#i mean this was A STRONG BEGINING

[lunarharp]

shirahama-sensei reminded me she has a thing for the teacher from pokemon s/v so i randomly went off on an au where qifrey is the professor. etc

#witch hat tag #orufrey #the first image is qifrey dressed as that guy. i'm glad she has an inexplicable attachment to some dorky pokemon man like i do #someone was like 'wouldn't it make more sense for deanreldea to be the champion' .... well no. not in my world . #it maps onto magic skill. champions aren't like the Rulers of the land they're just the most skilled at this thing #oru as a burnt out champion who's gently encouraging a kid like coco to reach him one day means a lot to me. i like pokemon narratives #agott went shiny hunting for the same thing coco had but cooler - just to impress her. she really is a pokemon rival type girl #pushing myself to the limit to prove my worth to you - to get to the summit first so i'm waiting for you.. #and then realising it wasn't just to be strong - i realised i started wanting to see your smile. i wanted you to have fun. #i think coco would defeat agott at the end of victory road and then defeat oru & i'll probably draw one last thing abt that at least.. #the image is very cinematic..the dialogue and music in my mind..I WANT TO FACE ORU!!!!!!!!!! #the super cool insanely powerful awesome champion is the spouse of my professor and he gave me advice at the beginning...no way.... #btw the elite four would be the sages which is perfect (and maybe easthies as the first guy?) evil Team Brimhats #coustas as their renegade gladion-type figure. the gym leaders would be like sun/moon and s/v combined #travelling around facing the best students from different classes - so jujy and eunie etc. #i've barely thought about 'teams' or anything bc i care amore about the narrative side of things always lol #but idk. tetia with a swirlix - eunie would be ghost type boy - riche with small things but also a ceruledge or a steelix something massiv #and brushbug would have a final form which is really long like an eastern dragon- fluffy and with wings like a fairy. It's beautiful to me #well anyway *tries to move on to the rest of life now the brief obsession has passed* #obviously oru would be fire-type tho and qifrey would be water-type and they set off together and traded their starters etc.....it goes on

[dr3amofagame]

honestly, there's probably a lot you can say abt c!dream in terms of losing even when he wins. because, tbh, this is...consistent.

c!dream is very intelligent and very good at PVP and these are well-established traits from the beginning of the server. he is skilled at thinking strategically and therefore is often able to navigate unfavorable situations to him in order to successfully achieve some goal of his. in terms of achieving goals, c!Dream isn't half bad in the slightest! but how do these goals actually work out for him?

in the revolution, c!dream successfully leads his side to victory while minimizing damage to his own people (and, sometimes, minimizing damage across the board: see him telling his men to hold fire to allow lmanburgians to retrieve their items.) the most amount of risk to anyone on his side is during the duel, where he ended up on half a heart to determine the end result of the war. and it's quite undeniable that c!dream wins the war--he gets to set the terms of the peace, gives them "technical" independence as he planned to from the start but says that he and the rest of the Dream SMP will view them as constituents of the greater server and gets both discs after c!tommy offers them willingly. by all means, on paper, a glowing success.

only time passes and as others treat l'manburg as independent, he is forced to do the same. "suck it green boy" becomes one of the most common catchphrases of the server when the independence that was granted them in the book that this statement was written was. literally given to them out of c!dream's mercy? and not out of their victory? he loses both discs AND significant leverage against himself due to various conflicts that involved people stealing from him and/or blackmailing him when he literally wasn't doing anything. l'manburg's ranks have swelled and the story established by it and its independence has long since drowned out any other perspective on the war.

then, in manberg/pogtopia, c!dream enters into the conflict from the perspective of wanting c!schlatt out of power. later on, remaining loyal to c!wilbur, he helps him to successfully pull off the plot to blow up L'manburg and also manages to obtain the revive book through a brief alliance with c!Schlatt. once again, his goals were successfully pulled off in no small part due to his strategizing.

