#devastating but also happy

[wander-wren]

presumed death literally the trope of all time. you’re telling me i can have the grief and horror of character death AND have the happy ending too??

not to mention the possibilities after “dead” character turns up again.

maybe they have no idea their loved one thinks they died, and they show up all nonchalant only to realize things have gone horribly wrong. maybe their loved one thinks they’re a ghost/hallucination/trick and won’t accept them.

maybe they do know their loved one thinks they’re dead and they’re choosing to keep up the facade for their safety. watching from afar, unable to comfort them.

maybe they faked their death and believe their loved one is in on the scheme when actually that message was never received.

maybe, in the process of whatever almost killed them, they forgot about their loved one/old life/etc, and aren’t aware they have anything to return to.

maybe they “died” thinking no one would notice their absence, leaving their loved one full of regret for things unsaid. perhaps their loved one heals and moves on, only for “dead” character to return.

and just, augh, the aftermath. waking up to find “dead” character gone and assuming it was all a dream/they really did die. the codependency. the anger, even, that they didn’t come back/let themself get hurt/lied. maybe guilt if their body was abandoned by their comrades, only to learn that they were alive all along.

name me a trope that does more i’ll WAIT.

#wren wrambles #presumed dead #fanfic tropes #fanfiction #i’m working on a fic with this premise #i’ve written it at least once before as well #AND it’s in one of my books #i also play with the other trope of ‘presumed dead by everyone but [character]’ which is also so so good #the DENIAL?? #esp if that character gives up and it becomes normal presumed death #i actually had to stop adding to this bc i kept thinking of things and i was like shh wren youve made your point #anyway this is my favorite trope ever but i dont actually seek it out a lot but maybe i should #it’s devastating done well tho so i feel like i would need some lighter fics on the side to take breaks lmaoo #devastating but also happy

[ruporas]

… and it all came flowing to his brain, three years of his youth. (ID in alt)

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #kenjaku #geto suguru #ruporas art #happy boxing day :partyexplosion: this is technically a redraw of an old piece i did!! #one of the top tier scenes of jjk - the tragedy was truly crazy i remember seeing this back then and had my whole life sucked into stsg #for a bit wraghhhgds it came back when s2 started airing but not for long... i knew i wanted to do a piece in celebration of the boxing tho #after this........i wonder if ill have the strength to do more jjk art... after that new chapter *puts my hands behind my back* #*staring longingly into the distance* but it was fun revisiting these scenes. im also queueing this before the ep airs #so im excited to see how devastating the effect will be in mappa's animation!!!

[hensfox]

henry's nose scrunch (pt 2)

#rwrbedit #rwrbsource #red white and royal blue #rwrb #rwrb movie #henry fox mountchristen windsor #nicholas galitzine #filmedit #movieedit #cinemapix #*mine #mgif #i forgot the tie nose scrunch and was devastated bc i didn't think there were enough nose scrunches for a pt 2 #happy to report that i was wrong #also the get low scene nose scrunch is giving arthur from bbc merlin someone else pls tell me you see the vision

[dorywhynot]

the sea god.

oh stede bonnet. I love you so.

prints

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#me: I just want stede bonnet to be happy #also me: #spends days feverishly drawing him in devastation #yall want prints of this one or is it too much of a bummer #was supposed to be a quick face study #oops #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #stede #stede bonnet #rhys darby #procreate #digital art #sketch #portrait #illustration

[happyk44]

actually lol the story playing out as it does but after Annabeth reunites with Percy, he looks behind her and is very quickly, "where's grover"

cue depression that some other satyr is joining them on this quest instead of Grover, who obviously decided not to come get Percy himself because he hates him

("percy, he doesn't hate you, he's just busy preparing trying to keep Gaea down with all the other nature spirits")

("HE HATES ME")

#percy jackson #grover underwood #annabeth chase #happy talks pjo #back on my grover is percy's FP bullshit lol #everyone at camp jupiter is just like “the fuck is happening” bc what. #piper is in the background thinking “this is the guy annabeth talked up for so long? the guy who's trying to bury himself in the ground rn? #jason is lowkey offended they replaced him with someone so emotional (but also confused bc he thought neptune's kids didn't have emotions?) #hazel and frank are not surprised because percy remembered grover at some point during the quest #and had a nearly devastating meltdown at the concept that he could ever forget him #and also was super distressed he couldn't contact grover through their empathy link #they spent three hours trying to reassure him everything would be fine and its not his fault! it's juno's! and her magic! so relax! plz!

