#longggg one

[cloudy-dayys]

oh god where am i

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#my art #art #illustration #artists on tumblr #undertale #utmv #killer sans #dust sans #fresh sans #number one fresh kinnie btw #I HAVENT DRAWN ANYTHING UNDERTALE RELATED IN SOOO LONGGGG #back to my roots cuz my brother demanded thhese of me

[tapakah0]

@icequeenabby, thank you for this one!!! ;-; Love this cinnamon rolls ;-;

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the turtles #rise of the tmnt #rise raph #rise mikey #animation tag #aehghehehah I abandoned everything to draw turtles for little dream I'm screwed up haha #waiiiiit I'll make 3 more and then start one I've been waiting toooo longggg to starrrt #I wanna make nukes #Youtube

[goingbuggy]

What is Buggy's Endgame? A Post-1082 Analysis

Since the release of chapter 1082, we’ve gotten more insight into Buggy’s character than ever before, especially regarding his dreams and thoughts on past events. So, given our new information, I thought I’d revisit Orange Town Arc to see if 1082 re-contextualizes anything. What’s in the cards for Buggy as a character? What direction does Oda plan on taking him in?

To give you my answer, let me begin in a bit of a random place: the relationship between Shanks and Buggy. 

From the moment Oda first introduced their relationship in chapter 19, Shanks and Buggy already solidified themselves as character foils. Their first panel together is literally a fight over whether the North or South Pole is colder, which is pretty on the nose if you ask me (sorry… I had to). Their red-blue color contrast is also pretty self-explanatory; although green is technically red’s complement, red and blue are often used as visual “opposites.”

Beyond all that surface level stuff, though, what makes these two foils of each other are their opposing values. As a pirate, Shanks wants to “make time to see the world." He has no sense of urgency and no inherent desire to conquer the world — at least, not right away. Buggy, of course, calls this a “soft way of thinking.” Unlike Shanks, he views treasure as the sole purpose of being a pirate. And not just any treasure, but material wealth, gold and jewels which "make its possessor a king."

Shanks and Buggy’s contrasting viewpoints also embody the underlying themes of Orange Town Arc. One man's trash is another man's treasure, and Oda takes great care to emphasize this point, from Chouchou to the mayor.

Luffy's hat ends up taking center stage in Orange Town, however, which I think is a great decision. The straw hat is what tethers Luffy and Buggy to Shanks. It's a weighted symbol, one that helped shape both of their characters — albeit in antithetical ways. Thus, when it’s used as a tool to explore their relationships, it works really well.

Take Luffy, for example. In his youth, Shanks was a pillar of support, friendship, and sacrifice; the straw hat is his treasure because it reminds him of Shanks, but also because it symbolizes what Shanks gave up for him. He owes his life to Shanks, but he uses that gratitude to fuel his own ambition, and to hopefully reunite with Shanks one day as a great pirate.

Shanks allowed him to go after his dream. Luffy knows this well.

Now look at Buggy. He sees the straw hat as worthless, and it’s clear why he does: it’s a painful reminder of the dream that Buggy gave up on, a representation of everything he lacks in comparison to Shanks. And to add insult to injury, Shanks gave that straw hat away to what Buggy sees as an insignificant kid. Of course that would hurt. Seeing Shanks give up Roger’s legacy so easily, abandoning his potential to become Pirate King, when that’s all Buggy ever wanted in life… I mean, wow. It's an amazing role reversal. Buggy gave up on his dream for Shanks, but Shanks gave that dream to Luffy instead.

I think 1082’s context adds some much-needed character depth, and explains a lot of Buggy's rationale. We know Buggy does not value sacrifice or friendship like Luffy does, nor is he the type to go out on a limb for someone. He’s greedy, manipulative when it suits his interests… I could go on forever. So to see that Buggy once sacrificed his own dreams for the sake of Shanks’ — only to have it backfire — makes so much sense. Of course he became a bitter, cynical, and selfish adult. One of the people he believed in most broke his unwavering trust, and he never healed from that experience. (Not to mention that this happened directly after Roger's execution. His faith was already shaken, and it was just one heartbreak after the next.)

The impact of that betrayal only feeds into his greedier tendencies; Buggy is a character who keeps things close to his chest, figuratively and literally. He learned to fear trust, and it shows. All of his adult relationships (Alvida, Galdino, Crocodile, Mihawk) are strictly rooted in business and mutual, self-serving interests. Nothing more.

Just take a look at Buggy and Luffy's reactions to the Bara Bara no Mi story. Buggy can only focus on the things he lost, instead of what he had: a friend who was willing to jump overboard for him in a heartbeat. But Luffy, a character who values the people he loves, obviously has a different perspective. He concludes, “So Shanks saved your life?” Where Luffy sees hidden treasure, Buggy sees nothing but loss.

