#i stumbled into this. had to share

[stevefightmerogerss]

james bucky barnes:

#i'm v proud of this find i stumbled across on wikipedia #just had to share it #bucky barnes #james bucky barnes #stucky #stevebucky

[melverie]

Okay, but you guys do realize that the reason Mephisto behaves the way he does is because he has been raised with the intent of only being beneficial to the future demon king and nothing else, right?

(Buckle up because this is going to be a loooonnngggg post)

Mephisto comes from a family that has been serving the royal family for ages. He mentions multiple times that his family has always acted as their knights, their advisors and their protectors to them, and it won't be any different with him. It shouldn't be any different with him. Being beneficial to Diavolo has literally been decided to be the very meaning of his life even before he was born. He's been forced into the role and he's following it to a T because he's never known anything else, and because he can't afford to lose that. Without it, what else is left of him? What worth does he hold other than being essentially a tool for Diavolo?

And then the brothers fall and suddenly his position is at risk. Lucifer and Diavolo have already gotten along fairly well back when Lucifer was still an angel. Both Diavolo and Lucifer (as well as several others) mention that they go way back in their Nightbringer homescreen dialogues, and we see them having mutual respect by the end of the 'The Glory Days' Devilgram in the original game. Mephisto and Diavolo meanwhile might be childhood friends, but here's the thing

Diavolo wants a friend. A real friend. Someone that genuinely appreciates him for who he is as a person instead of focusing on his status as the future demon king. And that's something Lucifer can give him. They often hang out for the sake of it (apparently even eating dinner at Ristorante Six together regularly), they regularly engage in lighthearted banter, and Lucifer isn't afraid to give Diavolo his honest opinion

But that's not really the case with Mephisto...? He was never meant to be on equal footing with Diavolo; Diavolo even calls him "mini-Barbatos" at one point. He is literally still calling him 'Lord Diavolo' all the time, requests to speak his honest opinion first and waits for Diavolo to allow him to do so before actually giving it. That's why Mephisto keeps pushing down his own feelings and keeps showering Diavolo in praise any opportunity he gets while he adjusts every aspect of life to be beneficial to Diavolo in a way. Sure, he might be popular, but as long as Diavolo doesn't want him to get married he doesn't even waste a thought about relationships. He might have no real interest in journalism, but of course he'll take over RAD's Newspaper Club. After all, Diavolo asked him to! He's part of the House of Lords because as the future king's right-hand man that just makes sense. He was always just meant to be a tool for the crown prince to use, so he doesn't know how to treat Diavolo as anything but. He was literally groomed to be dispensable, so he's obviously going to act like it

And that's also where Mephisto's dislike for Lucifer stems from—he can only watch as Lucifer slowly grows closer and closer to Diavolo, and threatens to take the role that was always made up to be his. And so Mephisto keeps challenging Lucifer over and over again, trying to sabotage their friendship any way he can in hopes of winning back his position as the crown prince's right-hand man

That obviously doesn't make the way he treats Lucifer (and the rest of the brothers!) right. Lucifer isn't responsible for any of this, and blaming him for it is misguided. But it still doesn't change the fact that Mephisto has the right to be hurt at the situation at hand. His entire purpose of existence is just being ripped away from him right before his eyes and all he can do is watch. That must hurt. Especially when your entire familiy's purpose has been to serve the royal family, and you are the first one to lose that

Also, I feel like something else we need to talk about is how his fight only ever really seems to be with the brothers, especially Lucifer? Again, part of the reason is the entire Diavolo situation, sure, but I feel like it also has to do with the situation in the Devildom at large? I already vaguely talked about this in a different context a few months back, but ever since the brothers have been cast out of the Celestial Realm and arrived in the Devildom, the entire situation has just been super unstable. We as a player have a unique perspective on the events because we only have a limited outsider view to on the actual politics going on the the Devildom, while also being aware how things will play out in the future. We know that ultimately letting the brothers stay is the right choice, but that's not the way a regular denizen who has to live through all this sees it. I mean, just the way Mephisto describes the brothers really puts things into perspective:

