#but what will this mean for the TIDES!!!

[coconut530]

RELIGIOUS TRAUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#Nevermore #Nevermore Webtoon #Webtoon #ACTUALLY LIKE. ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES EVER #LIKE YES MONTY STILL IS A BAD PERSON FOR ALL THE THINGS HE’S DONE #BUT HE IS AN AMAZING VEHICLE TO TELL THIS STORY WITH LIKE GOD👏🏻DAMN👏🏻 #LIKE THE HANDS BURNING HIM AND LIKE PUTTING THEIR DIRT ON HIM TO MAKE THEMSELVES CLEAN WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #ALL THE ADJECTIVES #“SO WHAT IF I AM!?” GOD. WHAT THE FRICK #NEED YOU FOR WHAT MONTY!?! OH CRAP IS THAT HIS MOM #WHY ARE YOUR EYES COVERED AND YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE IN RED #I MEAN YEAH MONTY WHAT YOU DID IN LIFE DIDN’T SOUND VERY GOOD YOU MAY HAVE EARNED THIS #MAKING HIM PRAY LIKE WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT #ACK GOAT EYES AND OHHHHHHH JEEEEEEZZZ CREEPYYYYYYY #ALTHOUGH RED N FLYNN LIKE REALLY POPPING OFF TODAY #ACK GOAT CREATURE #THE CANDLES THE CIRCLE THE CREATURE THE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #THE LORD’S PRAYER IN THE LIKE FLAMES THE HANDS THE CREATURE SACRIFICING A PERSON LIKE WHAT THE TIDES HAVE CHANGED #AND MONTY’S LAUGH TAKING US OUT #OH HI ANNABEL AND OOP PROSPERO AND EULALIE AND BERENICE AND MORELLA HI WHAT’RE Y’ALL DOING HERE ODD COMBO OF PEOPLE #PROSPERO COVERING HIMSELF FROM THE AIR #“Goodness…” UH NO DUH LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON!? #DUKE HAS MADE ADA TAKE THIS TO THE EXTREME AND HE CAN’T TURN HER OFF AND HER EYE PARTICLES ARE ALL OVER THE LITTLE ALCOVE #WILL’S GETTING THE LIFE CHOKED OUT OF HIM BY MONTY STILL UNDER THE ADA INFLUENCE #LENORE TRYING TO STOP HIM (??) WITH PLUTO HOLDING HER BACK #WHAT’S HAPPENINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[threeawfulfruits]

My brain, stirring all my interests around like peeps in a chili pot:

#sorry I just thought about wan shi tong and his extendable neck and my brain went HOOTY! #also I’m dying bc I still have not emotionally recovered from King’s Tide holy FUCK #and I know that since Thanks to Them is going to be so much WORSE I’m not ANYWHERE near ready for that shit #so my brain is rotating around in hyperfixation hell like a rotisserie pig currently #can’t engage with fandom bc I want to avoid any MORE spoilers #but I know I also have to watch it before the next ep drops so I can actually be caught up for a few days hueeeghhh #and briefly engage with fandom and fics and shit bc OHH MAN DO I WANT TO #also I unabashedly LOVE Hooty y’all #maybe it’s just bc Lilith and I are so similar but #he’s the funniest character in the show and so so sweet and loveable - theyre so mean to him and for what? #it’s hooty appreciation hours #atla #toh #peeps in the chili pot #hooty the owl #wan shi tong #avatar the last airbender #the library #the owl house #edits by me

[queenhawke]

the thing about apple tv+'s non-hit show mythic quest (2020-?) is that: is it good? who's to say. but goddamn if that larp episode didn't completely break my brain and now i haven't stopped thinking about it for two straight years

#mythic quest #don't ask me if it's a good show or not i am incapable of being subjective about it #i mean s2 is definitely good. i think. #quarantine is good #everlight is the best episode of a show ever. if you ask me #but s1? s3??? it's anyone's guess #anyway i Am in Hell #bc who knows when we'll get a new season what with the strike #and this fandom is tiny so i don't even have that much fanfic to tide me over #autism is a curse why can't i hyperfixate on something useful like math

[asktidethegastrodon]

(( figured I would place a gentle offering on the table 4 now…,

I receive: a reply to this post

You receive: a ask

Aka Reply to this post if you would like a ask from either Tide or Carrot!

- PokeAsk Blogs only (if replying from mod blog then just tell me what pokeblog you want one on heehoo)

- If you have ask hints I’ll prolly use one of them!! I’m still bad @ asks so ask hints are <3 (not required to have ask hints tho, I’ll try my best!)

