#I haven't watched an anime in so long...

[theslimeologist]

can we take a moment and ask what happened here? like what did they do to her??

oh.

#THE FINGERS THE FINGERS #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUH #cuphead #suddenly very salty after looking up the dev history of this show #i haven't watched it btw i had no idea what the animation was actually like #i squinted at it for so long and realized it isn't hand drawn and my heart sunk like a stone #like i had literally assumed it was hand drawn but idk why i thought so #it so clearly isn't #says a lot that three seasons of this show were shat out in ONE YEAR #i think i would defend cuphead the video game tooth and nail to the death #because of it's dedication to hand drawn animation #which i'm unreasonably passionate about #and idk #seeing the dlc for the first time is like... WOW. #looked up ms chalice to get a funny gif and here i am #i saw those shots side by side and screamed z;slkdjf;lasdkj

[cerise-on-top]

what if the 141 boys had a ridiculously tall husband. like. a little bit taller than konig, probably. and he's really scary to people, actually!!!! but not his s/o , nuh uh, he's disgustingly sweet to his beloved.. sorry i'm rambling, i think (jokes and idiocy aside i adore your headcanons <3)

Hey there! Thank you, that's very kind of you! Also thank you for sending in a request for a male reader, you're one of the first ones and I was very excited to write about a male reader for once :D

TF141 With A Very Tall Husband

Price: He didn’t really think he’d ever be dating someone much, much taller than him. Sure, he doesn’t particularly mind, but he’s not short either, with him standing at 1,88m himself. It makes him feel small at times, especially if you’re pretty muscular too. He doesn’t get insecure about it in the slightest, oh no, but it’s weird to be so much shorter than your loved ones. However, he’s pretty used to scary people by now. Ghost isn’t exactly a delight to have around at first when you don’t know him either, so he knows how to deal with scary people. Might ask you to tone it down a little bit when you’re scaring other people too much, he doesn’t particularly wanna attract attention like that. But you being a sweetheart towards him? It melts his heart. He knows what you’re like towards people that aren’t him, so it makes him smile that you’re willing to do just about anything for him just to spend some time with him. You wanna trim his beard? There’s a good chance you’ve got some experience with that anyway, so he really doesn’t mind it as much. Hell, he probably trusts you more than his own barber at times. Besides, it’s a nice little bonding activity. If you have a beard then he’ll offer to trim it for you as well. Price isn’t really opposed to being the little spoon, or just being held in general. Quite the opposite, you being this tall sometimes puts him in a cuddly mood where he just plops down into your arms. Gently scratch his scalp and there’s a good chance he’ll even fall asleep on you. He’s so used to being everyone’s protector, it feels nice to be protected for once. But he won’t always settle for being held either, it’s his job to make you feel safe and sound as well, and thus he will take on the role of cuddler as well. Will fight you for that role, actually. Price is a real sweetheart towards his loved ones as well, so I think the two of you would fit well together. His mere presence demands respect in the right people, which can sometimes scare others. So, from time to time, you might both scare other people together. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.

Gaz: He makes so many jokes about you being this tall and feigns being hurt about being much shorter than you are. You’re his behemoth, his leviathan and his ziz. Loves calling you the names of monsters that are said to be pretty big, it’s endearing to him. Besides, you’re scary enough that some people call you a monster anyway, if just for your height. If anyone ever were to call you that in front of Gaz, then they’ll end up with a black eye. No one gets to call you a monster but him. While he won’t always approve of you scaring everyone, Gaz does have a few friends that he wants you to get along with, he won’t particularly do anything about it either if that’s just what you’re like. Might try to make you seem a bit less scary by being a bit more affectionate with you in public. Holding your hand, giving you a peck on the cheek, giving you a hug. Those kinds of things. He actually loves you being this tall since that means you can pick him up and spin him around. He’s not been picked up ever since he was a little boy, so he definitely wouldn’t mind you showing off to him just how strong you are. Is also always looking for an excuse to hold your hand. Oh, seems like he forgot just how big your hand actually is and how much it engulfs his. Remind him for a moment and hold his hand, will you? Gaz is a sweetheart towards his loved ones anyway, if you look past the fact he will sass anyone to show his affection, so he loves that you’re so sweet towards him. Though, sometimes he wishes you were about the same height so you could actually share each other’s wardrobe. But hey, at least he gets to wear your extremely oversized shirts and hoodies, one of his favorite things to do. Another thing he also adores is just sitting in your lap when you’re home together and will also place your hands so that you’re holding him in your arms. If you’ve got really warm hands then he’ll place them atop his thighs to keep himself warm. Gaz isn’t the warmest person out there, but that just means you get to warm him up yourself. Is actually a lot cuddlier because you’re this tall and will become your personal blanket.

