#i need to rewatch all these show

[stromblessed]

Mizu, femininity, and fallen sparrows

In my last post about Mizu and Akemi, I feel like I came across as overly critical of Mizu given that Mizu is a woman who - in her own words - has to live as a man in order to go down the path of revenge.

If she is ever discovered to be female by the wrong person, she will not only be unable to complete her quest, but there's a good chance that she'll be arrested or killed.

So it makes complete sense for Mizu to distance herself as much as possible from any behavior that she feels like would make someone question her sex.

I felt so indignant toward Mizu on my first couple watchthroughs for this moment. Why couldn't Mizu bribe the woman and her child's way into the city too? If Mizu is presenting as a man, couldn't she claim to be the woman's escort?

However, this moment makes things pretty clear. Mizu knows all too well the plight of women in her society. She knows it so well that she cannot risk ever finding herself back in their position again. She helps in what little way she can - without drawing attention to herself.

Mizu is not a hero and she is not one to make of herself a martyr - she will not set herself on fire to keep others warm. There's room to argue that Mizu shouldn't prioritize her quest over people's lives, but given the collateral damage Mizu can live with in almost every episode of season 1, Mizu is simply not operating under that kind of morality at this point. ("You don't know what I've done to reach you," Mizu tells Fowler.)

And while I still feel like Mizu has an obvious and established blind spot when it comes to Akemi because of their differences in station, such that Mizu's judgment of Akemi and actions in episode 5 are the result of prejudice rather than the result of Mizu's caution, I also want to establish that Mizu is just as caged as Akemi is, despite her technically having more freedom while living as a man.

Mizu can hide her mixed race identity some of the time, and she can hide her sex almost all of the time, but being able to operate outside of her society's strict rules for women does not mean she cannot see their plight.

It does not mean she doesn't hurt for them.

Back to Mizu and collateral damage, remember that sparrow?

While Mizu is breaking into Boss Hamata's manse, she gets startled by a bird and kills it on reflex. She then cradles it in her hands - much more tenderly than we've seen Mizu treat almost anything up to this point in the season:

She then puts it in its nest, with its unhatched eggs. Almost like she's trying to make the death look natural. Or like an accident.

You see where I'm going with this.

When Mizu kills Kinuyo, Mizu lingers in the moment, holding the body tenderly:

And btw a lot of stuff about this show hit me hard, but this remains the biggest gut punch of them all for me, Mizu holding that poor girl's body close, GOD

When Mizu arranges the "scene of the crime," Kinuyo's body is delicate, birdlike. And Mizu is so shaken afterward that she gets sloppy. She's horrified at this kill to the point that she can't bring herself to take another innocent life - the boy who rats her out.

MIZU'S ONE MOMENT OF SOFTNESS AND MERCY, COMING ON THE HEELS OF HER NEEDING TO KILL A GIRL TO SPARE HER THE WORST FATE THAT THIS RIGID SOCIETY HAS TO OFFER WOMEN, AND TO SPARE A BROTHEL FULL OF INNOCENT WOMEN WHO ARE THE CASTOFFS OF SOCIETY, NEARLY RESULTS IN ALL OF THEIR DEATHS

No wonder Mizu is as stoic and cold as she is.

And no wonder Mizu has no patience for Akemi whatsoever right before the terrible reveal and the fight breaks out:

Speaking of Akemi - guess who else is compared to a bird!

The plumage is more colorful, a bit flashier. But a bird is a bird.

And, uh

Yeah.

I like to think that Mizu killing the sparrow is not only foreshadowing for what she must do to Kinuyo, but is also a representation of the choice she makes on Akemi's behalf. She decides to cage the bird because she believes the bird is "better off." Better off caged than... dead.

But because Mizu doesn't know Akemi or her situation, she of course doesn't realize that the bird is fated to die if it is caged and sent back home.

Mizu is clearly not happy, or pleased, or satisfied by allowing Akemi to be dragged back to her father:

But softness and mercy haven't gotten Mizu anywhere good, recently.

There is so much tragedy layered into Mizu's character, and it includes the things she has to witness and the choices she makes - or believes she has to make - involving women, when she herself can skirt around a lot of what her society throws at women. Although, I do believe that it comes at the cost of a part of Mizu's soul.

