#its what they represent

[cat-soap-opera]

tbh i dont rly have a definitive answer as to why i enjoy making warrior cats stuff when i dont enjoy the actual series as it is itself anymore and the fandom feels hostile on average. i know a part of it is definitely nostalgia, working on n seeing other ppls rewrites n shit, and the knowledge that ppl enjoy what i create here. but idk if thats all there rly is to it. there truly must be a firestar shaped fungus in my brain.

#mod posts #im comfortable with posting wc stuff on tumblr bc its a more familiar environment #and ppl are generally excited to see stuff that would without a doubt get me some weird comments on other sites #like the weird n specific gore. the leather gear shit. cats with more unisex designs #its not even necessarily the weird comments i would get that bother me #its what they represent #that im the freak. the wasp that the animal lover has trapped inbetween the windows bc theyre too scared to kill me or free me #the freak for the freaks. the exception to the heros self-proclaimed values #ya feel

[mortuarybees]

same people crying about ups drivers winning $42/hour are the same people who dismiss unions and say they just take your money and don't do anything for you. Bet you'd like $42/hour!!!!!!!

#not to discount the experiences of workers like those part of the national nurses united union #who are working to unseat corrupt and ineffective union staff who have not been representing their members #but a union is made up of its members and if you dont like what your union is doing there are avenues to get involved #also! a union's power comes from its membership numbers. if youre working at a union site and youre not a member. well. #why do you love management so much #and if your workplace isnt unionized. well. there hasnt been a better time in a century to get started #henry speaks

[abhorsenkatiel]

My opinion on the 'would modern au Harrow be goth or Catholic' debate is that she would be both and it would throw everyone off. She goes equally hard on both of those things and no one knows what to do about it.

#the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #like other goth kids wont hang out with her because shes super judgmental of their sinful behaviors #old church ladies scold her about her bone jewelry and she describes in excruciating detail what obscure saints relic its representing #she gets along with absolutely no one #gideon is fascinated with her because of this and she cant handle it

[hamletthedane]

Love that Oppenheimer is a deeply disturbing horror movie about a man forced to accept that he is, in a person, the representative manifestation of mankind’s evil in committing one of the greatest horrors of human history - LITERALLY acting as the modern Prometheus, tormented by his sins for the remainder of time. Knowing that he will never be pitied and his actions will forever be utterly unforgivable because the blood of genocide and the potential of total human annihilation will eternally drip from his hands.

But also the simultaneous indictment by the film that to blame a single person for the Manhattan Project is to refuse to accept your own capacity for great evil if the ends ever seem to justify the means, and the culpability of every member of a species that lets itself create something so unspeakably terrible.

Hate that twitter’s take on such a nuanced and brilliantly handled examination of those issues is “movie bad because protagonist not evil enough.”

#what’s that quote about the problem with othering the enemy in media is that we can no longer see our own reflection in their eyes #oppenheimer’s motivations WERE sympathetic that’s the POINT #we SHOULD feel uncomfortable with our sympathy for him - the film goes out of its way to make us feel uncomfortable about it #we should be uncomfortable with the fact that we might have made the same decisions as him in his place #yes he’s evil but his evilness represents the evil that we might all accept in ourselves #twitter simply cannot handle nuanced takes on things ig (tumblr does though - the posts on here have been surprisingly excellent) #oppenheimer #(tldr - look if you walk out of Oppenheimer thinking it somehow celebrates the man then you may need to retake 9th grade Literature srry) #films

[yrsonpurpose]

TAYLOR ZAKHAR PEREZ Natural Diamonds

#taylor zakhar perez #tzpedit #rwrb cast #rwrbsource #usernuria #usersteen #userninz #userveronika #usermegsb #mine* #............................. #what. #what am i supposed to do with all of this #im just a person #seriously it should be illegal to be this good looking #its not a joke anymore this is my life #wdym he just out here with a cowboy hat riding a horse 😭😭😭 #ugh good for him #even tho this is purely a thirst gifset you should actually read his interview #the way he talks about sustainability and how he wants to be represented on screen is beautiful <3

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He was just being a silly little guy!