Ghost: He feels kind of perplexed about you being so much taller than him. Ghost is 1,95m, he towers over pretty much anyone, so how dare you be so much taller than him. Pretends to hate you being this tall, actually loves it. Sometimes he dreams of sparring with you under the moonlight to assert his dominance, even though there’s really no need to since you’re such a sweetheart towards him. He probably just needs to ask and would get anything from you. He really doesn’t mind you scaring pretty much everyone off, he has the same effect on people he doesn’t know. That just means there’s less people to worry about in his life for the time being. You’ll be spending a lot of time alone with each other that way, which he really likes. Though, maybe don’t scare his teammates too much, he genuinely likes them and wants them to be well too. Though, it’s kind of hard to properly scare them anyway. Ghost is usually a pretty quiet man when there’s no need for chit chat, but he doesn’t mind hearing your voice. In fact, he might get worried if you suddenly stop talking and will ask you what’s wrong. If you’ve got nothing to talk about then he’ll ask some questions so he can continue hearing your voice. He also blushes from time to time when you suddenly give him some sugary sweet compliments. He’s a grown, scary military man, he really shouldn’t be, but it’s just so endearing, especially when you, even bigger and scarier, call him your little honey bunny. It actually motivates him to do house chores. Not that he won’t do them anyway, but you calling him embarrassingly domestic names makes him just a tad bit soft, which leads to him trying to be a good husband. You may cuddle him since he trusts you, but he will also want to hold you from time to time. Life is a constant give and take, so prepare to be cuddled. Won’t particularly ask for cuddles, though, since he’s kind of too embarrassed to admit he’s touch starved. To you it’s blatantly obvious, though, which is why you initiate those cuddling sessions. Ghost appreciates it and sometimes hides a smile in either the pillow or your neck. As long as you don’t see him being silly, all is good.

Soap: He used to hate you being this tall. Soap may “only” be of average height, but he’s the tallest in his family, which he was actually pretty proud of. He towered over his father, even. And then he joined the military, where quite a few people were taller than him. And then you had the audacity to introduce yourself to him. You, the tallest man he’s ever met. It hurt his ego. Ever since you got together, though, he slowly got over it. You’re just such a sweetheart, how could he hate you over something as trivial as this? However, nothing could ever stop him from trying to pick you up and spinning you around. Soap is a pretty strong lad too, he’ll make it work somehow. You will feel tiny and cared for too. There’s a good chance he can’t reach your lips to kiss you. Yes, he could just ask you to bend down, but where’s the fun in that? Climbs you like a tree instead. He’s also always thinking of that one post where, instead of asking their boyfriend, the person should just punch him in the stomach. He won’t do it, but he remembers it every time without fail. He doesn’t mind you being scary either. Hell, Ghost is also a pretty scary guy to have around when you don’t know him and he’s one of Soap’s closest friends. Besides, he knows better anyway. You’re a total goof and the biggest sweetheart this world has ever seen. You being scary towards others just means that he’s got you all to himself all the time. Soap is a clingy guy, so you can expect him to cling to you like a koala from time to time. Actually, that was a lie, you should expect him to jump at you and hold onto you very often. Cuddles over safety. You’re likely also one of the only people on the planet willing to hear him out when he’s talking about his passions. And he could go on for hours every time. Explosives, weapons, whatever show you’re watching together, all is fair game. See, you’re one of the biggest sweethearts to him because you actually listen to him, despite him going into great detail about it all. You may not always be able to understand him when he’s talking chemistry again, but you hear him out anyway, and for that alone you’ve won his heart. He also sits on your lap while talking. You’re his little throne now that he takes immense pride in.