[king-magppi]

Recent works! It's about time I posted more... 🍭🎉

Enjoy!!! These are just what I have colored for now! I have a bunch more I gotta get finished soon.

#one piece #one piece fanart #thriller bark #bartholomew kuma #charlotte perospero #sugar one piece #victoria cindry #dr hogback #had a vision of freakazoid here and had to get it on a canvas! really happy w how it came out. #Also I LOVE PEROSPERO ITS ABOUT TIME I GOT TO DRAWING HIS TUTTI FRUTTI ASS!!!! GOD I LOVE WHOLE CAKE ARC!!! #saw a kuma edit today that had me emotionally devastated for 3 hours and drew smthn of Kuma holding baby bonney #its based off a comic panel #anyways thats enough yapping #No im not tagging artistic nudity. Cindry is fine she is not showing nipple

[im-still-watching-anime]

sasuke: i’m still glad we made up and all but….

naruto: …..but?

sasuke: us killing each other would have been SO romantic

naruto: i was JUST thinking about that—

#naruto #naruto shippuden #naruto incorrect quotes #sasunaru #sns #uchiha sasuke #uzumaki naruto #the way their brains work is The Same™️ #also i think they frequently think about the homoeroticism of their attempts to murder each other #i CERTAINLY do #it’s one of those things i try to sneak in whenever i write fics for them but i dont think it EVER comes across #i want to write a full fic dedicated to it one day cause #UGH #the joy that you get to keep living together versus the regret that you couldn’t die together #the knowledge that the life you were so determined to claim #that you alone wanted to take #will likely be taken by something else #and you’re happy you don’t have to do it but you’re devastated something else will #UGH a favorite theme of mine #i want to explore it narratively i want to explore it narratively SO bad #sorry if this sounds off my meds wore off like three hours ago #and im going insane thinking about their dynamic to distract myself ig

[tariah23]

:/

#Palestine #free palestine #they’re banking on people not giving a shit because the accessibility to cheap fast food and an insanely popular anime character is too #enticing to these people #who place fiction over reality and real world devastation #jjk #rambling #noury is also getting eye surgery soon I hope it works out well for them #it is so easy for these huge companies to pull these people in because most of them don’t care anyway because they’re Zionist to their #rotten cores and these companies know that people are treating the genocide like it’s a ‘we have to look at both-‘ #sides-‘ kinda situation like it’s so… #they also know that a lot of people are stupid and would rather remain ignorant than learn about the history of Palestinians and what #Israel did to them #Gojo is my fav but come on now this is so slimy because they know that he’s insanely popular like they know that ppl will buy tf out of #his happy meal similar to the Mulan Rick and morty sauce shit years ago this makes my head hurt

[silvergreenseraphim]

“But the team was cautious in its approach to handling Sephiroth. After all, he's one of gaming's most iconic and influential antagonists, so naturally, fans will be touchy about any substantial changes.

"We felt it was necessary to have this very clear depiction of how he came to be the person that he is now in Rebirth," director Naoki Hamaguchi says.

"Even as a developer creating this game, seeing Sephiroth discover the truth and fall further and further into darkness – like falling from grace – and depicting this in his expressions, I could truly feel bad for him. Throughout the course of Rebirth, I believe players will not only grow to relate to and understand Cloud, but also Sephiroth through this game much more."