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #wen ruohan #nie mingjue #lan xichen #JGY's character is the zigging and zagging guy of all time #We love a little meow meow that can bite and scratch and kill you. #We also love a little meow meow that can mewl pathetically! #'He's evil now and torturing his former friend?" ZAG TIME: He's a spy and feels soooo awful about it!! #ZIG TIME: He (probably) didn't need to go that deep into the role and kill as many people as he did. #Something I really love about the sworn brother trio is how they reflect how our feelings distort our perception of others. #Lan Xichen represents how when we love/care about someone -anything they do can be endearing. They aren't manipulative: they are clever. #Its less about rose tinted glasses and more about reframing every look you get of them. The constant justifications you make for them. #They just need a space to be loved! “They care for me so I will stand by them no matter what to show them I'm there for them!” #While NMJ represents how when you dislike someone - Everything they do is an affront or proof of their foul character. #Everything is a sign. Everything is 'proof' they are just as awful as you want them to be. Every 'good trait' is twisted. #The problem is that most people are just human. They are flawed and they are capable of good and bad things. #Meng Yao's motivations are very complex. Yet he's extremely human all the same. He isn't the saint nor the monster of the story.

[commsroom]

... which oblivion has not yet swallowed up and buried. 🌊 (art by @hehearse, who is always wonderful.)

#wolf 359 #w359 #hera wolf 359 #hera w359 #i am so in love with this piece #the colors and composition and everything about it #the glassy techlike artificiality of the wave #with its lines and dots #her expression is so striking #the line of her reflections. the way that blue holographic look overlaps in the wave and her dress is cut off by the lines of the uniform #it's so good. it's so so good. thank you so much #this has such a great atmosphere and i think it captures her perfectly. and it's a great representation of #what i mean when i say she's not literally blue. it's what it represents. #art

[chamoemileclown]

yearning

#uhh fun little easter egg for this is that the butterflies are meant to represent people #its just kinda hard to show what represents who and stick to the color pallet so sorry abt that #im so normal about the thing i made up in my head #sorry i keep drawing him #qsmp #qsmp fanart #qsmp art #qsmp pactw #qsmp pac #pac tazercraft #pactw #qsmp hideduo #hideduo #qsmp fitpac

[rustedhills]

Disney, releasing Wish: "so it's all about legacy--the new generation surpassing the old, overcoming the evils perpetuated by them, relinquishing singular power... and there's an old man in a tower, uh... animal sidekick, i guess..., ah... magic...?

Miyazaki, just out of frame, sledgehammer raised:

#the boy and the heron #not tagging wish 'cause i'm being a little acidic #this isn't to be negative in the slightest--I really respect both films--but it's interesting to see how visceral boy+H gets with its story #what evils have to be rejected and what they represent--and how characters and the world suffer from those evils--as well as how the whole #'rejecting' part goes. in terms of animation powerhouses discussing their legacies - disney and miyazaki both - I find it interesting that #one makes a pretty safe and nostalgic movie about imagination and dreams; the other is a long trudge through the land of the dead. #b+h is a hard watch - and a look at the legacy of a man questioning his whole purpose in the world - after his cultural touchstones #have long passed by. Mahito needs to understand his grief to keep living--but if he drowns in it he'll just continue the cannibalistic and #violent world of his granduncle. how the hell do you make art when the trauma of your entire life has colored it forever? How can anyone? #maybe after a while... it's time to detonate that damn tower and keep living. #this is to say #if you have enough money to make whatever you want #Make It Fucking Count

[ilynpilled]

“jaime did it mostly for self preservation” “he did it bc he was ordered to kill his father” are not only blatantly incorrect and borderline illiterate reads of what is in the text but idk why people find it unfathomable that someone like jaime would want to prevent thousands of people from violently burning alive. like it is not actually a difficult moral equation which is why it is at the center of jaime’s arc and his relationship to his society because he realizes that the ethical constructs of westeros seem to be in opposition to this very obvious moral choice as seen by how the situation could even escalate to the point that it does through the enablement of the tyrant by the respected institution of the kingsguard and the uncritical upholding of the honor system over an actual coherent moral code. same with the scorn he receives for killing what everybody acknowledges as an objectively horrid tyrant who harmed innocents and violated law that knights are also sworn to protect and uphold and actually contradict by not acting against.