#cod #cod x reader #john price #john price x reader #price x reader #kyle gaz garrick #kyle gaz garrick x reader #gaz x reader #simon ghost riley #simon ghost riley x reader #ghost x reader #john soap mactavish #john soap mactavish x reader #soap x reader #I doubt anyone cares but I HC Soap to be 1.78m and Gaz to be 1.81m I just forgot to mention it #m!reader #I know I'm biased but I feel as though I'm actually more willing to write about male readers than fem readers #90% of all things I see in this fandom are with a fem reader there's barely anything for male readers #still thinking back fondly on that one time I got a request for a ftm reader #but that was an eternity ago and I feel as though I'd write that request better now and with more content #I tried to write a lot for this because I was really looking forward to it #besides it was a pretty cute request too. I've actually got a request that's similiar to this one too #it's with Laswell and a reader that's roughly as tall as König #and then I've got something for Nikolai and Price as a couple #I'm gonna write some HCs for that alone and then write some more with added reader as a bonus #I know I never mentioned it anywhere but I do try to be a reader centric blog. but I can write charxchar as well #I just haven't done so since middle school I think #wait no I've written charxchar not too long ago for madcom and tf2. good times #not sure if I'll continue writing today though. I started a new anime and I'm enjoying it a lot so I might watch that instead

[aq2003]

RWBY - Ice Queendom (2022)

#ruby rose #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #weiss schnee #rwby #rwby ice queendom #my edits #so ok i haven't watched og rwby but i have just watched the premiere of this anime and the animation is REALLY good #so of course i had to gif it

[miss-cigarettes]

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DEAR FRIENDS!!! ₊⋆｡‧˚ʚ♡ɞ˚‧���⋆ฅ(Wω눈ฅ)

#personal #this year was difficult for me... I hope 2024 will be better #I want to come back here to post like I used to... I miss being here in fandoms haha #I've abandoned this blog for a long time... it's time to come back :) #so let's have fun together again my dear friends!!I haven't watched anime in 3 years haha although now I'm obsessed with hannibal lol #bro depression has really kicked my ass.... #Anyway... I wish you all the best for this year!!

[gingernut1314]

Shower Thoughts of a Delusional Girly

Sooooo---I was thinking about Buggy while taking a shower (as one does) and I was thinking more specifically about long-haired Buggy because I lovvvveee it and am having majoooor regrets about ever giving him shortish hair in my Songbird series and in anything else I have written for him.

As I was thinking about this major failure on my part, (one I am already planning on fixing because I can't live with myself lol) I was thinking about how I could maybe explain the short hair, like maybe Arlong cut it or something angsty like that, but then I had this wonderful big-brained thought--

He can't get a haircut cause of his chop-chop abilities. Cause if everything can chop off and on, then his hair can too.

This man probably hasn't been able to haircut since eating his Devil Fruit.

But now I'm thinking about how, with that line of thinking, he wouldn't be able to trim his beard---maybe he just doesn't reattach it?? Like he keeps it in a little baggie or something....but then again this is a fictional world so I am just thinking waaayyy too much into it 😂

I am probably suuuuuper late to the party about this thought but I thought I would just share it with yall cause I have no one else to tell😂

Anywwwayy, luv yall!! 🩷 🩷 🩷

(edit: it's been fixed for songbird's story at least lol)

(Also why does he have better hair than me?? Like--that's what I've been trying to get my hair to look like this whole time!! ugh...not me being jealous of a fictional character 😂)