—Game Informer, 2023

—

I am going to cry. I am already hurting reading this. I love Sephiroth as a frightening villain but it’s his downfall that grips me the most. If it made Hamaguchi-san feel bad just creating it more clearly than ever in Rebirth, I can’t imagine what we the viewers will be feeling 😢

#i am already ready to be devastated #sorry my friends apparently i just get sad about sephiroth recently lol #they also have said he will be more present in the world map!! #i know some fans are upset about him appearing too much #but i am happy about it #he deserves plenty of screen time! #🤍 #sephiroth #final fantasy 7 #ff7 #ffvii #game informer #ff7 rebirth

[dazais-guardian-angel]

Chapter 110 is 13 pages long welcome to hell!!! so in a lot of ways this is just more fuel for a theory that I've had for a few weeks now, that's only gotten stronger with each recent season 5 episode, which is that the last episode of the season is gonna end on 110, and that Asagiri/Harukawa and Bones have been collaborating to make this happen, specifically because it's a major turning point that would be the only good place to end the season on.

When we started getting especially long chapters again (like from 25-35ish pages, with the exception of 107.5, the last two being some of the longest we've ever had), at first I just assumed that Asagiri/Harukawa got freed up from some other obligations they'd been having to cause the extremely short/half chapters, like promotional stuff for the anime/Beast movie, or working on light novels. But then 109 happened, with the "supposed" death of Dazai, and heavy emphasis at the end on how literally everyone is at their lowest point right now, and I got to thinking. 11 episodes is a strangely specific number for an anime season -- why not 12, or 13, or even 10, like you'd usually see? Why have we gotten suddenly gotten two 35 page chapters out of nowhere, that's almost unheard of at this point? They're both beautiful chapters, don't get me wrong (as always), and maybe A/H simply just didn't want to cut them in halves because they felt like the full emotional impact wouldn't hit/that there were no good cutoff points in them, but you can't deny that it's surprising, after all the shorter chapters we've been getting. Why has the anime been going at such insanely breakneck pacing for the most part ever since around the Sunday Tragedy chapters, even more so than it has in the past? So much so that it feels dangerously close to overtaking the manga?

Well, maybe, just maybe, it's because..... Asagiri decided a long time ago that whatever happens in 110 is the only point that feels "season finale"-worthy enough, in an arc that still isn't anywhere close to being completely wrapped up, and so both the manga and the anime have been specifically coordinated to reach that part within 2 and a half weeks of each other?

I've seen a lot of people now think season 5 will end with 109, and as much as my sadistic side would find that hilarious, I honestly don't think they'd do that and realistically don't want it to happen; it'd be so cruel to cliffhanger the anime for years like that, and just doesn't feel like a season cliffhanger BSD would do, a series that is ultimately hopeful and uplifting. Seasons 2 and 3 had a positive, conclusive ending; the only reasons seasons 1 and 4 didn't was because they're technically not really full seasons of their own, and are more like the first cour of another "season" that also came out that same year (seasons 1 and 2 both aired in 2016, so they're more like one big season, and seasons 4 and 5 have both aired this year, so they're also more like one big season, again taking into account how episodes 12 and 50 are not satisfying finales like episodes 24, 37, and hypothetically, 61, are). I really can't see season 5 ending with Dazai and Fukuzawa's supposed deaths, Sigma being unconscious and maybe close to death, Atsushi being vulnerable and limbless again, everyone we love still vampires, and the entire world being basically doomed; that's just too depressing and not like BSD at all. However, having said that, if it doesn't end there, there really isn't any good place to end the season before that, either, that feels in any way satisfying or like a finale at all. And so, to me, that only leaves after 109: chapter 110.

I think things are really gonna turn around next chapter. Like I said, everyone is at their lowest point right now, it cannot possibly get any worse, the framing of Dazai, Fukuzawa, and sskk at the end of 109 is telling us that; this is the time for the heroes to finally start winning again, with Aya being so close to pulling out the sword, and for all the thematic reasons other people have talked about to death that I don't need to go into here again. This upcoming chapter being so short again makes a part of me wary of 110 being "the one", so to speak, I won't lie, but at the same time, it's very possible that it needs to be that short because that's all the final episode of the season will be able to reasonably fit in, since it's already gonna be VERY close if they do make it all the way to 109. And at the end of the day, I don't doubt at all that Asagiri and Harukawa can make these the most monumental and game-changing mere 13 pages ever if they wanted to; a chapter does not at all need to be extremely long in order to be an important and impactful one, even if short ones we've gotten in the past haven't felt the most important.

