#THIS IS JUST. A VERY FUNNY COMBO TO ME????

[triviallytrue]

Watching something as iconic as NGE is kinda funny because every now and then something happens and you're like "oh! that guy! from tumblr!"

General thoughts:

Poor Shinji. Dude keeps getting put in situations.

The Ender's Game comparison keeps coming up for me - child soldiers utterly essential to the cause. The big difference is that they are just completely flubbing their psychological management in NGE - in Ender's Game they had eyes on the kids 24/7 and maintained in-depth psychological profiles on all of them, whereas in NGE they have loads of money and manpower focused on maintaining the EVAs but their equally-essential pilots are just... going to school. Shinji got punched and they didn't know!

And what is Misato's deal, anyway? She's in her 20s and has a crazy amount of authority (she just requisitioned all of Japan's power) and they're just kinda... letting her manage Shinji? It's not her job, but she's just doing it? She's his commanding officer but also his mom/sister, which is a really bad combo. Also I don't think I'm imagining the grooming undertones, those seem intentional.

The real motivator for someone like Shinji is (of course) his social connections - the two schoolkids and Rei, and then maybe to some degree Misato, and then even more distantly his father. Kids don't put themselves through severe distress just for the abstract concept of "saving the world," especially a world that has thus far been very unkind to them. To bring back the Ender's Game comparison, this feels like a very deliberate point that Graff and friends were aware of (the way they used Valentine as a strategic resource) but in NGE it seems to be mostly happenstance that Shinji made some human connections before completely shutting down.

Rei thus far is an interesting foil to Shinji. Normally I get kind of put off by scenes like the one where he walks in on her, but it gives you a lot of important information about both of them. Shinji, underneath all the abandonment issues and repression, is still a pretty normal kid - awkward, horny in that embarrassing adolescent way, deeply self-conscious. Rei is alien (or perhaps just very autistic). She just doesn't clock 90% of the tension at all. She pilots the EVA without complaint (though perhaps with equal psychological distress, just heavily repressed). She also gets along very well with his shitass dad, which is revealing in its own way.

I'm told there is another child, a red haired one, named Asuka(?), the thus-far only implied Second Child. Wonder why she isn't here yet?

I heard that it was some kind of twist that the EVAs were alive in some sense, but doesn't that naturally follow from the first couple episodes? Unit 01 moves to save Rei without a pilot and then goes berserk to kill the angel. Maybe there's more to the twist that I don't know yet.

What's up with the angels? Why are they here, what do they want, what are they exactly? Who cares. They are a plot device in purest form - they enable the rest of the show, but the show is not meaningfully "about" them. They didn't half-ass it though - the designs are absolutely phenomenal.

Oh, and there's some second project NERV is working on, a human transformation thing that got mentioned once and never again. That will probably be important eventually.

#i'm doing femmenietzsche's suggestion of watching 6 episode chunks as arcs #finished the first last night #nge #arc 1

[submaskudari]

i caved in

#THIS IS JUST. A VERY FUNNY COMBO TO ME???? #the fact that they're my top comfort chars too is what makes it better #submas #emmet pokemon #edward archer #yokai watch #youkai watch #pokemon #pkmn

[misterradio]

#original nonsense #image described #youtube #roly polys #made me smile. didnt even watch it i just love this thumbnail image and title combo #iwas trying to find this persons playthrough of the old chuteng translation but didnt find it. wait nvm i just did yay #edit: oh i did not realize this would blow up. well now i have to watch this video hehe. please also watch it so support him ::-) #i watched it and it was very funny ::-) made me smile. its very silly so dont expect too serious of a review. #i better see that view count go up okay.