So why am I bringing this all up? Well, I don’t find it surprising at all that two of Buggy’s most prominent arcs — Orange Town and Impel Down — emphasize his struggle between selfishness and altruism. The internal conflict is played off as a joke in Impel Down, but Buggy has always been simultaneously comedic and complex. He actually parallels Luffy in that sense, but that's another meta for another day.

The position Oda has placed Buggy in is rife with potential. He's now closer than ever to the things which would fulfill his materialistic nature: the One Piece, Captain John’s treasure, and the title of Pirate King. Yet, at the very same time, he's closer to one of his most honest connections in life: Shanks. If there was ever a time for a character to be forced to make a fateful choice, I’d say it’s right about now. People have been wondering why Oda made Buggy a final contender for the One Piece. Why has he “failed upwards” for so long? Comedy aside, I think the answer is a lot simpler than we’re all making it out to be: Buggy’s story just isn’t over yet. 

Oda still has something he wishes to impart to readers, and he clearly believes it will be told best through Buggy’s character. Based on what we know about Buggy — his greed, his guilty conscience, his past with Shanks — I think that story will lead his character to some very interesting places.

Do I think Buggy is going to have a change of heart? Maybe, maybe not. In that regard, he’s already been in a gray area since Impel Down. I wouldn’t be surprised if he accidentally ends up allying himself with Luffy again during One Piece’s conclusion. But with the Cross Guild putting bounties on marines, a (potential) three-emperor interest in going after Blackbeard, and an open-ended Shanks-Buggy plot thread about going to Laugh Tale... Well, there's a lot of places this could go. Would Buggy be willing to give up the greatest treasure in dire circumstances? For Shanks? For the world? Will he become king, and then lose it all? Will he make a sacrifice that parallels Shanks' when they were kids? Who knows!

What do you guys think? Is Buggy going to play a larger role in One Piece’s third act? What is your ideal conclusion for his character in the story? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

#can you tell buggy is my favorite character #this was definitely overkill #but in my defense oda started it when he dropped 1082 #that shit was cooking in his drafts for a LONGGGG TIME i just know it #one piece #long post #op meta #one piece meta #buggy #buggy the clown #monkey d. luffy #luffy #shanks #red haired shanks #buggy one piece #op buggy #character analysis #meta

[amaranthdahlia]

for valentines day have this cheesy mini animation of these two lol

#also did it as a bday gift for myself :]]]] #cus WOO i actually kinda animated smth??!?!?! after 5 whole years of not doing it anymore???????! #and i dont even mean animation i mean like those 1.5 second blinking animation #which u can tell is the only thing ik how to actually animate lol #tho now i did smth thats 22 seconds long?????????? #what the fuck is with ofa/ichiniis terrifying hold on me #awakening a dormant skill like this #whats next writing a oneshot? #srsly do not fuck with ppl who has hyperfixations over smth with little content in canon and by the fandom. kinda #i genuinely have not been this productive for fandom stuff in a LONGGGG time #kudoichi #ichinii #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #shigaraki yoichi #yoichi shigaraki #mha kudou #second one for all user #second ofa user #2nd ofa user #2nd one for all user #dahlia.art

[kotaki]

hirogaru sky! pretty cure ♡ ending messages

↳ episode twenty → cure melody

#😤.........melodyyyy😭😭😭😭😭😭 i waited so longggg🩷🩷 #i'm literally so exhausted but i have been revitalized by the sight of my number one pink✨✨ (although not the phrase i was expecting) #precure #hirogaru sky precure #suite precure #cure melody #houjou hibiki #mygifs #*hgspm #also i'm annoyed that this week was 🤍mashiro🤍 focused but because aoyama did it every single shot she looks like she has strabismus

[hypewinter]

So Barbara right?: Obviously much like Steph, much of Barbara's story happens independent of the batfam so there's nothing really to change. I'd say the only key difference is that she's moreso Jason's friend than anyone else's (you know cause it'd be fun).

It's finally Dick's time to shine: To celebrate Jason's official adoption, the Wayne's go to the new circus in town. The happy atmosphere of the night is quickly cut short by screams of terror as the flying Grayson couple falls to their deaths. Cass is the first to react, rushing over to the Grayson child and shielding him before he can see (or hear) them hit the ground. The other Wayne children are quick to follow, expertly dealing with the frightened crowd and leading them out of the tent in an orderly fashion. Bruce is the last one to take action, meeting up with Commission Gordon to detail what transpired. When all the dust has settled, the audience has left, the bodies have been taken away, and Dick Grayson is an orphan.

