#devastating collection

[geryone]

Transitory, Subhaga Crystal Bacon

#devastating collection #this one is from the poem titled: #Mia Green 29 Philadelphia PA September 28 #quotes #poetry #quote #poem #id in alt text #Subhaga Crystal Bacon

[ruporas]

chapter 90 vash

#vash the stampede #trigun #trigun maximum #trimax spoilers #trigun spoilers #i forget how the blacklist stuff works on tumblr again... uncertain whether it matters or not for it to be in the caption itself #anyway my mind was reflecting again on the later chapters of trigun :lying down: i'm not sure how to collect my thoughts #but i think all the time about vash's “if i shoot him now she'll die” line in ch 15 #and considering vash haven't had long at all to grieve after ch 64... aughh... augh.... mourning both of them in ch 91 #vash's emotional state after 64 is really so. It's devastating watching him bc he's still being all smiley around his friends and allies #but when he's alone - charging the bullets and during those first two battles - he's just so quiet #and all of that kept emotion just breaks like a dam in 90... all of that to say.. legato is really incredible dgmks #ruporas art

[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

[crispywizardtale]

Low quality gifs of this softess hand hold ever I am beyond devastated

Bonus with my reaction

#they are so precious #i love them with my whole heart #beyond devastated #hidden agenda the series #hidden agenda #joong archen #joongdunk #dunk natachai #joke x zo #zo x joke #asian bl #bl series #thai bl #Miki's hand holding collection

[nights-at-crystarium]

Look. I may not be a dedicated haurchefucker blog but. If he wins this poll, and only then, you get to choose which one of these pinups I put some work into. I still don't have tumblr polls so we'll have to take this to twitter though.

#i'm deeply sorry that we have to choose between him and aymeric #at all and in round one especially #this shouldn't be a thing so early on #also have you seen the earlier tags on this from back when haurchie was losing? #those people sounded DEVASTATED #i'm doing this for them #bc they've collectively already gone through a loss #i won't let that happen again #ffxiv #haurchefant greystone #haurchefant de fortemps #own: next lvl

[doginprogress]

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

#ibizan hound #silken windhound #punchie pie #sporkchop #I’ve been referring to them collectively as ‘the girly pops’ lately #sorry I’ve been absent I’ve been in my ‘reading devastating fanfic/romantasy and crying about it’ era

[triptych-of-voids]

7-0 on the table tennis scoreboard

#truly a devastating loss for the little bird #smiling and grinning i love lil pootis.. #collecting screenshots like little trinkets for me #the doc is in

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

im finally going through my stuffed animals to choose which ones to donate (most of them. ive been putting this off for a long time ahaha sobs) and each webkinz i put in the box kills me inside

#THE GUILT IS EATING ME ALIVE #both a betrayal to them & my younger self #who would burst out sobbing at the mere notion of parting with a single one #and swore to themself that they'd never willingly say goodbye to any of their plushie friends #im trying to do it quickly and unemotionally but man. Man.... #clinging to my mangled toothless plush like it has any life left in it #GODDDD AND ALL THE WEBKINZ #when i was little i fucking collected them. i was obsessed. id play the online game for hours and diligently add each toy i got #some of them im not sure i can part with... #like milk the cow... dinner the turkey... white fang the husky... orchard the dragon... #ice cream the polar bear... strawberryblast the horse... kevin the bloogaloo or whatever the fuck it is... #why yes i do still remember most of my stuffed animals' names. which is making this infinitely harder #'sorry lovemuffin. sorry ellie. sorry momma dolphin. sorry snakey' etc etc #im keeping the ones with the most emotional value #like High emotional value. devastation to say goodbye level value #this box is Not Small and its still gonna get filled up.... #i havent donated or thrown away a single one in all of my years #eating glassssssss #absolutely unprompted #but it needs to be done!! i finally have a moving date! the uhaul will Be Here in like! just over two weeks! #and i've barely packed Anything!!! its crunch time babey! #its emotional turmoil of a different flavor babey!!! #now if yall will excuse me i will sit here and reminisce #of long past nights sneakily spent awake to play with my stuffed animals #oh the stories i would give them... #cooking shows... assassinations and resurrections... broken marriages.... betrayals... #white fang & milk you were my most iconic couple fr fr #badass lone wolf (husky) / easygoing sweetheart cow.... #OHHHHH THIS IS KILLING ME ITS KILLING ME #gonna go purposefully choke on my leftovers i stg-

[leonardoeatscarrots]

#grand duke dmitri #dmitri pavlovich #russian history #french his #wwii #train collection #where the fuck are dmitris trainsss #obscure history #history hyperfixation #trains #history memes #this is actually devastating #fuck the faberge eggs i need to know where his trains went

[musicalchaos07]

You know what though subconscious me is rude as hell because now I have to think about the universe where Jonathan's character is written well and he does expand into filming and film making in s3.