The entire realm is super destabilized, they just semi-lost their current king, and there have been multiple very real threats of war—first when the Devildom took the brothers in in the first place, then when "Raphael" showed up and told the brothers to return, and Lucifer rightfully points out to (a comatose) MC that they are bound to go to war should the Celestial Realm ever find out that Diavolo turned Lilith into a human. There's just a lot of tension in the air, and the brothers—extremly powerful as both angels and demons—seem to be at the root of most of it in one way or another. From a the House of Lords' perspective, it makes sense to want the brothers gone, same goes for a denizens perspective. And while it is a delicate situation all around that can't just be blamed on the brothers, it makes sense for Mephisto to also see them at the center of it all. Again, that doesn't make the brothers' treatment right, but it's at least understandable given the circumstances

On a side note, when discussing his beliefs, I think it's also important to remember that he to this day is incredibly sheltered. He just accepts all this as normal because to him it is normal, but as we've seen in lesson 31 hard mode Thirteen was so shocked by his views that she immediately decided to drop everything and play therapist for him (absolute Queen for not just blaming it on him btw 💖). I know this was just a throw-away line, but this paired with him basically excisting to serve Diavolo already says so much about his character:

And with everyone else he seems to be generally pleasent? I mean, he says he doesn't want anything to do with angels or humans, and yet he risks getting injured in order to save Luke from falling. Yet he actively seeks out MC to solve one of the 666 Mysteries of RAD together with them, and saves them from tumbling on the floor because "anyone else would have done the same" (they wouldn't have. The season 1 brothers would have laughed straight in MC's face). He literally complained to Thirteen about how he was just about to go home and how he doesn't have time for her, yet diligently carries all her things for her as rain is pouring down on him. His actions always end up betraying his words

Also he has a massive sweet tooth which alings perfectly with one of the headcanons I had for months and is RAD's local horse girl so we stan! <3

-> more character & relationship analyses -> masterlist

#i'm in desperate need of several character analyses for the entire cast and if i can't find any i'll write them myself #anyway if you stumble across any character analyses could you tag me? thank you <3 #him saying he has no interest in persuing journalism is from the 'lead on mephisto!' devilgram btw #which i don't have so i unfortunately couldn't share a screenshot of it #anyway THE PROMISED MEPHISTO POST #I'M FINALLY SCREAMING ABOUT HIM WUUUUHHH #post is looonnnngg so i decided to add some screenshots to make it look less like a pure wall of text #which is also why it ended up taking longer than promised to post it i'm sorry^^; #i actually wrote a lot more but i had to cut a lot of things because it just didn't flow well #NEXT UP: another solomon mega post #obey me #obey me swd #obey me nightbringer #obey me mephistopheles #obey me analysis #obey me character analysis #;mel's analyses

[creaturefeaster]

old & forgotten

#stumbled on this old drawing i did looking through canvases today #im pretty sure its a study but idk when from #looks like it might be from my trip through montana and wyoming #really not sure but i forgot about it clearly and never finished it #idk what my original intent was for this pic though so i left it simple & cleaned it up a lil #i can tell my past self had a lot of fun with that very tiny truck. #this blog is turning into a second art blog at this point #i think it's just more comfortable to share here with a smaller following

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

“Paul was also still getting together with John to write songs. Though their productivity seems to have slowed by autumn 1958, their ideas were merely branching out. Around October, perhaps during the half-term week at the end of the month, Paul made another visit to Mendips (‘John! Your little friend’s here again’) and was happy to find John typing a new poem. Actually, this one wasn’t a poem, it was more of a lunatic short story. Paul took one look and loved the wordplay, the typical Lennon phrases like ‘a cup of teeth’ and ‘in the early owls of the morecombe’. John called it ‘On Safairy With Whide Hunter’ and its origin was clear: it was from White Hunter, a TV adventure serial being shown by Granada, weekly yarns about ‘the surest and fastest shot in Africa’, overblown scripts brimming in bwana. John let Paul join in and the satire became a way-out Lennon-McCartney Original.* Though some lines are characteristically John’s, especially the trademark renaming of the lead character every time he was mentioned (Whide Hunter is also Wipe Hudnose, Whide Hungry, Wheat Hoover and Whit Monday), others are probably Paul’s (‘Could be the Flying Docker on a case’ and also ‘No! but mable next week it will be my turn to beat the bus now standing at platforbe nine’). One imagines the two of them in stitches when they came up with lines like ‘All too soon they reached a cleaner in the jumble and set up cramp’. Another sentence – ‘Jumble Jim, whom shall remain nameless, was slowly but slowly asking his way through the underpants’ – could well have been a reference to Jim McCartney.

*Or as John put it, when it was part of a bestselling book six years later, ‘Written in conjugal with Paul’.”