- Specify who you want or you will get whoever my finger lands on

- Want something specific? Lemme know! I don’t bite I promise!

Your Choices to choose from? Dog or slug! The choice is yours! Some tidbits:

Tide - Kind and caring but somewhat socially awkward around other adults. Tends to ramble a bit!

Carrot - This dog? has anxiety. Stutters a bit due to this! Is nervous of other legendaries/mythical Pokémon as well as children (this isn’t me saying he won’t interact with legends/children but a warning that he will be more nervous! Use that to your advantage or not lmaO)

#I’ll try to zap a few around! last time I did it on Eden’s blog so maybe it’s Tide’s turn! maybe #ALSO if you see a reply with this emoji 🌱 #THAT is just me marking where I left off!! So anything above the 🌱 emoji means it was sent!! #it’s just me logging/tracking what I have and haven’t sent!!! #Ask Send out #delete later

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Actually, I had this thought about Akutagawa in the latest chapters, specifically concerning the cliffhanger where he is ordered to kill Aya.

We see Rashoumon pierce fabric but I doubt that Aya was actually killed or harmed in any way, which means Akutagawa must be resisting the vampire brainwashing.

I think the sskk dynamic might play a part here.

I think we've already seen that resistance is possible with Chuuya - look at the panels with him as a vampire: he's visibly sweating and panting from exertion, but he's not doing anything that should have him quite that exhausted. I really do think the implication here is that Chuuya is trying to fight back.

And then there's the whole speech Dazai gives to Chuuya which is... really something, and I could definitely talk about that a lot, but that's not the point of this post. The point is, it seems specifically designed to reach out to Chuuya by making him emotional - mostly by winding him up to make him angry enough to finally fight off the vampirism. Chuuya's eyes even seem to clear a bit in that scene! (We'll see if it actually worked... someday. Ten years from now...)

So, what about Akutagawa? Well, I haven't seen anyone bring up this possibility yet (maybe someone has and I just haven't found it) but there was a fair amount of sskk content right before Akutagawa was killed. These two tend to go through some relationship development each arc, and yet there was no real payoff for the interaction in this arc - at least not yet.

But boy, is there set up. Atsushi learns in quick succession that Akutagawa

is dying from a lung disease

the above contextualizes why he so desperately wants Dazai's approval before he dies

has kept his promise not to kill anyone for six months (! this is important!)

Akutagawa meanwhile is handed the opportunity to finally kill Atsushi by Fukuchi's offer and... doesn't take it. Fukuchi asks if Atsushi's life means that much to him and we get a significant close up of both their reactions.

Of course, Akutagawa's actions in this chapter were still heavily motivated by impressing Dazai but this situation brings up the possibility of... maybe he does care about Atsushi in some capacity. But we get no confirmation of this because Akutagawa is killed shortly afterwards, leaving Atsushi to wonder about his actions and their significance (along with the audience).

Atsushi doesn't know yet that Akutagawa was turned, and I find it unlikely that he's going to get out of his situation with Teruko fast enough to intervene directly. But there is an indirect way Atsushi's words may aid Akutagawa in fighting off the brainwashing.

I am, of course, talking about the promise he made to Atsushi.

Thing is, we've only seen Akutagawa turn people ever since he was infected, not kill them. Higuchi was just bitten, Jouno was already dying - this seems deliberate. I could be wrong about this but the vampires don't seem undead to me, they're more like monsters - what's more, it's an ability that can be neutralized, and the people restored (...I assume).

But now, Akutagawa is ordered to kill and he... hits fabric. No blood spatter. I've seen some theories that Aya being a child might've triggered him to resist, but I'd like to bring up the possibility that it's actually the no killing promise that will instigate it. Akutagawa has kept his word so far. He hates the idea of losing to Atsushi, just as Atsushi hates the idea of losing to him. Do you really think he'd take "oh I was brainwashed so it doesn't count" as an excuse? No way. This is a direct challenge from his rival, who he desperately wants to one up.

It'd be an interesting turning point for his character because we know Akutagawa actually really listens to what Atsushi is saying to him (see the aftermath of the Akutagawa vs Hawthorne and Mitchell fight if you want to see a really good example of what I mean). And if he chooses to fight back based on Atsushi's words, it would be based off a choice he made himself to honour that promise - something that isn't directly based off Dazai's approval. It'd additionally recontextualize the earlier question posed by Fukuchi - if Atsushi's words are starting to matter to Akutagawa in some way, then so too is Atsushi as a person, since those words are born of something Atsushi personally believes in.