#shower thoughts #i didn't know he had long hair until after I started writing songbirds #i haven't gotten that far into the anime #😭 #its so long #but sooooo good #and netflix is soooo annoying because of that stupid same home wifi shit #so i can only watch it very rarely #but I lovvvveee his long hair #its so good and sooo attractive #buggy #Buggy opla #buggy one piece

[sskk-manifesto]

Atsushi's back in the game!!! ۶( ˆ o ˆ )

#And Kouyou!!!! #Also. I can say Steinbeck is kinda 👀👀👀 #King of the specific category of “I forget I like him until he's on screen” #I'm seriously unlocking memories with this rewatch. Like I haven't thought about it in two years– #but I just know when I was watching the anime for the first time I was being like #“Of COURSE the villains need to spend several minutes each episode explaining in detail how their own superpowers work so that the– #protagonists can get a perfect idea of how to best counter them. Why are villains made so freaking stupid in this show” aljhvwslchvqliyqwb #But. Eh. I guess that's just bsd to you. #Alsoooooo random thought of the day: I don't really favour how Tanizaki's ability was adapted in the anime. #I very well understand they were going for this green Matrix-like illusion effect‚ but every time someone says “... Snow?” #I'm like please explain where do you live that has snow glowing green. #Aamsjgvfaskjhfv sorry this is me being very. Cranky and nitpicky and having terrible audience etiquette in refusing to– #engage in suspension of disbelief. It just bugs me akvakcvqkyb I just feel like... Green is such a non-snow color– #that quite of completely disrupts the Light Snow / Sasame Yuki aesthetic. I would have liked it much better light blue or simply white. #What else. The way the Guild just goes on at stereotypes still troubles me a lot. The “usamericans can't be touched by laws– #because they use money to corrupt anyone” “foreign criminal organization come in our country to corrupt our pure and untouched soil” #Idk. Maybe all of it is true. Can it still be deemed a stereotype when it's objectively something that's happened before– #and will probably keep happening? #I suppose I'm just not a fan of the constant hostility against any foreigner. Idk. #This situation besides is extremely ironical. If you meet me irl it probably won't take long to see me being very outspoken about– #how much I despise usa cultural colonization of all other countries. It's something that really bothers me‚ how rooted and pervasive– #their influence is. So in a lot of ways I can relate to the author's sentiment #I just feel that. If you start treating them as stereotypes and ignore the complexity of a country and the wide spectrum of causes– #that contribute to its attitude in international relations. You end up practicing precisely what you're trying to criticize. #Okay this is the last time I'm getting into the politics of the Guild arc lol #random rambles #This time I took watching the episode slow I feel a little late

[shortcakelils]

Do you watch Anime?

I used to, one of my all time favourites used to be Attack On Titan !!

#ask #post #I haven't watched anime in a long time :0 #where my armin simps at ehahahhhah..hahh..oh help me #my armin phase was so bad but I love him normally now

[witchwhaat]

so. i watched anatomy of a fall

#FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING CINEMA #I LOVED IT SO MUCH HELLO??? #and i wasn't even expecting anything from this movie i've only heard that it's good from my friend and that the doggo Acts in this one #and the trailer got me intrigued #and it was The Best decision to go see it in cinema #i was SO engrossed #and i'm Amazed at how GOOD this kid's AND the dog's acting is?!?!! are you kidding me ?!?! #they both deserve an oscar i'm so serious #i've never seen an animal Act like this #and i'm so impressed with the kid #also? are french courts and trials actually like this? bc if yes then it's fucked up #the prosecutor was PISSING ME OFF #and usually i don't like trial scenes in movies but here? they were pissing me off so much (good) that i was even more engrossed lol #oh and the fight scene was so good. delicious even. haven't seen such a good fight scene in a long time #and also😶 im not immune to swann arlaud aldhxajjchcjss #if you know any good films with him let me know bc i need to see more of this man #to sum up: some good fucking cinema highly recommend watching it #but also if you think it's a typical crime/mystery film it's not imo #i also just love how they've done it bc it's 2.5 hours long but i haven't felt it at all #so yeah. here's my anatomy of a fall reaction noone asked for lol #agnes talking

[meownotgood]

mags... i miss aki so much... im rewatching csm again and seeing him with his pretty blue eyes makes me want to squish his dumb face and the part when he BLUSH UGH

I feel you... today I miss him a lot too... his cute face... the need I have to kiss him and hug him and pinch him and shake him around a lil... I love him more than anything.........

