstar25]

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-> In pursuit of a playmate, a young Y'shtola created a water-based familiar by applying lessons learned from her mentor. -> As a lonely child, a self-taught Arsay used an aged codex stolen from her guardian to summon herself a friend.

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Them! Because sometimes your wolship end up having similar childhood experiences despite their different circumstances and I think that's a really sweet connection between them <3

#ffxiv #y'shtola rhul #y'shtola x wol #wolshtola #ffxiv wol #WOL posting #Arsay Nun #arshtola #couscous origin story will always be special to me #sad cat wishes really hard to have a friend and due to certain aetheric alignments she makes a carbuncle that is its own being #She was actually trying to summon a fairy like Emrara has! but the carby came out instead lol #Young shtola hair was a rebuild of the Dino Nugget hair by CalicoShade #young shtola skin texture and base for Arsay's hair & tail was graciously provided by nhaneh thank you again !

[lesbianredhoodedmercenary]

#limbus company #lcb #happy pride btw. i don't know if i've already said this #ihave more headcanons than these i think rodya is bi and trans and sinclair is gay and trans but they could only have 1 for this #i did outsource the “who should be on this” to friends because i am indecisive and this is the lgbt bus so. could be any number of sinners #hong lu's particulars being: bachelor (+ sheltered) is really funny to me like #i know the original korean was some sort of title indicating a young man of high birth iirc and it wasn't directly translatable #but “bachelor” as a translation is rlly funny. like confirmed bachelor? the 1950s euphemism for gay men?

[superfallingstars]

a late valentine's day post featuring snetunia for @seriousbrat and @tax-onomic. also yes i've been rewatching arrested development what of it

#i love the 'i've made a huge mistake' bit it's so good. #also yay a first petunia drawing! new character unlocked! woohoo! #but this drawing is SO tiny idk why i did it like this. i can cover the entire thing with my phone with room to spare #also i originally intended to have all the requests done today but i actually started a new job literally today and well. bye free time #if i get more than five hours of sleep tonight i'll try to finish some more tomorrow lol. did not have it in me to scan stuff today #my art #hp #severus snape #pro snape #snape #snape fandom #snape fanart #young snape #snape art #young severus #petunia evans #snetunia

[neosatsuma]

HE SHOULD BE AT THE CLUBBB

#dragon age #alistair theirin #it's still SO insane to me how young he is like. HELLO #dragon age origins #my nonsense #da: o

[dizzyrobinsims]

Just watched Nimona

The fact this movie never got a theater release because of Blue Sky's closure and Disney deciding to nix it once acquired will forever break my heart holy shit.

Like up front it is BEAUTIFULLY animated, the writing is tight as hell, the story is genuinely moving and amazing. By that alone it deserved to be in theaters.

*deep breath*

But BOY HOWDY am I SALTY AS FUCK that a animated movie that is accessible to kids, especially queer kids, got knocked out of the process to reach theaters when

IT JUST CASUALLY HAS A INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE WITH A (metaphorically) ADOPTED (literally) TRANS CHILD AS THE 3 MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE THE FUCKING HELL WE COULD'VE HAD ALL THIS PERFECTLY DONE QUEER MEDIA ON THE BIG SCREEN AS A COHERENT AMAZING STORY FUC-

#Nimona #Nimona film #God I feel Nimona so hard I actually had to fast forward some scenes because I am not in a GREAT headspace right now so it was kinda #triggering at the moment because hahaha yeah people see me as a monster. Whooooooooo. #like god I hope so many kids watch this #young teens trying to figure stuff out #And like I have fond memories of the OG Nimona- I was There for the webcomic #but the ending of the original comic ngl kinda scarred me a bit #and I'm so glad it shifted #LIKE SPOILERS FOR WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE MOVIE BUT WHAT I REMEMBER FROM THE END OF THE COMIC #but in the comic spoilers Nimona does live but still wanders and it's left open whether she and Ballister ever meet again #I could be misremembering but yeah #like as a NB person it made me feel like I may never find a home- a place to belong #so I think the fact that Nimona and Ballister met at the end #where it shows the city is open to embracing Nimona #it kinda puts a salve on that wound #LIKE DON'T GET ME WRONG I recognize the power of the OG ending #Stevenson was exploring his own feelings and figuring themselves out and they were younger so it made sense #but sometimes even beautiful worthy media can leave a negative mark #depending on the person #because we all have different experiences and what is healing to one can be poison to the other #so YMMV on which ending you like better