#like u guys r so blinded by agenda posting that it gets mind numbing #seeing ppl that otherwise r not illiterate repeat these points actually kills me #i should be studying but here i am pissing and crying again #and the whole ‘oh he only did it when it was convenient’ that is not the point the point is that he kept upholding what the kg represented #until he was pushed far enough to break and throw it all away #we see that he keeps challenging it and keeps being shut down until it reaches a breaking point #it isnt framed as ‘oh jaime now knows that he can do this bc tywins here haha’ #its just he finally reaches the obvious breaking point #bc someone out there has to stop a nuke #and it all becomes clear #jaime doesnt have to be the paragon of virtue to do this but yes he has the awareness and the moral code to do the right thing #how contrarian brained do u have to be to take this away

[wyrmswears]

concept for the silliest administrator ever

someone tell jay that its not normal to read your boss bedtime stories. he doesnt know hes never had an office job before

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago unagami #ninjago jay #jay walker #unagami design: bug antennae because uhm look he really wanted them he told me so himself. and i gave him the same tone of skin as jay #because i headcanon he models his child sprite off of jay.. what with the freckles #its also cute because his adult sprite has jays og eyebrow slit so i like to think they represent jays softer and rougher sides respectivel #unagami #jay ninjago #unagami ninjago #wyrm draws #ninjago dragons rising spoilers #ninjago dr spoilers #just for suit jay... speaking of #suit jay #always a good day for self indulgent au concepts #(as if thats not like the only thing i ever draw)

[ashipiko]

DANCE WITH ME YOU LI-IA-IAR ♡

OVERBLOT ASHI??? ANYBODY??? the ANGST that this baby can store!!! SHEESH!!!!!!! <3 I only have one post dedicated to her and liar dance lyric analysis (the post is kinda outdated in gen) BUT…… I also have an overblot monologue as a treat 🫶 I wanted to better explain her angst and so!!! BABAM!!! enjoy

ASHI’S MONOLOGUE:

Sometimes I wonder why I ended up here.

A place named “Twisted Wonderland”, and at a school named “Night Raven College”.

At first, I figured that I was the odd one out— Y’know, the Ramshackle prefect and everything. The magicless girl at the magical all boys school? Nuts, ain’t it?

I’m known for a lot of things. Things that are different from the others. The fact that I stand out is part of the Ashi charm, something I’m known for.

But… Over time I found myself sorta feeling in place here.

Because as much as I try to believe it, I can’t safely say that I’m better than anyone else here.

I’m a fake. I make conversation and lots of friends, but for what? A backup in case something goes wrong? A sense of protection for my reputation? In what case are any of those friendships something I truly want? In what case are any of these strings more than just a tool instead of a thread made of my real feelings?

Behind this, I’m no different from any other student here. Even through my individuality, my cheerfulness, my endearing oddness… I’m still a horrible person. Using people to get what I want, toying with people and their feelings in order to gain power and gain a spot the top. All to become untouchable. It’s screwed. It’s not right.

My insides are ugly. The truth of me is something I want to keep tucked away deeply, because I don’t want people to see this part of me. A brash, annoying, selfish version of me, everything people hate to see. I don’t want this side of me to be seen because people will run away— people I don’t care much about, sures, but people I love, too. I don’t want to drive them away. So I keep quiet and give them a shallow show.

I give them a source of entertainment that’s controlled by the real me, every calculated movement translating into a marionette-like response. The only show I allow you to see is one that’s so carefully crafted by the chaotic clown backstage. The one that is shunned away from the light, the strings being the only hint of the puppet’s phony existence to the foolish audience.

But suddenly, I feel as if being here has started to let this side of me come crawling back into the spotlight.

It scares me.

It scares me to be vulnerable, let all of my faults lay out on the table like playing cards. To take the risk without the protection, to gamble everything I’ve built up away just like that. But you…

You.

You make me feel safe. You make me feel as if I don’t need to hide anything. I can give you the key to my heart and you would have no malicious intent. You wouldn’t cut out the parts people don’t like. You would enjoy the performance in full, every bit of it.

You make me believe that I’m nothing special, and yet something so valuable at the same time.

It’s silly. You’re silly. And yet that’s something that’s helped me.

It’s helped me realize that that truly is just how people are.

We aren’t villains. We aren’t antagonists. We aren’t monsters.

We are nothing but people, with faults and feelings that should be valued.

I am more than just a jester, a sake of entertainment.

I’m a person who is entirely worthy of love. All of me.

It reminds me that I must’ve came here for a reason.

Because this is where I belong.