Like imagine, instead of him being at the paper with Nancy he's interning at the news station. Like yea you maybe don't get the fired fight but it brings a different kind of tension to their relationship. Like Jonathan is thriving at the news station and Nancy is having a not great time at the Post and she's a little jealous of him.

Even better they both notice the rats, don't tell each other and then show up at Mrs Driscoll's and have a Spiderman meme, s1 funeral home, moment. Which still leads to them both getting fired but instead of fighting they talk about Nancy's jealousy and how Jonathan was happy to have something that was just his.

Anyways Jonathan Byers with a video camera you will always be famous to me.

#me @ the duffers: gimme the boy i can write him in s3 better #like imagine how much more devastating an opening shot of the camcorder collecting dust andbhim smoking out the window in s4 would've been #and how much more devastating the I'm not going thing is #because then it's not just about him and Nancy its about how we saw him THRIVE in this career and hes choosing to stay home instead #me: IT'S ABOUT THE CHARACTER WANTS CS THE PARENTIFICATION #anyways #ignore me #stranger things #jonathan byers #jancy

[hideitaway]

<3

#welp here we are #me collecting devastating ashton pics and presenting them to you #enjoy #ashton #5sos #ashton irwin

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

🎛️

#sepultura #bestial devastation #vintage vinyl #split w/ overdose #metal #cogumelo records #80's #80s #my things #vinyl collection #collection

[cowboycannibalism]

physical movie media. i love you so much. i want to hold my obsessions in my hands. dvds, blu-rays, steelbooks, vhs tapes, special edition, collectors edition, extra discs with behind the scenes and special features. I love the menu screen and commentary options. filling up shelves and boxes and drawers with tangible pieces of art that I love.

#today i found out 28 days later got discontinued on blu ray and i am devastated #people are selling it for insane prices #anyways i love my movie collection so so much #they are my babies

[dailyfatefigures]

Arcueid Brunestud by Grizzry Panda

#GRIZZRY HAS DONE IT AGAIN. ARC TIME. DEVASTATED I CAN'T GO TO WONFEST #'wait why is arc one of the daily FATE figures' bc this one is a fgo arc figure #fate #fate series #fate grand order #fgo #fate go #garage kit #anime figure #figure collecting #grizzry panda #arcueid brunestud #tsukihime

[koishua]

so fucking shameful how an overwhelming amount of germans and the german authority are so pro-israel so much so to the point where it's banned to do protests in many of the large states and cities

#tp #disgusted by every single comment i see #so pathetic and cowardly. you dont owe israel shit #an overwhelmingly large majority of politicians being so unashamedly silent and even supportive of the genocide acted by israel makes me #sick to my stomach. war crimes are being committed and y'all shaking hands with herzog #so devastated because even some of my old classmates are unfazed by the (over a) thousand innocent Palestinian children #why are you punishing a collective group for the acts of a small portion of it #it's not even self retaliation. it's just another opportunity for israel to continue (and now “justify”) their ethnic cleansing #*the death of over a thousand innocent Palestinian children #Palestinians aren't safe anywhere around the world. what gave you the right to stab a six year old child over and over again #and murder him just because he was Palestinian #military conflict should never affect civilian lives on both sides.

[eshtaresht]

every time I look at this image I can feel my brainsells renewing, my blood oxygenating, my dna repairing itself

#WHY SO PRECIOUS #stampede vash is overall softer but damn nightow is soo good with expressions and eyes especially #at some point I wanna reread the manga and collect caps of different genres of faces (from happy to devastates) #fellas is it gay to genuinely smile at each other and blush a little on the day you first meet #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash #trigun manga