An additional thought I've had, though this is much more crack territory than all this already is, is that since we know from Anime Expo that a Stormbringer movie at some point is highly likely (judging from Asagiri's reaction when someone brought it up), it's possible that chapter 110 and thus the final episode will involve the long-anticipated return of Verlaine and/or Adam, or at least some other major reference to Stormbringer, that would naturally and smoothly lead into a Stormbringer movie to explain things to people who haven't read the novel. It would make a lot of sense, especially since the s4 OP has the Old World sign behind Chuuya, which might be a hint that this has been in the works ever since seasons 4/5 were first in planning with Asagiri. We also know that Dazai and Chuuya's voice actors apparently struggled to record their lines together this season, which probably relates to 101 and possibly 109, but it could be 110 too.... I could be very wrong, as I'm no expert on this kind of thing, but I kinda doubt they would bring Chuuya's actor in for just the vampire growls, and Asagiri placing heavy emphasis on Chuuya's importance this season in that one interview gives me the impression that he's talking about much more than just 101/109. But that's the least solid evidence I have, that's just mostly based on vibes I get.

So basically, I think a lot of factors -- the unusual episode count, how close the anime is to catching up to the manga with three whole episodes left, the seemingly arbitrary recent chapter lengths, and the climactic events of 109 -- can tell us that 110 might be a very, VERY big deal. Again, there's of course no way this arc is anywhere near close to being finished, with so much left to address and resolve, but since it is currently incomplete in the manga, unlike the previously adapted arcs, if the anime was going to adapt it at all, they'd have to find a place that feels satisfying enough to end this season, knowing there won't be more anime for a long time after this, and so I think they specifically planned for that, from both Bones' and A/H's sides. 10 episodes might not have been enough to reach that point, but 12 or 13 might have been too many it wouldn't have been if Bones actually decided to slow down and let the story breathe the way it needs to, but this post isn't meant to criticize the anime, so maybe 11 was just right. And maybe Asagiri and Harukawa specifically pushed to make recent chapters longer than usual, in order to make sure that the manga reached the story content in 110 the monthly release right before season 5 was to end.

Is this just copium? Absolutely. Am I going to look like an absolute clown in two days when this post ages like milk? Probably. But the evidence is There, so let me just enjoy my delusions until Sunday, okay 🥂🫡

#bungou stray dogs #seriously call me a clown and point and laugh at me if I'm proven wrong all you want #but I really feel like there's solid evidence for this #either s5 isn't gonna reach 109 at all (but I seriously cannot fathom where you would want to stop before then) or they'll go beyond it #if they really do end it with 109....... well i'll give Bones kudos for having the balls to do that ig lol #maybe i'm underestimating (overestimating???) them idk #also just to clarify I don't wanna make it sound like I think Asagiri let the anime/Bones dictate the manga's pacing #like I'm sure these were his/their (him and Harukawa's) own decisions first and foremost #not that (if this theory is true) the anime had a major impact on how the chapters were split and that it- #-would have been extremely different otherwise #i'm pretty confident in that Asagiri does not do anything with BSD he isn't comfortable with #and he doesn't let anyone tell him how to write his story #I just feel like he worked with Bones to make this near-simultaneous release happen #BUT if this is the case I don't feel like it had any major effect on the writing/final product that is the manga #like the last handful of chapters have been so incredible #so I at least am still perfectly happy lol #(i mean i'm devastated and a nervous wreck but u know 🫡 in a good way lmao) #anyway 110 in two days please let this theory be true because I need some fucking hope already #please let Oda show up as Dazai's guardian angel to help (see what I did there-) #it would be the perfect way to end the collective season that is 4/5 with s4 beginning with Oda and now ending with Oda #Asagiri are you reading me are you picking up what I'm putting down please please a ghost Oda is long overdue please- #Oda Verlaine Adam just GIVE ME SOMEONE ALREADY 😭😭😭 #MAYBE EVEN A TASTE OF THE FYODOR BACKSTORY TO TIE INTO HIM BEING IN ANIME UNTOLD ORIGINS. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS

[ruporas]

the blank ticket in your hand is just waiting to be filled in.

happy birthday vash! (ID in alt text)