#that's a good idea #I wanna rewatch chainsaw man too #I wanted to reread it also but I haven't had a lot of time these days #I want to make like #just a video that is a big long compilation of all the best aki moments #because I'll say I wanna rewatch chainsaw man but then I just wanna watch episode one cause it's really good #and then when I get to episode two I just wanna skip and watch every time aki shows up 😭 #NOT THAT THE REST OF THE ANIME ISN'T GOOD #I'm just impatient to see my boy... #chainsaw man but it's only the scenes with aki hayakawa #that's what I need #auuuggg I had a dream about aki last night so I'm missing him even more now #he's so pretty and beautiful I love him to death #ask mags

[mushroomjar]

Does anyone else also interpret the Banana Fish anime and the manga as like, different stories? I know they're not that different but it's the little differences that make them feel like separate to me

#i haven't read the whole manga yet but with the little i've read i feel a huge difference between #the story akimi yoshida tried to tell vs the story the anime wanted to tell #i hope that makes sense #for a long time i was really mad at akimi yoshida for how she would talk about the story/characters and what she'd do with them #as an anime-first fan #but now i feel like maybe i was a bit too harsh and i can interpret the anime and the manga as having different messages #not to exempt yoshida from all blame. there's still stuff i heavily disagree with her on and do not at all endorse #but i think i like looking at it this way #if anyone who's read the whole manga and watched the anime wants to chime in please do so! i'm very open to discussion on this subject #banana fish #cat rambles

[svtskneecaps]

the only thing stopping me from writing a fucking charlie slimecicle + elmariana + juanaflippa family centric time loop fic is the fact that i missed every single flippa stream live (finally plunged into qsmp a few days after tallulah appeared) and i don't have the time to watch back through the vods because HOLY SHIT CAN WE GET 30 FUCKING SECONDS WITHOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING ON THIS SERVER WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

#qsmp #the venn diagram of ​my awake time and bad's livestream time is a fucking circle #and i also WORK. I HAVE WORK. i can't watch vods for hours!!! #like i worked this afternoon. i got back home right as bobby's fate was sealed for the livestream. i had to watch an hour of vod to catch up #and WHILE I DID THAT #MORE LORE HAPPENED #LIKE THINGS HAPPENED WITH QUACKITY. TAZERCRAFT SCOOBY DOO'D ONTO A DRAGON SKELETON. #PEOPLE GRIEVED. JAIDEN ENDED STREAM ABRUPTLY. APPARENTLY SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH SOFIA. #I STILL HAVEN'T CAUGHT MAX'S POV FROM TUESDAY BC I WORKED THEN TOO GODDAMNIT #LIKE. APPARENTLY BAD KNOWS ABOUT SOFIA? DUNNO WHEN OR HOW. I MISSED THAT ONE. I WAS EITHER AT WORK OR CATCHING UP ON VODS #i. am. screaming. #like i understand why people watch live #it was soooo much easier to keep up when i just kept three distinct povs open and could hop between them like tv channels #oh forever just went down and richas is with him? no worries i have his stream open rn lemme just unmute #hmm cellbit is getting pretty animated let's see what he discovered i'll just unmute rl quick #quackity's saying some sus shit in chat lemme pop his stream open #instead of 'ok i want to see what foolish was doing at chume labs after bad stole his banana so lemme find the time stamp in foolish's- #HUGE FUCKING GIANT LONG VOD and watch thru that but oh. perhaps i want to see what mike was saying after foolish yeeted him.' actually uh #i don't think mike's pov was up that day (unless it was just on yt idk i'm not familiar w how tazercraft's stuff works yet) #BUT YKNOW. I'D HAVE TO VOD SCAN. ITS ANNOYING. so yea its way easier to follow #long tags #block game brainrot #shut up vic