#they drive me nuts. tbh #PLEASE LISTEN TO LIAR DANCE ITS SOOOOOOOOOO #!!! envy baby is also a big Ashi OB song #it’s so fun. she’s so fun #if you can’t tell her overblot works in like….. she IS the blot monster. or the (real) Ashi AKA the jester is #if she represents the true Ashi then the marionette Ashi represents what she pretends to be/puts out into the world #so even if you’re attacking the jestershi and the more antagonistic seeming of the two…… all you’re doing is feeding into the blot itself #as you’re doing what ashi’s afraid of— berating the real her #the solution is to kill the marionette!!! btw!!!!! and that’s what ace does #DW THEY ARE SO FINE AND OK. NO ISSUES HERE #ashace my beloved #ace trappola #ace trappola x oc #twst ace #twst yume #twst #twisted wonderland #twst oc #twst wonderland #disney twst #twst yuu #twst oc x canon #ashipiko draws ♪ #twstshi #I DONT THINK I REALLY POST ABOUT ASHACE LORE A LOT #APRY FROM LIKE? THE FIC ITS IUST SILLIES #so I hope you guys enjoy!!!!!!

[slymanner]

this was smart <'3

#fionna and cake #adventure time #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #fionna campbell #i love this turn around for fionna's thought's on the ice king its so smart... #at the beginning she saw ice king as just a funny and goofy guy side to simon. not really knowing the depths of what he truly represented. #and at that time she barley KNEW him #so of course she'd say ice king seemed happier then simon #but now that she KNOWS things about him #his love life with betty #his research into magic #his humor. his heart. his dedication to help her and cake as much as he can. #seeing how bad a ice king CAN be with the winter king. #and seeing those tapes. #that's not him. #that guy...who he was for thousands of year's... that's not the TRUE simon. #ice king IS sad #on the outside he looks happy. to people who dont know hes just a goofy guy having fun with his penguin's! #but now with fionna knowing context... #simon is the happier one out of the two. #the less insane. #the one who sure isnt in a great moment in his life right now. but he's HIMSELF. #not ice king. he's simon. #simon petrikov. the true version.

[impossible-rat-babies]

vierapril day 26--weapon

"and failing that, i'll have my trusty warrior of light box the ears of all concerned."

#ffxiv #vierapril #vierapril24 #oc: eyrie kisne #i should have a gpose tag #me grabbing the microphone this line of alphinaud's lives rent free in my head #do you ever think about how he treats them like a tool? like they are a puzzle piece in a game? #do you think about how his idealism was taken advantage of but also that alphinaud was already kinda an asshole? #not saying that he is evil or anything of that nature #but an asshole of a conceited young man who sees politics as a game he has won thus far #without the reprocussions of what it means that these are people with lives and families? #I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT #how much this one piece of dialogue shapes so much of his and WoLs relationship #anyway the dead bodies are livia + wilred + minfilia for reasons im still kinda rotating #something of livia representing the death of the empire as its great evil #but wilred and minfilia as innocents #wilred as the innocent who wanted the best for his people #and minfilia trapped as a victim to her dream of a greater tomorrow and the loss of humanity #anyway ARR right?

[kaitcake1289]

IMPLIED TVC SPOILERS !!

"[...] so she could stay in the same flat-chested, hairless-crotched 14-year-old baby doll body as her mind and spirit turn 19, 20, 25, 63, 358..."

#claudia oh claudia my mother daughter #kaitsart #i got the inspo for this randomly because i randomly remembered matryoshka dolls and how much i love them and i was like hey claudias kinda #like one of those lmao! #from what ive read they usually represent motherhood with the baby usually being the innermost piece but w her i wanted to make it the oppo #ite to show how shes just continuosly trapped by her youth or whateverrr #but maybe that was obvious lol #interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire 2022 #iwtv #interview with the vampire fanart #iwtv 2022 #claudia du pointe du lac #claudia iwtv #iwtv claudia #bailey bass #delainey hayles #iwtv fanart #i’m trying to be more creative with my art concepts #ms paint

[shadow-magpie]

something something those hyperspecfic polls but it's about symblosim I personally enjoy and think about to much

#polls #symbolism #writing #art #bro i never know what to tag these. im expecting like 5 votes for this #anyways now that you're here in the tags! hi! #i think all of these are self explainatory besdies sugar/sweets #that one for me personally often represents over affection. loving to much it hurts. #someone so sweet #so addicting its bad. toxic relationships yippee