Naturally Bruce defaults on his trusty dusty tactic of simply becoming the boy's guardian but there's a snag this time, the state won't let him. They go on and on about how Dick is an emotional child and he needs a lot of one on one attention and he wouldn't get the proper support he needs in the manor and bla bla bla. Which would all be valid points, if the state didn't just turn around and put the poor kid in a boys home. Bruce is obviously pissed. Beyond pissed in fact. But until the courts rule in his favor, his hands are tied. You know whose hands aren't tied though? Damian's. Damian is a full scale legal adult who lives on his own and has the backing of his father (who just so happens to be one of the richest men on Earth). The state has no choice but to meekly hand the boy over.

Dick is a feral little monster. Constantly angry, constantly lashing out. He far surpasses early days Jason in sheer ferocity alone. But Damian is undeterred. He knows feral. He's seen feral. He WAS feral. This brat will not break him. Damian starts employing the methods his father used to help him deal with his emotions back in his "I just found out I'm the son of assassins and I'm so angsty" phase. Mainly the method of punching your feelings away. He gets Dick a punching bag and also trains him in every martial art/self defense method under the sun. When that proves to still not be enough, he does the next best thing, he takes Dick with him out on patrols. Dick finally starts working through all of his emotions surrounding his parents death, especially when he starts getting leads on who killed them. Eventually, he finally figures out who killed his parents and where they are and he's out for blood. He tries to sneak out but Damian is already waiting for him by the window. Dick prepares to get into a fight, only for his gear to be tossed at him with Damian already climbing out the window. He's stunned for a moment but he's also not about to look a gift horse in the mouth. So the two go to catch Tony Zucco together and the rest is history (Bruce nearly has a heart attack when he finds out Dick is Damian's sidekick. Why does no one in his family want to be normal!?).

Part 1 Part 2

#dc #batman #batfam #barbara gordon #dick grayson #reverse robins au #the final entry to the set #this was originally all supposed to be one post #but it quickly got LONGGGG #especially dick's entry #as you can see #anywho hope you enjoyed my take on this amazing au

[mistas-pants]

Another One Bites The Dust

One of my earliest gouache paintings

#this one's old #hopefully you guys still enjoy my content after being MIA for a longggg while #jojo's bizarre adventure #jjba #jjba part 4 #jojo no kimyō na bōken #jojo's bizzare adventure diamond is unbreakable #jjba diamond is unbreakable #diamond is unbreakable #jjba fanart #fanart #gouache #traditional art #painting

[eosofspades]

no bc you’re SO right that kai is WAY weaker as a villain than tai lung or shen (shen especially, bc imo he’s the best villain of the trilogy) and i’d love to hear your thoughts on why <3

100% agree shen is my FAVORITE villain of the trilogy and possibly one of my favorite villains of all time. and tai lung is an incredibly close second! however, i really didn't care for kai.

the biggest thing about kai for me is that, as a villain, he is way weaker than the other two because he is extremely lacking in a personal connection to po, and also much weaker when considering how his character reflects the themes and narrative of the movie as a whole.

tai lung, as a villain, worked so well because he was obsessed with the concept of being the dragon warrior, and the supposed "power" that would come with that. the lesson of kfp1, though, was that there WAS no real magical power given by the scroll - there is no secret ingredient! it's just you! it was never about the scroll; it was about choosing to be good and do good for the sake of being good, not because you wanted power for it. tai lung couldn't accept this, which is why he made a fantastic villain for this one, thematically. (and ALSO a fantastic foil to po, who is so humble and doesn't NEED power, he's just passionate about kung fu and wants to have a good time with his friends.)

lord shen as a villain who reflects the themes of the story, though, takes this to the absolute HIGHEST level. the entire story of kfp2 pivots around po's struggle to reconcile his origins with who he is now, and both of those things are directly related to shen - he leads the massacre that ends up getting po sent away, which sets him on the journey to BECOME the dragon warrior, and po's destiny was always going to be to defeat him. both then and now, the course of po's life is being shaped by shen. shen is also a fantastic foil to po in the same way that tai lung was - shen cannot let go of the past, he clings to his anger and his fear; while po is able to accept what happened, accept that it is part of who he is but not what defines him, and is able to find healing and peace.