Besides, the entire point of the promise was that Akutagawa might learn something from it. The value of a human life, maybe? Especially that of an innocent child's. Maybe even his own.

I could be way off base here but I think it'd be neat if this is the direction the story took.

Just imagine we get Chuuya fighting off the vampire infection at Dazai's words and Akutagawa fighting it off at Atsushi's.

I think this would be both satisfying character wise and equally hilarious.

#akutagawa voice: 'failing a challenge from the jinko? unacceptable' #'what do you mean am i fond of him? this is spite' #i'm probably totally off but whatever #theorizing is the only thing tiding me over as i wait for more content #bsd #bsd meta #is this meta? idk #bsd analysis #bsd akutagawa #bsd atsushi #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #sskk #shin soukoku #a little bit of #skk #soukoku #ok i'm going to post this before i psych myself out any further #storyrambles

[dawnbreakersgaze]

Oh my Gooodddddddd

He showed up in this outfit today but he added the sunglasses????

And then he starts talking about my eyelashes 😩 when I tell you the way I fucking MELTED as it was a voiced line 🥺

Y'all I was not prepared. That outfit has me in a headlock. I've only had it for a day but it already is rivaling Zayne's 90s lesbian suit (that I would kill a man for) as my favorite in game outfit currently.

When the weather lets up and my hands feel better I'm 10000% doing some Xav fanart of him in this outfit because hnngggggg 🥴🥴🥴🥴

#here i was like “Zayne and Rafayel im so into them” and Xav just 360 no scoped my ass from across the canyon #like came out of nowhere and just suddenly stole my heart #which after tomorrow when Raf's God of the Tides shit comes out who tf knows lmao im a mess #i mean i know what it is- its all Madi and Roxie's faults lmao #got me in that man's walls too deep #lnds #love and deepspace #lads #l&ds #love & deepspace #xavier #xavvy baby

[immediatebreakfast]

Context to the Sam and Frodo comment.

Frodo wearing the Ring of power, the corrupting power of Sauron who made the ring is rendering Frodo more and more unable to move. But he must go up to the mountain and burn the ring in the lava there.

Sam who is his companion in the quest, literally carries him there when Frodo can't move.

So Van Helsing carrying Mina to the carriage is similar.

Oh, now with the context added it is a really similar premise of carrying someone who bears a burden greater than themselves.

What I do know about the ring is that tempts the person wearing it with promises of power, infinite riches and stuff like that. So, if Frodo is still wearing the ring without problems, and the only thing left is make him unable to move, then he must have a resilience that rivals Mina's with her carrying the mark of the Host on her forehead.

Good catch! I love when we can identify stuff like this between literary genres.

#Sam and Van Helsing going up and up despite this meaning their possible death #And Mina and Frodo carrying what could turn the tides to their favor #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker #mina murray #abraham van helsing #lord of the rings #frodo baggins #samsagaz gamyi

[raniamich]

The circle of tide and bone is ending next week, therefore I'm manifesting the Rajan Savarimuthu happy ending (also after it's over, Nosh, if you see this, we need headcanons 😭💜)

#candela obscura #critical role #noshir dalal #rajan savarimuthu #circle of tide and bone #please #i need him to be okay #and happy #i love my bee man #and I've said it before I'll say it again Noshir is phenomenal #are they headcanons considering Noshir created Rajan? #I think they are facts but #you get what i mean

[minubell]

How would the nazgul react to someone screaming back? Or pulling out a Kazoo?

Probably still just stab them yeah.

#angmar #tides of war #I mean it'd be weird if they didn't scream at Angmar #He'd be more put off by someone just making no noise #Thats not fun #He doesn't know what a kazoo but also its none of his business stabby time

[the-sneep-snoop]

i love the action adventure trope where the plot has the characters follow along some 1700s explorer’s quest for treasure only to find his skeleton near the end. and historically i will just get obsessed with that guy

#indiana jones #kingdom of the crystal skull #pirates of the caribbean #on stranger tides #juan ponce de leon #francisco de orellana #AUGHGHG what is this trope called #i need to find out more #cause this happens to me a lot #is this a niche experience or no #i literally cosplayed as francisco de orellana for a school presentation #similar vibes as like the goonies or uncharted idk #also i mean historically in both senses here #like i got interested in the history of these guys a lot #and it’s happened a bunch of times in my life

[saintseiyasl]

Can you see it?????