#vash the stampede #trigun #trigun maximum #trigun maximum spoilers #trimax spoilers #vashwood #i actually made it... im crying... was devastated for a bit bc i thought i wouldnt had anything for vash's bday!! #but happy birthday to the twins.. vash and knives... #no matter what i was going to make a vash centric post im sorry knives... i have a comic in progress also but it was taking too long T_T #that one would celebrate both of them slightly more fairly! but anyway. #birthdays to someone like vash must not mean a whole lot. even the first one - him and knives were like oh what... cool.. i don't think the #had the chance to celebrate much after that :pensive: and vash probably spent most of his birthdays like any other day so i kind of just #wanted to celebrate him living and being alive - living for as long as he did and the people that eventually made living worth it #keep counting the years vash!!! even if you dont have birthday parties - it's still very very special #quote is directly from rem’s speech in ch 41 also #ruporas art

[schumigrace]

fernando alonso | 1st place | Japan 2006 | podium no.36

#deal w the quality i cba #also. the contrast between nando being so fucking happy and fisi very openly mourning is . devastating #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #renault #blue nando #nando podiums #japan 2006 #japanese gp 2006

[anachronistic-falsehood]

wait is smth new going on with the whole thing?

Forever went live with a prerecorded video with English subtitles to explain the situation from his point of view. he explained that he had a very very small following back then and was friends with a lot of his followers, and even when he met one of them it was with a large group of people and nothing romantic or sexual happened from it. he admitted that the jokes he used to make towards his younger followers was wrong and that he was twenty back then and is much more mature now. he announced that he was kicked from the qsmp but told everyone not to attack any of the other content creators, said he was very thankful for the opportunity quackity gave him, and left us with a small compilation of some of his favourite moments of himself from the qsmp before ending stream.

#forever situation #also he confirmed that qforever is dead now since he's not coming back #one of the clips was from the happy pills arc and when i tell you i almost cried #i was so attached to qforever i'm actually kinda devastated #i'm certain the vod will be up now but i haven't checked

[polikate]

getting all those happy gentlebeard glances in e06 and the beggining of e07 and then getting my heart broken at the end

#ed went off to be a fisherman #im happy for him #and stede was kinda a dick agreeing to going slow and then getting ed to sleep with him to process the trauma of killing a man #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #edward teach #ed teach #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ofmd season 2 spoilers #also izzy bonding with stede over their love for ed was immaculate #izzy hands #ofmd spoilers #stede bonnet #i am fucking devastated

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

ok so the svetlana side of the fandom is very active right now and what better time to say FUCK svetlana’s ending

why does nobody talk about how freelania signed a prenup… when that man dies she and yevgeny are gonna have nothing. knowing her, i don’t doubt her ability to find a way to get that money (i mean that in a good way lol) but like… fuck. that ending sucks ass, and i see it talked about (mostly on tiktok) as if it’s some amazing thing but it really isn’t??

#i always think about how isidora said she wanted to be killed off but was told no #i would be devastated but also if that’s what isidora wants #it just sucks because she looks so happy getting married because she thinks she’s finally getting the american dream #but was she? #what’s gonna happen when that old guy inevitably croaks #idk i’m just rambling #fuck john wells #shameless #svetlana yevgenivna #yevgeny milkovich

[squids-and-waffles7]

just leave me your stardust to remember you by 

[ ID: A digital illustration of Hunter from The Owl House. He is in his season three design, after the events in Thanks to Them. He is standing facing right, looking down at his hands that are out in front of him. He looks upset, and there are tears in his eyes. In his hands, a stream of green and yellow light orbs (similar to the ones flapjack turned into in Thanks to Them) float upwards, out of the drawing. End ID. ] 

#the owl house #toh #toh hunter #hunter toh #hunter noceda #happy 2 month anniversary to thanks to them #i am still emotionally devastated #poor flapjack :( #also this song fits hunters and flapjacks relationship so well #like #first part: hunter to flapjack. second part: flap to hunter. third part: a mix of the two #and flap saying goodbye to hunter #GAAAA #maybe I’ll make an animatic if i ever get the time gshshhs #owl house #art #my art