[igneouswyvern]

I wouldn't normally be making a post like this but I'm having major withdrawals after having completed Nier Automata and I need to process it somehow so here I am

MAJOR spoilers for all three chapters of Nier Automata under the cut, seriously if you have any slight intention of playing the game do not read

Some of the game's major themes are loss and hopelessness, but the thing I find most interesting is the game's emphasis on partnership, usually just with two people but it occasionally features more than that.

The first time we see this partnership in action is with Adam and Eve right in the very first chapter. And it makes sense. Their namesakes are literally from the story involving the Christian god creating Eve for Adam, the two becoming "one flesh," and essentially being linked up for life. And in the game it is no different. Adam imparts his knowledge onto Eve, and he also "plays with" him. They're shown as two sides of the same coin from the second time you fight them. They're linked. They're inseparable. Imagine what were to happen if something did cause them to be separated? Well, when 2B kills Adam, Eve flies into a blind rage. He can't think. He can't see straight. All he can think to do is to destroy the entire world. And realistically, from his perspective, it makes sense. Adam was his world. Adam was the reason he went on, the driving force to keep him going. Without Adam, who was he? What would he do with himself? His only options were to kill himself, or to kill everyone else. Revenge is a reason to keep going. So he chose revenge.

And at first this seems absurd and childish, but we see this immediately mirrored in the third chapter with 2B and 9S. 2B's death unfortunately comes right after 9S learns that the humans are extinct and everything he's been fighting for is a lie. But it's okay, because as long as he's fighting side-by-side with 2B everything will be okay, won't it? And then he witnesses 2B die, and his entire world is shattered. His response is understandable, really. He has nothing left to live for. He could kill himself, or he could kill everyone else. Revenge gave him a reason to keep going. So he made his goal to destroy every last machine that did this to 2B, and then kill A2, the android who ultimately dealt the final blow to her. It doesn't matter what her reasons were. It only matters that she's dead. And what will 9S do once he accomplishes this goal? Who knows. He certainly doesn't care. And then, at the very end of the final chapter, A2 reveals the truth to 9S. She reveals that 9S was always destined to learn the secret about YoRHa. And she reveals that the only reason he was paired up with 2B was because 2B was destined to kill him once he got too close to the information. They weren't joined by some red string of fate wishing them good fortune. But they weren't joined by accident either. They were joined so that one could kill the other. They were doomed from the start. How foolish of 9S to get so attached.

We don't learn much about A2 in the game proper (unless I missed side lore, which is entirely possible). But it's pretty clear from the hints we picked up that she too had a friend in YoRHa who died. This is presumably why she left YoRHa--why keep fighting for them anyway? Her friend is dead and there's nothing left. A2 too chooses the path of revenge, but somewhere along the way she keeps her sanity, separating her from Eve and 9S. Yet her ways are seemingly aimless. The best explanation she can provide for her intentions to 042 is to kill every last machine lifeform, yet she doesn't really have a plan for accomplishing this at all. Throughout her quest, she wanders aimlessly, going to the desert because of a goliath signal 042 detected, then going to the Resistance Camp because she damaged her fuel part, then going to Pascal's village for the part, and finally wandering into the tower because 042 told her it had been opened. What is she really living for anyway? I doubt she can really say for sure herself.

Speaking of the Pods, these two are also connected. They begin connected by 2B and 9S's connection, but once 2B dies, they shouldn't have any reason to be connected anymore. And yet they still are, sharing data routinely and coming to conclusions. And thus, they continue to be bound, this time by 9S and A2, although it is imperative that they do not come into contact with one another in this instance, because A2 and 9S are highly hostile to one another. And through all the AI nonsense, Pods 042 and 153 do form a bond unrelated to their androids. It makes you wonder what might happen if one were to die.