and yet, in the long run, what does c!dream really gain? the revive book is something he evidently didn't know about until the trade with c!Schlatt, and the knowledge of it fucking destroys him. with both c!Schlatt and c!Wilbur dead, he immediately ends up as enemy number one, something c!Wilbur himself states later on. c!Dream, who had never really had any particularly stable alliances pre-manberg anyway, comes out the other side of November 16th even more alone than he had been before, publicly distrusted (not that he was ever really trusted, even by Pogtopia before he officially starts working against them because of the revive book, something that the content creator himself has stated was created purely to explain why c!Dream would switch sides.) the destruction of L'manburg is merely temporary. the plan to blow up L'manburg was c!wilbur's in creation, and considering how open c!Dream is about disliking c!Schlatt, I really hesitate to think that he was going out of his way to ally with guy unless he himself intentionally revealed the revive book to this end (like. c!schlatt is a smart guy, bro.)

c!dream is "secretive" about just about nothing at this time, besides I guess his actually helping Pogtopia (if you can call this guy telling the fucking Manberg cabinet that it's L'manburg, not Manberg, being secretive el em ay oh)--he's open about helping c!Wilbur with the TNT (and c!Wilbur you know, makes a point of doing it in front of an audience both times he asks c!Dream for TNT as well) in Vassal and then on November 6th, and that exact stream is also where he literally walks in the middle of Pogtopia to say hey guys. I'm Betraying You Now. like ???

everything he gains at this time culminates to 1) he helps c!Wilbur successfully pull off a plan that c!Wilbur himself came up with and wanted to pull off and does, to some degree, pressure c!Dream into agreeing with him about--even if c!Dream was going to give him the TNT no matter what, he does display a measure of resistance during Vassal Speech (whether or not you believe this resistance was genuine) and c!Wilbur responds to that by kinda threatening him. So. and 2) he gets the revive book by acting in service to a guy that was clearly established as someone he disliked and feared, and that book is also something that we KNOW scared the shit out of him and like ended up prompting a paranoid spiral that ends with him creating a whole goddamn prison to put himself inside. soooooooo. you know. and all of this is happening at the same time that his losses end up turning into "by the time november 16th rolls around and is over and done with most people either want him dead or are very very close to wanting him dead, cheers!"

then obviously, there's everything from november 16th to the staged disc finale. again, we see c!Dream pulling strategic plays left and right and achieving the goals he has--at this point, often through, uh, less than savory means. through political bullshit with NLM and well, exile, he manages to get the disc during green festival; through helping c!Techno against the butcher army, he manages to obtain a favor; through stuff involving the enderwalk and some kinda deal that im p sure has remained unspecified, he manages to get Cat from c!Skeppy; through experiments with c!Punz, he gets information on the revive book; through green festival, obtaining both discs (and therefore no longer needing to act in terms of political interests with NLM), and establishing common ground with c!Techno, he's able to destroy L'manburg through Doomsday; through having the discs + everyone hating his guts because of Green Festival, Doomsday, and to be fair everyone literally just hating his guts from the outset, he is able to ensure the security of c!Punz, the revive book, and himself by locking himself in prison. A lot of different moving parts, a lot of different goals, a lot of running around the server to get what he needs to get done done at the right times in the right ways, and he manages to con the server and put himself exactly where he wanted to be.

and yet?? and yet??? sure, he pulls off what he wants to pull off, sure he achieves his goals, but in terms of actually winning? he's paranoid and the paranoia just keeps getting worse. the threats to his life and the amount of enemies that want him dead just keep growing in numbers. he finally gets lmanburg blown up for good but you know there's going to be like 4 more factions on this server by the time he gets imprisoned. his friends ditch him and then try to kill him when he clumsily tries to communicate that he's trying to protect them because of the paranoia he has about everyone hating his guts, he explicitly identifies the reasons for people's hatred as having a lot to do with manberg/pogtopia arc where he ends up helping two dead men that aren't around for people to hate anymore, he pulls off staged finale and puts himself in a prison that ends up shattering himself.

like he achieves his goals--even if we're talking about the prison, even if we're talking about the time where things most thoroughly go awry for him because of c!sam's betrayal, you can't say that he didn't achieve what he intended. c!sam kept him alive, and would do anything to keep him alive--he might've been wrong about a lot, but he wasn't wrong about that. and yet. AND YET.