[aiqingdemeimiao]

#ben whishaw #kadiff kirwan #andrew scott #margate pride 2023 #was VERY tempted to zoom in on ben's v attractive socks and sandals combo #most people put a bit of effort in for pride but ben didn't even bother to iron his dress #he's so lazy smh #just standing there like 🧍‍♂️while craig andrew and kadiff pose #sorry but he's so funny to me sjfhjsfhs #my special little guy etc etc

[moe-broey]

One thing about Alfonse (at least in my head in my heart) is that he's the voice of reason Up Until he fucking isn't. At the drop of a hat he is capable of becoming the most absurd and unhinged person in the room. The Core of it is either 1) He fully believes or at least is clinging to the belief that he's still 100% reasonable and in his right mind 2) Occasional tryhardism bites him in the ass 3) He's being silly. This is enrichment for him. Zoomies

#fire emblem #feh #like obvs the more dramatic example of this is lif. esp first case scenario #but so deeply so seriously ESP when i do portray him as a voice of reason (which! he is! often!) i NEED to also remember #he's silly. you wouldn't fucking expect it. one of his defining characteristics over and over again is how serious he is. #IT IS. JUST. SUCH a funny combo to me. bc his silliness is very blink and you'll miss it. #it's very buried under his role and position and his general more reserved personality. #but i swear to god there are moments where i feel so strongly he's just playing. he's having fun. he's goofing off. #and the WAY he does it is so subtle. but i can see it. alfonse shrimp colors. #fe alfonse

[fearmeeeee]

I’m sure you’ve probably mentioned it before- but I’m curious! Where did the original love for Sebek come from!

Always been curious about that since your style just fits him so nicely!

Thank you sm! I'm glad you think my style suits him! I think his design is pretty elegant so I try to do it justice as much as I can.

Good question!! So I had to look up my own archive bcause I didn't remember but the first time I drew him was end of december. its been.... 9 months...

I have been aware of twst a few years prior but I was never INTO it. I really liked Sebek's design from the get go though, it has many elements that appeal to me personally (AND HE'S IN THE EQUESTRIAN CLUB!!!! I LOVE HORSES!!), but since he wasn't in the main story much I really didn't know anything about him. Then Glomas happened and I ended up getting obsessed w twst, and honestly around that time sebek got A LOT of cards back to back (dorm card, glomas, new years, masterchef, birthday, harveston on en) wich made me wanna look into him more and.. BOY!!!!

He is so obsessive!!!!! SO confidently wrong!! His perception of reality is so warped!! I wanted to study him under a microscope immediately. And honestly he's so FUNNY he makes every scene hes in a treat. A moment that had stuck out to me when I was still learning about him was how important it was to him not to lose to silver at.... coffee drinking... LIKE MY GUY!!!! NOBODY CARES!!!!! His point of view is so fun to see. I need to put him in a blender. I find characters like him very interesting, devoted to one person and all of their actions and morals are dictated by that.

Of course eventually it did become apparent that he has actual reasons and deep insecurities that affect his behaviour (which I hope but doubt ch 7 will actually touch on), that make him a pretty well rounded character, very fun to analyse and see more of. And his bond with the rest of Diasomnia is super interesting too. Silver is my 2nd favourite so it's nice that they interact a lot and mirror eachother.

Heres a wip💚

#asks #moonlight-phobia #my pen pressure stopped as i was lining this #sorry for writing 3 paragraphs #did i mention hes funny hes so funny funniest lil guy #but yea slicked back hair + slit pupils + fangs + thunder eyebrows is a killer combo for me #i love drawing those #and hes a BOOKWORM #aughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #and gets attatched to stuffed animals #and likes horses :'0 #he gets 100 points just for being a horse girl #i may delete this l8r bcause i rambled too much but like no way i can cut down the length im just very obsessed with him #addmitedly i wouldnt be that into twst if i didnt need sth to cope with how exhausting and boring uni is but now here we r #emotional support green anime boy #also hes quite tragic a lot of the time but i will stop here i just have so much to say

[valeriefauxnom]

Euden's Surprising Spread of Spidey Senses

So this is another of the 'things I noticed a while ago but am now properly committing to text so I don't forget everything'. Anyways, I found it funny the more I looked that Euden seemed to have a wing of general senses/ability to discern things/feelings or reactions that nobody else had, and sometimes he thought he was completely normal when they really weren't.

The earliest example I can think of offhand is chapter 13, wherein he feels drawn to the whatever ominous mana stuff that gives Ranzal the heeby jeebies.