After all, I'm gonna be haunted for the rest of this show by Mizu's very first prayer in episode 1:

"LET" her die. Because as Ringo points out, she doesn't "know how" to die.

Kind of like another bird in this show:

#blue eye samurai #mizu #akemi #kinuyo #bes #women are birds okay they are BIRDS #the let me die line is so SCARY AND SAD like a part of Mizu wants death but she cant? she doesnt know how?? excuse you show??? #when all these other delicate birds are dying all around her #akemis character gets more and more gutwrenching upon subsequent rewatches because whenever she says her life is in danger #NO ONE BELIEVES HER - certainly not other women #because shes rich and pampered and that means shes safe and is worrying about nothing right? right????? #and it turns out that all of akemis instincts were right and she was in danger the ENTIRE TIME #also I need to make a post just for kinuyo because I am sad

[momentomori24]

THEY ARE SO INSUFFERABLE AND HORRIFIC AND AWFUL BUT SO AMAZING AND DORKY AND THIS PART IS SO UNFAIRLY FUNNY AND CUTE AND WHOLESOME-- PLEASE, PLEASE HAVE MORE SCREENTIME IN S2. PLEASE LET THEM TAKE OVER THE SHOW. I KNOW THEY'RE HORRIBLE PEOPLE BUT I NEED MORE OF THE VEES.

And the most important scene of them all (to me):

First of all, how is Vox doing that. Second, you just know that these two douchebags are going to bang so hard with Alastor getting his ass kicked replaying in the background after this. I hate them so much.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel valentino #hazbin hotel velvette #hazbin hotel vees #voxval #staticmoth #all their scenes in this episode were so freaking good holy shit #all their scenes in show are great actually #like-- oh my god #they are so much fun to have around #vox was literally me the entire time (minus the alastor hating) #and their evil little happy celebrating at the end was so cute it's unreal #i wanted the vees to sing together at some point and i'm so happy it was delivered vox and val sound fantastic together #and that sneaky staticmoth kiss at the end YES YES YES YEEESS #i love everyone in this show (except adam) but the vees are just built different #with adam dead can they please appear more? please? i need more of these disgusting assholes committing disgusting crimes and gay wrongs #''the future of hell belongs to the vees'' is a sentiment i can and will get behind please take over #i just finished the season finale and it gave me the dopamine rush i really needed today i'm so happy AAHHHHHH #i can't stop rewatching this scene someone please help me i can't escape their clutches i've been here for hours please #ok i'm clogging these tags so i'm stopping here but AAGHHHBKFGXGGGBB #anyways good night

[somedecrepitcryptid]

After my last post I kinda dove into ghost king Danny and i wanted to actually design my ghostking!Danny :)

Based off a whole lot of art I saw scrolling thru the tag. Ice and space man 👌👌

#my art #danny phantom #ghost king danny #dp fanart #danny phantom fanart #danny fenton #phanart #I need to know phandom lore #bc I know there’s a whole lot that fandom has all agreed is pretty much canon BUT I DONT KNOW #I wasn’t really in the dp fandom #I loved the show and have rewatched it but didn’t really explore the community ig #but 56things IS along with derpXD so here we are lol

[an-internet-introvert]

Dan and his different stage show eras

#this was just an idea I had as I rewatched all the stage shows #I had this idea and I needed to do it #dan and phil #dnp #danandphil #daniel howell #danisnotonfire #phanart #tatinof #interactive introverts #were all doomed #wad #wad art #my art

[spooksier]

playlist

silly little cover for my moon knight playlist and a reason to draw these losers again <3

1 2 3

tracklist under the cut

#art zone #moon knight #marc spector #steven grant #jake lockley #i need to rewatch this stupid fucking show i think about it all the time #appreciate the tiny jake NOW! #mk

[vidduality]

It's disturbing how much rage bait ONE line said by a young teenage girl in an EW cover story with so much other content can generate. Dozens and dozens and dozens of click bait articles, rage video analyses, and SO many angry meta posts with people practically ready to tear Katara's actress apart with their bare hands. All for having the audacity to say that she found some of Sokka's more brazenly sexist lines "iffy" in the OG cartoon. She implied it wouldn't translate as well in a live action and that they had toned it down, and you'd think she announced the Avatar is going to be a warmonger the way the internet's turned on her.