c!dream achieves his goals but where does he end up? miserable and afraid of literally damn near everything and losing his whole mind in the exact prison that he constructed to keep himself safe when in a paranoid spiral about a hostile world that suddenly made so much less sense than he was used to--alone.

like. wdym doesn't lose all he does is lose literally everything he ever had like 😭😭😭😭😭

#c!dreamisms #it's alllll fear all the way down #i have Strong Feelings about manberg/pogtopia too #but that'll have to go into a different post #i feel like. regardless of what you feel like c!dream's /goals/ were in manberg/pogtopia tho #it's kinda undeniable that he loses more than he gains? #i mean unless you're going from the perspective of 'well he kinda lost all of that anyway from the beginning by just being dream' #because to be fair how much of the hatred is even in direct consequence of what he does #even with the inclusion of the revive book it's like. all that did was make him more paranoid #when the ENTIRETY of manberg/pogtopia and how it ended up working out #really did nothing but make him . more of The Enemy and give him more reason to fear for his life #and meanwhile like what did he even gain from blowing up lmanburg fr it remained blown up for like a week #not even #but yeah like. even when he does what he wants. even when he wins? he's not really winning is he

[arohuacheng]

k sorry i’m legitimately so insane about pei ming and shi qingxuan though. pei ming as someone who’s not just a womanizer but someone responsible and dear enough to shi wudu for That Man to essentially appoint him as qingxuan’s guardian should anything happen to him… for pei ming to take that responsibility on whole-heartedly, trying to protect shi qingxuan and keep them out of trouble and lead them on the right path even from the very beginning of the story… he’s trying to keep her out of the whole mess with pei su he’s trying to make sure that she does what she needs to do to survive in heaven (she has never learned that one needs to be cruel and unjust to advance because her brother has done all the unjust cruelty for her) he’s trying to make sure that he fulfills that trust that was placed in him and that’s all before there’s even a hint of anything that would incapacitate shi wudu. and sqx sees this and she must know at least some of it but she hates him. just doesn’t like his personality. i am out of my fucking miiiind

#and then neither of them end up being able to fulfill their promise to shi wudu. #pei ming can’t protect her. shi qingxuan doesn’t let herself be protected by him. #and then in the very end it’s shi wudu who enacts the ultimate betrayal of his own requests anyway… #anyway. shi qingxuan who loves her awful brother but can’t stand his awful friend. #i don’t even know how to describe shi wudu and pei ming’s relationship but shi qingxuan sees it and goes 🙄 #but goddddd from the very very beginning you can see their relationship! #they are so tangentially related to each other and so important and yet unimportant to each other… #they’re both representations of a part of the other person’s relationship with shi wudu #and like. what do you do when your brother appoints his awful brother as your secondary guardian and that guy starts trying to fulfill that. #and that guy is general ming giang god of the north and god of love and known womanizer. and you are a girl with strong moral values. #i don’t even know how to express what i feel about them it drives me fucking insane though #talking #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #pei ming #shi qingxuan #tgcf sqx #tgcf s2 #tgcf spoilers #i guess? i mean. i tend to think that we’ve all read the book at this point. but perhaps that is not true fjskfjd #beefleaf arc spoilers

[front-facing-pokemon]

#castform #:)! they're so pleased..! they like the weather… it's so pleasant right now… (VERY HOT) (NINETY DEGREES) (TOO HOT) #they're smiling… :)! they like something you said you were nice to them :)! #this pokémon has that gimmick where they like. change types based on the weather which is. like cool i guess i dunno if it's good #in competitive but i never used it personally. i feel like i always got it at too low of a level to want to grind it up #it's like ok. i feel like castform's moveset kinda has to be weather ball or whatever it is and then three weather setup moves so you can #actually use it and utilize the type-changing ability to its fullest extent. because if your opponent sets up weather then they're probably #already benefitting from it and you don't want them to benefit from it. because that means your weather ball probably isn't going to be good #against the theoretical opponent's type. and then it takes two moves to use any given type's version of weather ball so i just. don't #see how it could be that good. i will look it up on smogon cuz i imagine it's pretty decent in doubles bc then you can have the Other pokémo #n set up the weather so castform can use it but like if it's not even that strong to begin with #it certainly doesn't look it #yeah it's always been kinda mid it looks like. started off better around gen 4 and then just slooowly fell off up to gen 7 #dunno! still don't care a ton about competitive but i don't even care about this pokémon in not-competitive. sorry‚ castform fans