Yes Euden I wonder why you're attracted to artificial mana that may be corrupted by black mana

As my friend joked in this scene, he's the one kid in a tv show that has to be stopped from licking whatever clearly bad object everyone else has the good sense to not touch (even if in this case, he'd be perfectly fine if the main reason it is 'dangerous' is because of black mana, being immune. Not that they knew that because since everyone hightails it as soon as it starts getting too thick so they have no idea he's not susceptible, but I digress).

Then, there's his ability as I jokingly refer to as the ability to sample and dissect dragon roars/behavior like fine wine:

Nothing like being able to tell if a dragon is hurting or sane as well as their mood based on their roars. And it's not exactly a set science or habit that can be learned with all the noises the very-varied-in-form Dragalia dragons make. I think he does this at least once or twice more, but I could be wrong.

Regardless, imagine Euden and Bahamut having a conversation where Bahamut does his standard Variations On A Roar performance and Euden's just like, 'hm, interesting. that does sound tasty'. And everyone is very confused how he got that from ROOOOAAAARR.

Then there's his sensitivities regarding other things, like his ability to tell when someone is about to shapeshift.

This is where he also tries to turn to his siblings to go, 'hey this is normal, right guys??' only to be flatly rejected.

Granted, they more suggest experience might be the cause of his talent here, but since it's ultimately speculation and up in the air and explicitly something everyone else finds weird I elected to include it. Regardless if it's natural or supernaturally developed, it's a sense nobody else has.

Even Nedrick realizes quickly that Euden's just Weird and hypersensitive to dragon-mana stuff and decided to formulate a plan around that and extend a bit of trust to his ability. Which, for Nedrick, Mr.Never Trust Anyone Ever To Do What I Need Done, is a testament to just how weird and valuable he finds the skill.

He later goes on to use his understanding of dragons and pacts to split up the power concentrated under Elysium back to their proper owners, the individual Greatwyrms.

Then, of course, is the built-in 'GPS return to sender' he has when it comes to Xenos' location and status. Quite handy he had that, or else we would immediately have gotten Dragalia 2: Electric Boogaloo wherein everyone collectively realizes Xenos isn't dead and has to assemble the gang again x years into the future. (Actually maybe it'd be better if he didn't so we could've gotten another Dragalia-)

Ahem. Anyways, this is getting long, so I'll cut it off there, but the fact that Euden was weird compared even to his family is just a thing that is passively baked into canon. And this isn't even counting his behavioral oddities that constantly leave others going ??? regarding him all the time, just his sensory ones!

And I like those little kinds of oddities very much.

Long story short regarding Euden:

Bonus round on editing:

Oh yeah, he also has a Find a Friend working ability that allowed him to track down and hear his friends across pocket dimensions. Even Mids, who has supernatural senses of his own in being able to derive 'true location', can't hear across worlds. Perhaps it's a good thing Euden didn't make too many otherwordly friends. Imagine constantly hearing friends speaking that aren't even in the same area or time of existence as you are (like Luca did that one time in the comics).

Also, it's a bit funny that even if it's a power innate to him he's still addressing it as if it's completely separate from him and asking 'it' nicely to open up portals. Nothing like Euden being unable to do something himself, but because he's asking 'himself' nicely suddenly finds the willpower to make manifest what he wants.

...Imagine if it applied to food. 'Please mysterious power my friends and I are starving, can we have some food?' and a luxury turkey dinner just pops in front of them, what he was secretly wanting and is like 'wow what a coincidence, exactly what sounded heavenly to me personally. Thanks mysterious power!'

#dragalia lost #dragalia #I know dragalia rapidly went on a crazy train trying to wrap everything up #and mystical senses provide a quick and easy way to provide direction to a group when dealing with matters 0.1 people understand fully #...but I gotta say #the unintentional slow building of Euden as just a Very Weird Person in regards to sensations and powers is funny to me. #Like it's not even the standard protagonist powers of 'I press win/you lose.' OP kind of things. #But the exact blend of 'ignorant to his own weirdness' and the powers themselves they added is just funny. #Dude's a walking friend locator/dragon empath combo. And isn't that the dream?