– Mark Lewisohn in The Beatles – All These Years – Extended Edition: Volume One: Tune In (Chapter 14)

#I was looking through my ebook version of Tune In to check something for my fic #and stumbled across this #and it was so delightful i HAD to share #tune in #john #paul #jp #58 #lennon-mccartney #ref

[visualtaehyun]

After Sundown to hit Netflix on January 11

In a summary of today's Khun Aoftionz livestream, OP reports that since DMD is not the copyright holder and thus doesn't make the decisions, the Netflix release may not be uncut. The Netflix page, as shared here, displays a runtime of 1h45m.

🔗: netflix.com/th/title/81720537

Another user reports, as relayed from the same livestream, that there's likely gonna be a DVD release by DMD. Apart from that one, there seems to be a Taiwanese DVD release.

#after sundown #ดับแสงรวี #zeenunew #zee pruk #nunew chawarin #to think i just sorta stumbled across this information the one time i actually open and scroll twt in months #when apparently it had been announced by netflixth on dec 8 already??? #tumblr really just has no znn fandom to speak of that would make sure to share any news from twt huh

[patrickztump]

birmingham | 3.16.2014

#cartoonishly scooping him up in my arms #boy why u precious af #they didn't share this in their original post on here nine years ago and i when stumbled upon it i felt it had to be revisited #fall out boy #patrick stump #pete wentz #andy hurley #joe trohman #srar era

[lemme-just-oops]

Narrator: This is Mc. Mc loves personal space.

Pollux, hugging Mc:

Narrator: And this is Pollux. He also loves Mc's personal space.

#there was a blog that made incorrect quotes once #i cant find them rn #but i stumbled upon this and had to share it #arcana twilight #pollux

[athousandblessings]

OHHHH WOW NO I promise, you did not. 🤣🤣🤣

#stumbled across this in the wild #wasn't prepared lol #So anyway just had to share #Where's my allergic guy? I ask #as I have been asking for years lolcry

[camellcat]

I remember when I was first watched TMM and was DEVASTATED when I realized we wouldn't be getting more of these two lol

#ik I'm in my doctor who phase rn but I stumbled upon this sitting in my art folder and just HAD to share it #I should start drawing cats like this again goddamn lol #ichiryou I love you #alto my love come back to us ueueueue #I wonder if any of the tmm discord girlies will recognize me if they're here at all lol #ichiryou #ichigo momomiya #ryou shirogane #tokyo mew mew #tokyo mew mew fanart #my art: oil paint pawsteps 🐾

[rox-of-iu]

today me and Mayhem decided to treat ourselves and made some Nai Huang Bao :] (custard-filled steamed buns) and since its easter/spring and all, we decided to make them into cute litol bun buns 💕

but due to my steam basket being on the small side, the chonk boyos ended up smooching together hahsj (btw bad lighting brought to u by us making them in the middle of night as normal ppl do)

yea not the most traditional thing we could have made on this Velký pátek tm but I could not for the love of me find the mould for beránek. sooo- hjshdk and the temptation to make widol bun bnuuyis was too high

#listen they turned out so cute they had to be shared ok #btw just to clarify this was not original idea from my head I just stumbled upon bunny baos picture and knew I had to try to replicate them #they were delicious btw

[unproduciblesmackdown]

reread the rest thus far of lackadaisy and there's the both v easy & difficult task of gathering a shit ton but only a shit ton of excerpts (like every single page is a highlight i'm not exaggerating)

and every single element is superlative and the way it all only becomes More So....already mentioned the way the like smooth gradient shading made the successful evocation of 3D Shapes more noticeable, along w/the consistent geometries of character design & details in fabric folds; the way Lighting & Coloring only goes on to become more prominent elements only enhances that further. the compositions, backgrounds, pacing, angles....everything is so dynamic & expressive, such as including the expressions which you know i also Love / absorbed

going "hell yes for people to discover this superlative comic" then having to occasionally refresh past site traffic overloaded server errors like "nooo" but actually yes

whilest clapping & cheering for the fun of everyone who's been here a minute. My God the invigorating reward when again i started reading in '07 & the concept of rocky & freckle on a "proper" run had only manifested via fun official bonus art, then a literal decade later as it was actually happening in the comic like screeeeaammm i can feel it coming in the air tonight oh lord etc....i've loved following it, again, if i see another new comic page. i am going to be Enriched