[i-seeaspaceshipinthe-sky]

i have Big Thoughts about how the torture affected geraskier on jaskier’s side, but i don’t know how to put it into words yet

#like didn't you notice #jaskier is DIFFERENT when he talks to geralt now #more confident more sassy more BOLD #he's not a fangirl anymore #and when rad asks him to sing about the WITCHER he's like *smug grin* i mean #STRONG INDEPENDENT #jaskier suffered and bled for him and yet the WITCH he thought he hated was the only person who came and called him a FRIEND and was worried #and geralt still doesn't know but #i think it broke something in jaskier #when he was about to lose HIS DAMN FINGERS FOR A MAN WHO ABANDONED HIM TO FUCKING DIE #this is GROWTH for me #and with rad he's DIFFERENT FROM THE BEGINNING he wants to LEAD and not be 'someone's bard' #geraskier #radskier

[betterthanfakemouthstatic]

about to start writing an essay on ‘family’/healing workplaces and toxic masculinity in american tv shows (think the bear, ted lasso) and i am very much considering throwing a tommy kinard reference in there

#just his growth throughout the begins episodes is so interesting #and then to decontextualise that and him as someone OUTSIDE the family of the 118 #which he explicitly expresses jealousy of in the latest ep #and him as a white straight presenting man who begins to benefit from chim but especially hen as a strong queer woman of colour #but then leaving before that family dynamic became solidified #coming back as an older queer man in contrast to buck #i’m rambling #it’s just so interesting and i love it #something something the invisible string of it all #(by it all i mean buck and tommy eventually coming together) #thoughts #911 abc #tommy kinard

[laniidae-passerine]

see I am very disjointed from a lot of nine/ten fandom discourse because I genuinely believe that in a different world where space boy was not to be seen, had an older Rose gone to the hospital and bumped into a certain Doctor Jones by a vending machine or as she was taking Rose’s vitals, she would have instantly hit it off with Martha. and probably flirted with her a little on accident and then on purpose when Martha flirted back

#I can see Martha raising an eyebrow as she catches Rose (who definitely snuck out despite being on bedrest) by the vending machine #Rose probably snuck out of bed because the girl in the bed next to her was crying and she wanted to make her feel better #because she doesn’t really like hospitals either #and when she tells Martha this she’s surprised when the Doctor (who seems quite strong and a little serious) suddenly smiles #and shows her a trick to get extra sweets and chocolate out of the machine #and then tells her to hurry because the check-in sweep of Rose’s ward is about to begin #you just KNOW Rose would be Martha’s most combative patient but in all the best ways #always asking what that machine does. what that incomprehensible doctor scrawl means. if there’s something she can do to help other patients #and Martha loves it. loves how much Rose cares just like her. they gossip and they chat about their daily lives. they get closer #everytime Martha has to scold Rose for sneaking out of bed or doing something she shouldn’t #(even though she secretly adores it. she’s never really mad she just wants Rose to take care of herself as well as other people) #she sighs and says (in her most firm but still fond tone) ‘Miss Tyler-’ #only to be struck in the heart again with a cheeky grin and a ‘yes Doctor Jones?’ #and also Rose loves that Martha is a doctor. that Martha cares. that she works overtime. that almost all Martha’s patients love her #and the ones that don’t just aren’t kind people anyway. that Martha doesn’t condescend. that Martha cares and cares and cares #that Martha likes all the things about Rose that other people think make her difficult and trouble and too much #she likes the things that other people don’t like in Martha either. thinks she’s magic. #Rose Tyler is always going to love her Doctor. and Martha Jones will always love somebody who thinks everybody matters #I’m like. obsessed with them?? move OVER space boy (actually nine can get involved in this. lmao ten stay away) #they’d have been so cuteeeee #rtd failed to see the lesbionic possibility but I am no such coward. no fighting over boys here #martha jones #rose tyler #dw #doctor who