The theme continues with Devola and Popola. Designed to be twin androids, their sisterly connection is unmatched. They would not be able to keep going without the other. They were ostracized, hated, and attacked, but it doesn't matter, because they had each other. In the end, they both die for the sake of letting 9S enter the tower. 153 points out that one could have survived, but they stayed together and both perished. 9S shuts her down, because he knows exactly why they wished to stay together. Perhaps he wishes he too had died with 2B.

Pascal is one of the few characters to not feature a pair. His duty is rather to the entire village. He imparts knowledge to the children and teaches them how to be peaceful, how to survive. He would risk everything to save even one member of the village. So imagine his despair when the battle is over and he finds that every last one of the children killed themselves out of fear, fear that he taught them. They were his reason to keep on living, and they're dead because of him. He immediately recognizes that he can't live with this reality. He asks A2 to either kill him or delete his memories, because he just can't go on.

While barely relevant to the plot at all, both 2B and 9S's operators show a desire to form a partnership. 2B's operator asks a fellow operator out, and is devastated when she is rejected. 9S's operator expresses a strong desire to start a family. Both missed out on this opportunity.

The commander doesn't come in a pair, but she too is linked up with other individuals. When all of YoRHa is going down, she rejects the chance to escape. What is the purpose of going on when everything you've ever worked for is crashing down around you? Without her soldiers at YoRHa, she has nothing left to live for. She goes down with the ship.

The theme goes even deeper when you look at the side quests. Rescuing the machine's younger sister. Protecting the mother machine's son. Helping a resistance member recover her memories about a deceased loved one. Confirming another resistance member's loved one is dead. Following the wandering couple and helping them survive together. The android who repaired a fallen YoRHa member and pretended he was his own son, because he needed to take care of another person to have a reason to go on. The pair of YoRHa betrayers, one becoming enraged when the other dies, and the captain coming to avenge them both.

The boss of the amusement park, doing anything she can to get the attention of the male machine lifeform, desperate to form a partnership, destroying herself to please him.

The machines in the forest rallying themselves to protect, and then to get revenge for, their king.

Perhaps what really makes both androids and machines human is their need for connection. They can't go on without connection. They will do anything they can to find one other person that they can rely and codepend on. One person that they can protect at all costs. One person they can focus on to strive to keep going. If they have that, they can do anything. But take that away...and what's left is despair and hopelessness. The world can be bleak and desolate and utterly hopeless, but as long as you've got your Person, there's always a reason to keep going. But on the other hand, the world can be beautiful and full of life, but if you don't have a Person, you don't have anything.

This game deals with a lot of themes, but I think the social aspect of the characters in the story is what hit me the hardest.

This got...long...if a single human being has read this, thanks for coming to my TED talk I guess

#nier automata #nier automata spoilers #nier 2b #nier 9s #nier a2 #yorha #nier automata analysis #long post #wyvern rambles #i just needed to get this off my chest im sorry #im having a bit of a hard time with this rn #also MASSIVE disclaimer i just beat the vanilla game and im sure i haven't experienced nearly everything the game has to offer #nor have i read the manga or watched the anime or consumed any other form of side content #or played nier replicant #so if ive gotten any facts wrong or made incorrect conjectures please forgive me

[balsee]

starting dungeon meshi!!

#I actually haven't watched any anime in a long time #so I think this'll be a nice show to start #dungeon meshi

[eosofspades]

next gen (2018) is the best movie ever for a lot of reasons but the biggest, most integral one that i've never seen anybody actually address before, is that it is fundamentally a story about being a very young child who is suffering so much emotional pain and the experience of that pain not being taken seriously by anyone around you. mai's anger issues and crushing loneliness are absolutely integral to any reading of the story's themes, and not only is her pain a driving force, but it is validated by the narrative. the story doesn't mock her for having "daddy issues," she's not just a whiny or dramatic little girl; she is ABSOLUTELY justified in feeling lonely and hopelessly angry, and the movie goes out of its way to show you things from HER perspective. and at the end, the "lesson" she had to learn wasn't that she was WRONG about how she viewed her mother and her situation - in fact, her MOM is the one who has to learn that she was mistreating her daughter and hurting her.