#I KNOW YOU DO #theyre wookyung/minho coded #sometimes im like 'how these bitches doing' and just check the latest chapter #and DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN #dont @ me #seiya says #low tide at twilight

[dihalect]

i need to post about palestine on facebook but i'm fucking terrified

#i went to a very jewish college and a very decent percentage of my fb 'friends' are jewish zionists. #i don't use fb often but when i've checked recently‚ i've found a handful of pro-israel posts‚ and they've been well-received. #i have seen one person put a palestine frame on their profile picture. they got a small‚ mostly positive but some negative‚ response. #that's all the reference i have here. #and very importantly: i feel like pretty much anything i say is going to be received as goysplaining. #i think my best bet is to stay away from historical arguments (like‚ yes palestine does actually exist‚ yes it was bad to force them off of #their land in the first place‚ etc) #and also avoid my personal feelings on this re: my relationship with judaism (which is integral to the message i want to send but w/e) #and focus on israel's very obvious current indefensible actions. #however. i feel like i'm doing the movement a disservice if i don't call for a free palestine and explain what that actually means. #but doing that would increase my risk of getting dogpiled from 'high' to 'inevitable'. #and i am not articulate!!! people might try to rebut me‚ and i am very bad at debate!!!!!!! i have multiple anxiety disorders!!!!!! #and people get fired over this kind of thing. i know the chance is small‚ but i don't know if i want to risk my career over this. #my gut is telling me to wait until i'm sure. but i don't know if or when that will happen. #i want to change *someone's* mind‚ but idk if i'll even be able to do that. maybe just my uninformed hometown gentile friends'. #i want to do this before it's 'too late'. but what does 'too late' mean here? my fb friends aren't launching the missiles. #i suppose my goal is to help turn the tide of public opinion‚ in the hopes that that'll affect the politicians/corps at play here. #but maybe i'm more likely to do that by marching. making posters. talking to acquaintances. who knows what else. #just because i don't *see* those minds change doesn't mean they're not changing. maybe those minds are actually more likely to change. #txt

[shhhsekkrit]

I think the problem now is that I’ve been watching too much unapologetically gay content

I’m thinking back to things I used to love because I scrambled to find that content and would pull it desperately out of the subtext

Now I’m spoiled like

No

It doesn’t have to be subtext

It’s text

Fuck all ya’ll I don’t ever wanna be subtext again

#our flag means death #star wars andor #bastard son and the devil himself #what we do in the shadows #lgbtqiia+ #and I can’t believe that somehow the chain by fleetwood Mac is my gay anthem for the year #I blame taika waititi in particular #but it feels like a tide change #and I’m ready to ride it #the last of us

[seafoam-taide]

I hope one day I am possessed by whatever made me write 75k words in 2 months again. It would be fun to write a longfic with a planned story and post chapters and get comments and such again

#tide of consciousness #Then again that probably happened because I was extremely unwell mentally so #Maybe what I mean more is I hope one day I can be inspired to create like that again without the like. Mania #Or whatever it was

[m0e-ru]

hello brand new customers of the moel sekiyu tumblr branch who mightve seen the limited edition wares perhaps not noticing the main product of this fine establishment or what of it

non roleplaying translation -> hi guys welcome to my blog. funny how i notice this trend of generic persona blogs trying to follow me for persona when i dont actually. no i wont draw adachi with yellow eyes looking sleazy while sitting on top of a TV. the next time you'll see yukiko amagi is probably next year. i actually think it's more funny if yosuke's whatever feelings are unreciprocated and unrequited. i know izanami because thats my best friend in the entire world not izanamilf. if youre looking for anything else an actual persona fan would make you can go visit them instead

go across the street or farther into town. otherwise you can keep your membership card and come back again and review this security footage with me of two goofs doing whatever the fuck for five minutes and talk about it for the next sixteen hours

#kommento #badpost #aspile #// ofcourse theres an attendant this is a fucking GAS STATION guys. unless it was completely self service well i dont know what to tell you #// sorry i didnt mean to be bitter i want to be goofy about this #// anyway this screening was long overdue .i dont want to misadvertise this place #// powered through it though but i still missed my buddies so much. eternal torment with you once again #// if youre still here yeah of course gsaslau's still going ive quite literally not stopped thinking about it ever #// but the tides are so strong i might be back in some force by december #// iwant to talk about it so bad. but how am i going to find people who enjoy friendship #// not that this gas station is exclusive or anything but i feel like 9 people get it so far im wracking my head so hard on this project #// not that it'll ever be 'completed' but my only goal is to get the timeline into place before i leave it for dead #// THEN you'll see #// what happens when god makes friends and also mommy issues or something #// thats it for this week i'll see you on the fly MUWAH