[osoreruna]

toshinori was very hyperactive as a child and had overall very high energy. so much so, you would hardly ever see him sitting still or even sitting down — even while watching tv or EATING. he was known for avoiding naps and practically never allowing his mother a proper break, which oftentimes led toshinori into TROUBLE — always finding something to wriggle his way into in an attempt to escape boredom. from the young age of five, toshinori was enrolled in wrestling courses. not only did it give him a proper facet to work out most of that excess ENERGY when he was younger, but it also acted as a form of discipline as he grew older. he honed his skills and continued participating in the sport throughout his entire early education. and it showed. he's won numerous titles over the years — it didn't take long for toshinori yagi to become a pretty well known name throughout the league. he was even on track to joining the junior olympic team, possibly PRO after that — it seemed like nothing and nobody could stop him. not even the tragic death of his parents, as he still managed to take home a title just a month after the tragedy. it gave him something to focus on, to work towards — fueled his competitive spirit and drove him forward through a lot of muck in his life after his parent's passing. he continued his traditional training up until he was taken in by nana, his fighting style shifting a bit once his combat training with gran torino began — after being told by the older man that he can no longer rely on a rule set to determine the flow of battle, and that he'd have to work those "stupid wrestling moves" out of his system if he wants to have any chance of winning a real battle. while it hurt to hear considering how much he put into his past training, he understood where torino was coming from and focused on shifting his style to what we see from him today. though there are still glaringly obvious moments where his ten+ years of wrestling experience tend to shine through, even after so many years. but yeah, picking a fight with all might is obviously very ill advised... — but i just needed y'all to know that, picking a fight with toshinori isn't gonna end much better for you.

#𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗩𝗘 + [ HEADCANON ] #𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗔 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘 + [ MUSINGS ] #y'all ever notice all might's VERY SPECIFIC fighting style ?? #how it's all about his hands — it's all about throwing the HEAVIEST PUNCH. #he worries very little about defense unless absolutely necessary. #he doesn't guard like a boxer #he doesn't swing like a boxer #he doesn't quite calculate like a martial artist — #he locks #he holds #he grapples #he fuckin SWINGS LIKE A WRESTLER. #like that one time he literally suplexed a nomu and for what — #and we know from both toshi and torino that he was already very well conditioned to take on ofa from the beginning #when he met nana. he was able to wield ofa at “full power” (100%) the day it was passed on to him. #( not that he knew HOW to use it or what he was doing. his body was just capable of handling the power. #the same power that's strong enough to wrack your muscles to the point of literally shattering BONE mind you. ) #and to be like...15 / 16 ? and already be able to handle something like ofa ?? he had to already be doing something #some kind of physical activity... #i mean #we saw what midoriya had to go through and he STILL couldn't properly wield it at 100% !! #CRAZY — #anyway one day i'll probably add to this and retype it so it's a little more coherent — #i just think it's funny #he wanted to fight like the heroes he saw on tv :pensive: #i'll be around here today !! mainly working on that interaction call from the other day —

[kateis-cakeis]

rewatching bbc merlin really has me like buzzing in my mind with so many thoughts. Like I'm kinda watching it backwards atm going from S5 to S4, I think I will jump around 3, 2, and 1 but just,,,, there is so much especially in S5 that makes me !!!!!!!

Honestly, I feel like this fandom has to give the writers more credit. Like they did a damn good job, and to me, it's such a good tragedy. Especially how S5 plays out, it takes everything and just tears you down, and down, and down. It's perfect, perfect with flaws! But still perfect