[sysig]

Someone’s looking out for you ♥ (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #Crackship #Wally West this time! :D #Their flirting is the cutest <3 <3 #But first! ZEX's uniform!!!!! JKFLdhsafjdf <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 #I've always liked his uniform - he looks beautiful in it it's quite fun to draw it's pretty it's flowy - very good piece of clothing do like #How something as simple as missing it for a week makes such a huge impact <3 Hhghh gods the way he describes getting it back ♥♪♫ #I've never appreciated the Feeling of his uniform on his body before now and hhh what a difference it makes! #Genuinely like a tactile understanding to complement the emotional <3 Feeling and feelings! It's so lovely! Ahh <3 #It goes back to being a question mark over everything once he starts to really think through the implications but for A Moment #And he gets to snuggle a human the same night :D Everything going so well! #Wally's so funny lol he's got ZEX making The most obvious come ons he possibly can flirting his little alien heart out #And he's just like ''But do you actually want to? Do you /really/ want to??'' Haha ♪ #It's very sweet honestly! Very attentive and careful <3 I'm always appreciative of anyone who treats ZEX well ♥ #But no he definitely Does Not mean pretty much anything platonically lol #What was it how did I describe him in my notes and haven't been able to stop laughing about lol - #Ah yes - Wally doesn't need to worry because ZEX is a ''hedonistic pleasurebeast'' lol #I also like how Wally is the first(? if I remember correctly) of ZEX's Type starting to develop haha ♪ #Sure he likes all humans but if he happens to lean one way more than another hehehe ♫ #I'm doubly fascinated by his self-awareness (and lack thereof) around submissiveness - he's very sensitive as a human! #He's still quite aggressive but also easily overwhelmed ♪ It's a very interesting combo to me :3c #And any further insight into his proclivities delights me hehe <3 #Heart eyes ZEX >>>>>> ♥♪♫ #And a few silly little doodles as well :D The first one's just a random chibi lol he's cute! ♪ #The second is of him trying a Starburst hehe he's so cute <3 I was so curious as to how he'd react to candy/sugar so lovely to see! #And thus far he hasn't had any alcohol - good Max has had enough - but I got my favourite Catawba so tipsy doodle it is lol #All the cutests <3 <3

[southern--downpour]

for some reason my brain has very strong opinions on the music tastes of marble hornets characters & bc of this i cannot listen to almost any playlist for em cause theyre all Wrong

#tim listens to the combo of early 2000's dadrock and country/folk music #(bro owns a banjo. no normal person who doesnt listen to country music owns a banjo.) #scene kralie is very funny to me but also not far off #alex listens to early 90's emo and is VERY opinionated on it #he will rant at length about what does and does not constitute as emo music and does not care if you are listening #jay listens to 90's/2000's hardcore and just tunes out whatever the fuck alex is talking about #also like. the type of indie music that sounds like it was recorded in a garage and mixed on a toaster. #brian just listens to whatevers on the radio and doesnt think abt it farther than that #anything that wasnt like top 20's pop and country radio he got from tim #(they all however have the top 20's country songs at any given time memorized. only brian has them memorized willingly) #shut up virgil #i cant make a brian playlist cause id be laughing to hard listening to it #cause its just the Worst mixed bag of music #also me saying all the playlists are wrong is an exaggeration. do what you want lmao i am just very particular abt character playlists #id comment on like. jessica's but i have to read the comics to know more abt her #not enough info for my brain to grab hold of in the og

[shopcat]

do you think this girl knows how iconic she was for the pinterest alt fashion circles

#🐾 #still such a cute fit imo though it is funny when it's tagged like punk #i think alternative clothing is subjective and hard to acknowledge if ur really into a certain subculture #but this is still like fun and alternative to me. albeit i don't know.. cute ?? #like objectively some basic combos but if someone wore something like that where i live they'd get called emo. LOL #i don't even know what i'm talking about it's just like this is a very introductory level egirl fashion. and such #introductory level to more alternative fashion in the way ekids are

[crypticmessengergoblin]

quick shoutout to my "outfits" pinterest board finds recently

#doubling down with the image of me chopping my hair off is a crazy combo for me rn #I'm so excited it's not even funny #I want to scream #beige andro enigma by accident #but I'm not complaining #I also just love that hat aggressively I think #I'm not okay #don't perceive me #(I'm very much so okay I just need a deep breath of spring air and a ball of mud to the face) #I promise #aesthetic #goblincore? #geology #archaeology #pinterest #outfits #sigh

[hartxstarr-art]

in my mind we are holding hands. we are always holding hands.