kai, by comparison........ has almost nothing to do with po. kai actually has NO personal connection to po! his evil scheme is related to the pandas, but absolutely nothing to do with po, specifically. tai lung had no shared past with po the way lord shen did, but he still had personal and specific reasons to hate po because po was getting the title and role that he so desperately wanted. but kai's only beef is with oogway! he didn't even seem to know that po existed until oogway says "it was never my destiny to stop you - i have set another on that path." and kai just says "then i will find him, and take his chi as well." his motives are also much weaker than the other two's - who both wanted power, yes, but tai lung was also deeply desperate to make shifu proud, to live up to the legend that he had been raised to believe he would become, and part of this was shifu's fault! that's extremely interesting and tragic!! and shen was motivated by fear - fear of his prophecized defeat, of the inescapability of his fate - and by grief over his (perceived) inability to make his parents proud, or get them to love him. kai, by contrast, was..... mad that oogway wasn't okay with letting him become a magical chi-stealing warlord??

kai also doesn't tie in with the themes or po's arc in this movie. in terms of other characters, po's arc in this one revolves way more around his fathers - trying to handle his new responsibilities of being the teacher to the five, trying to figure out how to balance the two different identities he has as the son of these two different fathers, but the only connection he has to kai is that he needs to be a master of chi to defeat him, which he can only learn how to be from the pandas, which incidentally happen to be his family. (and the fact that at the end, everyone is doing chi makes it seem like him being a panda or not might not have even been that relevant to begin with!) and kai's defeat is also sort of weak - he's defeated by the "too much power" trope, but nothing else in this story was about being power-hungry or the dangers of it. it wasn't something any of the pandas struggled with, hunger for power was NEVER a part of po's journey, and at least in kfp1 tai lung's desire for the dragon scroll was about more than just power (he wanted to make shifu proud), but also, because the entire theme of that story was that you didn't NEED power to be the dragon warrior. kfp3's narrative isn't ABOUT power; it's about identity and culture and balancing different aspects of your life to find your truest self. kai's character has nothing to say about ANY of this, he doesn't struggle with or care about any of these things - he is JUST power-hungry.

he also lacks that character foil aspect the other two had. the ability to take chi is never even presented as an option to po. what MIGHT have been interesting would have been if the only way to defeat kai was to take HIS chi - something a master of it would be able to do! - and po was forced into the dilemma of having to choose between risking going down the same path as kai for the sake of protecting his loved ones, or the risk of endangering them even more by refusing to. if the conflict had been about the good vs evil uses of chi powers, then that would have made kai a foil to po as well. but as it is now, kai has nothing to do with po, personally.

basically what it boils down to is that kai, as a villain, is serviceable, but when held up in contrast to the previous two, it becomes very obvious how much weaker he is narratively. his motivations are much shallower than the others', his connection to po is tangential at best, and as an antagonist, he doesn't have anything to say about the themes or messaging of the story OR the protagonist's arc.

#i said 'this one is gonna be a way shorter rant' and then promptly made myself eat those fucking words #WHY IS THIS SO LONGGGG FHGHSHFHSGHSDSGH #well. kung fu panda rant be upon ye #i had no idea how many thoughts i had about this until i started writing fhjfdgfdjgk #mine #long post #kung fu panda #kung fu panda 3 #kfp #kfp3 #kfp 3 #rory rambles about movies #analysis

[misciouscave]

"When I draw this sword I've already entrusted my life to it. But don't misunderstand ! I didn't draw it to seek death !" 🐈🐈‍⬛

#hi yes my ever lasting blorbo #he is my everything #no one gets him like i do of course #im rereading PH and i drew this because i don't want to open tome 15 #i am not strong enough to experience this pain again #anyway pandora hearts enjoyers this is for you #i love how the flowers turned out but hhhh they took so longggg #pandora hearts #elliot nightray

[marmastry]

Do you have your commission prices listed somewhere? I tried searching your blog but the only post I found was from 2018 ;w;

I'm sorry anon but I'm not gonna open comms until I finish 2 remaining batches;w;

#actually i might not take anymore after the 3rd one #I'm probably burned out after that #I will probably take a longggg break from taking comms after that

[killcatboys]

i need to finish 3 different art pieces and a graphic design project by tuesday everyone pray for me

#WHY DID I WAIT SO LONGGGG #im like 80% done with one of the pieces 20% done with another #and just leaving the 3rd one very messy but i hateee it #and for design i need to get it done today and tmrw bc i need to use the lab since my computer #will not work lol. and im going home this weekend #so actually i need to do all this by tuesady but minus the weekend bc i need to use studio spaces on campus.. #its fine its fine its sooo fine. im not even gonna think about my essays and exams coming up too. ITS FINE

[skidthelid]

What are you doing there, little bear?

It's very late.