#bbc merlin #merlin #yeah idk on that note about the writers - this fandom is way too harsh #like i know we all have ideas on how it should have gone #but i think we lose how it's still a story that they planned from the start to end like that #they did their job they set up from the beginning and it is good as a tragedy imo as someone who has studied tragedies #hot take but the characterisations are consistent - i mean like as consistent as they get for a 5 series show #they did better than most and i dont feel like any characters get like their previous characterisation assassinated #that includes Arthur and Morgana btw they clearly have arcs that work well and where Arthur's is a slower progression - Morgana's is like a #lit match - slow at first but when it gets going it's going and then gone - it's wonderful #i mean look at s5 it literally starts by talking about Arthur's bane aka his fatal flaw aka his hamartia #which is himself and i dont think it's as much as the overdone hubris but rather Arthur's love and trust for others - but that like in many #tragedies can be debated #okay something else that can be debated is the peripeteia - i think a good example of it is the Disir episode because that's when Arthur's #fate becomes sealed anything after that point is fruitless because the Triple Goddess has decided he must die because of his rejection of #the Old Religion - it's a reversal of fortune in a sense that Mordred is alive to play his part in Arthur's death - as Merlin puts it. You #could see it more as Merlin's peripeteia rather than Arthur's but still #if we wanna debate it more Arthur's peripeteia would probablyyyy be when Mordred stabs him because that's when his death becomes imminent #it's a reversal of fortune because he's dying from that point forward rather than a strong king he is a man dying #the anagnorisis is another point to make. You could say for Arthur his anagnorisis is all of the finale - like this constant realisation of #Merlin and his magic and realising all that he missed all that he didnt see and now it's too late because he's dying #I'd say Merlin's anagnorisis comes with the whole Mordred and Kara ordeal and how he realises his mistake and how it's gonna cause the #downfall of not just himself but Arthur too #then catharsis - see i think it's the only part where the tragedy falters because do we get catharsis from Arthur's death and Merlin's #immortality - where he's still at the lake centuries later? #i think in some ways yes and in other ways no because I don't think BBC Merlin is following an Aristotle's tragedy #i think catharsis comes more from Morgana's half of the tragedy - seeing her die - and i think further catharsis comes from knowing it's no #over forever that there will be a second chance for redemption for both Merlin and Arthur #but it is a more difficult one for sure #anyway point is that S5 specifically has a tragedy storyline that is very well done and we should credit that more tbh

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Oh my god the girls are so worried for Rose and Dorothy just pretended to go away to get her surprise and Rose thought the one licking her was Blanche and they got her a DOG I’m going to cry 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

#I’m watching an episode before getting ready for tonight #and I didn’t mean to comment on it #but this beginning was just too sweet not to say anything #i held strong through Blanche’s AMAZING nightgown and dorothy’s adorable excitement at jeopardy #but I just couldn’t keep my silence anymore #going back. how did rose think it was Blanche liking her and how was she so casual about it #does it happen often?? I’m DYING to know #the golden girls

[the-kipsabian]

@stormbornpirate asked: 12 - Make a gifset of my favorite promo from my favorite wrestler.

kip sabian at countdown to all out 2022

#kip sabian #aew #all elite wrestling #aewedit #wrestlingedit #wrestling #night gifs #this one is. my EVERYTHING #i know this one word by word and beat by beat #its also super pretty the lighting is perfect (tho it makes it incredibly difficult to do interesting colorings on it :')) #the vibe is just right. the eyeliner is STRONG #i love this so much its a perfect promo leading up to my favorite match so like. AAAAAA #also him faces. i tried to include as many good ones as possible #from the little eyebrow twitch at the beginning to the barely noticable smile at the very end #the spite in his whole demeanor when he says he SHOULD have been lifted to the top #the way he handles to box #i just love him okay #so heres this <3 #also ive been meaning to redo this set so this is partially that so yay things #my beloved #kip in a box #(rp blogs dont reblog; saving and other personal use with tag credits is fine) #alsoalso the editing is gorgeous in this....... #flashing //

[sandinthepipes]

Does the flag REALLY means death once again? Can’t it mean something else for just once? Why is the flag denied a fairytale ending even this time?