#doodles #it me #self shipping #fanart #cowboy bebop #spike spiegel #no spike hc this time. except the fact that i think he would like to hold his partners hand. #but anyways you get Green Facts instead: im very notorious for. letting my hand be held. instead of ‘’holding hands’’ #i kind of…put my hand in theirs and THEY hold my hand and mine is just. hanging there. #i dont mean to but it just always happens. #when i realize it i give a squeeze. but then i forget and its just hanging there again. #not even just with partners ever since i was a babychild my hand has been held. #anyways in my head spike is a cat and im a mouse. which is a funny combo. #i think theres something to be said there about it. like how i think im—

[k1rishiki]

no one has my back the way the guy at the local boba place has my back

#every time i come in he makes some sort of comment about liking the way i dress which is hilarious 2 me bc i . hate the way i dress #so i've been forced to come to the conclusion that i am. in fact. naturally stylish. i just happen to be a bit of an eccentric and have #grown very tired of my standard tshirt + jeans + docs + some sort of jacket combo. #i waltzed in there in my lain replica hat and my vivienne westwood orb and my long light pink winter coat (zipped up bc cold) #(+ jeans and docs) and he said something about it being rlly cohesive. which is funny bc i was wearing a fucking genshin cardigan and a mcr #shirt under the coat and like. two of those things don't match anything at all. but i'm happy that the lain hat matches my coat as well as #it does. n e ways. boba place guy got to be the first to hear abt my most recent college acceptance. and then i went to the comic book stor #down the street and the guy there was talking abt someone else buying the same manga as i was and mentioned that they asked him to order th #next few volumes and uhm . i've now discovered that the selection of manga at my fingertips is not limited to what they choose to stock and #i can ask for things from my reading list so that's going to be. very bad for my wallet. #romeo.txt

[darabeatha]

❝ Rider. ❞ and he points at his plate with his wholly covered hand. ❝ They got your order wrong. Aren't you going to ask them to change it? ❞

/ @ardenssolis

#;a.sclepius #ardenssolis #/u ask me; wait where does this come from !? I JUST THOUGHT OF THE IDEA OF THEM SHARING TABLE FOR LUNCH- so surprise starter (?) #(inspired by ur ask i have yet to answer #/THEY ARE SITTING! in the cafeteria #/i just think that its a very funny combo like;; there's nothing really that would get u to think; 'oh yeah! that makes sense!' #/they also have never interacted in any event as far as im aware (?) #/u and me inventing the most random meetings with servants that otherwise would prob never interact🤝🤝🤝

[pettyprocrastination]

hey hi hello here is the vest I made for my seminar reading today because we agreed to dress as our genre +this book i got at the bookstore before going to see violent night with my class

#tj talks #craft tag #its still p baggy so i have to safety pin it but ill go in and take it in some more but im p proud of myself for making it so fast lol #thank you to eri for helping me decide on the fabric! the back panel of solid red def looks good #i just love a sleeveless turtleneck + vest combo its so MWUAH #once its nice and proper i kinda wanna take like. GOOD photos in it yknow #anyways that and then this book looks super cool and im a sucker for horror with bitchin cover art #violent night was so dumb and fun and also very funny to hear my friend go 'dilf' while our professor sat next to us during the movie. #fun day all around :)

[ferdydurke]

One of my classmates who id already consider a very good friend like comes up to me randomly and tells me her woes amd general things she wants to talk about and it makes me so happy ^_^

#barking #hehehe it makes me feel so included and like she really likes me ^_^ shes so cool and smart and great to talk to #idk i just really enjoy feeling like she trusts me and wants me around 😭 #we dont have a lot of time to hang out so im shocked by how open she is with me already #but shes generally just a very genuine person which is so nice and a very funny combo bc she looks very stern