i also really was right on the ball myself this time around like okay okay yep i have picked up on Everything, at least to the degree i can lmao. i love the mysteries. i love how Character Focused it is too ofc and there's no characters i'm uniterested in / dislike. you gotta point to one of them, truly, and i have been a [pointing at freckle] enjoyer these fifteen years but fr i am a connoisseur of everyone, i love that so many characters are a weird mysterious chaos element story driver in their own right. i considered mordecai more intently than ever, love his like ultra mystery (and that we leave off on him doing some detectiving even) and truly fun that like, the source of the more Immediate problems he keeps having in every damn interaction isn't the like [wow mordecai with the just diving into the hatchet murdering] factor so much as it's that he's generally like "i am just standing here" and is not nt in any way that matters and people insist on fucking with him on that front. the peak tragedy of him in a bonus comic getting bullied into having to dance with someone to Be Polite like i'm so sorry i wish you could be that ficus too. anyways intrigued with the marigold &/or mordecai mysteries including that it's like, how coincidental is it that he talks about marigold having a thorn in its side & the savoys' nickname for him is peekon = thorn. there is so much to consider, love that for us truly. and i'm rooting for mordecai & nicodeme's dynamic out here, is another conclusion....very enriched by comparing & contrasting that serafine nicodeme mordecai triumvirate with the rocky ivy freckle one, to be sure. im enriched

i'm also enriched by every footnote that's got like historical facts / research notes / [this is inaccurate for xyz prioritization but here's the disclaimer] explanations. i Love information. and everything else like i loooove this comic it's Soooo Fucking putting my hands to my temples and inhaling at length through my teeth

#first time i've really taken tumblr up on that new thirty image limit expansion; bit of a surprise maybe lol #put your back into autism acceptance month &/or press j; scroll fast; read through it actually; filter the following: #long post // #learning abt the overwhelming popularity of baby ruth candy bars from lackadaisy footnotes? relevant to gtm:pota aficionadoship at one pt #remember discussing what i learned from another footnote abt some christian denominations / other religions being very Anti Prohibition #every time i use the word cagey i think of lackadaisy. cagey thing... we've all been there #fantastic time revisiting and i love to be considering all these characters all the further / with reckless juxtaposition #especially the two triumvirates as mentioned. rooting for them all #rooting for mordecai to be relieved of that v realistic [ppl sensing a Mess With His he is not nt in any way that mattersness Free For All] #either let him be or start shooting at him lmfao. but i Love that the gang had that pleasant nonbrunch together & no shots exchanged yet #more brunches! and i think nicodeme could be mordecai's bestie or w/e he wants. turn out to be Supportive in any way that matters #they are more so the ivy and freckle of their group after all lol. slightly would-be Unlikely coupling there as well anyways; and yet! #i am as enriched and intrigued and appreciative and etc as ever #and reminded that in my rereading i haven't yet gone over all the bonus material lol.... #also stumbled across that sungwon cho had fandubs of lackadaisy comics posted like 9 yrs back?? #which means i probably saw one or two; think i remember one being shared and checking that out #like hey didn't know i'd encountered you before like; vines & oh the lamps are fucking & etc. and now there he goes voicing mordecai yaay #lackadaisy

[eudikot]

Testing out a new brush by drawing my favorite line from Side Quest

#Two posts relating to a fanfic?? That just beat my old record #I had actually planned on doing this before finishing chapter 8 but my motivation tanked until my friend showed me this brush #I kinda like the uncolored version better but I figured I might as well show both since I colored it #But stumbling upon this line in the fic made me laugh so hard #And then I shared it with my friends and they were like what are you reading #Because I forgot how out of context this is #Anyways again go read it #reigen arakata #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #eudikart

[perhaps-in-anotherdream]

If You Want To Write About Him...

Author: 雾凇升华了

Source: ♡ || Permission: ♡

If you want to write about Li Zeyan, you cannot just “write” Li Zeyan.

You have to write about compassion, about sacrifices, about calmness, and comprehensiveness in the game of business.

What you will be writing is only a drop in the ocean... You have to about making wine with pine flowers, about gathering the rosebuds only when it’s time, about the full moon in the fragrance of the night.

You have to write about the blessing of the heavens (恩泽), about the meticulous and temperate nature of the words and deeds (谨言慎行), about the fresh flowers in front of the tomb in Èze, about the Eldredge knot, about the seventeen years of endless and unyielding search for the girl.