#I’m grieving guys #I mean today my mental health wasn’t strong to begin with #this was the nail in the coffin #bye I’m gonna go drown myself in herbal tea and no comfort show because I don’t have one anymore #I’m not coping well friends #I come from 10 days of high where nothing bad was happening and all the while I was dreading the happiness #becasue well you’re all as mentally ill as I am you know the dread of feeling happy #here we are folks depression’s holidays are over she’s back at work and she takes it very seriously #also my trust issues are being triggered by a stupid fucking show #I need a break and I’d like it to last longer than 10 days every 5 years #I digressed into a monologue of self pity brb I need to call my therapist #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #our flag means death s2

[dahkis]

the vibe of each of the flora's themes

adele, adele's oath: a sacred, but mythical feeling befitting the virtuous knights from the old stories that used to be told to children. the choir is singing the knights' praise, perhaps symbolizing their initial glory days, serving the god-king during his heyday before ultimately betraying him and breaking their oath to protect him. however, it continues to have a non dominating presence in the background, symbolizing the present. although the knights of the einherjar was replaced with the militaristic high flora army, the flickering flame of a noble knight has not died yet. it was alive in adele, who remained loyal to her oath to the god-king to the very end.

khali, oblivion: the drums and choir ramping up throughout the song symbolizes her bubbling feeling of deep anger boiling over. she has a strong yearning for vengeance against ypsilon for the undeserved death of her family.

illium, death of asylum: the choir is singing to the metaphorical revival of the god of the verdent flora; illium's fusion with the elder crystal symbolizes him inheriting their will and carrying on the burning passion of the verdent flora race through the pride of their invention of mechanical wings. there's a sense of determination, but a quiet anger festering among them as well.

ark, recollecting memories: i miss my wife tails, i miss her a lot

#me thoughts #ok for a real analysis of arks theme #its obvious the beginning is meant to evoke nostalgic feelings of ark and albaire attending the military academy #like come on ark had a dream in his 255 quest about albaire waking him up and doting on him the second he thought ark was unwell LMAOOO #its supposed to be happy memories before the bittersweet ones kick in when that part of the song drops (whoch suspiciously sounfs like the #theme to black heaven but i digress) #the bitter memories are that of ark realizing there isnt something right with the high flora army which sours his relationship with albaire #when he tells him that they have to remain strong but ark obviously doesnt want to look the other way since hes an upstanding guy like that #but i honestly think it can also be interpreted as ark missing albaire a lot. he misses the good times they used to have when they were so #young and naive in the academy. that they didnt know that their efforts to rise up the ranks would amount to basically committing genocide #on the innocent races in grandis #it wasnt supposed to be like this #is what im hearing ark say perhaps #LOL not rise up the ranks i mean graduate the academy initially then rise up the ranks #i love maplestory #theres a lot more i can yap about the end note but i want to sleep

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

pls i agree with the previous anon. like i need to see how your mind works. LIKE THE AMOUNT OF LORE YOU PUT INTO THIS STORY? no wonder you was struggling to write this chapter. no wonder you had to split it. YOURE PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO IT. i adore you.

i just love how you do megumi justice. like from what we hear from others (oh my god he was such a menace. jumping out of vehicles? biting people? willing to summon his ace just to spite everyone? trying to electrocute his uncle?) he has so much fire in him. he’s such a little shit. i love him. i’m so tired of everyone portraying him as some emotionless bland character. the dudebros don’t know him the way i do 🙁.

i’m honestly just itching to see yuuta spill the beans on his attachment to megumi like…would gojo actually be willing to kick that kid ass. IF ANYTHING gojo should consider this a win. the son he birthed from his gojoussy (i was there. i was the one cutting the cord ofc shh) has a loyal protector.

but in all honesty i have so many theories. like about mai, she might pop out to get the books & shit for her nephew? who knowsss.

the answer to how my mind works is “not well.” imagine a waiting room where the staff are only in attendance for 30 minutes per day (it’s never the same 30 minutes) and there is a hamster inexplicably lose. there are fish tanks but they are empty ones. you do not know what the business is or why you are waiting. dont stop me now by queen is playing on endless loop