This week's fandom discourse has been about as low key and rational as S1 Zuko being offered some calming Jasmine tea...

#avatar the last airbender #atla netflix #avatar netflix #atla live action #avatar #katara #sokka #zuko #avatar live action #natla #atla #yall need some calming tea #the cartoon is still right there for you to watch #I'm rewatching it now #it's still great :) #and i hope the new show will be too #ALL of this sexism “discourse” #came from a single quote by a young girl #quit falling for rage bait

[garlicrrow]

still learning how 2 draw them

#THEY ARE BROTHERS!!!! THEY ARE FRIENDS!!!! IDK THE LORE I HOPE NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO FERN!!!!!!!! #adventure time #princess bubblegum #marceline #finn the human #fern adventure time #buhhhhhh #guhhhhhhhhhhh hi pb #i need 2 rewatch this show i fr forgot like all of the lore n stuf #buhhhhhhh its so weird how much at stuff i consume but like know literally nothing abt the lore like IDK!!!!!

[oifaaa]

I cant believe it's day one of 2024 and I've just had someone recommend code geass to me

#out of all shows??? #context: i was talking to a friend about how im 600 episodes into one piece #and feel like i need a small break #bc ngl #the pacing is starting to take its toll #and they were like #oh i just finished this really good show #its a bit old but its called code geass #like friend i was an anime girly in the 00s #you really think ive not watched code geass #...anyway #guess im starting off 2024 by rewatching code geass

[christakisbang]

kim daengdaeng my little puppy ㅋㅋ thank you for always teasing me and thank you for taking care of me ㅋㅋ gukbap ㅋ

#if u ever find urself thinking 'chan takes care of everyone but who takes care of chan' the answer will always be seungmin #stray kids #seungchan #bang chan #kim seungmin #stray kids gifs #skz #skz gifs #my gifs #cbbc2023 #i rewatched their 2kr while making this and ended up crying ksdjgsg ough they're so special to me. ik ive said this about every chan duo #meant it everytime! #but seungchan...dogboy4dogboy....ksm who will always always offer food to chan first bc he knows chan wont eat until everyone else does.. #ksm who knows him so well and knows just what he needs and will let him cry all he wants and stay with him while he does ksm who when #chan said he wants to be their pillar and someone they can depend on went 'whatever sides u show us hyung will always be hyung' #hhh i just think. seungmin is incredibly emotinally intelligent and chan is someone who will hide his emotions like they're his best kept #secret and that's why they work so well. seungmin just gets it even if chan doesn't say anything and he knows how to comfort him whether #that takes the form of letting him cry without saying anything or going limp in his arms and not resisting his hugs #anw. normal abt them. if u even care

[thedarknessoftheendlessmaze]

Ten years later, and I’m still upset that they killed Neal in ouat

#like…. even without the swanfire of it all #terrible decision!!! #I’ve said it all before. but like. #rumple needed Neal there for his own story line #Neal connected the charmings and the golds in the story #and even if they want to go cs (a bad decision) #Neal didnt need to die for it! #they really kind of rub it in the audience’s face and show that he’s dead and not coming back #with naming the baby Neal. the grave visit. #AND RUMPLE DECIDING THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO LET NEAL ‘DIE A HERO’ #SO HE JUST ERASES HIS MEMORY OF IT #rumple would never #and it was such a pointless death too!! Neal dying didn’t really help the heroes out much in the end #mine #ouat #nealfire #tag meta #yes. I am rewatching ouat. tysm for asking

[skipppppy]

They bully him relentlessly

#need to rewatch the show for the 1000th time but I love how no one likes Chase. at all #chase devineaux #chief cs #julia argent #agent zari #ivy cs #player cs #zack cs #shadowsan #el topp x le chevre #carmen sandiego 2019

[twingeof-cosmic-angst]

#the children of earth rewatch went great <- lying through clenched teeth #god i fucking love this show. best television of all time. #i want to inject every single note of “I Can Run Forever” into my veins. #i love you jack harkness i love you running away from my trauma without ever stopping to process #god i need to lay down #captain jack harnkness #children of earth #torchwood #watch torchwood #please #both images poorly edited by me if you were curious

[posallys]

