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I knew about Marcille and Falin, but why did no one warn me about these two??

#kikimari beni and hien etc etc. there r so many lesbians in dunmeshi op

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Shuro: You used black magic to bring back Falin, are you stupid?!

Laios: hey what the fuck is your problem man?

Senshi:

#i love you senshi my man

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Silly comic of them imagining their ceremony. Based on this lovely au.

#CUTEEEE WPRKEDJJDND #dungeon meshi

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#still not over this

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Well.....

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Annoying people when you’re annoyed at them for being annoying: ummm I thought you were a chill person lmfao *holds finger right in front of your face* im not touching you

#dont know why but i imaged the “lmao girl log off” with the nerd emoji in my head #erm ☝️🤓... lmao girl log off

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Bro I’m never following anyone new again I was about to actually follow someone who seemed relatively normal and then looked at their suggested tags and I see “gender cult” and i click it and as you can assume it was like watching Fox News while tripping acid. this blog is about to officially become a closed religion I am exclusively following people who I either know already or have talked to privately at least, 45 times

#what the hell man #actually this reminds me of the time an account reblog one of my art posts on another blog but when i clicked on their profile #they turned out to just be like. a pornbot #and there were only two photos on their blog (pics of a girlie) and then like a reblog of my art . what is it DOING there . #get his gay ass OUT OF THERE!!!!

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Shuro talks a lot of shit for someone who just subjected Laios to one of the funniest examples of emotional whiplash I’ve ever seen.

He went from this:

To this:

Within the span of what?? An hour?? Less??

Yeah, sure. It’s completely normal to swing violently from “you disgust me I hate everything about you,” to “if you’re in danger ring this bell, and I’ll immediately get someone to to transport you to my country—where I have a great amount of power and influence—so that you can be safe forever.”

Poor Laios just went through a mixed signals marathon at the hands of this man, can you possibly blame him for misinterpreting Shuro’s behavior up to this point??

#faves like genuinely #dungeon meshi

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#dungeon meshi #oh my god 😭😭😭😭😭

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You guys really need to stop and consider the ways you're talking about Kabru I am dead fucking serious. Like I know that flattening characters is just what fandom does to a certain extent, but Kabru's actual personality is getting lost to the fandom hivemind insisting that he's aggressive/cruel/sociopathic/hateful, and these are particularly concerning takes to see leveled at the only brown character in the main cast day after day. "My poor sweet golden child Laios needs to be protected from this scary brown man" is not a good look! Like, it's very telling that the bulk of the hate and bad faith readings are reserved for Toshiro and Kabru. Everyone else's flaws get to be discussed and validated and forgiven (or erased), meanwhile people are straight making up things to be mad about with Toshiro and Kabru but patting themselves on the back for being smart.

The worst part is how undeserved it all is. I'm trying to lay off anime-onlys because we're still kind of in the red herring stage of getting to know Kabru, but I would still like to gently suggest that even if you think Kabru is up to something, you don't gave to get in the tags of every fan creator's post and bring up how you hate him or You Can Tell he's totally evil. Sometimes I think Kabru's blue eyes give people license to say things about his appearance that they know would sound completely racist otherwise, but referring to his blue eyes acts as a get-out-of-racism free card. The jokes about the dog with brown contacts are getting old, by the way.

For people who have read the manga, it's disappointing. Kabru is one of the most complex and important characters in the story, and if you base your interpretation of him and all your fandom interactions on shallow first impressions you are completely missing out.

I know part of this is because Dungeon Meshi is a comedy, but the story also wants to be taken seriously. For example, it's admittedly really funny when Chilchuck calls Laios "sick in the head", but that doesn't change the fact that the way Chilchuck casually belittles Laios caused him to hide the fact that he was "hallucinating" from his friends for weeks. Those feelings matter.

Like, this

is funny.

But this?

Is not. This is just a very clear example of a brown boy with PTSD. As someone else with PTSD, just looking at this fucking sucks, man.

The only reason why Kabru thinks about killing Laios is because he is in the middle of a flashback. He's struggling through a panic attack. If he truly wanted to kill Laios because he's violent or because he finds Laios inherently annoying, he wouldn't otherwise talk with Laios normally. Notice how he doesn't act this way at any other point in the story- it's just because he's triggered by monsters. Even when he's thinking about his plans to "deal with" Laios later, he's reluctant to actually kill him and only considers it to prevent another tragedy. Despite his deadly skills, Kabru relies far more on "soft" power- insight, persuasion, diplomacy. He's a rare example of a character who absolutely is, or at least can be, manipulative, but seems to use his abilities for good. He's not a pathological liar, he isn't looking down on everyone behind a smile. He's someone who is extremely emotionally intelligent, and he's willing to put aside all his own basic wants and needs to stop the cycle of dungeons devouring humans.

I'm going to cut a potential thesis on his character short and just give some examples of things that fandom should consider about his personality more:

Racism in fandom isn't just about whitewashing in fan art, or using racial slurs. The insidiousness of bad faith readings, reductions to racist tropes, lack of fan content for characters of color, and dismissal of a character's complexity are far more common. You can believe yourself to be completely neutral or even positive about a character and still churn out low-grade bile about them into fandom's collective unconscious. Fandom reflects real life.

And I have been around fandom long enough to see how these behaviors (mostly from my fellow white fans) affect fans of color, how it makes a fandom feel hostile and unwelcome to them. It's fun to make jokes and memes, I'm absolutely not saying that everything needs to be a deeply nuanced take, but we need to be careful that it doesn't veer into toxicity. Please think about how our contributions to fandom come across, and what sort of vibes they cultivate in this communal space.

#FAVES #dungeon meshi analysis #THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ACTUALLYYYY #its driving me INSANE how much people fuck up kabru's personhood(? if thats the right word in english) #im a poc so its just reallyyyyyyy frustrating to see that people are quick to label him in such ways

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i think they would enjoy facetiming

#🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭🥹🥹😭😭😭🥹😭🥹🥹🥹

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for a while now I had the feeling Shuros face here felt familiar

and I finally realized

this

THE SIMILARITY IS UNCANNY

#give this man the pigtails and he'll look exactly and just like goofy

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Notice Me PnB Rock laishuro fancam (deeply unserious)

#im actually so excited for more edits like this it gives me life pskfknf

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It takes 2 to tango and the girlies are dancing

#faves #dungeon meshi

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Omg the girlies are fightingggggg~~~~

They’re having realizations about each other and themselves and are growinggggggg~~~~

Their fight leads them to the understanding of the self and tightening of their bonds as comrades and friendsssssss~~~~

Omggggg~~~~~~~

#YEHEWKDKWKFNWNFNS. YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! #dungeon meshi

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we did it guys we solved fandom racism

#yipeeeeee!!!! i can rest in peace now #dungeon meshi #also love the way you do lineart and coloring #its very cool looking