the movie also takes so much care to honestly and realistically show how that loneliness can manifest in the most destructive of ways - mai is ALLOWED to be angry, she is allowed to be rude and abrasive and destructive, and while it is portrayed as a problem and something that needs to be addressed, the narrative never BLAMES her for it - because she is a child reacting in a real, emotional, raw, human way to her trauma and pain.

what i'm trying to say is i have never seen a film before that takes a child's feelings of misery as something so valid. the narrative NEVER condescends to her character, it never comes across as patronizing. and the movie isn't about having to forgive the people who hurt you, but instead it's about the importance of not letting that pain stop you from making NEW memories and better relationships. it's so real and RAW and full of love and ultimately, it is about how even one person looking at you and saying "i see your pain, and i'm not going anywhere" and meaning it can be enough to save you.

#literally this movie is so fucking good. go watch it right now #my favorite film of all time. unbeatable in catharsis in validation in ENTERTAINMENT #and that's not even getting into the animation or soundtrack bc my GOD both of these things are BANGING #and the ANGST. ohhhh my god this movie will rip your fucking heart out #like. how do i actually describe it. this movie is about being a mentally ill child from the child's perspective #any other movie would have had mai need to learn the lesson that her parents were doing what they thought was right or some bullshit #but nope! next gen says your mom IS doing a bad job! and you deserve to be angry about it!! you are right to be angry about your #dad fucking off when you were 4!!! that DOES suck for you and it DOES suck that nobody fucking LISTENS #this is a kid screaming for someone; anyone to listen to her or care about her pain and then she meets 7723 and he DOES #AND ITS A MOVIE ABOUT HOW MENTAL ILLNESS CAN MAKE YOU PUSH PEOPLE AWAY AND SELF SABOTAGE #AND THE IMPORTANCE OF *LETTING* PEOPLE HELP YOU AND TRUSTING THEM TO HOLD YOUR HEART GENTLY....... #i restate. this movie is so fucking good. go watch it if you haven't i am not asking #mine #next gen #next gen netflix #netflix next gen #long post

[ellcrys]

i high key really miss anime so i was like what am i in the mood to watch and i was like honestly maybe i'll finally get around to watching the new fruits basket anime and then i realized it was like 63 episodes help i can't even finish 24 episode anime anymore 😭

#i knew it was 3 seasons but i thought it was like 13 eps per season so like 39 total #fruits basket has a plot the size of fma??? #i haven't watched an anime that long in years lol

[naysaltysalmon]

I was today years old when I realized Kanroji Mitsuri is a Sailor Moon reference.

#Kanroji Mitsuri #Mitsuri Kanroji #Demon Slayer #Kimetsu no Yaiba #Swordsmith Village Arc #Sailor Moon #KnY #magical girl #Nay talks #bro this new season is fucking amazing omg #idk why i wasn't feeling the previous one #maybe i'm pickier abt how brothels are depicted now given my blorbo?? #maybe i was just in a bad mental place bc i didn't have a job/my job sucked?? #or maybe the animation was just redraws of the manga panels like i thought/felt at the time #idk #either way #EHHEHHHH RENGOKU #i'm so glad Tanjirou sounds less like Midoriya Izuku in this season #either bc i haven't watched BnHA in such a long time now or bc the VA really glowed up with Tanjirou's maturity #i fucking love how even tho Tanjirou stays the sweet and kindhearted kid we knew at the start he also gets fucking bloodthirsty and #Done With All The Demons' Shit by the end #he's taking none of this he's had enough #god this is what anime is all about #the last time i hooked my computer up to the TV to watch anime was probably years ago by now #but this season deserves it #the fucking animationnnnn #god