#you cannot convince me that baby Megumi was not completely feral #that’s a kid who bit people I’ll die on that hill #there is something about Mahoraga that convinces me that it’s just the ultimate act of reclaiming control for Megumi #fundamentally Megumi does not have control over his own life #from a very young age he was locked into a profession that /would/ kill him one day #and again and again he displays this almost suicidal decision to summon something /guaranteed/ to kill him whenever he thinks hes going down #megumi never got to decide his life but by god he has decided upon his death #I think a part of him has always felt doomed from the beginning and got a bit of solace in knowing he’d die on his terms #he would die but he would not die having been beaten #like I think you just CANNOT underestimate the twisted relief that can be gotten from controlling the way you die after you’ve spent your #entire life under the shadow of your own death sentence #of course this means that the Zenin took even that comfort from him #megumi thought he was going to die and it was going to be in a way that robbed him of the only control he ever had #there’s a unique helplessness in that #I think the fact that he couldn’t even die on his terms hurt him more deeply than almost anything the Zenin did to him #he spent his entire life knowing he had an ace that couldn’t be taken from him and they still managed it #the Zenin made him feel weak as a child when they were abusing him #they made him feel weak when they spent that week hurting him #and they took away the only thing that ever made him feel truly strong #he wanted to hurt them back and it was a tremendous loss to not even have that #sea glass gardens

[lucy-ghoul]

i think i finally found a semi-famous (?) blog that blocked me lmao

#why did they block me (a very small niche blog) tho? #they're in the thg/tbosas fandom and tried to reblog a coryo gifset... but couldn't. i couldn't see their blog either so obv they blocked me #..... i haven't even interacted with them as far as i remember. like ever sjdhhd #i'm not taking it personally i swear. but i'm genuinely curious #was it because of the coryo/katniss insanity from the other day? #(do i really need to specify that i don't want her to fuck actual octuagenarian snow? i just find their dynamic super interesting #but i'd certainly be down for some time travel/deaging/whatever fic) #was it because i said coryo did love (... in his own way) lucy gray in the tags of a reblogged post? #i mean. he did have strong feelings for her that much is obvious. he's was just vaguely creepy and possessive about it #and he also loved himself and power more than a girl he'd known for like. 3 months #(i'm not excusing his actions. he *is* an asshole mind you and will only get worse. but that's his reasoning) #or was it because of the usual suspects - i ship r.eylo? shhdhdhhf #i mean this is genuinely funny #there are so many problematic call outs that could be made about my taste in fiction #that at this point i wouldn't even know where to begin shdhhfhfh #val speaks #txt

[cementcornfield]

Which duo do you think have the stronger bond or will age better, Josh & Diggs or Joe & Ja’Marr?

(I know it’s a hard question) 😅

Hahahahaha it's a tough one but I love it.

A dear mutual put it best a few days ago when she said that the state of Allen & Diggs' relationship is directly correlated to how well the football is going. And I completely agree. To me they're a very fun duo in that watching them is like watching a train wreck, or when they're doing well, fireworks. Explosions either way though.

Joe'Marr though is the duo i'm most heavily invested in at the moment (the moment being the last year of my life almost). They have their own brand of insanity and while it's less overt than Diggs and Allen, it's very much there and fascinating to me. The little glimpses we get of what they actually mean to each other hidden behind Ja'Marr's constantly changing stories and Joe's rare openness. All of the history they have with each other at this point. The constant gestures of the game ball, the jersey, the pinky promise. The way they just know each other, better than anyone else on the team (how they both always emphasize they don't need words with each other). Ugh it hurts my heart truly and I cannot wait to see them together again in a few weeks!!!

#like yeah diggs is crazy about allen #100% true #but ja'marr is just as crazy about joe #i love both these duos - really any qb/wr relationship is just crazy by necessity #one thing i'm really curious about - but hope to never have to learn #is how joe and ja'marr might deal with losing #not meeting expectations #like allen and diggs recently #both teams have incredible records and skill #but at this point the bills are falling and the bengals are rising #joe and ja'marr have only known winning and shattering expectations with each other #that will always make it easier to have a good relationship #how will they do if and when they fail #praying they stay strong but you really never know! #(but i mean when they weren't doing well at the beginning of last season #joe just wore ja'marr's jersey to break the curse and remember what made them good #aka each other #so if they're doing badly i'm sure another insane gesture can solve it) #ok i'm done now. too many words. #ask #anon