[kittylordinfinity]

As someone who used to watch james somerton before he released his helluva boss video (a video that praises a show that has been openly misogynistic, biphobic, and just generally weird about its treatment of queer and other marginalized people, for supposedly being an ICON of queer representation or whatever the fuck) i am mentally writhing like a little piglet in joy at the new hbomberguy video

#hbomberguy #james somerton #and btw this isnt meant to attack or belittle anyone who was a fan of his before the hbomb video #the average viewer had no way of realizing he was a plagiarist #and from personal experience i know it can be hard for a casual fan to notice the more wack rhetoric he uses about some identities/groups #his pretentious ‘smartier than thou’ way of making videos #made it really easy as a young queer person to feel like i just didnt understand points he made that i found suspicous or offensive #until i got a signal that made me reexamine the rest of his work under that lense #bluhhh conveying thoughts is hard #kittyposting #<<this is my original post tag now. btw

[mettywiththenotes]

I have so many thoughts about this panel but one of them I just wanna talk about

This was a question asked from Izuku, a quirkless person, to All Might, a pro-hero with a powerful quirk

But as the opposite has happened - with All Might becoming quirkless and Izuku becoming a Hero-in-training with a powerful quirk - All Might looks to Izuku with admiration. He’s so proud of how far he’s come

So, with the visual of middle school All Might looking at middle school Izuku, it’s almost like he’s asking the question back

A quirkless person is asking a hero if they can still be a hero without a power

And All Might knows the answer to that question, having already seen it in Izuku, who ran to help someone even before he got OFA

The answer is yes

Anyone can be. In their own way, however big or small of an effort, however brief; you can help

You can be a hero

#it's a quote that goes both ways now #its izuku asking all might #its all might asking izuku as he remembers the first time they met #its a quirkless man remembering the origin in his heart - the instinct to protect and save and move without thinking #and remembering seeing the same thing in the young boy before him #he's now looking at izuku like 'can i be just like him? can i help too?' #which has me so emotional honestly #we've come full circle baby!! #bnha #bnha 386 #bnha manga spoilers #bnha spoilers #all might #toshinori yagi #mettys posts #metty posts

[sudokuplayer]

#my godddd 😮‍💨❤️‍🩹 #life is so beautiful you guysss #bless Sufjan's fucking precious mind😮‍💨🩷!! #everything written‚ produced and recorded by him + all the artwork and essays also by him!! he's everything!! ❤️‍🩹 #the entire album sounds both familiar and new (like Goodbye Evergreen is literally how The Age of Adz goes from Futile Devices to Too Much! #sounds very atmospheric and melancholic and bittersweet but also dreamy and euphoric. and very gentle #and there's a sense of urgency and helplessness but the album ends in a very hopeful note which is so beautiful!! #lyrically is so impressive and breathtaking. man the way he feels everything so deeply 🫨❤️‍🩹 #stunning compositions + so much heartbreak and existential despair and unsettling imagery and self-sacrifice #and distress and personal atonement and resignation and so much HOPE and LIFE and LIGHT #and also religious devotion (shocker i know lol) #and the Neil Young cover (shoot me!) is better than the original lol it's just so sweet and hopeful 💐 #i really loved it so much!! #sufjan stevens #javelin

[lunar-wandering]

laying in bed thinking about how Wukong is a people pleaser and this part of him gets frequently overlooked due to the focus on his hot-headedness/impulsivity

#Monkie Kid #lego monkie kid #tagging LMK cause i do think it uses this part of him #to add in events while still having him remain in Character #like of course Azure and the others convinced him to not be afraid and take on heaven #before heaven's army could arrive on his doorstep and force him to fight like in the books #like. he got kicked out of school because the other students encouraged him to show off #this is one hundred percent in character for him #if he got a single compliment he'd go along with whatever that person said when he was young #which is also part of how the Gold Star of Venus convinced him to get a job in Heaven #which Wukong was originally uninterested in #the fight against heaven + the mountain jaded him which made him more easily angered #(yknow. like a reasonable response to trauma) #but EVEN STILL during the Journey HE'S STILL A PEOPLE PLEASER #and then by the time of LMK he's mellowed out more which MAKES SENSE. #i could do a whole entire more formally written analysis about this but this is what i've got #brain cannot brain any more than this #anyways obligatory my opinions are my own and i respect anyone who disagrees with me tag #anyone who has another opinion is wonderful and valid but these are my thoughts