#art #happy tree friends #htf flippy #htf #He is crying :( #I FINALLY DID IT HOLY SHIT #I struggled a bit with the shading I haven't fully colored and shaded something in soooooo longggg #Messing with the brushes for the bg was so useful and fun #Im proud of this actually #Here it is fellas #2-3 months late but we did it #Oh shit.. I have to do the Fliqpy one #Coming soon folks #Thank you for all the recent support btw ily all <3 /p #baby flippy

[nbmudkip]

RRRAAAAAHHHHHHHHH FINALLYYYYYY

#me.txt #isat #IT TOOK SO LONGGGG GAHHHHH #and also the one about the coin refused to trigger for me until ACT 4???? HELLO????? #i was so scared bc i thought id missed it somehow despite never using the coin and would have to replay the entire game AGAIN #but i just crossed my fingers and prayed that id already gotten it and just forgot. bc tbf that was pretty probable considering my memory #and then i went to do the last two act 4 exclusives and instead of either of them i immediately got THE MYSTERIOUS MISSING COIN CONVO. LIKE? #im not complaining though thank GOD i dont have to do it all over again #every time i have to beat act 3 i have to take off my headphones and close my eyes or else it gets stuck in my eyelids #the last panel #and the sfx #so im very glad i dont have to do it again.

[powergayser]

kyori posts but they get more deranged as u scroll

#king of fighters #kyo kusanagi #iori yagami #kyori #i like kind of want to apologize #but im not going to #btw kyo doesn't have a dick so don't ask me how he's doing that #also theyre holding hands in that one but i am so so lazy and haven't drawn in a longggg time #my art

[tittyinfinity]

constantly being in online arguments absolutely affects your mood and how you treat people in real life

being under that level of stress and agitation that often is extremely unhealthy. if you're constantly seeking out arguments, it most likely means you're trying to distract from stressors in your life with other stressors that are easier to control.

I'm not saying never stand up for yourself or argue with people at all, just don't make discourse the primary way you use the internet.

#i used to argue w people online half the day every day from about 2013-2020 #i block people very liberally now #i still get in the occasional heated debate but i'm not dragging it out for days and obsessing over it like i used to #it was baaaaaaaad w my ocd too because all day long i was thinking of ''comebacks'' to get people to listen to me #and obsessing about every single word and how i said it and reread my messages/comments/etc over and over alllll dayyyy longggg #and then of course i would think about every single possible argument/comeback they could possibly have to my words #so that i could plan out my response to each of those hypothetical situations in advance #i was never allowed to have a voice or argue growing up so i kinda used arguing w strangers online as a release to feel like i could finall #be listened to and be right for once #it was all one big unhealthy coping mechanism #but on one hand i learned how many people argue and i know what to look out for so that i know if someone is going to be willing to engage #in open discussion or if they're gonna waste my time #.bdo

[doulayogimama]

I truly believe in the power of therapy (I have a Psych degree), but I have never really had a therapist that I thought was genuinely helping me. At least not that I could afford.

I stayed with my longest T for 2.5 years but that was because she only charged me $27/hr, not because I thought she was really providing the full scope of therapy. Which I mean… I guess jokes on me, cause she only charged $27/hr🫠 (initially found her on better help)

My first therapist ever didn’t show up to 2/4 sessions (and zero notice that she couldn’t make it) and I had to fire her.

My last therapist (god I sound 🍌 but maybe my 30s is just about me accepting my banana-ness unconditionally) was a truly nice and insightful person, but she also said things like “living in sin” when describing her daughter having lived with her NOW HUSBAND for a year while they were engaged.

I literally followed up with, “Well, I lived in sin for SEVEN YEARS before I got married, so I get it.” And she was like 🙃👍🏽🫠

I really try to be open minded and not judge people by their covers, but I saw this middle aged, very white ladies profile photo. She’s a practitioner in FLORIDA. She referred to her grandparent as Meemaw (so very southern upbringing) and when I talked about the church being a source of trauma for me, it seemed like* she was like hmm, how can we reverse this? When I talked about our neighbors harassment and Kevin and I wanting to list our condo after only a year here, she was like… really? And she was wrong to question me on that and make me doubt it. I ended up regretting not going with my gut — that someone of her generation/southern culture would not serve me in an overall positive way.

The only therapist I ever had that I felt seen by and who did an amazing job was a Latina woman around my age. Maybe like 5-8 years older, so around Kevin’s age. But she was our marriage counselor on Better Help before we got married (she’s no longer there and is PP) and she was just… outstanding.

I think I need a Latina therapist. After we sell, I think I’m going to just pay her Private practice rate because she’s worth it. I think that a person of my generation/ethnicity can relate to my issues and help me navigate them from an outsiders perspective in the most effective way possible.

#this is longggg #how does one find a great therapist???