GO WATCH BLACK SAILS PLEASE

#SHOW OF ALL TIME #MOST INSANE MIND ALTERING LIFE CHANGING THING IVE EVER SEEN #I NEED TO REWATCH IT IMMEDIATELY I NEED TO SWALLOW EACH INDIVIDUAL LETTER OF EVERY WORD #black sails

[loudfederationscreeching]

really really super enjoying how the dominion is slowly introduced over the course of season two

first wind we catch of the dominion is via quark when he hears of them through an attempted trade agreement with someone in the gamma quadrant - makes a ton of sense that the first thing we learn is that they are a powerful force in the economics of the gamma quadrant, and it also makes great use of both quark and zek as narrative forces

the second reference to them is when a group of three million refugees make their way through the wormhole - this was also interesting because the group had been essentially farmer serfs to a more powerful species (or maybe just political group? its unclear) on their home planet, and were freed as a side effect of that group being conquered by the dominion. this to me felt like a really interesting second thing we learn; it really underscores the way deep space nine is seeing the ripples of the dominion far far before anything concrete

and then! the third reference! is a man who survived his planet being conquered, and recreated his life via hologram on another world - this episode serving to really put a face to the harm that the dominion has been causing in the gamma quadrant

this all leads up to the season two finale where sisko, quark, nog, and jake encounter a jem'hadar soldier while on their camping trip. SUCH a multilayered approach to introducing the major antagonists of the series, a great slow burn and easily the best execution of this in any star trek in my opinion. deep space nine so perfectly transitioned from episodic to serialized and it blows my mind every time

#ds9 rewatch #star trek #ds9 #seriously on god this show is the best star trek #i always forget this whenever im not watching it. but FOR REAL ITS THE BEST ONE #i was on season one like 'see ds9 didnt even need to grow the beard so to speak the way other treks do' #and then they just. grew the beard anyway. season two is SOOOO GOOOOD #and god i remember that once sisko ACTUALLY grows the beard. it gets even better #its been soooo long how did i let it go this long....... this is THE best show of all time

[vinnybox]

fucking BLOB

Just like a cat!!

Also Tim <3

From The New Batman Adventures

#the new batman adventures #TNBA #Batman #Robin #Tim Drake #batblob #post #gif #images #I need to rewatch the show #catch up on ALL available batman animated series and also JLU too

[smimon]

okay i know you probably have enough drawing ideas for giant k but i just had this idea invade me.

you know how in snow white (not just the disney version) she pushes together the beds and sleeps on like 3 or more of them sideways? anyway giant k sleeping on 3 beds pushed together. and now i'm just picturing giant k as snow white and everyone else as the various dwarves

Ohoho big brain!!! 👀👀👀 Big brain. I love this idea so much and not just because Snow White is my favourite fairy tale hdjsbdbdfh

Thank you!!! Of course I have to draw it and not just once, let's make it into a comic! Let's gooo

Giant K series #16: once upon a time, in a land far, far away...

To be continued 😉

#thank you so much 🧡 i was rotating it in my head all this time #sorry it took so long 🙇 (it will take even longer because im planning a continuation) #i did some math and looks like this princess needs at least 4 beds #and there is never enough ideas for giant k 🥺 i feel so moved that people care enough to come up with new stuff for this little series 🙏 #thank you #ask #hazzybat #i based them specifically on the 7 Zwerge movie series because the dwarves are average sized men there do you get it #this ask made me rewatch the first movie and it is still so good hdjdhbshdh can i explain who is who? of course i can this is my blog #mikke is tschakko because to me there is some tschakko quality to him. even more so than jere for some reason #and he can carry his cameras in those bags #jesse is brummboss because he's the manager #lärvinen as cookie because if Käärijä has a friend who runs a cooking show then i am making a use of this knowledge #jaakko as sunny because he has this cheerful energy. allu as cloudy because he's always so cool. jukka as speedy because he's a polite fella #häärijä is bubi. the mascot the childish man the little menace #and securityman as ralphie because they are built similar i guess #yee #giant k series #käärijä #rpf #art by op #my art #fanart #also when i watched the movie as a child i always felt so sad about ralphie being constantly rejected #and this might have influenced the way i write giants up to this day. now look. this has come full circle #🥹