You also have to write about the bullet coercing into the gale, about the dagger lifted by a trembling hand, about the shattered cup in the attic, and the exhaustion of the final breath of life to unceasingly travel back in time.

You have to write about pudding and fine wine, the warmth remnant on the lips, the embrace beneath the curtain of night, the magnificent stars. You have to write how he is the home one returns to at the end of the journey, the commemoration of one’s life, the harbor on winter nights, and the paradise on earth...

...up to the very last moment, he is the love to rely on. Amid the grandeurs on earth, he is the glorious and magnificent spark in the human world.

Actually, the weight of the three letters Li Zeyan (李泽言) itself is enough to convey all the beauty it possesses.

–– as the girl said, “李泽言就是李泽言” (Li Zeyan is Li Zeyan).

#final two lines are from the comments under the post which are in fact said by MC in the dates (Taste of Life MQ) and chapters (S2 CH 31)~ #and every word in this short piece is reference to his official contents. so give yourself a pat on back if you’ve caught them all🥺❤️‍🔥 #i decided to keep his CN name for this since every time the writers use his name as adjective they refer to the meaning of 李泽言 haha~ #i’m actually hoping to compile several analysis on how MC i.e. the writers are fond of the “spell of his name” i.e. “李泽言” 🫠 #so when I stumbled upon this post– i just had to share~ 🥺❤️ #mlqc victor #mlqc li zeyan #mr love victor #mlqc #mr love queen's choice #恋与制作人 #李泽言 #love and producer

[piplupod]

every now and then i come on here and wail and yell into what I think of as the void and then ppl come out of the void to say some kind words to me and i appreciate it so much, and also i get so flustered because I was perceived being anything less than a completely normal joe HFDSJGKL

#the fact that ppl take the time to interact w smth i've said/shared is always wild to me and really means a lot #but also im so so sorry that u had to see me have A Time on here fsdhgkl #big old brainfight between ''this is ur blog - post what u want'' vs ''i cannot subject other ppl to my emotions unless theyre happy ones'' #im also so scared of responding sometimes bc i am afraid i will say smth somehow wrong and everything will come tumbling down #so if i ever do not respond just know that i likely saw it and teared up a little and then got scared that i'd stumble in a reply #and ended up avoiding replying bc i didnt want to ''ruin things'' somehow fdsjkl BUT I DEF APPRECIATED IT and wanted to say thank-you!!! #there is always a thank-you ready in my brain but i get scared of saying it sometimes bc i cannot always find the perfect way to say it !! #okay im gonna cut off my rambles here for tonight bc im starting to feel like i'm saying things wrong somehow so ADIOS FOR NOW fdsjkl #pippen needs 2nd breakfast

[sovonight]

guilty as charged

#im not gonna be able to explain why this happened organically in the span of 3 hours but au where gorion managed to #get baby radri shelter in evereska so she grew up there and met xan and went through a friends to lovers thing but his intense self doubt #led to him pushing her away so harshly that she didn't seek him out again except for later on the eve of his acceptance of the moonblade #bc there was a chance he wouldn't survive and she still cared about him deep down & couldn't just let it go without seeing him 1 more time #and xan had thought he'd completely burned that bridge with her and was relieved to see her and still loves her but she doesn't stay #and he never sees her during their shared time in evereska again #fast forward to decades later when radri's started on her journey and stumbles upon a certain captive in the nashkel mines #radri's so over it by now she frees & ignores him but xan's like WAIT let me offer you my services as a wizard!! and she's like 😒 #but there's room in the party and more spells would be useful so she takes him along. and thus begins xan's mission to protect her bc he #owes her that much and maybe he still desperately loves her and radri's mission to completely get over xan #so yeah i made uh *counts pages* 7 comic pages of script/doodles for the progression through these events #instead of spending that time drawing something that i could actually post OTL

[kotaerukoto]

By the way, before I go to sleep tonight, my brain may have just short circuited from making this icon

#ooc ramblings. #icons // #i HAD to post this i just. puts my face in my hands. its too good to not share with the class #i yearn to write him flustered one of these days.... it's always so much fun to do. the way his cheeks light up and he starts stumbling #over his words is really endearing if you ask me. especially if he manages to restrain that somehow but he's still flustered/embarrassed #he's got the cute factor!! he has the cool factor (sometimes)!!! what can't this guy do? (a lot) (like save everyone he loves and cares for #now i am off to sleep! i hope to keep up the writing streak tomorrow. I'm really happy right now